St. Louis Cardinals
NL Central
Miles Mikolas has been named the Opening Day starter for the Cardinals. (Source: Katie Woo on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Mikolas will get the ball with Sonny Gray (hamstring) not being cleared for Opening Day. He will look to bounce back after posting a 4.78 ERA across 35 starts last season.
Category: Injury Updates
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol said Sonny Gray will not be cleared before the start of the season. (Source: Katie Woo on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Marmol added that Gray has a path where he may not need to be placed on the IL to open the season. Miles Mikolas was named the Cardinals Opening Day starter.
Category: Injury Updates
Cardinals OF Lars Nootbaar was diagnosed with two fractures in his left ribcage. (Source: Derrick Goold on Twitter )
Fantasy Impact: Nootbar will be monitored over the next two weeks and could begin swinging a bat depending on his pain tolerance. The team will likely not rule him out of their Opening Day lineup until they are able to get an updated status on his rib injury in a few weeks.
Category: Injury Updates
Cardinals INF Tommy Edman is considered ‘doubtful’ to play on Opening Day, per GM John Mozeliak. (Source: Derrick Goold on Twitter )
Fantasy Impact: Edman was able to resume playing catch and batting off a tee, but has not made enough progress in his recovery from offseason wrist surgery to be considered an option for Opening Day. The Cardinals have not given a timeline on how much time Edman may need to miss during the regular season.
Category: Injury Updates
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol said Brandon Crawford took multiple rounds of live batting practice on Tuesday. (Source: John Denton on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Marmol added that Crawford is expected to do the same on Thursday and Friday. It will be at that point when the team decides when Crawford will make his Spring Training debut.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Lance Lynn will make his first Spring Training start of 2024 on Friday night against the Nationals. (Source: John Denton on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Lynn is scheduled to throw three innings after he recently simulated three innings of live batting practice.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said Steven Matz will make his first Spring Training start on Saturday against the Mets. (Source: John Denton on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Matz has purposefully been brought along slowly in camp. He is scheduled to pitch two innings on Saturday after throwing one inning in relief on Monday.
Ivan Herrera is reportedly managing minor shoulder soreness. (Source: STLToday.com)
Fantasy Impact: Herrera felt some soreness after taking swings on Friday. He is considered as day-to-day right now.
Category: Injury Updates
Brendan Donovan clarified to reporters that the surgery he underwent last year was to repair a partial tear in the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and not the forearm flexor pronator he strained, (Source: John Denton on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Donovan is continuing to recover from that surgery he underwent last year. He is slated to open the season at second base.
Category: Injury Updates
The Detroit Tigers claimed Buddy Kennedy off waivers from the St Louis Cardinals (Source: St. Louis Cardinals on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: The Cardinals designated Kennedy for assignment earlier in the week after signing Brandon Crawford.
Category: Transactions
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol said Matt Carpenter will miss a couple of days due to a left wrist contusion. (Source: Katie Woo on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Carpenter suffered the injury after getting hit by a pitch in Saturday's game. He is targeting a return to the lineup for the Cardinals by Thursday.
Category: Injury Updates
St. Louis Cardinals infielder Nolan Gorman has dropped 10 points this offseason. (Source: John Denton on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Interestingly, Gorman's weight loss is partly attributed to changing to a different style of popcorn. Gorman changed his diet overall this offseason in order to increase his flexibility. He hit .236 with 27 home runs and seven stolen bases across 119 games last season.
Tekoah Roby was scratched from his scheduled start on Monday due to back tightness. (Source: Katie Woo on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Roby could still start later in the upcoming week, so the injury doesn't appear to be too serious. He won't make the Cardinals team out of camp, but he'll look to be called up at some point during the season.
Category: Injury Updates
Masyn Winn is in the Cardinals lineup in Sunday's Grapefruit league game against the Astros.
Fantasy Impact: Winn had been dealing with a back injury that held him out of Saturday's game. He is leading off and starting at shortstop on Sunday.
Category: Injury Updates
Ryan Helsley is reportedly eyeing a return to his "All-Star form" heading into the 2024 season. (Source: STLToday.com)
Fantasy Impact: Helsley was able to avoid arbitration and agree to a one-year deal with the Cardinals last month. He missed about three months last season due to a forearm strain, recording 14 saves across 36 2/3 innings.
Dylan Carlson is expected to be limited with running in camp. (Source: John Denton on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Carlson is coming off of ankle surgery. He'll likely be slowly ramped up in camp.
Category: Injury Updates
Packy Naughton has begun throwing in camp and hopes to return at some point by May. (Source: STLToday.com)
Fantasy Impact: Naughton underwent surgery on his forearm last June. He'll look to return to the bullpen for the Cardinals within the the first couple months of the season.
Category: Injury Updates
The Cardinals have designated Guillermo Zuniga for assignment. (Source: St. Louis Cardinals on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: This was the corresponding move to the signing of Keynan Middleton. Zuniga saw some time up in the MLB late last season before suffering an injury. He'll look to land with a new team through waivers.
Category: Transactions
Moises Gomez has been outrighted to Triple-A Memphis. (Source: Jeff Jones on Twitter )
Fantasy Impact: Gomez was designated for assignment and cleared waivers. He will remain in the Cardinals organization this season.
Category: Transactions
Thu, Jan 11th 11:28pm EST
By Ari Koslow
Andrew Kittredge signed a one-year deal worth $2.63 million with the Cardinals to avoid arbitration. (Source: Derrick Goold on Twitter)
Fantasy Impact: Kittredge was acquired by St. Louis just last week in a trade. He should provide a role in the middle innings out of the Cardinals bullpen.
Category: Transactions