Cub bench candidate Weeks to miss rest of spring with knee injury

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Jemile Weeks suffers a left knee injury on this collision with White Sox runner Yolmer Sanchez in Monday’s spring game. (Photo: John Antonoff)

MESA, Ariz. – Non-roster infielder Jemile Weeks, who was a candidate for the Cubs’ final bench job, was diagnosed with a sprained ACL and bone bruise in his left leg after an MRI.

Typical recovery time is four weeks, effectively ending Weeks’ big-league camp.

Weeks, a veteran of 260 big-league games with five teams, was hurt when he was hit while making a tag on a sliding runner during Monday’s game against the White Sox.

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