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Cubs Place Seiya Suzuki On Injured List Due To Oblique Strain

By Darragh McDonald | April 15, 2024 at 5:15pm CDT

The Cubs announced to reporters, including Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune, that outfielder Seiya Suzuki has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Fellow outfielder Alexander Canario has been recalled in a corresponding move.

At this point, it’s unclear exactly how severe the injury is, but it’s undoubtedly bad news for the Cubs. For one thing, even mild oblique strains usually lead to absences of multiple weeks. Since Suzuki has been one of the club’s hottest hitters so far this year, it’s doubly frustrating that he’s now on the shelf. Suzuki suffered an oblique strain in Spring Training last year, on his left side, and missed the first few weeks of the season.

Through 15 games this year, Suzuki already has three home runs and has produced a batting line of .305/.368/.525 for a wRC+ of 139. Michael Busch is the only other guy on the club who is getting regular playing time and producing more than that. Those two along with Dansby Swanson are the only regulars with a wRC+ above the 100 average. Despite the tepid offense, the Cubs have managed to go 9-6 so far this year but will now have to try to continue winning without Suzuki’s bat in the lineup.

Canario, 24 next month, got to make his major league debut last year but was put into just six games. He’s generally done a lot of hitting in the minors but with plenty of strikeouts as well. Shoulder and ankle injuries limited him to just 53 minor league games last year, but he hit nine home runs and slashed .273/.356/.488 in those, along with strikeouts in 27.5% of his plate appearances.

So far this year, he has reduced his strikeout rate to 24.6% in his 61 plate appearances at the Triple-A level. He has also walked at a strong 13.1% rate and hit .269/.377/.481. It’s a fairly small sample size but it nonetheless shows some encouraging progress for the young outfielder.

Whether the Cubs plan on having him take regular playing time in Suzuki’s absence remains to be seen. The club could perhaps use an outfield alignment of Ian Happ, Cody Bellinger and Mike Tauchman while using Garrett Cooper in the designated hitter slot and keeping Canario on the bench. Christopher Morel could also be moved from third base to designated hitter, with Nick Madrigal getting more time at the hot corner. But given the struggles up and down the lineup, perhaps there’s a path for Canario to earn himself some more playing time if he make good use of whatever opportunities he’s given initially.

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43 Comments

  1. thegreatgoodbye

    1 year ago

    Solid player who unfortunately is injured a lot

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    • MLB Top 100 Commenter

      1 year ago

      Garrett Cooper

      This is the way

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  2. cubs2016

    1 year ago

    Platoon Tauchman and Canario in right, send Miles down when they activate Wisdom. Losing Seiya is tough, but def manageable

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    • Hyatt Visa

      1 year ago

      Why activate Wisdom? He’s the same a Garrett Cooper but not at good

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      • Spotswood

        1 year ago

        How many times has Cooper hit 20 HRs in a year or played 3rd?

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        • MLB Top 100 Commenter

          1 year ago

          Cooper is a vastly superior hitter to Wisdom, but yes, Wisdom can play 3B if the Morel experiment ends and Chris goes back to DH

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        • rondon

          1 year ago

          Cooper doesn’t strike out anywhere near as much as whiffdom. And did you see Whiffdom’s defense at third last year??

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        • Spotswood

          1 year ago

          So they aren’t the same?

          Reply
        • Spotswood

          1 year ago

          “And did you see Whiffdom’s defense at third last year??”

          Have you seen Morel defense this year? And if you notice, Morel is hitting .200/.250/.336 in April.

          Reply
        • rondon

          1 year ago

          I saw the spectacular plays Morel made at 3rd to save the game last Saturday. Apparently, you have selective vision. And if you’re actually comparing Morel’s last week of offense to Whiffdon’s career of slumps and K’s, you win the king cherry picker of the week award. Congrats.

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        • Spotswood

          1 year ago

          Oh boy, 1 play… talk about selective. And it’s actually April 16th. Which is 13 of 16 games, or 79% of his PAs.

          This seems like a personal issue for you. I recommend you take it up with your psycologist.

