The St. Louis Cardinals designated veteran Tommy Pham for task and recalled fellow outfielder Jordan Walker from Triple-A Memphis on Friday.
The Cardinals are six video games out of a wild-card spot within the Nationwide League and reportedly plan to try youthful gamers reminiscent of Walker, 22, down the stretch.
Pham, 36, batted .206 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 23 video games for St. Louis after being acquired from the Chicago White Sox on the commerce deadline. He hit .266 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs in 70 video games with the White Sox.
Pham was on his second tour of obligation with St. Louis. He was with the Cardinals from 2014 to 2018 and smacked a career-best 23 homers in 2017.
Pham is a .258 profession hitter with 137 homers, 462 RBIs and 125 steals in 1,098 profession video games over 11 seasons. He has additionally performed for the Tampa Bay Rays (2018-19), San Diego Padres (2020-21), Cincinnati Reds (2022), Boston Crimson Sox (2022), New York Mets (2023) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2023).
Walker is batting .145 with no homers and 4 RBIs in 24 video games this season with the Cardinals. He has struggled to seek out the shape that noticed him hit .276 with 16 homers and 51 RBIs in 117 video games as a rookie in 2023.