The Chicago White Sox believe Carlos Rodon will be healthy enough to help them in the playoffs.

The left-hander was limited down the stretch.

"We remain optimistic that he's going to be able to contribute over the course of the next month," Rick Hahn said. "Obviously, given the amount of work that he has endured this season -- the jump from the previous years -- his strength and comfort and general level of soreness and fatigue is something that we continue to monitor."

Hahn said Rodon will only pitch once during the best-of-five division series against the Houston Astros that begins Thursday. If the White Sox advance, they'll evaluate his workload on a series-by-series basis.

Rodon has a history of arm and shoulder injuries and threw just 28 innings over the final two months of the regular season.