{"id":838810,"date":"2026-07-31T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838810\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:31:09","slug":"chicago-cubs-place-rhp-gavin-hollowell-on-il-closer-daniel-palencia-nears-return-and-justin-steele-throws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/838810\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Cubs place RHP Gavin Hollowell on IL, closer Daniel Palencia nears return and Justin Steele throws"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 The Chicago Cubs<\/a> placed reliever Gavin Hollowell<\/a> on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation before their series opener against the New York Yankees<\/a> on Friday and recalled left-hander Antoine Kelly<\/a> from Triple-A Iowa.<\/p>\n

Manager Craig Counsell said injured closer Daniel Palencia<\/a> will throw a live bullpen session in Chicago on Saturday and is nearing a return. Palencia, who led the Cubs last season with 22 saves, has been out since June 16 with a mild right elbow flexor strain.<\/p>\n

Hallowell\u2019s injury flared during the Cubs\u2019 series in St. Louis earlier this week. He has a 2.51 ERA over 14 1\/3 innings in 14 games this season, striking out 13 and walking eight while not factoring into a decision.<\/p>\n

Kelly was 1-1 with a 2.79 ERA in 19 1\/3 innings over 13 games with Iowa since the Cubs acquired him for cash from the Dodgers on June 6. The 26-year-old from suburban Park Ridge, Illinois, has yet to pitch in the majors.<\/p>\n

Palencia has been limited to 19 games and 16 2\/3 innings this season and is 2-1 with a 2.70 ERA and three saves.<\/p>\n

Counsell said that pending the outcome of Palencia\u2019s bullpen session, the righty could move on to a rehab assignment in the minors.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s probably ready to start making appearances in games,\u201d Counsell said. \u201cDaniel\u2019s coming back. He\u2019s throwing live, which means you\u2019re healthy. You\u2019ve just got to build up some volume.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, injured starter Justin Steele<\/a>, out since April 2025 following Tommy John surgery \u2014 then an April 2026 setback with a left flexor strain \u2014 played catch at Wrigley Field on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMade like 85 throws today, 80 throws, and then tomorrow do a lot more throws, and then get on the mound for 20 pitches,\u201d Steele said.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old left-hander, however, has no idea when he might resume pitching at some level, even if he said he \u201cfeels good right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust finishing the the protocol or whatever it is that\u2019s in front of me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Steele was an All-Star starter in a breakout 2023 season when he was 16-5 with a 3.06 ERA. Injuries limited him to 24 games in 2024 when he was 5-5 with a 3.07 ERA in 24 games.<\/p>\n

In 2025, Steele pitched just four games with a 3-1 record and 4.76 ERA before he got hurt in an April 7 win over Texas. <\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

Matt Carlson, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 The Chicago Cubs placed reliever Gavin Hollowell on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-838810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}