          Reply
        • rondon

          1 year ago

          You know, they make a cream you can get that would work wonders on that thin skin issue you have..

          1
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        • Spotswood

          1 year ago

          Is it the same cream you use to make you more insightful? Cause it doesn’t work.

          Reply
        • rondon

          1 year ago

          What?? …smh

          Reply
    • rondon

      1 year ago

      Wisdom is not the answer.

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      Reply
      • Spotswood

        1 year ago

        You said that, I didnt

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        • Unclemike1525

          1 year ago

          Most people do say that.

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          Reply
        • Spotswood

          1 year ago

          You can win with Wisdom, you won’t win because of him.

          Reply
        • MLB Top 100 Commenter

          1 year ago

          At least today, Cubs have a smily (Smyly) face. Making lemonade out of a lemon contract

          Reply
  3. Prunella Vulgaris

    1 year ago

    Best wishes for a quick recovery.

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    Reply
  4. ryrockak

    1 year ago

    Here’s to hoping that Morel’s finger injury doesn’t keep him in his mini slump. Losing Suzuki is bad enough

    Reply
  5. 10centBeerNight

    1 year ago

    The damn oblique. Heal up kid!

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  6. fenwayfrank

    1 year ago

    Omg another strain….oblique….ucl…..elbow ….where does it end. Is anyone in shape (oblique) anymore?

    Reply
  7. filihok

    1 year ago

    Canario projected for an 88 wRC+ by FanGraphs DC

    Suzaki has a 122 by the same measure

    Reply
  8. Larry D.

    1 year ago

    See ya in June.

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    • Acoss1331

      1 year ago

      Sadly, with oblique injuries, June is probably about right…

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      Reply
      • rondon

        1 year ago

        It’s the injury he keeps having.

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    • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

      1 year ago

      June? You think it’ll be nearly 2 months on the IL?

      Reply
      • Acoss1331

        1 year ago

        A few guys with oblique injuries have missed a while in previous instances. It also depends if it’s a grade 1 or grade 2 strain. I’m just being pessimistic but we’ll get an idea once we know what grade it ends up being.

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    • Unclemike1525

      1 year ago

      I think it speaks volumes that they called up Canario and left Wisdom down on the farm.

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      Reply
  9. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    1 year ago

    Recover fast Seiya

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    Reply
  10. User 4095290658

    1 year ago

    The NL Central is the worst. Absolutely horrible division.

    Reply
    • themed

      1 year ago

      No it’s not

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      Reply
      • Spotswood

        1 year ago

        It’s opposite day.

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    • rememberthecoop

      1 year ago

      Every team in the division is at least decent. You’re goofy dude.

      3
      Reply
      • User 4095290658

        1 year ago

        mlbtraderumors.com/2024/04/cubs-sign-carl-edwards-…

        Lol yeah… check this nonsense out.

        Reply
    • douglasb

      1 year ago

      The teams in the division are currently 48-33. How is that horrible?

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  11. Bounty Hunters IA

    1 year ago

    Counsell will actually have Canario play instead of just warming the bench. Seiya has been good when healthy but I’ll always say his $87 million could have been spent elsewhere more wisely.

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    • CubsWS2016

      1 year ago

      Hindsight is always 20-20…

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      Reply
  12. jhanley108

    1 year ago

    Ohhh, the hyperbole and hyper ventilation is glorious. The pitching is sketchy and injuries are piling up. Ownership can go to h-e-double hockey sticks. I’m a long time fan who is done with this team and the 10 yr rebuilds while putting out a terrible product. It’s all about $ and not winning. At all. I’ve met and worked w/the Prickly Pricketts, they are not nice people. Plus they fund a treasonous POS that wants to ruin democracy. FO

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    • Spotswood

      1 year ago

      Rabble, rabble, rabble… they’re 10-6

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      Reply
  13. Dumpster Divin Theo

    1 year ago

    Uh oh spagets

    Reply
  14. Yankeesforever

    1 year ago

    Seiya it ain’t so…

    2
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