Alec Mills

The Cubs placed Alec Mills on the 15-day IL on Sunday with a low back strain and recalled Michael Rucker from Triple-A.

Fantasy Impact

Mills left Saturday's start after just seven pitches with lower back pain, and likely underwent an MRI that revealed the strain. Even if he needs to miss the minimum time, he mediocre numbers make it obvious that he's not worth holding onto through his IL stint. Move on in all formats.

Alec Mills was removed from Saturday's start against the Red Sox with lower back pain.

Fantasy Impact

Mills threw just seven pitches and faced just two batters before departing. To the extent any fantasy managers were starting Mills, they should feel relieved that it wasn't an arm injury, and expect Mills to avoid an IL stint unless tests reveal something serious.

Alec Mills tossed 2 2/3 innings, allowing six hits, five earned runs, three home runs, one walk, and struck out one batter. He earned a no-decision in a win over the Cardinals on Sunday.

Fantasy Impact

This was Mills’ first start of the season and sixth appearance overall. He has a 9.87 ERA and a 1.73 WHIP in 17 1/3 innings pitched this season. Mills is not a fantasy option at this point.

Cubs pitcher Alec Mills pitched five innings, allowing two runs on four hits, one walk, and striking out six batters in a 9-3 loss Tuesday to Baltimore.

Fantasy Impact

This was Mills’ first appearance of the 2022 season as he was activated from the 60-day IL earlier in the day. Mills split time between the bullpen and rotation in 2021, carrying a 5.07 ERA in 32 games last season.

According to Cubs reporter Maddie Lee, Alec Mills experienced right quad tightness while working out on Wednesday. He will not make his rehab outing in Iowa this week.

Fantasy Impact

On Wednesday, the veteran starter suffered a setback on his quad injury after feeling tightness while working out. The team has opted to push his scheduled rehab start back and will not suit him up this week. The next step in his recovery is the team is allowing him a few days off before returning to workouts and being evaluated again before they decide on another rehab start.