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Cubs announce injury designation for rookie outfielder

Although the Chicago Cubs are close to clinching a playoff berth in the National League, the team is still in a race with the Milwaukee Brewers for the division title in the NL Central.

After Sunday's slate of games, the Cubs are 5.5 games behind the Brewers in the division, but it will take some help from other teams while continuing to win games of their own to pass Milwaukee, who currently holds the best record in all of baseball (91-59).

Injuries have come to some of Chicago's best players in recent weeks, as Kyle Tucker (calf tightness) currently awaits a return from the 10-day IL, and Pete Crow-Armstrong (knee contusion) had a health scare last week but has since returned. Another injury list designation was announced on Sunday.

Cubs place Owen Caissie on the 7-day IL with concussion

The Chicago Cubs revealed that outfielder Owen Caissie suffered a concussion after running into the outfield wall while playing a ball in Saturday's loss against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com released more details on the Cubs' decision on the 23-year-old rookie.

"Cubs OF Owen Caissie is going through concussion protocol after crashing into the wall while making a catch on Saturday. He progressively got worse throughout the afternoon, eventually coming out of the game," Rogers wrote.

Unfortunately, it took just 12 games for Caissie to come up with an injury after getting called up from Triple-A Iowa on Aug. 14. The Cubs called up 23-year-old Kevin Alcantara after placing Caissie on the injured list.

In those 12 games, Caissie has a .192 batting average, .222 on-base percentage, .346 slugging percentage, and a .568 OPS while hitting one home run and four RBI.