MESA, Ariz. – The day after being held out of the lineup for what the Cubs called leg fatigue, second baseman Nick Madrigal said he feels “great.”
Madrigal, who underwent season-ending surgery on a torn right hamstring last June, said as he warmed up Friday he felt tightness in his right glute, possibly stemming in part from a tight lower back.
“I thought that as I got warm, it would kind of go away,” Madrigal said Saturday, “And then yesterday it was just lingering around. I started to run some bases, and they saw me not 100 percent, and they immediately pulled me out.