Nico Hoerner is with the Cubs in Cincinnati, But Not Activated Yet

Brett Taylor

Jul 03, 2021

All right. At least something good is coming, even if not today.

Though he’s not yet activated, Nico Hoerner (hamstring) is all done with his rehab assignment:

Nico Hoerner is in Cincinnati with the Cubs and taking BP today but has not been activated yet. It's a rest day for him after playing back-to-back days on his rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa.
Assuming all goes well today, it's possible he is activated in the next couple days

— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) July 3, 2021

Nico Hoerner is in Cincinnati and taking batting practice today. He won't be activated today, but could be tomorrow.

— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 3, 2021

Hopefully Hoerner still feels good tomorrow and slides right back in at second base. What you don’t want is him feeling like he has to “save” the Cubs’ season, though. Just do what you were doing before the injury – working fantastic plate appearances, spraying line drives – and let the chips fall.

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation. You can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation, on Bluesky at @Brett-Taylor, and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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