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    Daniel Palencia Returns To Cubs' Injured List With Elbow Inflammation

    Chicago's closer is sidelined for the second time this season after pitching a scoreless ninth inning Monday. Right-hander Gavin Hollowell called up from Triple-A.
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    For the second time this season, the Chicago Cubs are down their closer.

    Right-hander Daniel Palencia was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday by the Cubs with inflammation in his right elbow. Right-handed reliever Gavin Hollowell was called up from Triple-A Iowa.

    Palencia went on the 15-day IL on April 16 with a mild strain of his left oblique. It was a short stay there as he returned to the Cubs on May 3. Palencia appeared in Monday's game, pitching the ninth inning of the Cubs' 5-4 walk-off victory over the Colorado Rockies. He walked one and struck out three.

    The 26-year-old has a 3.46 FIP (2.70 ERA) in 19 games and 16⅔ innings, with a walk rate of 8.5% and a strikeout rate of 26.8%.

    Hollowell is up for the second time this season. In a one-day call-up, he appeared in the May 7 game against the Cincinnati Reds, pitching 1⅔ innings, giving up two runs on two hits, including a homer, with four walks and a strikeout. In 15 games at Iowa this year, he has a 3.63 ERA with 14 walks and 27 strikeouts in 17⅓ innings.

     

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    NorthsideAvenger

    NorthsideAvenger 464

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    I am beginning to think this might not be the Cubs year. 

    Andy

    Andy 604

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    This team is having unfathomably bad luck with pitching injuries this year.

    UMFan83

    UMFan83 3,121

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    When the training staff went to check on him yesterday, were they looking at his elbow or something else?  Assuming elbow.  If so, did keeping him in there make things worse?  How incompetent does our training staff look?

    Stratos

    Stratos 523

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    Storybook first half.

    Post Count Padder

    Post Count Padder 209

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    27 different pitchers used already. We used 31 all of last season. The amount of injuries is ludicrous. 

    Tangled Up in Plaid

    Tangled Up in Plaid 680

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    is there any precedent that elbow inflamation calms down in 15 days, because this really sucks

    Wilson A2000

    Wilson A2000 635

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    8 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

    is there any precedent that elbow inflamation calms down in 15 days, because this really sucks

    Things often calm down right after Tommy John surgery when the anti-inflammatories start to kick in 😢

    Stratos

    Stratos 523

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    48 minutes ago, Post Count Padder said:

    27 different pitchers used already. We used 31 all of last season. The amount of injuries is ludicrous. 

    So we're on pace to use 60 pitchers this year?  That's not so bad.

    Wilson A2000

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    6 minutes ago, Stratos said:

    So we're on pace to use 60 pitchers this year?  That's not so bad.

    Hey, look on the bright side they’re all going to be fresh at the end of the season and be well under their normal innings pitched. Except our only good starting pitcher in Ben Brown! 

    We Got The Whole 9

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    59 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

    is there any precedent that elbow inflamation calms down in 15 days, because this really sucks

    Braves just put Strider on there for the same thing and theyre saying 4 weeks is the hopeful timeline

    javy knows my name

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    19 minutes ago, KCCub said:

     

    That sounds like really good news!



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