<p>“We have a couple more injuries today, unfortunately,” <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> skipper <b>Craig Counsell</b> said to start his pregame media session Monday at Wrigley Field.</p><p>You know it’s bad when nobody even has to ask.</p><p>Yes, there’s more bad injury news for the Cubs, who couldn’t make it consecutive days without sending a player to the injured list.</p><p>Monday, it was a pair, with utility man <b>Matt Shaw</b> landing on the IL with a sprained left hand and righty reliever <b>Ethan Roberts</b> heading there with inflammation in his right forearm.</p><p>That made six injured-list placements in six days.</p><p>Though Roberts’ presence in an increasingly injury-ravaged bullpen is a much needed one, Shaw was on something of a hot streak since returning from his previous IL stint earlier this month.</p><p>He had a .395 on-base percentage in 14 games in June, seeing regular playing time as the team’s primary right fielder while <b>Seiya Suzuki</b> has battled nagging knee discomfort that’s limited him to DH duty. Among Cubs hitters, only Suzuki and the red-hot <b>Pete Crow-Armstrong</b> had a higher June OPS than Shaw’s .852 coming into Monday.</p><p>But the Cubs don’t seem concerned that Shaw will be sidelined long.</p><p>“We’re pretty optimistic here,” Counsell said. “We ruled out everything else that could have been longer term, in terms of worrisome.