Jesse Rogers
Multiple Authors
CHICAGO – Cubs closer Daniel Palencia has been positioned on the 15-day injured record with a left oblique strain, the workforce introduced Friday.
Palencia, 26, was off to begin to his season after serving to Venezuela to the WBC championship final month. He had one save in 5 video games with out giving up a run earlier than getting injured. He joins set-up males Phil Maton (knee) and Hunter Harvey (triceps) on the injured record because the Cubs are dealing with a rash of accidents on the mound.
The workforce additionally introduced that righty Cade Horton underwent his second career Tommy John surgery on Thursday and shall be out for 15 to 16 months. Horton completed second in Rookie of the Year voting final 12 months and was pegged as certainly one of Chicago’s prime starters going into this season.
“When something like this happens, the only thing you can do is worry about what’s next,” supervisor Craig Counsell mentioned. “Putting your head around some big timeframe isn’t very helpful. Cade talked about worrying about today and making today the best you can.”
The Cubs did get excellent news Friday as starter Matthew Boyd (biceps) got here out of a rehab project in fine condition and is scheduled to pitch subsequent Wednesday. That ought to assist the bullpen, which is in excessive want of right-handed assist, as both Javier Assad or Colin Rea will transfer right into a reduction function to assist overcome the lack of Palencia and others.
