Pages to see more backstop time in STL
Apr 7 2025
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis Cardinals
NEWS: Catcher Iván Herrera will be placed on the IL with knee inflammation.
IMPACT: High
BHQ SPIN: Herrera was assisted off the field by teammates in the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader in Boston, although fears were mitigated somewhat when subsequent imaging came back clean as skipper Oli Marmol stated, “it could’ve been a lot worse.” While we’re still not quite sure what this means as far as a return timeline for Herrera (-5%), we’ll make a minor adjustment for now while we wait to hear more. CA Pedro Pages (+5%) will step into the lead backstop role for now; he has shown flashes of being a productive bat in 222 career PAs (.233/.276/.369, 98 xPX) and has been fantastic in limited...
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