Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki was placed on the paternity list last Saturday. The rules for the paternity list state that a player can miss at least one, but no more than three games before being reinstated.
Suzuki missed games Saturday, Sunday and Monday, so there were two choices before Tuesday’s game:
- Put Suzuki on the injured list — he did suffer a minor injury last week, or
- Put him on the restricted list.
The Cubs chose the latter, and oddly, with no announcement by press release or otherwise, just quietly making the move.