Seiya Suzuki banged up his knee in an as-of-yet unspecified way during Team Japan’s WBC semifinal loss to Team Venezuela. He was removed from the game, limping his way off of the field, and the only update we got thereafter was that it was “right knee discomfort.”
His status for the start of the Chicago Cubs’ season is an open question at the moment, but it’s a question we should hopefully get answered this week.
“We need to see him, I think is probably the best. He’s on a flight back here,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Sunday of Suzuki’s situation, per Cubs.com. “[We need to] get our hands on Seiya and see what’s going on. I think it’s just best we wait and see, and let our doctors and trainers take a look at him and see what’s going on ….
“You never want to see your players come out of a game. And you know you’re not going to have all the information, so we’ve just got to wait. There’s nothing we can do but wait.”
There was no imaging done at the time, and hopefully Seiya Suzuki will arrive at Cubs camp (today?) feeling like there’s no need for imaging. Watching the play, it was hard to see how there could be real structural damage as opposed to some kind of contusion, but I’ve learned the hard way too many times not to play armchair doctor and make assumptions based on video.
The Cubs have 10 days before Opening Day, and it’s not as if Suzuki needs a whole lot more ramp up to be ready for the regular season. If he can be healthy enough to be out there by this weekend or even early next week, then I don’t think there’s any room for concern.
In the meantime, Counsell noted that the outfield is one area that the Cubs do now have quite a bit of depth in camp. Not only has Matt Shaw been learning right field, but the Cubs also have Michael Conforto, Dylan Carlson, Chas McCormick, and Kevin Alcantara all trying to win a job on the roster. None can replace Suzuki’s bat for a long stretch, but at least the Cubs do have the ability to cover the spot for a little while without necessarily taking a monster hit.
UPDATE: Seiya Suzuki is back at Cubs camp, and I still refuse to play armchair doc, but I kinda hate hearing that he’s in a brace and is indeed getting an MRI:
Seiya Suzuki is back at Cubs camp today. He was wearing a soft brace on his right knee as he hobbled through the clubhouse. Suzuki told Japanese reporters he was heading to get an MRI on his knee, which he injured on a headfirst slide during Saturday’s WBC quarterfinal game.
— Meghan Montemurro (@mmontemurro.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T19:35:08.569ZTen days out from Opening Day, it’s not impossible that Suzuki would miss the opener even if the MRI came up clean. It’s a long season, and neither the Cubs nor Suzuki can afford to see him get off to a totally mucked up start because he’s trying to play through discomfort.
For now, let’s just hope for a clean MRI, and then we’ll see what the prognosis is for a return to the field. It all sucks, obviously, but that’s the reality.
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