(670 The Score) Cubs veteran utilityman Ben Zobrist will continue his rehab assignment by playing three games for advanced Class-A Myrtle Beach this Thursday through Saturday, the team announced.
Zobrist, 38, took a personal leave of absence from the Cubs in early May as he went through divorce proceedings. He finally returned to the diamond this past weekend, going 2-for-9 with a walk in three games for low Class-A South Bend. The Cubs have mapped out a plan to try to get him back to form for the final month of the season, and it includes a series of rehab games in the minor leagues with some rest spread out in between.
Zobrist must be added to the roster by Aug. 31 to be playoff-eligible.
"We're expecting this to take most of if not all of August," president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said on the Mully & Haugh Show last week. "He's been working out. He's been performing baseball activities on his way, but he's obviously got to see a lot of live pitching. We'll see how it goes."
Zobrist was the MVP of the World Series when the Cubs broke their 108-year championship drought in 2016. He struggled earlier this season before stepping away, hitting .241 with a .596 OPS and just one extra-base hit in 83 at-bats.
