Andrew Miller Helps Forge Agreement With Owners & Continues Progress With His Arm

It’s been a good few days on a couple of fronts for Cardinals reliever Andrew Miller.

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Miles Mikolas Thinks He'll Be Ready For Opening Day - Whenever That Is

Spring training on Wednesday didn’t extend any farther than the outfield grass on Field 1 here at the Cardinals’ complex. But there was baseball activity, of a sort.

Cardinal Beat

Video: Matt Wieters Faces Alex Reyes 2-17-2020

Alex Reyes pitching against Matt Wieters with several watchful eyes on hand: Michael Girsch, Moises Rodriguez, Matt Slater, Adam Olsen are all here. pic.twitter.com/8NmoW2UjsA

— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) February 17, 2020

Matt Wieters looks at an Alex Reyes breaking pitch.

A couple laughs and you can hear someone say "it's too early for that." pic.twitter.com/JAKbq4upfv

— Brenden Schaeffer (@bschaeffer12) February 17, 2020

Kids Of All Abilities Train At Busch Stadium, Just Like The Ballplayers

Most kids don’t get the opportunity to practice like a real Cardinals baseball player with real Cardinals trainers. But a lucky few got that chance Tuesday at Busch Stadium.

Metro

Cardinals Placed Jordan Hicks On The Ten-Day Injured List, Optioned Genesis Cabrera To Triple-A Memphis, & Recalled Daniel Ponce De Leon & Dominic Leone From Memphis, Memphis Placed Alex Reyes On The Seven-Day Injured List, Junior Fernandez & Seth Elledge Were Promoted From Double-A Springfield To Memphis

The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to tonight’s game, that they have recalled right-handed pitchers Daniel Ponce de Leon and Dominic Leone from Memphis (AAA). The team also announced that right-handed pitcher Jordan Hicks (right elbow) has been placed on the 10-day Injured List, retroactive to June 23, and that left-handed pitcher Génesis Cabrera was optioned to Memphis.
St. Louis Official Site

A day after an MRI examination revealed a torn UCL in Jordan Hicks' right elbow, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak announced that the Cardinals' closer will undergo Tommy John surgery on Wednesday.
St. Louis Official Site

MiLB Official Site

MiLB Official Site

Jordan Hicks Diagnosed With Torn UCL; Team Preparing To Determine The Next Course Of Action For Reliever

The St. Louis Cardinals learned today, following an MRI examination of Jordan Hicks right elbow, that the reliever has a torn ulnar collateral ligament and the team is determining the next course of action for Hicks.
St. Louis Official Site

An MRI examination showed that closer Jordan Hicks has a torn UCL in his right elbow, the Cardinals announced on Monday.
St. Louis Official Site

What was initially termed to be tendinitis in his triceps has turned into much more for reliever Jordan Hicks and the Cardinals.
Cardinal Beat

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jordan Hicks may miss the rest of the season after suffering a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing arm.
Fox2Now

The Cardinals got some bad news about one of their most important pitchers on Monday.
KSDK

In what is certainly a big blow to the strength of the Cardinals bullpen, the team announced Monday that closer Jordan Hicks has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow.
KMOV

After initially being diagnosed with triceps tendinitis, the St. Louis Cardinals have announced closer Jordan Hicks has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The findings come after an MRI examination today.
STL Baseball Weekly

An MRI on Monday revealed that Cardinals closer Jordan Hicks has a turn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. A team announcement said they were “determining the next course of action.”
STL Sports Page

Ryan Helsley Hits Injured List With Shoulder Issue

Reliever Ryan Helsley will head to the injured list with right shoulder impingement after exiting Wednesday night's 9-0 loss to the Marlins at Marlins Park.

St. Louis Official Site

Ryan Helsley Leaves Game Early

Ryan Helsley exits tonight's #STLCards game alongside trainer Adam Olsen. pic.twitter.com/OvyoTanid1

— FOX Sports Midwest (@FSMidwest) June 13, 2019

Cardinals Announce Baseball Operations Staff Hires & Promotions

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today a number of staff hires and promotions within the team's Baseball Operations group today, including the transition of José Oquendo from Major League Coach to Minor League Instructor and the promotion of Adam Olsen to Director of Medical Operations.

St. Louis Official Site

'Depressed' Last Season, Dexter Fowler Is Energized By The Belief The Cardinals Have Shown In Him

As blunt as the numbers were on the scoreboard every time he walked up to hit, the heavier struggles dragging on Dexter Fowler revealed themselves when his irrepressible, day-glow smile curved the way of his batting average, down, and then followed his playing time and for stretches vanished altogether.

