Daniel Palencia: Everything you need to know

Daniel Palencia

#48 RP

Status

15-Day IL - Lat - Strain Expected Return: 2026-05-05

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
3/23	NYY	W 15-6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2/27	CLE	W 8-6	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2/24	SD	W 6-5	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
2/21	TEX	L 3-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Preseason Totals			4	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	IP	K	BB	HBP	CG	SHO	H	R	ER
4/12	PIT	W 7-6	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/11	PIT	L 4-3	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/5	CLE	W 1-0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/1	LAA	W 6-2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3/29	WSH	L 6-3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Regular Season Totals			5	5	2	0	0	0	3	0	0

Splits	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	K	BB	HBP	CG	H	R	ER	SVO	S	AVG	HR
Overall	0	5.0	1	0	0.0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0.176	0
Away	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000	0
Home	0	4.0	1	0	0.0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.214	0
Day	0	5.0	1	0	0.0	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0.176	0
vs Lefty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.333	0
vs Righty	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
March	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
April	0	4.0	1	0	0.0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0.077	0
Opponent
vs PIT	0	2.0	1	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0
vs LAA	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.250	0
vs CLE	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000	0
vs WSH	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.500	0
Venue
@ Chicago	0	4.0	1	0	0.0	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.214	0
@ Cleveland	0	1.0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.000	0

Daniel Palencia: Breaking News

Manager Craig Counsell said Tuesday that Palencia underwent an MRI that revealed a lat strain, Patrick Mooney of The Athletic reports. Palencia initially landed on the injured list Friday with a left oblique strain, but imaging has now confirmed him to be dealing with a lat issue. Counsell noted that the 26-year-old reliever is responding very well to treatment and could begin throwing by the time the Cubs begin their weekend series in Los Angeles. If his rehab continues to progress smoothly, he may be cleared to return to Chicago's bullpen in about two weeks.

The Cubs placed Palencia on the 15-day injured list Friday with a left oblique strain. It's unclear when Palencia -- who hasn't pitched since Sunday -- was hurt, but the injury will knock him out at least for the next couple weeks and likely longer. The Cubs are also currently without Hunter Harvey (triceps) and Phil Maton (knee), so their late-inning bullpen depth is thin. Caleb Thielbar could be the next man up for saves, with Ben Brown also an option.

Palencia (1-0) picked up the win over the Pirates on Sunday, allowing one walk with two strikeouts in a hitless and scoreless ninth inning. With the game tied 6-6 in the top of the ninth, Palencia came on and struck out Konnor Griffin, got Joey Bart to ground out, walked Oneil Cruz and struck out Brandon Lowe. The Cubs walked it off in the bottom half of the inning to get Palencia his first win of the 2026 campaign. Chicago's closer has pitched in five games to this point and has yet to allow a run with a 5:2 K:BB across five innings. He's recorded just one save.