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CLEVELAND – The Cubs have shut down rookie right-hander Ben Brown from throwing, putting his timeline back from a lingering neck issue in question.
“We just weren’t making progress,” manager Craig Counsell said. “... We don’t have a date to pick it up, but we’ve got to get symptom-free. We never got symptom-free.”
Brown initially went on the injured list in early June for what the team called a strained neck. But further testing revealed a “benign area of concern” that had already started to dissipate.