Overview
- Seiya Suzuki will work out with Double-A Knoxville and then begin a rehab assignment with the Smokies when they open their season.
- Manager Craig Counsell said Suzuki will play right field during the assignment and projected roughly three to seven days before he rejoins the Cubs.
- Suzuki opened the season on the injured list with a right knee PCL sprain suffered during the World Baseball Classic in mid-March.
- In his absence to start the year, the Cubs have used Matt Shaw and Michael Conforto in right field.
- This step follows weeks of baserunning and defensive work and confirms earlier reporting by specifying Knoxville and a brief timeline.