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Oh, it’s never good when you have enough injury bits to discuss/update that you have to break off a separate post to get into them. The Cubs are rather banged up, and it got (much?) worse yesterday.
Let’s start with the new stuff. Sprinting to catch a pop fly in the first, Jake Marisnick slowed up and immediately went down. He was taken out of the game, and you knew it was going to be a legit injury – turned out to be a hamstring, and the Cubs were calling it a “strain” even before they got any tests done. Those tests will happen today (Cubs.com), and the best you can hope for is a mild strain, which would have him out maybe three weeks. I know, that’s a crummy best-case-scenario, but hamstring strains are a bitch like that. They seem to happen so easily for some guys, and they recur – and/or limit you – very easily if they’re not fully healed. So, historically, even the mildest of strains tend to keep guys out for multiple weeks, often up to a month. And if it’s
Chicago Cubs Minor League Wrap: May 7
Iowa walks off on a passed ball. The Smokies slug their way to a win. The Pelican join the win column for the first time this season.
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Three wins tonight including the Pelicans for the first time this season.
Iowa Cubs
Kohl Stewart got his first start in the Cubs organization and was pretty darn dominating over five innings. He allowed one run on one hit and walk walk. He struck out nine. The one hit was a triple down the right field line, just like on Thursday night against Cory Abbott.
That Iowa Cubs game, which was on Marquee, wound up finishing in walk-off fashion.
Weird walk-off fashion, because this poor catcher just … didn’t … catch the ball:
Walk-off win for Iowa in extras! Great way to cap off another fun night with @WatchMarquee. #GoCubsGopic.twitter.com/mW6QLIO8Ey
In that win, outfielder Rafael Ortega hit his THIRD homer already this season:
Rafael Ortega gives Iowa a 2-0 lead over Indy with his third home run of the season! pic.twitter.com/jJghsO5ttl
I just don’t know what will happen with Ortega this year, especially given that Nick Martini just got the outfield fill-in call rather than Ortega, who turns 30 this year. Having hit well over the winter and in Spring Training, and having hit well at Triple-A the last five years, there’s really not anything else Ortega can do to get a shot. Either the stars will align for a fit, or they won’t. Unfortunately, as wide open as the outfield bench picture once looked on the Cubs, it has tightene