As one of the key pieces to the White Sox rebuild, Eloy Jimenez has had plenty of eyes on him since making his big league debut this season. One thing that has been hard to miss when he steps to the plate is the color of his batting gloves.
The bright red Franklin gloves bring boxing to mind more than baseball, but there is a reason why Jimenez sports the flamboyant gloves.
“I wear them for my grandpa,” Jimenez said in a one-on-one interview with NBC Sports Chicago’s Chuck Garfien.
Jimenez explained that he starting wearing them after his grandfather died from cancer, which happened about a month after his July 2017 trade from the Cubs to the White Sox.