Category: st louis cardinals
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Jordan Hicks likely down for the season with torn UCL
June 25, 2019 St. Louis Cardinals – The Cardinals announced that Jordan Hicks has a torn UCL and will likely miss the rest of the season. John Gant and Carlos Martinez are the two relievers who could inherit the job. The Cardinals’ president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said that Gant would be the one…
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Jordan Hicks has torn UCL
June 24, 2019 St. Louis Cardinals – The Cardinals announced that Jordan Hicks has a torn UCL. We think Carlos Martinez will now be the lead option to close, but John Gant could get some save opportunities as well. Updated hierarchy: *Martinez | Gant | Miller.* = closer-by-committee
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Mychal Givens, Wade Davis both on thin ice
June 17, 2019 Baltimore Orioles – After converting a save earlier in the week, Mychal Givens had another dreadful outing on Sunday, blowing the save in the 9th and then giving up three additional runs in the 10th. The Orioles don’t have much else, so there isn’t a clear candidate for the next save chance…
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Blame it on the rain (and Edwin Diaz)
June 14, 2019 Chicago White Sox — Alex Colome got an extra day of rest after 39 pitches on Tuesday, allowing lefty Aaron Bummer to grab his first career save. Bummer has been impressive (1.37 ERA, 5 holds), and is someone to watch in the late innings. Evan Marshall (0.00 ERA) hasn’t done anything wrong,…