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Justin Steele, Adrian Sampson placed on restricted list

The Cubs are traveling to Toronto to take on the Blue Jays and as per Canadian government rules, visitors to Canada must be vaccinated against COVID-19. (The United States has the same rule for non-citizen visitors to the USA.) Because of that, left-handed pitcher Justin Steele and right-hander Adrian Sampson will be placed on the restricted list and will not be making the trip.

While no official announcement has been made as of late Sunday night (when I wrote this) as to who will take the two pitchers’ places on the roster, multiple reports have said that left-handed reliever Brendon Little and right-handed reliever Jeremiah Estrada were with the team in Milwaukee on Sunday.