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Cody Bellinger recorded the first hit and first RBI of his rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday, promising signs as he regains his timing before returning from bone bruising in his left knee. And for the second straight game, he played first base.
“His biggest impact for the Cubs is probably playing center field,” Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Wednesday. “But as we ease him back into the lineup and get his legs underneath him and things like that, it just makes a lot of sense.