Ben Zobrist has been away from the Cubs’ active roster since early May due to a personal matter that has since been confirmed is his pending divorce. The Cubs initially called the leave “indefinite,” but as his time on the restricted list stretches beyond three weeks, the team is starting to come to terms with the idea that the steady switch-hitting utility player may not return.
“I have to think that way, absolutely,” Maddon told Gordon Wittenmyer of the Sun-Times when asked about the reality that Zobrist might be done.