The Chicago Cubs received’t be seeing Kyle Hendricks on the mound anytime quickly.
While the preliminary report on Hendricks was encouraging that he received’t want surgical procedure on his proper shoulder, the timeline for the veteran’s return suggests late August is his best-case situation.
And even that may very well be too optimistic. Hendricks might be shut down for not less than two to 3 weeks, supervisor David Ross stated Wednesday, earlier than he begins a throwing development.
“So he’s going to take a bit,” Ross stated.
Once Hendricks is cleared to throw, enjoying catch can be step one, finally ramping as much as lengthy toss after which bullpen periods. He doubtless would wish not less than one rehab begin within the minors earlier than coming off the injured checklist.
Hendricks, 32, exited his July 5 begin in opposition to the Milwaukee Brewers after three innings due to proper shoulder discomfort. He had 12 days off between begins in early June due to a bothersome shoulder with the hope the prolonged layoff would resolve the difficulty.
An MRI final week confirmed no structural points, however the harm will price Hendricks weeks on the IL.
Hendricks’ harm means extra begins for right-hander Adrian Sampson and continued alternatives for left-hander Justin Steele and righty Keegan Thompson to show they’re on a regular basis starters.
“They’re doing a really nice job of that,” Ross stated. “And so it’s the next-guy-up kind of mentality. It sucks for Kyle, it stinks for us, but we’ll go about our business and he’ll get back as soon as he can.”
Four Cubs starters — Wade Miley, Marcus Stroman, Drew Smyly and Hendricks — may have missed greater than a month this season due to numerous accidents. Stroman and Smyly returned final weekend in Los Angeles, whereas Miley, who has been on the IL since June 11 with a left shoulder pressure, has progressed solely to enjoying catch.
The Cubs anticipated to rely closely on that veteran foursome coming into the season, probably making the rotation a power after final 12 months’s lackluster manufacturing from their starters. However, Hendricks, Miley, Stroman, and Smyly have mixed to begin solely 40 of the Cubs’ 88 video games with a mixed 4.56 ERA in 199⅓ innings.
“If you want to go down that road of, well, if everybody was healthy, we’d be really good — I don’t care to play that game,” Ross stated. “Everybody goes through adversity and we’ve got to figure out a way to win. It gives other guys opportunities.”
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