Cubs News: The Seiya Suzuki update is not good to hear

Over the weekend, we saw Seiya Suzuki scratched from the Chicago Cubs’ spring training lineup because he was dealing with an oblique injury. On Monday night, we found out that he is withdrawing from the World Baseball Classic as a member of Team Japan.

This was tough news to hear because it was fairly obvious that this was going to impact his status with the Cubs as spring training moves along. As expected, an update on his injury was provided on Tuesday morning.

Suzuki has a moderate left oblique strain. That is not the best news and there is no estimated return time for him. We can only hope that the return is sooner rather than later.

On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays also announced that starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow is dealing with a very similar injury to Suzuki’s. They announced that he will be out for roughly 6-8 weeks.

The Chicago Cubs are going to be without Seiya Suzuki for a while.

Obviously, everybody in the world has a body that would heal at different rates but this could be considered a somewhat general estimation as to how long he is out. Of course, Glasnow is a pitcher and Suzuki is an outfielder so things are different but it is good to know.

In 2022, Suzuki only played in 111 games. Obviously, it isn’t like he played in no games at all but he would certainly like to play in more than that. This isn’t the greatest start toward that goal in 2023 but he can still find a way to have a mostly healthy season.

All the Cubs have to hope for is that he returns to form this year when he does come back. It would be a shame to see this as something that lingers for the entire season. Getting him back not long after Opening Day would certainly be a good way to make sure that good things happen instead.

Again, there are some other good exciting players being brought in by the Cubs this year and they need to avoid injury for the rest of spring training. If these start to pile up, a once-promising 2023 season will start to become lackluster. Hopefully, Suzuki gets back ASAP.