The St. Louis Cardinals will begin the common season with right-hander Sonny Grey and outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the injured checklist, supervisor Oliver Marmol mentioned Saturday.
Grey has a proper hamstring pressure that may ship him to the 15-day injured checklist, whereas Nootbaar is headed to the 10-day IL with a number of nondisplaced rib fractures. The Cardinals already had outfielder Tommy Edman (wrist) headed to the IL to open the season.
Grey, 34, had been slated to start out Opening Day on Thursday in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers, however he suffered the hamstring pressure March 4 whereas throwing 20 pitches in opposition to the Washington Nationals.
He was 8-8 with a 2.79 ERA in 32 begins for the Minnesota Twins final season, ending second in American League Cy Younger voting throughout an All-Star marketing campaign. The three-time All-Star signed a three-year, $75 million contract in November to anchor the Cardinals’ rotation.
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Grey missed time twice within the 2022 season with the Twins due to hamstring accidents.
Nootbaar was injured two days earlier than Grey when he fell right into a wall after making an attempt to make a twisting, turning catch throughout a March 2 spring coaching sport.
In 279 profession appearances (270 begins), Grey is 98-85 with a 3.47 ERA for the Oakland Athletics (2013-17), New York Yankees (2017-18), Cincinnati Reds (2019-21) and Twins (2022-23).
Nootbaar, 26, batted .261 with 14 dwelling runs and 46 RBIs for the Cardinals final season and has 33 dwelling runs and 101 RBIs in 283 video games for the Cardinals over the previous three seasons.
The Related Press and Discipline Degree Media contributed to this report.
