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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Receiving breather Sunday
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
Crooks will get a break after he went 1-for-6 with four strikeouts while starting behind the dish in the first two games of the series. Ivan Herrera will receive the start at catcher in Sunday's finale.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Absent from lineup
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Crooks is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Cubs.
Ivan Herrera has been the personal catcher for Andre Pallante this season, and those two will form the battery for the Cardinals in Thursday's series finale. The left-handed-hitting Crooks has started just one of the past six games, though three of those contests have been against southpaws.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Held out Wednesday against lefty
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.
The Cardinals will keep the left-handed-hitting Crooks on the bench for the third time in four games, with all three of his absences coming against left-handed pitchers. Pedro Pages will get the nod behind the plate Wednesday while southpaw Matthew Boyd toes the slab for the Cubs.
Crooks isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Reds, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Crooks went 1-for-3 with a double during Friday's series opener and will now move to the bench to begin Saturday's contest. Ivan Herrera will fill in behind the dish, giving Bryan Torres an opportunity to work as St. Louis' designated hitter.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Late addition to lineup
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Crooks will start at catcher and bat ninth in Wednesday's game against the Angels.
The young backstop had been slated to sit for the second day in a row, but he'll end up receiving a turn behind the plate in the series finale after Pedro Pages (illness) was scratched just minutes before first pitch. Crooks is hitting .176 with three home runs, nine RBI and four runs in 28 games since St. Louis called him up from Triple-A Memphis on May 29.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Struggling to find regular starts
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.
Crooks has delivered late-game solo home runs off the bench in two of his last five contests, but the power surge doesn't seem to have earned him a major uptick in playing time. After sitting out against Angels righty Walbert Urena in Tuesday's 5-1 loss, the left-handed-hitting Crooks will remain on the bench for the finale while the Halos send southpaw Reid Detmers to the bump.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Sitting against righty
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Crooks is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest versus the Brewers.
Crooks has now been in the lineup just once over the Cardinals' last eight games. Part of that has been the schedule, as they've faced five lefties over that span and the lefty-swinging Crooks doesn't play against southpaws. Additionally, Ivan Herrera typically catches for Michael McGreevy and Andre Pallante, who is starting Thursday. The situation makes for a frustrating playing-time crunch for Crooks.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Sitting in third straight game
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.
After he was held out of the lineup for the first two games of the series against lefty starters, the left-handed hitter will remain on the bench even with right-hander Javier Assad on the bump for the Cubs. Crooks looks as though he'll have to settle for a part-time role while the Cardinals continue to carry two other catchers (Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages) on the active roster.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Sitting again Sunday
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Marlins.
The left-handed-hitting Crooks is on the bench for the fourth time in five games, with three of those absences coming against right-handed starting pitchers. He's mustered an uninspiring .157/.246/.255 slash line over 57 plate appearances since being called up from Triple-A Memphis on May 29. Until Crooks begins to pick up the pace at the plate, he could be in store for a limited role as part of a three-way timeshare at catcher with Pedro Pages and Ivan Herrera.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Sitting out third straight
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Crooks is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks.
The left-handed-hitting Crooks didn't start the previous two days due to Arizona having a lefty on the mound. He's absent from Thursday's lineup because Ivan Herrera has been Michael McGreevy's personal catcher this season. Crooks had started six of seven contests prior to this three-game run with no starts, so it's been an inconsistent stretch of playing time for the rookie catcher.
Crooks is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks.
Arizona is sending its second lefty starter (Mitch Bratt) to the hill in as many days, and the left-handed-hitting Crooks has been left on the bench on both occasions. St. Louis will go with Pedro Pages as their starting catcher in place of Crooks.
Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Drives in two during win Monday
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Crooks went 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI in Monday's win over the Padres.
Crooks provided the game's biggest hit in the fourth inning, lining a two-run double off Lucas Giolito to extend St. Louis' lead. The two RBI marked the second multi-RBI game of the catcher's young career. Since being called up from Triple-A Memphis on May 29, he has gone 6-for-28 (.214) with one home run, two doubles, six RBI and two runs scored. Playing time will be inconsistent for Crooks, as he currently operates in a catching committee alongside Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Idle Sunday
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.
Crooks will be held out of the lineup for a second straight day, with Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages both drawing starts behind the plate in his absence. Since being called up from Triple-A Memphis on May 29, Crooks has gone 5-for-25 (.200) with one home run, four RBI and two runs.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Launches first home run
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Crooks went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 5-4 loss to the Mets.
Crooks put the Cardinals ahead 4-3 in the second inning with his 374-foot blast off Christian Scott, his first long ball this season. Since he was called up May 29, Crooks has been part of a committee behind the plate with Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages, going 4-for-22 (.182) with a .614 OPS across seven games. Crooks appeared in 15 games with St. Louis in 2025, slashing .133/.152/.244 with one home run.
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Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Exiting lineup Wednesday
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
Andre Pallante has worked in a battery with Ivan Herrera for all but one of his 12 starts this season, so Crooks will take a seat while Herrera steps in behind the plate for the middle game of the series. Since being called up from Triple-A Memphis on May 29, Crooks has started in five of the Cardinals' ensuing 11 games while going 3-for-18 with a double, two walks and two RBI.
Cardinals' Jimmy Crooks: Sitting against lefty Sunday
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Crooks is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs.
Though Crooks is expected to settle in as the Cardinals' primary catcher, he ended up making just one start during the club's three-game series with the Cubs after being called up from Triple-A Memphis on Friday. Both of the left-handed-hitting backstop's absences have come versus lefties, with Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages both receiving one start apiece behind the plate in place of Crooks.
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