MILWAUKEE -- A little more than two weeks after he had surgery to repair a torn tendon in his left knee, catcher Yasmani Grandal said he's making good progress and hopes to be back in action sometime next month.

“It wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be,” Grandal said after going through a pregame workout Saturday. “I didn’t think I was going to come back this fast. I felt like I would have way more soreness. So far, so good.”

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Grandal tore the tendon spinning on a check swing July 5. The initial estimate was that he would miss four to six weeks, regardless of whether or not he required surgery. For now, that timetable seems to be accurate, but Grandal isn't worried about returning by a specific date.

"We're always going to put some sort of date that's going to be further out than it actually is, just in case," he said. "My target date is three weeks, but that's just me. When I spoke to the doctor, he said the fastest guys come back is three weeks. … But that's just me putting a very high, unrealistic goal.”

The injury came just as Grandal was starting to show signs of snapping out of a season-long offensive funk. In his 12 most recent games before the injury, he had a slash line of .324/.409/.676, four home runs, 14 RBIs and a 1.085 OPS. He batted .153 through his first 51 games.

"I was definitely trending up," Grandal said. "I was starting to feel better at the plate and behind the plate, but as long as I can come back at the end and, hopefully, get to the point where I was heading toward before the postseason, that will be huge."

Grandal's good news was the latest in a string of positive developments for the White Sox lengthy list of injured players.

Eloy Jiménez went 1-for-3 with an RBI on Friday night as he continued his rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte. Luis Robert was 1-for-4 over the first two games of his assignment with High-A Winston-Salem.

"The severity, I think, in Luis and Eloy, we thought maybe September -- and it's going to be sooner," manager Tony La Russa said. "With Yas, ... we were surprised that he's this far along, and we're excited about it.

Getting all three back for a stretch run would be a big boost as the White Sox look to lock down their first American League Central title since 2008.

"Hopefully, those guys get hot at the right time because those guys can really carry a team through the end of the season and into the postseason," Grandal said.

Turning the page
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson was ready to get back to work after being ejected Friday following a disagreement with home-plate umpire John Libka.

"It's a new day," Anderson said on Saturday. "It was pretty much just a frustrating night. But today’s another day, so let’s flush that, move on and let’s try to win tonight."

Anderson had no regrets about the late-game interaction that led to his ejection, which came after the Brewers scored six runs in the seventh inning, including a grand slam by Tyrone Taylor.

During that inning, La Russa was ejected by Libka for arguing that Milwaukee infielder Luis Urías was "ducking pitches" -- or, as La Russa explained, widening his stance to make some pitches appear to be higher than they actually were.

The frustration boiled over in the eighth, when Anderson and Libka traded words.

"We’re out here, we’re all in the big leagues -- so we have to hold them accountable, as well, and let them know how we feel, and that’s OK," Anderson said.