Cubs reliever Nick Burdi’s timeline to return from appendectomy becoming clearer

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Cubs reliever Nick Burdi tries to put a tag on Phillies’ Garrett Stubbs, who scores on a wild pitch during the eighth inning of a game at Citizens Bank Park on May 20, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies defeated the Cubs 12-3.Cubs reliever Nick Burdi isn’t expected to start baseball activities for at least a couple weeks, after undergoing an appendectomy Wednesday. But he was already back in the clubhouse Wednesday afternoon.

“To me, this is an easy one,” said Burdi, who has undergone two Tommy John surgeries and an operation to treat thoracic outlet syndrome, to name a few.

He said even his wife, Rebecca, was thrown off when he came home from the hospital and kept using…