CHICAGO -- If everything goes according to plan, the Cubs have circled Friday as the day Kyle Tucker will make his return from the injured list.

Prior to Wednesday’s game against the Mets at Wrigley Field, Cubs manager Craig Counsell noted that he met with Tucker to discuss his ongoing comeback from a left calf strain . They “were on the same page” about having Tucker rejoin the lineup as a designated hitter for Friday’s game against the Cardinals.

“[That’s] our goal right now,” Counsell said. “I don’t think the symptoms are going to be gone, but I think he’s in a place where he knows and he agrees that, ‘We’ve got to go.’ We’ve got to see what it feels like to play. And I think maybe the game can actually help him here. The games are going to help him here and give him some confiden

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