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Yadier Molina Recovers Enough To Play; Luke Weaver Becoming Nonfactor

Yadier Molina, hardly the fleetest of players, ran his way into the Cardinals’ lineup Thursday night with his pre-game work. Molina, recovering from a strained left hamstring, showed manager Mike Shildt and head athletic trainer Adam Olsen enough in the afternoon that they were comfortable with Molina returning for the first time since last Wednesday.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Transferred Luke Gregerson From Ten-Day To 60-Day Disabled List, Placed Yairo munoz On Ten-Day Disabled List, & Purchased The Contract Of Patrick Wisdom From Triple-A Memphis

The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to tonight's game that they have purchased the contract of rookie infielder Patrick Wisdom from Memphis (AAA), and placed rookie infielder/outfielder Yairo Muñoz on the 10-day disabled list (right wrist sprain). The club also announced that it transferred right-handed pitcher Luke Gregerson to the 60-day disabled list.
St. Louis Official Site

Passed over time and time again in recent years, Patrick Wisdom finally got that coveted big league promotion on Saturday.
St. Louis Official Site

Alex Reyes Expected To Miss Rest Of Season

Cardinals right-handed pitching prospect Alex Reyes underwent surgery to reattach a tendon in his right lat on Wednesday, and he's expected to miss the rest of the season.
St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes, who went four innings in his only start after recovering from Tommy John surgery before suffering a significant strain to his right lat, had surgery on Wednesday and is done for the season.
Cardinal Beat

St. Louis Cardinals general manager Mike Girsch announces that Alex Reyes had surgery, Wednesday, and will miss the remainder of the season. He says they hope to have him back for the start of spring training in 2019.
KMOX

As if Alex Reyes needed anymore gut punches in his young career, the 23-year-old righty underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a torn lateral muscle. He is expected to miss the rest of the 2018 season per MLB.com’s Joe Trezza:
101 ESPN

Alex Reyes will miss the rest of the 2018 season after undergoing surgery to re-attach a tendon in his arm, USA Today baseball writer Bob Nightengale reported Wednesday.
KSDK

Cardinal phenom Alex Reyes will miss yet another year, as the club announced he underwent season-ending surgery for his injured latissimus dorsi, according to KMOX.
KMOV

Alex Reyes thought 2017 was the longest year of his life as he spent the entire season rehabbing his right elbow following Tommy John surgery.
STL Sports Page

Meeting today with a specialist for a second opinion on his injured lat, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes received confirmation that the strain was significant in nature.
STL Baseball Weekly

First Start: The Tough Alex Reyes Was Wild, Weary, But Willing

In retrospect, we shouldn’t have been surprised to see Alex Reyes last only four innings through a laborious start at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Having to deal with an elbow injury, surgical repair, and a lengthy recovery time, Reyes hadn’t faced major-league hitters in live action in 609 days.

101 ESPN

Alex Reyes Transforms Beyond The Elbow After Surgery

Once the tears and medication had cleared and Alex Reyes found himself flipping from channel to channel, wandering from room to room at a rented home in Jupiter, Fla., the weight of his sudden situation found him. It hung, heavy, from his right shoulder.

Post-Dispatch

Yadier Molina Recovering Well

Hours after having surgery yesterday evening, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is not only recovering at home but already progressing better than expected.

STL  Baseball Weekly

Red-Hot Lance Lynn Gets Call In Finale Vs. Red Sox

The Cardinals and Red Sox finish a quick two-game series at Fenway Park on Wednesday with a rematch between St. Louis right-hander Lance Lynn and Boston left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez.
St. Louis Official Site

Back in May, Boston’s Eduardo Rodriguez and St. Louis’ Lance Lynn faced each other when the Red Sox and Cardinals squared off at Busch Stadium in the first of four games this year between the old World Series rivals.
Fox Sports Midwest

Lance Lynn Shows Grit, Resilience After Head Shot

It was the type of shot that would have immediately sent most mortals to the trainer’s room if not the emergency room for further observation. Lance Lynn merely rubbed at the right side of his head and checked for blood.

Post-Dispatch

Matt Carpenter Puts Himself On The Spot; Sam Tuivailala Is Back - For Fifth Time; Yadier Molina Out, Says He's OK

Homerless since June 24 after hitting eight in 17 days before that, Cardinals leadoff man Matt Carpenter said any improvement in the moribund Cardinals’ offense needs to start at the beginning.

Post-Dispatch

'Department Of Performance' Helps Cardinals Take New Approach To Training

When Dr. Robert Butler joined the Cardinals to help steer them into baseball’s next frontier, one of the priority things his staff wanted to change wasn’t physical, medical, or even habitual, but architectural.

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