INJURY UPDATES
Day to day
SS Javier Báez (right hand soreness)
Expected return: Day to day
Báez exited the Cubs' 4-3 win over the Giants on June 6 after grounding out to end the seventh inning. The shortstop could be seen shaking his right hand as he walked slowly out of the box and back to the dugout. The Cubs announced that Báez was dealing with right thumb soreness, but manager David Ross added after the game that the wrist was also sore after the shortstop made awkward contact with the pitch from Dominic Leone. Ross said Báez would be re-evaluated prior to Chicago's June 7 game in San Diego.
(Last updated: June 6)
OF Joc Pederson (right lower back tightness)
Expected return: Day to day
Pederson exited the Cubs' June 5 game in San Francisco in the fifth inning after tweaking his back at the wall in left field two innings earlier. Pederson hit the wall awkwardly going back for a ball that Alex Dickerson hit for a home run. Pederson was out of the lineup on June 6, but manager David Ross said the outfielder was doing "much better."
(Last updated: June 6)
10-day IL
OF Jake Marisnick (right hamstring strain)
Expected return: June 7-9 series in San Diego
The Cubs were very encouraged by how Marisnick got through a series of running and agility drills on June 5 and planned to have the outfielder do light work on June 6. Manager David Ross said Marisnick is "in a good place" and could be activated during the Cubs' series in San Diego.
(Last updated: June 6)
RHP Trevor Williams (appendectomy)
Expected return: TBD
Williams had an emergency appendectomy on May 30. The pitcher had a followup exam on June 3 and all "went well," per manager David Ross. There remains no clear timetable for Williams' return. He played light catch on June 5-6 at Oracle Park in San Francisco.
(Last updated: June 6)
LHP Justin Steele (right hamstring strain)
Expected return: June
Manager David Ross noted that Steele threw a 35-pitch bullpen session on June 6 that went "OK," compared to a "very encouraging" mound workout earlier in the week. Ross said a big test will be to see how Steele recovers and feels on June 7, when the team is in San Diego.
(Last updated: June 6)
3B Matt Duffy (lower back strain)
Expected return: June
Manager David Ross noted recently that Duffy has resumed light swinging, but the infielder has yet to add baserunning or fielding drills to his rehab work. On June 5, Duffy went through some running drills in the outfield in San Francisco. The infielder was placed on the 10-day IL on May 25.
(Last updated: June 5)
RHP Alec Mills (lower back strain)
Expected return: TBD
Mills -- on the 10-day IL since May 16 -- worked six shutout innings in another Minor League rehab outing for Triple-A Iowa on June 2. The right-hander struck out four and walked one, showing no ill effects of the back issue that flared last month.
(Last updated: June 3)
3B David Bote (left shoulder dislocation)
Expected return: TBD
Bote joined the Cubs in San Francisco and went through some agility drills pregame on June 2. Manager David Ross noted that Bote is "progressing well," but the infielder's timetable for return remains unclear. Bote landed on the 10-day IL after he dislocated his left shoulder sliding past second base on May 29.
(Last updated: June 3)
2B Nico Hoerner (left hamstring strain)
Expected return: TBD
Hoerner was placed on the 10-day injured list on May 26 after leaving the previous night's game with a hamstring strain that he sustained as he ran to first on a sixth-inning groundout. He fell to the ground in noticeable pain and immediately grabbed at his hamstring, but he was able to leave the field under his own power.
(Last updated: May 26)
60-day IL
RHP Rowan Wick (left oblique strain)
Expected return: TBD
Wick noted he “felt good” after a recent throwing session, manager David Ross said May 25. He’s eligible to return from the 60-day IL as early as May 31.
(Last updated: May 25)
C Austin Romine (left wrist sprain)
Expected return: TBD
Romine was transferred from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL on May 5. He won’t be eligible to return until late June at the earliest.
(Last updated: May 25)
RHP Jonathan Holder (right shoulder strain)
Expected return: TBD
On April 26, Holder was moved from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL. Though he is eligible to return on May 31, there’s no indication that he’s anywhere close to being back. Holder hasn’t pitched at any level in 2021.
(Last updated: May 25)
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