Former World Series MVP Ben Zobrist of the Cubs, who has been on private depart from the group since final week, filed for divorce Monday in Cook County circuit court docket, in line with court docket data.
His spouse, Julianna, additionally individually filed Monday with the court docket.
The Cubs haven’t disclosed the rationale for Zobrist’s depart from the group, which started May 8, and group officers on Tuesday mentioned his timeline stays indefinite.
“I texted with him the other day, reminded him how much I care about him,” supervisor Joe Maddon mentioned, “and how much we miss him.”
Julianna Zobrist, knowledgeable singer who has sung the nationwide anthem at Cubs video games and sang God Bless America earlier than a 2016 World Series recreation at Wrigley Field, deleted her twitter account in latest week. She had scrubbed her Instagram account of pictures of her husband earlier this 12 months.
Ben Zobrist, the MVP of the 2016 World Series, additionally delayed reporting to spring coaching in February for what he and the group additionally known as “personal reasons.”
Zobrist is within the remaining 12 months of a four-year contract with the Cubs.
His depart final week prompted the group to recall Addison Russell sooner than deliberate from a minor-league possibility following Russell’s suspension for home violence.