Baseball is a game of adjustments, and the Chicago White Sox are becoming far too familiar with the concept.  

It was revealed Monday that outfielder Luis Robert will miss the next three months after suffering a torn right hip flexor in Sunday’s 5-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians.  

Robert is the second White Sox starting outfielder to be sidelined with an injury. Eloy Jiménez started the season on the injured list after rupturing his left pectoral tendon chasing down a home run in left field during Spring Training.  

With two-thirds of their starting outfield on the injured list for the next several months, the White Sox aren’t letting the injuries get them down. Manager Tony La Russa has seen injuries happen to a World Series-caliber team, and they’ve prevailed at the end.  

"If you look at [the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011], we had a couple guys with broken wrists hit balls. We had five different closers because of different injuries and setbacks. This is one of the big tests,” La Russa said. “Every team that's gotten to October has gone through things like this.” 

The absence of Robert and Jiménez is already felt in the clubhouse. These are two players who are regarded as the leaders and big brothers on the roster, and their talent has been a turning point for Chicago in the last couple of years.  

"You [have] got to pay respects to what Eloy and Luis mean to this club,” La Russa said. “So you can't just say, ‘Next man up,’ casually -- but can’t give in and can't give up.”  

The long list of injuries, from Jiménez to Lance Lynn to Adam Engel, hasn’t been felt in the AL Central standings, however. The White Sox are only one game behind the first-place Kansas City Royals ahead of their two-game series against the Cincinnati Reds.  

Yermín Mercedes has been one of the best hitters for the White Sox as he was just announced as the winner of the AL Rookie of the Month Award. Mercedes leads the team with a .395 batting average as one of a quartet of hitters with an average above .300.

"I just want to be Yermín -- do the little things I can do and be ready all the time,” Mercedes said of his role in the lineup. "We just keep doing what we're doing every day.”  

José Abreu, the White Sox veteran leader, has gone through the highs and lows of the last seven years. He’ll continue to be an example of level-headedness to the group of young players who are going through their first bout of serious injuries to big-time players.  

Whether it's a physical or mental adjustment, players will need to keep doing what they do best to help get the team in a position to win.  

"Life is going to throw you a curve, and you have to put your head up high and try to keep moving forward, try to do your best,” Abreu said. “We as a team, as a unit, we are the leaders; it's not just one person. We as individual leaders -- we all have to keep our focus on our job, on the things that we need to improve on the field.”