Cubs place INF Patrick Wisdom on 10-day injured listing with a proper wrist sprain

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Cubs positioned infielder Patrick Wisdom on the 10-day injured listing on Saturday with a proper wrist sprain.

Manager David Ross stated Wisdom has been coping with the problem for about two weeks. But he aggravated the damage when he was taking part in left discipline on Friday and tried to make a diving catch on Anthony Santander’s leadoff double within the sixth inning of a 10-3 win over Baltimore.

“How serious? I don’t think it’s surgery,” Ross stated, “but it definitely needs some medicine and some downtime.”

Wisdom went 0 for two with two strikeouts earlier than he was changed by a pinch hitter within the backside half of the sixth on Friday. He is 5 for 54 with 27 Ks in his final 18 video games, however he leads the Cubs with 14 homers this season.

Ross stated Wisdom will journey with the staff to London for its two-game collection towards St. Louis subsequent weekend.

“He’ll go to London with us, be able to work in the cage and hopefully it feels better,” Ross stated. “We can get him to get some at-bats to get his rhythm and timing again.

“He’s an important piece, especially the way he hits lefties, and you could tell yesterday he just wasn’t himself still.”

The Cubs additionally activated left-hander Justin Steele from the 15-day IL. Infielder Edwin Ríos was reinstated from the 10-day IL and optioned to Triple-A Iowa.

Steele was scheduled to start out Saturday’s sport towards the Orioles. The 27-year-old pitcher was positioned on the IL on June 3 with a left forearm pressure.

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