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By JIM MARGALUS

Opening Day is a mere two weeks away, yet a number of spots on the White Sox's 26-man roster remain in flux, but Kyle Teel's hamstring issue created an opportunity for some fresh speculation that stands a chance of being halfway informed.

Chris Getz and Will Venable both spoke to reporters in Arizona on Wednesday with Teel's injury -- identified as a Grade 2 right hamstring strain -- front and center, but the immediate futures of a few other players were also discussed, which contributes to our conversation. Summing it up…

Kyle Teel: Out.

"It does look like he’s got a strain, in which he’s probably going to be down for about four, maybe six weeks. That’s likely an IL to begin with," Getz told reporters.

Sam Antonacci: Probably out.

Antonacci continues to add layers to his revelatory WBC performance in Italy's victory over Mexico on Wednesday. He scored from first on a single when the center fielder mishandled the ball, and on the other side of the ball, he deked Joey Ortiz into a double play on a hit-and-run by pretending a routine fly ball to left was a single up the middle.

Getz has enjoyed Antonacci seizing the world stage as much as anybody, but with so many position players out of options, and with Antonacci having yet to experience Triple-A, it'd probably take a targeted injury or two to make an Opening Day roster assignment possible.

"I anticipate him starting in the minors," Getz said to reporters in Arizona. "He’s made a tremendous impression, not surprised. From the beginning, when we signed him, the feedback we were getting from our player development crew, his stops at different affiliates last year, this is a kid that can do a lot of different things to help a baseball team win.

"What he’s about, what he brings on a daily basis, it’s a winning style of baseball that’s going to fit in very well here. I’m very confident that the South Side is going to enjoy watching Sam Antonacci when the time comes."

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