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Injuries & Moves: X-rays negative for Crawford; Nootbaar progressing

March 17, 2024

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Edman (wrist) ruled out for Opening Day

@JohnDenton555
March 14, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Still bothered by painful inflammation in a right wrist that needed surgery five months ago, Cardinals center fielder Tommy Edman was ruled out for Opening Day and will instead soon head to the 10-day injured list, manager Oliver Marmol confirmed on Thursday. Edman, a former Gold Glove

Gray's BP session a promising step in return to action

Cardinals will have a better idea of right-hander's readiness for Opening Day later this week
@JohnDenton555
March 11, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Pitching off a mound for the first time since he strained his right hamstring seven days ago in a Spring Training game, Cardinals ace Sonny Gray said the best feeling he experienced on Monday was, well, nothing. “I guess the best answer that I can give you

Edman (wrist) encouraged after second, third opinions

Cards center fielder assessing rehab options as Opening Day draws closer
@JohnDenton555
March 9, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Stressing that his lingering wrist pain is “more inflammation than structural \damage],” Cardinals center fielder [Tommy Edman remains confident that he will soon be back on a path toward a comeback, despite his baseball activities being shut down for a second time in as many weeks. Edman,

Nootbaar sidelined with rib fractures, expected out 2 weeks

@JohnDenton555
March 8, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- A Dodgers fan as a kid while growing up in suburban Los Angeles, Lars Nootbaar always dreamed of someday playing at Dodger Stadium, against some of baseball’s best players and on the game’s grandest stages. Now, following yet another random and freakish injury, Nootbaar knows that he

Gray's hamstring strain 'mild,' but Opening Day in doubt

He's cautiously optimistic after being able to do physical activity the day after exiting start
@JohnDenton555
March 5, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Sonny Gray said he knows from experience just how frustrating hamstring injuries can be for pitchers -- regardless of how mild or severe they are -- after having gone through two such issues in 2022 while with the Twins. Ironically, Gray said those prior injuries likely kept

Gray exits spring game with right hamstring tightness

Matz makes strong first appearance; Hence gets out of jam
@ladsonbill24
March 4, 2024

​WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Cardinals right-hander Sonny Gray made his second start of the spring and had to leave the game in the second inning because of right hamstring tightness in Monday’s 1-0 loss to the Nationals at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches. There were two outs in

Edman hopeful for start of spring after offseason wrist surgery

@JohnDenton555
January 4, 2024

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Contreras' season ends due to left wrist tendinitis

Cardinals catcher headed to 10-day IL after battling multiple injuries during 2023 campaign
September 21, 2023

ST. LOUIS -- Willson Contreras made a brief stop in the Cardinals’ clubhouse on Thursday morning before dutifully heading off to the trainers’ room to undergo imaging on his ailing left wrist. Asked if he was OK, Conteras half-grimaced and replied, “We’ll see.” The Cardinals’ 6-0 loss to the Brewers

Burleson's tough-luck season continues with thumb fracture

@JohnDenton555
September 20, 2023

ST. LOUIS -- To fully illustrate the tough luck that Alec Burleson has so often hit into this season, the first baseman/outfielder leads Cardinals players with at least 300 plate appearances in terms of the gap between his actual production and his expected numbers in three major offensive statistical categories.

Carlson contemplating season-ending ankle surgery

@JohnDenton555
August 20, 2023

ST. LOUIS -- Maybe no hard-luck player on the Cardinals roster typifies the kind of frustration-filled, sour season the team has been through than 24-year-old outfielder Dylan Carlson, who sat on the Cardinals’ bench on Saturday nursing not one but two injuries. To further add to Carlson’s frustration is this

Waino set to come off IL, start Monday: 'I'm ready'

@JohnDenton555
July 23, 2023

CHICAGO -- When Adam Wainwright’s dramatically improved health lined up with another opening in the starting rotation, the Cardinals made the somewhat surprising decision to send their 41-year-old pitcher to the mound when they play the D-backs in Arizona on Monday. Wainwright, who still needs two wins to become the

Montgomery 'hoping for some good news' after leaving start early

July 8, 2023

CHICAGO -- It was looking like Jordan Montgomery was headed for another quality start after cruising through four scoreless innings. The Cardinals were also in a great spot, leading the White Sox by five runs. Then, it all fell a part. Montgomery left the game with a hamstring injury after

Waino (shoulder) expected to head to IL: 'That's not the end'

