CHICAGO (AP) Chicago Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman has a appropriate rib cartilage fracture, and there is no timetable for his return.
The new harm for Stroman, who was once positioned at the 15-day injured listing Aug. 2 on account of irritation in his appropriate hip, is a blow for the Cubs as they are trying for the franchise’s first playoff look since 2020.
“He’s been an important part of our success when he’s healthy, and you know, it stinks. Bad news,” supervisor David Ross mentioned. “But we’ll continue on. This game moves on.”
Stroman was once slated to return off the IL and get started Wednesday in opposition to the White Sox, however he skilled some discomfort within the rib house after throwing a bullpen consultation Sunday in Toronto. He visited a physician Monday and had an MRI that confirmed the cartilage fracture.
“We had no idea what it was,” President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer mentioned. “It’s not your usual pitching injury. It’s not an arm. It’s not a shoulder. It’s not an elbow.”
The Cubs need Stroman to be symptom-free ahead of he resumes baseball actions, and they aren’t positive when the All-Star would possibly get to that time – given the peculiar harm for a pitcher. So Hoyer and Ross had little to provide when requested for a attainable timeline for Stroman’s return.
“We don’t really know at this point,” Hoyer mentioned. “I think we’ll obviously give him a real rest period and see how he feels. But again, it’s not a real common pitching injury. I’ve never seen that before, so for me to speculate, would be just false.”
The 32-year-old Stroman, who can develop into a unfastened agent after the season, had a 2.28 ERA after his first 16 begins this 12 months. But he had struggled ahead of his IL stint, going 1-4 with a 9.00 ERA in his closing 9 video games.
Javier Assad began the sequence finale in opposition to the White Sox, pitching six innings of three-run ball within the Cubs’ 4-3 victory. Ross discussed Drew Smyly and Hayden Wesneski as two rotation probabilities whilst Stroman is out.
Smyly has pitched a scoreless inning in each and every of his closing two appearances, choosing up the win on Wednesday evening. The Cubs are hoping he can in finding his shape after a tough stretch when he had a 9.00 ERA over 8 appearances, together with six begins.
“I think we’ve got a great team,” Ross mentioned. “We’ve got a great starting staff. We got a really good bullpen. Stro’s a really good pitcher. We all know that, and he’s been a big part of our success. But anybody can win on any given day, and we’ve got a lot of talent in that room.”
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