Category: st louis cardinals
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Trevor Gott struggles again while Aroldis Chapman could return soon
August 16, 2020 San Francisco Giants — Sometimes after a bad night, it’s best to get right back out there the next night with a chance to get back on track. Unfortunately for Trevor Gott, that was not the case. After giving up 5 runs on Friday, Gott was sent back out there to protect…
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Trevor Rosenthal and Rafael Montero moving on up
August 8, 2020 Kansas City Royals — Trevor Rosenthal continued his career renaissance, picking up his second save in a two-strikeout ninth on Friday. Meanwhile, last year’s closer, Ian Kennedy, has given up at least one run in each of his last four appearances, and is quickly sliding down the bullpen depth chart (and trade…
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Nick Burdi’s season is over
August 6, 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates – To add to the Pirates’ bullpen injury woes, Nick Burdi was placed on the 45-day IL and will miss the rest of the season with an elbow injury. Keone Kela is progressing towards a return and will immediately step into the closers role when he’s fit to pitch. If…
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Kwang Hyun Kim joins rotation, committee to handle 9th inning
August 5, 2020 St. Louis Cardinals – Kwang Hyun Kim will join the Cardinals rotation, per manager Mike Shildt, who also mentioned Ryan Helsley and a slew of others as candidates to replace him. We’ll slap a committee tag on for now and see how it plays out. Updated hierarchy: *Helsley | Gallegos | Miller.*…
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Nick Burdi earns first save after Kyle Crick lands on IL
July 29, 2020 Pittsburgh Pirates – Pittsburgh placed Kyle Crick on the 10-day IL on Tuesday, which paved the way for Nick Burdi to record his first career save that night. Burdi will be the favorite for save chances going forward, but Derek Shelton said on Monday that he will be careful with Burdi’s usage…