Well, the Cubs have the perfect opportunity to call up a couple of their top prospects following a couple of injuries that occurred during Tuesday night’s game against the Phillies. In their 10-4 win, rookie first baseman Michael Busch and DH Seiya Suzuki exited the game early and if the Cubs want to face each issue with extra precaution, then this is the time to promote at least one of their star prospects for the final few games of the season.
Busch, 26, was drilled with a 91mph sinker on his right arm by lefty pitcher Tanner Banks in the second inning. Busch stayed in the game initially, ran the bases and came around to score in the Cubs’ six-run rally. However, the Cubs took Busch out of the game once the bottom of the second inning began.
Michael Busch exits after being hit by a pitch in the 2nd inning pic.twitter.com/vuUwq9hm8X
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Then, in the sixth inning Suzuki ended up spraining his right ankle after coming around to score from first base on a three-run triple from Cody Bellinger.
You can see Suzuki limping back to the dugout at the end of this clip.
Cody Bellinger's three-run triple pic.twitter.com/ZXvkAbTnLL
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The Triple-A season ended on Sunday for the Iowa Cubs and the following day The Athletic reported that there were no plans for outfield prospects Owen Caissie or Kevin Alcantara to be called up in the final week of the regular season.
I mean, why not? I’m only saying this if there’s any level of concern over either Busch and Suzuki. If both guys can play and there’s no pain involved for them, then cool, let them finish the season. However, if either of them are still feeling a bit banged up, then why not reward one of your top prospects and give them a few days in the show to end the year?
Do we really need to see Patrick Wisdom or Miles Mastrobuoni start more games this week? Or you know, maybe it would be nice to see Matt Shaw take some swings against MLB pitching for a couple games.
We’ll see how Busch and Suzuki feel before Wednesday’s series finale against the Phillies. Following that game the Cubs have Thursday off before ending the season with a weekend series against the Reds at Wrigley Field.
