CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs late-inning reliever Pedro Strop was added to the roster for Tuesday's wild-card game against the Colorado Rockies after missing time with a hamstring strain.
Left off the roster was right-handed reliever Carl Edwards who has pain in his forearm, according to the team.
Strop, 33, has been out since Sept. 13 when he injured himself running out a ground ball to first base. He's been the Cubs de facto closer since the All-Star break when Brandon Morrow went down with an arm injury. Initially, Strop was pointing toward the beginning of the division series on Thursday for his return, but it was pushed up after the Cubs lost the NL Central tiebreaker on Monday.