Nico Hoerner hasn’t played since Monday, but before Sunday’s series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the gold glove second baseman AND Dansby Swanson were expected to return on Tuesday following Monday’s day off. Well, the Cubs are now reportedly going to call up infield prospect Luis Vazquez and I can’t help but to think that either Hoerner or Swanson won’t actually be healthy to play next week.
For some reason the Cubs refused to place Hoerner on the injured list this past week...