Cubs starter Jameson Taillon goes on injured list, will miss more than a
month with calf strain
[July 05, 2025]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon may miss “more than
a month” with a right calf strain, manager Craig Counsell said Friday
after the team placed the veteran right-hander on the injured list.
Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and a mainstay in the NL Central leader's
rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league season.
The 33-year-old has lost three straight games, with a 10.66 ERA in that
span, after winning five in a row. |
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jameson Taillon throws against the Houston
Astros during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 29, 2025,
in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) |
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Taillon, who had been scheduled to start
Saturday, sustained the injury while running after a bullpen
session on Thursday.
“He felt a grab yesterday,” Counsell said. “He's going to miss a
pretty significant amount of time.”
The IL move is retroactive to Tuesday. In a corresponding move,
the Cubs recalled lefty Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa before
their game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Wicks is expected to work from the bullpen, although 11 of his
12 appearances for Iowa were starts. He was 1-3 with one save
and 4.06 ERA with the Triple-A affiliate.
Wicks appeared in two games with the Cubs in April, pitching two
innings and going 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA.
“He’s got to come up here and attack the strike zone and get
himself in favorable counts ... to be effective,” Counsell said.
Taillon's injury left the Cubs scrambling to plug another hole
in their rotation.
Left-hander Justin Steele, an All-Star in 2023 with a 16-5
record, made only four starts this season before undergoing
elbow surgery that will sideline him for the rest of 2025.
Lefty Shota Imanaga has won two starts since returning from a
hamstring strain that kept him out for seven weeks.
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