Cardinals place six on injured list and activate Brad Miller

Team intends to make additional transactions on Wednesday

August 4th, 2020

ST. LOUIS, MO., August 4, 2020 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that the club activated infielder Brad Miller (right ankle bursitis) from the 10-Day Injured List, and placed catcher Yadier Molina, infielders Paul DeJong and Edmundo Sosa, and pitchers Carlos Martínez, Junior Fernández, and Kodi Whitley on the Injured List. Further changes to the major league roster will occur once cleared by Major League Baseball to resume play on Friday, August 7. There will be additional players added to the 60-man player pool as players complete their in-take testing.

Regarding staffing, minor league hitting coordinator Russ Steinhorn will transfer from the Alternate Training Site in Springfield to the Cardinals Major League coaching staff, while assistant minor league hitting coordinator Joey Hawkins will be added to the Alternate Training coaching staff once his in-take testing is completed. In the interim, Cardinals Manager of Player Development and Performance Emily Wiebe will assist the Alternate Training Site in Springfield.