{"id":79955,"date":"2024-07-13T17:02:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T21:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=79955"},"modified":"2024-07-13T17:02:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T21:02:34","slug":"chicago-cubs-pitcher-luke-little-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/13\/chicago-cubs-pitcher-luke-little-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs Pitchers Trade Places on Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as they looked to be on the verge of getting healthy, another Chicago Cubs pitcher has been placed on the injured list. This time, it\u2019s rookie left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/littllu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke Little<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marqueesportsnetwork.com\/cubs-bullpen-suffers-another-blow-as-rookie-reliever-exits-injury-luke-little\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Little exited Friday night\u2019s win over the St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> in the eighth inning with \u201cleft shoulder discomfort.\u201d Before today\u2019s double-header against the Cardinals, the Cubs placed him on the 15-day IL with what is officially being called a left shoulder strain. In a corresponding move, the Cubs recalled right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=robert000eth\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ethan Roberts<\/a> from Triple-A Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cubs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cubs<\/a> place Luke Little on the 15-day IL with a left shoulder strain. Ethan Roberts recalled.<\/p>\n<p>Javier Assad reinstated as the 27th man in today\u2019s doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor McGregor (@Taylor_McGregor) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taylor_McGregor\/status\/1812148332149485936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Cubs Pitchers Have Struggled to Stay Healthy in 2024<\/h3>\n<p>The news comes just as the Cubs seemed to be trending toward full health. Reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leitema02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Leiter Jr.<\/a> was activated off the IL earlier this week, and starting pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/11\/chicago-cubs-roster-injuries-javier-assad\/\" target=\"_self\">Kyle Hendricks returned<\/a> to start last night\u2019s game in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/27\/javier-assad-injured-list\/\" target=\"_self\">Javier Assad was also activated off the 15-day IL<\/a> today as the \u201c27th man\u201d for today\u2019s double-header. He is slated to start the second game tonight. With reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/07\/veteran-reliever-merryweather-il-shoulder\/\" target=\"_self\">Julian Merryweather nearing his return from the 60-day IL<\/a>, the Cubs bullpen was looking to be in great shape heading into the second half of the season. But these pesky injuries that have plagued Cubs pitchers all season keep popping up.<\/p>\n<p>Little, 23, has been effective out of the bullpen so far this season despite getting bounced between Iowa and the Cubs quite a bit. He sits at 3-1 with a 3.46 ERA in 26 innings pitched. He also made a brief appearance for the Cubs last season, pitching 6 2\/3 scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts. He\u2019s been particularly good lately, as he\u2019s not allowed an earned run in his previous 8 1\/3 innings pitched. Aside from his rough March\/April (7.00 ERA), he\u2019s been on a great run. Little has allowed three earned runs in May, June, and July combined.<\/p>\n<h3>Cubs Pitcher Ethan Roberts Recalled From Iowa<\/h3>\n<p>With Little out, the Cubs recalled 27-year-old Ethan Roberts, who has appeared in just three games in 2024. However, he has tossed four scoreless innings in his brief time in the majors. Roberts\u2019 only other appearance in the majors came in 2022 with the Cubs. He struggled in 7 2\/3 innings, allowing seven earned runs on three home runs, finishing with an 8.22 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>With some key Cubs pitchers nearing return either this weekend or after the All-Star break, the Cubs hope Little\u2019s shoulder strain doesn\u2019t keep him out long. Despite numerous injuries, the Cubs will finish the season\u2019s first half in contention for a Wild-Card spot. If Cubs pitchers can stay healthy in the second half, a playoff push could be very possible.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credits: <em>David Banks-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as they looked to be on the verge of getting healthy, another Chicago Cubs pitcher has been placed on the injured list. This time, it\u2019s rookie left-hander Luke Little. Little exited Friday night\u2019s win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth inning with \u201cleft shoulder discomfort.\u201d Before today\u2019s double-header against the Cardinals, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5142,"featured_media":79961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1071],"tags":[3985,28618,2513,28469,28614,75,28316,2619,168],"class_list":["post-79955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cubs","category-mlb","tag-cubs-bullpen","tag-ethan-roberts","tag-injured-list","tag-javier-assad","tag-julian-merryweather","tag-kyle-hendricks","tag-luke-little","tag-mark-leiter-jr","tag-st-louis-cardinals"],"modified_by":"Evan Mazza, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}