The Cubs positioned 3rd baseman Kris Bryant at the 10-day injured listing previous to Saturday’s sport in opposition to the White Sox with a left ring finger sprain, retroactive to Aug. 19. The workforce didn’t make a corresponding transfer. Bryant’s left wrist could also be nonetheless bothering him, consistent with the workforce.
The former NL MVP injured the finger and wrist creating a diving-catch try in opposition to the Indians on Aug. 12. Bryant gained an injection on Tuesday to assist with the ache.
“We don’t want players to play through things to their detriment ever. We don’t want them to ever risk exacerbating an injury and turn it into something more severe,” president Theo Epstein mentioned on Friday. We don’t need gamers to check out to play if they simply can’t carry out. I believe Kris felt he may carry out. He hit the house run [in Cleveland] after which stored attempting. I believe how it developed, he ended up feeling it in his wrist and he wasn’t ready to accomplish and it wasn’t the proper factor.
The workforce’s 60-man participant pool now stands at 58 gamers, with 27 lively gamers (plus 5 10-day injured listing gamers) in Chicago and 26 gamers in South Bend.