Coghlan says ankle is fine, eyes playoff roster

PITTSBURGH — The Cubs’ Chris Coghlan said his left ankle felt good on Thursday, one day after coming out of a game with a mild sprain after crashing into the outfield wall.

“It got stuck in the wall,” Coghlan said.

He wanted to stay in the game, but manager Joe Maddon convinced him to get treatment.

“Joe said, ‘It’s not worth it right now,'” Coghlan said. “I told him afterward I was glad he said that. As a competitor, you want to stay in there.”

Coghlan was hoping he could play this weekend in Cincinnati. He’s hitting .326 (14-for-43) in 18 games this month and is hoping that’s enough to secure a spot on the Cubs’ postseason roster.

“At the end of the day, I think they know what type of player I am,” Coghlan said. “It feels good for me to contribute to the team to win, and it’s fun to be out there playing more often and producing at the level I know I can.”

Worth noting • Outfielder Jorge Soler, who has been bothered by some discomfort on his right side, rejoined the Cubs on Thursday so the athletic trainers could evaluate him. Soler underwent an MRI on Monday, and Maddon was hoping he could at least take batting practice this weekend in Cincinnati. Is there enough time to get him ready for the postseason?

“He needs to get going and we want to find out,” Maddon said. “You want to test, but you don’t want to test too soon to totally take him out of the entire postseason, so you have to be careful in a sense. He felt pretty good today, from what I was told. Once in a while, he feels it in a very, very, very minor way. We just have to wait for him to say he’s up to par, so that’s why we’re being very …

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