Ian Happ Injury Update: Cubs' Ian Happ Leaves Game After Foul Ball to Shin
Ian Happ’s Tuesday night in Milwaukee turned into the sort of baseball moment you can feel through the TV painful, awkward, and not what the Cubs needed right now. In the eighth inning, he fouled a pitch straight off his left shin. He stood at the plate for a moment, that stone-faced kind of tough-guy act, but it was clear something was off.
Then, he kinda wobbled, stepped away from the batter’s box, and headed down the tunnel before finishing his at-bat. Happ later told reporters, “I didn’t want to pass out on the field. That was as bad as I’ve had it. Not a pain thing—just got super lightheaded.”
The Cubs, already in a pressure-cooker week as the trade deadline looms and the division race is tight, can’t be thrilled. But if there’s any silver lining, it’s this: X-rays came back negative. No fracture, no season-wrecker. “That’s just the biggest concern, that there’s nothing fractured.
We’ll deal with the swelling in the ankle. Bruises are all right,” Happ said after the game. But even if it’s “just a bruise,” it’s the kind you can’t just ice and shake off in a couple of innings. As of now, the team is leaning toward placing Happ on the injured list mainly as a precaution, especially with swelling and the possibility of concussion-like symptoms from feeling so faint.
The Cubs, already in a pressure-cooker week as the trade deadline looms and the division race is tight, can’t be thrilled. But if there’s any silver lining, it’s this: X-rays came back negative. No fracture, no season-wrecker.
@Taylor_McGregor reports: Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Ian Happ will undergo an X-ray on his left shin after feeling lightheaded following his exit from the game.
“That’s just the biggest concern, that there’s nothing fractured. We’ll deal with the swelling in the ankle. Bruises are all right,” Happ said after the game. But even if it’s “just a bruise,” it’s the kind you can’t just ice and shake off in a couple of innings. As of now, the team is leaning toward placing Happ on the injured list mainly as a precaution, especially with swelling and the possibility of concussion-like symptoms from feeling so faint.
@Taylor_McGregor reports: Jesse Rogers says Ian Happ's X-rays came back negative after he fouled a ball off his left shin, though he was still limping in the Cubs clubhouse. He also shares that Jackson Chourio felt better after a hamstring spasm and doesn’t think it’s a serious issue.
@jwyllys says he genuinely didn’t expect Ian Happ to land on the injured list, given how both Happ and manager Craig Counsell sounded after the game. X-rays were negative, so this move comes as a real surprise to him, especially after all the postgame optimism.
If you’re wondering, Happ has had a rough streak with injuries this season already—he already had a stint on the IL in the spring for an oblique strain and missed a chunk of games. But, again, this one seems to be less about something breaking and more about the weird kind of baseball injury that stays sore while the pennant race keeps churning.
