{"id":636997,"date":"2026-04-28T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/636997\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:13:08","slug":"justin-steele-shut-down-due-to-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/636997\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Steele Shut Down Due To Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cubs left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/steelju01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-28_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Justin Steele<\/a> has hit a setback in his recovery from last year\u2019s elbow surgery, reports <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JesseRogersESPN\/status\/2049230117294006321?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesse Rogers of ESPN<\/a>. The specifics of the setback aren\u2019t clear but Rogers suggests that Steele\u2019s return timeline is likely to be pushed into the future.<\/p>\n<p>Steele underwent surgery on his ulnar collateral ligament in April of 2025. The Cubs called it a \u201crevision repair\u201d, something less than a full Tommy John surgery, and suggested Steele could be back in about a year\u2019s time. He was throwing off a mound by the end of January 2026, creating some hope that he could return fairly early in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs put Steele on the 60-day injured list just as the season was beginning, meaning he couldn\u2019t officially return prior to late May. Even that timeline may no longer be on the table, as Rogers says the plan of returning by Memorial Day may now be in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>Further details will likely be forthcoming from the club prior to tonight\u2019s game. Whenever Steele is finally healthy, it will still be a while before he can rejoin the club. He\u2019ll need to build up through the standard steps of throwing bullpens, then live batting practice, then a rehab assignment, with that overall process to take at least a few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cubs left-hander Justin Steele has hit a setback in his recovery from last year\u2019s elbow surgery, reports Jesse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,16079,591,85],"class_list":["post-636997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-justin-steele","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}