The Cubs revealed to press reporters that left-hander Justin Steele will be put on the 15-day hurt list. His concern is left elbow flexor tendinitis, per Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times on X. The matching relocation has actually not been exposed yet.

Steele was expected to begin Monday’s video game however was scratched due to some elbow pain. The Cubs took a number of days to assess things and have now apparently chose that Steele will require some down time.

Manager Craig Counsell informs Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune (X link) that it’s possible Steele might be back after a minimum stint, depending upon how things establish in the next ten days. “If we can get him back to normal he’s gonna pitch,” Counsell states. Presumably, Steele’s IL positioning will be backdated by 3 days, the optimum enabled. That indicates he might technically be back in 12 days if whatever works out.

Whether that’s a sensible expectation or not will be exposed in time. Either method, it’s a blow for the Cubs in the short-term. The club is still holding on to contention here in September, presently sitting 4.5 video games back of a playoff area. The lefty has 477 1/3 innings under his belt at this moment with a 3.24 made run typical. That consists of 128 innings this year with a 3.09 AGE, 24.9% strikeout rate, 6.5% walk rate and 48.4% ground ball rate.

Losing that sort of entertainer will harm a club with little space for mistake. Jordan Wicks was simply restored from the hurt list a couple of days earlier, so the club can still have a 5-man rotation without Steele, with Wicks slotting in beside Jameson Taillon, Shota Imanaga, Javier Assad and Kyle Hendricks. It’s been a rough year for Hendricks, who presently sports a 6.60 age total and was been bumped to the bullpen previously in the season. Perhaps the return of Wicks would have sent him to a relief function once again however that may not be possible now that Steele has actually been deducted from the formula.