Craig Counsell told reporters after Sunday’s loss that he didn’t expect to have Kyle Tucker in Monday’s lineup, and that Pete Crow-Armstrong‘s status would be determined prior to the game. The team scratched Owen Caissie from the Iowa Cubs’ Friday contest and brought him to Chicago in the event that Tucker would need an IL stint, but opted instead to play shorthanded all weekend. They were down two men on Sunday with PCA nursing a sore knee from a foul ball, and now they may be without their closer as well.
Moisés Ballesteros Apparently in Atlanta as Cubs’ Health Questions Persist
