Jordan Walker “will play daily” down the stretch for the Cardinals, supervisor Oliver Marmol advised The Athletic’s Katie Woo and different reporters yesterday after St. Louis recalled the highest prospect from Triple-A Memphis. After debuting with a stable rookie season in 2023, Walker has hit solely .151/.229/.233 over 83 plate appearances on the MLB stage this season, and the Cardinals have saved him at Triple-A for a lot of the season. Whereas his manufacturing in Memphis this 12 months was solely first rate, the Playing cards have seen sufficient to deliver Walker again for an prolonged stretch of enjoying time that may ideally set the desk for Walker to stay as a lineup common in 2025 and past.
Some house within the Cardinals’ outfield was cleared for Walker when Tommy Pham was designated for task, a day after the workforce first put Pham on irrevocable waivers. Woo writes that Pham welcomed the information and had even mentioned such a transfer with the Playing cards, as he’ll now have an opportunity at extra common enjoying time on one other workforce. If he joins one other membership earlier than Sunday, Pham may even be eligible for that new membership’s postseason roster.
Extra from the NL Central…
- Reds supervisor David Bell up to date MLB.com and different media on the standing of a pair of injured starters, as Hunter Greene has began enjoying catch and Andrew Abbott is predicted to begin a throwing program subsequent week. Greene hasn’t pitched since August 13 resulting from proper elbow irritation and there have been considerations final week that his season may very well be over, however Bell indicated that Greene is aiming to return earlier than the 12 months is out. Abbott can also be planning to pitch once more in 2024, though Bell mentioned the left-hander remains to be feeling “a pinch” in his bothersome shoulder. Abbott has been sidelined since August 20 resulting from a shoulder pressure. Since Cincinnati has fallen out of the playoff race, it stands to motive that both or each Greene or Abbott may very well be shut down on the first trace of a setback, however naturally each pitchers would favor to maintain enjoying and attempt to end on a excessive notice.
- Andrew McCutchen was activated from the Pirates’ 10-day injured record yesterday, because the franchise icon returned after lacking two weeks resulting from left knee irritation. The franchise icon went 2-for-5 with a house run in Pittsburgh’s 10-8 loss to the Guardians, and McCutchen is now hitting .238/.337/.415 with 17 homers over 442 plate appearances in his sixteenth Main League season. Within the corresponding transfer to activate McCutchen, Pittsburgh positioned right-hander Ben Heller on the 15-day IL resulting from irritation in his proper shoulder.