Despite speculatation that Anthony Rizzo will make his Chicago Cubs debut as early as June, don’t be surprised if that is not the case. The Cubs’ current 12-game losing streak and the lack of offensive punch during that skid may make them cautious to bring their top power-hitting prospect into a less-than-ideal situation.

“We are still evaluating that,” Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said. “The one thing that is important with Rizzo and all of our young guys is, right now [it isn’t fair to] bring him up to save an offense that is struggling to score runs. He is a young player. He will have to make adjustments. No young player should be viewed as the savior of a struggling major league offense. We are going to get through this [slump] because of those veteran guys, not because young guys have come up from the minor leagues.”

Rizzo came out of Sunday’s Triple-A Iowa game early, creating a false impression that he had been called up to the major leagues. Twitter and internet reports began a firestorm of reports that proved to be false when it was learned Rizzo had been taken out of the game due to a sore wrist.

“Supposedly [the injury is] not serious,” Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. “X-rays and all the tests were negative. He just felt something. So he probably will play today and evaluate it tomorrow. I don’t think it was as big a deal as they made it.”

Sveum and team officials were miffed at the way the Rizzo events were reported.

“I don’t think you go out on a limb and say he is coming to Chicago just because he comes out of a game,” Sveum said. “That’s crossing the line a little bit there with your tweeting or how it happened.”