Cubs place shortstop Dansby Swanson on 10-day injured checklist with bruised left foot

NEW YORK (AP) – The Chicago Cubs positioned Dansby Swanson on the 10-day injured checklist Saturday due to a bruised left foot and anticipate it will likely be a brief absence for his or her All-Star shortstop.

The transfer is retroactive to Thursday, a day after Swanson left within the seventh inning of Chicago’s 4-3 win at Milwaukee and he’s eligible to return July 16 when the Cubs host the Red Sox.

“It is unfortunate to get into this position,” Swanson stated earlier than Chicago continued a three-game sequence with the Yankees “The biggest thing – just from a timing standpoint – I’m getting four days with the break. It was almost, in a way, like a good insurance policy not to lose some retroactive dates.”

In the primary yr of a seven-year, $177 million contract, Swanson is hitting .258 with 10 homers and 36 RBIs in 83 video games. He was chosen to his second All-Star staff and changed on the National League roster by Arizona’s Geraldo Perdomo.

To exchange Swanson, infielder Miles Mastrobuoni was recalled from Triple-A Iowa. Mastrobuoni is hitting .145 in 29 video games this yr.

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