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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Lands on IL with oblique strain
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The Cardinals placed Baez on the 10-day injured list Friday with a left oblique strain.
Baez was injured during Wednesday's game against the Giants, and subsequent testing revealed the strain. He will be eligible to return for the final game of the regular season, but the injury will almost surely end his campaign. It's an unfortunate conclusion to Baez's rookie season after he flashed both the good (seven home runs, .510 slugging percentage) and bad (30.6 percent strikeout rate) of his profile during his time in the majors.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Exits game with side tightness
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Baez was removed from Wednesday's game against the Giants after the ninth inning due to left side tightness, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Baez popped out in the bottom of the eighth inning and was lifted from the contest before the game went to extras. The Cardinals are considering the outfielder day-to-day for the time being, but it's unclear whether he will be sent for medical imaging. Baez was hitless in four trips to the plate Wednesday before exiting.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Absent from St. Louis lineup
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Baez is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.
Baez has been getting extra days off lately, as this is the third time he's been absent from the lineup over the Cardinals' last seven contests. It's possible the club wants to ensure he retains rookie eligibility in 2027, and in order to do that, Baez must remain under 130 at-bats (he's currently at 96). Bryan Torres will play left field for St. Louis on Tuesday.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Out of Sunday's lineup
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Baez is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the White Sox.
Baez started the previous three contests and will receive a day off after going 4-for-12 with three doubles, two RBI and three runs. Bryan Torres, Nathan Church and Jordan Walker will start across the outfield Sunday for St. Louis.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Riding pine Tuesday
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Baez isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Giants.
Baez is currently enjoying a seven-game hitting streak, but the Cardinals will allow him to rest Tuesday while Bryan Torres starts in left field and Thomas Saggese covers second base.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Goes yard in loss
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Baez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 10-7 loss to the Rockies.
Baez has started to find a groove at the plate, hitting safely in eight of his last nine games. He's gone 10-for-29 (.345) with three homers and six RBI in that span. The rookie outfielder is hitting .229 with an .872 OPS, seven homers, 15 RBI, 13 runs scored, four doubles and two stolen bases over his first 21 major-league contests, and he should see steady time in left field down the stretch.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Out of lineup Wednesday
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Baez is not in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Dodgers.
Baez was hit by a pitch Tuesday, though he stayed in the game initially and later homered before leaving the contest in the eighth inning. Bryan Torres, Nathan Church and Jordan Walker will patrol the outfield for St. Louis on Wednesday, with Leo Bernal at DH against right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Pops homer Tuesday
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Baez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 13-8 win over the Dodgers.
This was Baez's second homer in his last three games. Aside from a three-homer debut, he has struggled a bit in adjusting to the majors. He's batting .175 with a .764 OPS, six homers, 11 RBI, nine runs scored, two doubles and two stolen bases over his first 17 games. Baez is also striking out at a 37.1 percent rate, which is a red flag considering he struck out at a 29.6 percent clip in Triple-A prior to his call-up.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Taking seat Wednesday
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Baez is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Orioles.
Baez has gone just 1-for-21 with nine strikeouts against righties early on in his big-league career, so he'll get a breather as the Orioles send right-hander Kyle Bradish to the bump. Bryan Torres will occupy left field for St. Louis.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Average falls to. 156 after 0-for-4 day
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Baez went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Saturday's 12-3 loss to the Phillies.
After slugging home runs in his first three MLB at-bats following his promotion from Triple-A Memphis, Baez has gone 2-for-29 with a home run, two steals and a 3:12 BB:K in his subsequent 34 trips to the plate. Baez's struggles with making consistent contact may continue to suppress his batting average -- which now sits at .156 -- but his impressive power/speed profile along with his stranglehold on an everyday role should still make him worthy of rostering in most fantasy leagues.
Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Receiving first day off since call-up
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Baez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds.
Baez made waves in his MLB debut Saturday against the Cubs with home runs in his first three trips to the plate, but since then, he's gone 0-for-18 with an 0:7 BB:K, a hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice fly. The Cardinals will give the young outfielder a mental break by sending him to the bench for the first time since he was recalled from Triple-A Memphis. Bryan Torres will spell Baez in left field and bat seventh.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Riding struggle bus since three-homer debut
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Baez went 0-for-9 with a hit-by-pitch and a run scored while starting in both ends of Monday's doubleheader in Cincinnati.
Since making history Saturday in his MLB debut at Wrigley Field with three home runs and five RBI in his first three at-bats, Baez has gone hitless with six strikeouts in his subsequent 16 trips to the plate. Given that the 23-year-old outfielder struck out at a 29.5 percent clip at Triple-A Memphis this season, his early struggles with making consistent contact in the big leagues don't come as a major surprise and could make him prone to slumps. Even so, the all-fields power Baez put on display in his debut and during his time in the minors in addition to his aggressiveness as a baserunner (21 steals in 24 attempts at Memphis) should be more than enough to offset the risk he carries in the batting-average category. He should also benefit from ample RBI opportunities, as the Cardinals slotted him fifth in the order in three of his first four starts.
Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Makes history in MLB debut
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Baez went 3-for-4 with three home runs and five RBI in Saturday's 8-4 win over the Cubs.
Making his big-league debut at storied Wrigley Field, Baez did something no other player in MLB history had ever done, homering in his first three trips to the plate. All three long balls came off Matthew Boyd, with the first being a massive 449-foot blast to center field on the very first pitch Baez saw, and the three homers combined traveled 1,199 feet. The 23-year-old outfielder earned his promotion Saturday by launching 34 home runs in 79 Triple-A games this season, and it doesn't look like he's going to have much trouble translating that power to the top level of baseball.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Promotion official
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The Cardinals recalled Baez from Triple-A Memphis on Saturday, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
One of the top prospects in all of baseball, Baez will make his MLB debut Saturday against the Cubs after slashing .254/.326/.572 this season at Memphis while tallying 34 homers, 90 RBI, 79 runs scored and 21 steals in 103 games. The 23-year-old is likely to immediately fill an everyday role upon joining the Cardinals and is worth picking up in virtually all formats. Cesar Prieto was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move.
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Cardinals' Joshua Baez: Slated for major-league debut Saturday
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St. Louis manager Oli Marmol said Friday that Baez will be in the Cardinals' lineup against the Cubs on Saturday, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Baez is scheduled to make his major-league debut in Chicago on Saturday, five years after being selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 2021 First-Year Player Draft. He's been heating up at the plate at the right time, having gone 20-for-58 (.345) with six steals, six doubles, five home runs and 16 RBI over his last 15 games with Triple-A Memphis, which has brought him up to an .898 OPS across 460 plate appearances this season. Baez has played in all three spots in the outfield and should see a fair amount of reps in the majors, with most of his starts likely coming in left field.
