Michael Soroka is on his manner again to the Chicago Cubs after being sidelined by a shoulder pressure.
Soroka pitched 2 1/3 innings of one-run ball in a rehab look with Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. His fastball was clocked as excessive as 96.6 mph — a big enchancment on his velocity proper earlier than his damage.
“He’ll be activated with us for his subsequent outing,” supervisor Craig Counsell stated earlier than Friday’s sport towards Tampa Bay. “We’ll see on the date proper now.”
The backstory:
Soroka was acquired in a commerce deadline deal with Washington. The suitable-hander began on Aug. 4 towards Cincinnati and pitched two innings in his first look with Chicago earlier than departing together with his shoulder problem.
The 28-year-old Soroka is 3-8 with a 4.86 ERA in 17 begins this season, however he may work out of the bullpen when he returns to the Cubs.
Counsell additionally stated Daniel Palencia performed catch earlier than the sequence opener towards the Rays. The 25-year-old nearer was positioned on the 15-day injured record on Monday with a proper shoulder pressure.
“It was like diagnostic catch possibly is the best way to say it, like let’s play catch to see the way it feels,” Counsell stated. “We’re hoping it feels good after which we are able to simply preserve shifting ahead.”
Dig deeper:
Palencia is 1-6 with a 3.00 ERA and a career-high 22 saves in 51 innings over 52 appearances this 12 months. He pitched a complete of 43 innings in 37 video games over his first two years within the majors.
The Cubs even have All-Star proper fielder Kyle Tucker on the IL with a left calf pressure. Counsell stated he would not assume Tucker will probably be able to be activated when he’s eligible to return on Tuesday.
“I feel the symptomatic stuff is the working proper now,” Counsell stated. “So we’re on a motorcycle. We’re hitting nonetheless, throwing. We’re hoping to have a weekend of sort of no signs doing any of that. And that’ll lead us again onto the sector. And to the working after which go from there.”
Cubs slugger Seiya Suzuki was out of the beginning lineup towards Tampa Bay due to an sickness. Rookie Moisés Ballesteros subbed for Suzuki because the designated hitter.
