Ben Zobrist was placed on the restricted list a week ago due to a personal matter, potentially the same one that held him back from the start of spring training. The Cubs have remained mum, understandably so, saying only that the 37-year-old utility man would be absent for a while.
“I would absolutely call it ‘indefinite’ right now,” Joe Maddon said prior to Tuesday’s win in Cincinnati.
Rumors have swirled in the days since Zobrist left the team and they’ll undoubtedly continue into the future, but some facts have recently been revealed. According to publicly available court filings dated May 13 — and first tweeted by The Son Ranto Show’s Danny Rockett — Julianna Zobrist has filed for divorce with the Circuit Court of Cook County.