The Chicago Cubs have placed Daniel Palencia on the 15-day IL after the closer left his Sunday appearance against the Washington Nationals with an apparent shoulder injury. While speaking with reporters after the game, Craig Counsell suggested there was a chance that the 25-year-old flamethrower may avoid the IL entirely.
“Danny felt some tightness in the posterior right shoulder,” Counsell said. “Docs have looked at him. That’s all we have right now. Probably let him just calm down a little bit and see how we are in a couple of days, a day or so.