Cubs right-hander Ben Brown suffers setback during rehab for neck injury

Cubs right-hander Ben Brown suffers setback during rehab for neck injury  Toronto Star

Cubs' Ben Brown suffers setback during rehab for neck injury  ESPN

Brown had a 1.85 ERA in 68 innings when he landed on the injured list in June with a neck injury. He suffered a setback Tuesday.

PHOENIX – Potentially nearing the end of a monthslong rehab from a stress fracture in a vertebra in his neck, right-hander Ben Brown is once again trapped in the unknown. The Cubs right-hander experienced symptoms in his neck at the end of a two-inning, 34-pitch appearance in a “bridge league” game Tuesday in Arizona,

The Chicago Cubs have dealt with a plethora of injuries to their starting rotation this season. Right-hander Ben Brown landed on the 15-day IL in June with a stress reaction in a bone in his neck. It's an identical injury to the one that kept him off the mound for the final three months of his rookie year with the Cubs