Injuries & Moves: Arenado returns to lineup; Donovan day to day
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Willson to return to injured list with fractured finger
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Cardinals suffered a double whammy on Saturday. They didn’t just lose a ballgame. They also lost one of their team leaders. Willson Contreras is headed to the injured list with a fractured right middle finger, which he suffered in the fourth inning of a 6-0 loss to
Arenado day-to-day after exiting with right elbow contusion
MIAMI -- Nolan Arenado exited the Cardinals' 4-3 loss to the Marlins on Wednesday afternoon with a right elbow contusion after being hit by a pitch in the eighth inning. X-rays taken at loanDepot park were negative and he is listed as day-to-day. Arenado, who had gone 2-for-3 with a
Help is on the way: Contreras, Edman to start rehab assignments
CHICAGO -- Above .500 just one day this season, the Cardinals are about to move a couple of steps closer to getting some manpower reinforcements back that should help them be more consistent as a team in the coming weeks and months. Catcher Willson Contreras and outfielder Tommy Edman are
Middleton to undergo season-ending forearm surgery
HOUSTON -- Cardinals right-hander Keynan Middleton will undergo season-ending flexor repair surgery on his right forearm next week, manager Oliver Marmol said Tuesday. “In order for him to have any shot of being ready for 2025, it’s the best option, so his season will be over,” Marmol said. Middleton, 30,
After forearm fracture vs. Mets, Contreras set to miss 6-8 weeks
ST. LOUIS -- A Cardinals club already reeling from a languishing offense took another severe hit during a 7-5 loss to the Mets at Busch Stadium on Tuesday night, when veteran catcher Willson Contreras suffered a fractured left forearm that will likely keep him out of action for several weeks.
Gray (hamstring) lobbies Cards to make MLB return Tuesday
ST. LOUIS -- Just days into Sonny Gray's first Spring Training with the Cardinals, his teammates and coaches were raving about the right-hander’s strong communication skills and the conviction with which he conveys what he is trying to do each time he pitches. Evidently, the 34-year-old used his strong will
Gray's Cardinals debut delayed, set to pitch in sim game
SAN DIEGO -- Sonny Gray’s much-anticipated debut with the Cardinals has been pushed back again, meaning it almost certainly won’t be at Busch Stadium in the coming homestand. Gray, who signed a three-year, $75 million deal in November, hasn’t pitched in a game since straining his right hamstring in a
Carlson injury paves way for Scott to start in center on Opening Day
MESA, Ariz. -- While injuries to Tommy Edman, Lars Nootbaar and Dylan Carlson have repeatedly thrown the Cardinals’ best-laid outfield plans into flux and caused plenty of uncertainty, particularly in center field, manager Oliver Marmol spoke with conviction and no hesitation when discussing the club’s future at that position. “[Victor
Cards' outfield gets cloudier after Carlson collision
MESA, Ariz. -- Apologetic and seemingly on the verge of being emotional, Cardinals right fielder Jordan Walker shouldered the bulk of the blame for the collision that knocked center fielder Dylan Carlson out of Monday’s Spring Training game with a shoulder injury. Carlson’s injury was the latest at a position
Gray (hamstring) to open season on IL, hopes to debut in mid-April
JUPITER, Fla. -- Past the point of being concerned about the mild hamstring strain that wrecked a large portion of his Spring Training, Cardinals’ right-hander Sonny Gray said that missing game action for almost three weeks is the primary reason why he will open the regular season on the 15-day
Edman (wrist) ruled out for Opening Day
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Contreras' season ends due to left wrist tendinitis
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
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
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'
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
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'
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
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