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On Friday before a game against the White Sox
at Rate Field, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said starter Jameson
Taillon, out since July 1 with a right calf strain, is expected
begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa next week.
The big right-hander threw a 47-pitch bullpen session Friday.
Taillon is set to toss to live hitters in Milwaukee early next
week and then report to the Cubs' top affiliate.
Taillon is 7-6 with a 4.44 ERA and was mainstay in the Chicago’s
rotation despite some ups and downs in his ninth major league
season. The 33-year-old lost his final three straight games,
with a 10.66 ERA in that span, after winning five in a row.
Taillon’s injury opened a second gap in a Chicago rotation that
already was thinned when ace left-hander Justin Steele’s made
only four starts before needing season-ending elbow surgery.
Right-hander Javier Assad also is expected to join Iowa next
week. Assad has not pitched this season due to a left oblique
strain, but was 7-6 with a 3.73 ERA in 29 starts last season.
Righty Porter Hodge, out since July 8 with right shoulder
impingement, is scheduled to pitch for Iowa on Saturday. Hodge
is 2-1 with a 6.85 ERA in 26 relief appearances this season.
Catcher Miguel Amaya, recovering from a left oblique strain,
also is expected to join Iowa next week. He’s batting .280 with
four homers and 25 RBIs in 29 games this season, but hasn’t
played since May 24.
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