Cards veteran remains only two wins away from 200 in his career
@JohnDenton555
July 4, 2023

MIAMI -- It’s the perplexing and troubling question the Cardinals hoped they would never encounter, much less have to answer in the middle of a season. However, there is no avoiding their most prominent personnel query now after another lopsided loss: Will franchise icon Adam Wainwright toe the rubber and

O'Neill hoping to return to baseball activity this week

@JohnDenton555
June 11, 2023

ST. LOUIS -- Claiming to be pain-free for the first time in more than a month after consulting with a Southern California-based back specialist and receiving two pain-killing injections, Cardinals outfielder Tyler O'Neill is hopeful he can restart baseball activities later this week. Unable to shake the back pain that

DeJong joins big league club on road trip

@JohnDenton555
April 22, 2023

SEATTLE -- Shortstop Paul DeJong, whose career has been marred by shocking struggles much of the past three seasons, is headed back to the Cardinals and could be activated as soon as Sunday, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Saturday. DeJong, who hit at least 19 home runs in

Willson day to day after MRI on knee comes back clean

All-Star catcher diagnosed with knee contusion
@JohnDenton555
March 31, 2023

ST. LOUIS -- Fearful about the health of their new catcher after he took a 102.7 mph sinker off the shin guard protecting his right knee, the Cardinals got good news on Friday when the MRI on Willson Contreras' right knee came back clean. Contreras, who has a knee contusion,

Wainwright to miss 'several weeks' with groin strain

Cardinals' ace no longer the Opening Day starter as his season will begin on IL
@JohnDenton555
March 23, 2023

JUPITER, Fla. -- Adam Wainwright, who was scheduled to begin his final MLB season as the Cardinals' Opening Day starter for a seventh time in his 18-year career, will instead open on the injured list after suffering a groin strain. Manager Oliver Marmol confirmed Wainwright's injury on Thursday morning prior

DeJong (back) suffers setback, likely to start season on IL

Woodford tosses five scoreless innings, striking out seven vs. Marlins
@JoeTrezz
3:21 PM CDT

JUPITER, Fla. -- The Cardinals received some roster clarity Monday, when shortstop Paul DeJong suffered a setback in his return from lower back pain that has kept him off the field for the better part of the past week. The issue is now expected to sideline DeJong for at least

Helsley's MRI clean, but closer not available for Game 2

@JohnDenton555
October 9, 2022

ST. LOUIS -- Though an MRI of Ryan Helsley’s right middle finger came back clean Friday night, manager Oliver Marmol said that Helsley would not be available for Game 2 of the Wild Card Series against the Phillies since he threw 33 pitches in Game 1. Helsley was to play

Bullpen implodes in 9th as Cards stunned by Phils in Game 1

With concern for Helsley, St. Louis ready to embrace urgency of must-win Game 2
@JohnDenton555
October 8, 2022

ST. LOUIS -- As if seeing All-Star closer Ryan Helsley struggle -- first with his command, then his health -- wasn’t enough of a shock to their system, the Cardinals looked on mostly in stunned disbelief as everything they had worked to build over 8 1/3 innings in Game 1

Helsley exits final outing before postseason with jammed right finger

@JohnDenton555
October 4, 2022

PITTSBURGH -- Scheduled to pitch one inning and then rest until the start of the postseason on Friday, Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley jammed the middle finger on his right hand following his fifth pitch in the eighth inning of St. Louis' 8-7 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

Mozeliak optimistic as Flaherty gets fiery in strong rehab start

@JohnDenton555
August 21, 2022

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Whereas Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty came into Sunday’s third Minor League rehab start with a workmanlike mentality, the highly competitive side of him took over in the fourth inning when Double-A Arkansas loaded the bases with two singles and a walk. That was the moment, Cardinals president

'He's feeling a lot better': Cards have timetable for Yadi's return

@JohnDenton555
July 12, 2022

ST. LOUIS -- Uncertain for weeks as to when Yadier Molina would return from his native Puerto Rico to heal his inflamed right knee and refresh mentally, the Cardinals finally have some clarity about their veteran catcher’s immediate future. Manager Oliver Marmol said that Molina will report to an unspecified

This Cards pitcher waited a long time for 1st MLB win

@JohnDenton555
June 27, 2022

This story was excerpted from John Denton's Cardinals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. With Johan Oviedo’s massive 6-foot-5 frame spilling out of all sides of the laundry cart he was riding to the showers -- where Cardinals