Cubs reliever Nick Burdi’s timeline to return from appendectomy turning into clearer

Cubs reliever Nick Burdi isn’t anticipated to begin baseball actions for no less than a pair weeks, after present process an appendectomy Wednesday. However he was already again within the clubhouse Wednesday afternoon.

“To me, that is a straightforward one,” stated Burdi, who has undergone two Tommy John surgical procedures and an operation to deal with thoracic outlet syndrome, to call a couple of. 

He stated even his spouse, Rebecca, was thrown off when he got here house from the hospital and stored utilizing his arms.

“As a result of often if I’m down, it’s with an arm,” Burdi stated. “So this one, not as involved by any means.” 

This primary stage of restoration is focussed on letting the incision heal. 

Burdi, a Hinsdale, Illinois native, made his Cubs debut final week. It was his first major-league outing since 2020, as a consequence of arm accidents. He’s allowed three runs in a complete of three innings and threw the quickest pitch (100.6 mph) of any Cubs pitcher since 2016.

The Cubs have had three gamers endure appendectomies previously three seasons. In 2021, right-hander Trevor Williams was sidelined for 5 weeks. The following yr, Clint Frazier was on the IL for 3 and a half weeks. 

Madrigal optioned

The Cubs optioned third baseman Nick Madrigal to Triple-A Iowa on Thursday to make room on the roster for Kyle Hendricks, who the Cubs activated from the 15-day IL to make his season debut Thursday. 

“Simply attempt to attempt to get him again on observe, actually,” supervisor David Ross stated. “He began off swinging the bat fairly good. And we’ve obtained quite a lot of guys competing for enjoying time over there at third base, and simply not quite a lot of room for that talent set proper now.”

Madrigal transformed from second to 3rd base earlier than this season and has seemed comfy in his new place. On the offensive facet, he had a robust begin to the season, batting .345 in his first 12 video games. However since then, he’s hit .203. 

Madrigal will play each third base and second in Triple-A, Ross stated.