Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Wednesday that Pages and Ivan Herrera will split catching duties next season, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
Willson Contreras will be a first baseman and designated hitter moving forward, clearing a path to playing time at catcher. Pages was the preferred option over Herrera down the stretch of the 2024 season while Contreras was hurt, mostly because he's viewed as a much better defender. The 26-year-old Pages slashed .238/.281/.376 with seven homers over 68 contests this past season.
Pages went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run during Thursday's 10-8 loss to the Rockies.
Pages launched a two-run homer off Angel Chivilli in the eighth inning to give the Cardinals an 8-5 lead but the advantage was erased when Colorado put up five runs in the bottom of the frame. The long ball was Pages' seventh of the season, and he's slashing .236/.275/.361 across 209 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Idle Tuesday
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Pages isn't in the Cardinals' lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies.
Pages is 0-for-11 with five strikeouts over his last four games, and he'll get another chance to regroup Tuesday as he sits for the second time in St Louis' last three contests. Ivan Herrera will catch for Michael McGreevy instead and bat sixth.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Not starting Saturday
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Pages isn't in the Cardinals' lineup for Saturday's game against Cleveland.
Pages will get a chance to regroup Saturday after going 0-for-9 with five strikeouts across his last three games. Ivan Herrera will catch for Miles Mikolas and bat fifth.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Resting up Wednesday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates.
Pages will get a breather after he started at catcher in both of the Cardinals' previous two contests. Ivan Herrera will check in behind the dish and form a battery with starting pitcher Sonny Gray.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Getting breather Sunday
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Pages is absent from Sunday's lineup against Toronto.
Pages will sit for the series finale after going 2-for-8 with one stolen base over the first two games against the Blue Jays. Ivan Herrera will start behind home plate and bat sixth against Toronto right-hander Yariel Rodriguez.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Registers second steal
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Pages went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in Friday's 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Blue Jays.
Pages has gone 7-for-24 (.292) with three home runs and four RBI over seven games in September. He's held a slight edge in playing time lately at catcher over Ivan Herrera in the absence of Willson Contreras (finger). Overall, Pages is at a .249/.287/.391 slash line with two steals, six home runs, 22 RBI and 17 runs scored through 182 plate appearances this season.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Heading to bench Thursday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Reds.
Pages will get a breather while the Cardinals and Reds wrap up their series with a day game after a night game. Ivan Herrera will draw the start behind the plate for St. Louis.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Resting up Sunday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.
Pages appears to be the Cardinals' preferred catching option at the moment, as he had started in four of the previous five contests. He'll get a chance to rest in Sunday's matinee, however, as Ivan Herrera gets a turn behind the plate.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Delivers winning hit Saturday
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Pages went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 2-0 win over the Mariners.
Pages came through in the eighth inning, launching a Logan Gilbert slider over the left-field fence for the only scoring play of the game. Pages has gone 4-for-14 (.286) over four games in September, but three of those hits have been homers. The catcher is up to six long balls, 22 RBI, 17 runs scored, one stolen base and a .245/.287/.396 slash line through 172 plate appearances this season.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Lifts two homers
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Pages went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs during Monday's 9-3 loss to the Cardinals.
Pages was the only Cardinal to have success against Brewers starter Freddy Peralta, tagging Peralta for solo homers in the third and fifth innings. It was the 25-year-old catcher's first career multi-homer game, bringing his season total to five long balls. Pages is slashing .248/.292/.389 in 162 plate appearances and should continue to split playing time with Ivan Herrera in the absence of Willson Contreras (finger).
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Sitting out Thursday
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Pages is absent from the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Padres.
Pages started Wednesday's contest but has now yielded to Ivan Herrera at catcher in three of five games since Herrera was recalled from Triple-A Memphis. Playing time between the two should be split fairly evenly while Willson Contreras (finger) is on the shelf.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Not in Monday's lineup
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Pages is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Padres, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Pages and Ivan Herrera will handle the catching duties with Willson Contreras (finger) on the injured list, with Pages likely to see better than a 50-50 share. Herrera will get the start behind the dish for the Cardinals' series opener against San Diego.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Homers in Friday's loss
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Pages went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Friday's 7-6 loss to the Dodgers.
Pages put the Cardinals ahead 4-2 with a solo shot in the fifth inning and added an RBI single in the sixth after they fell behind. The catcher's playing time has been a bit sparse in August, but he's gone 6-for-20 (.300) over seven games this month. Overall, he has a .246/.296/.362 slash line, three homers, 18 RBI, 14 runs scored and one stolen base over 143 plate appearances. Pages most often catches versus southpaws, allowing Willson Contreras to rest his legs as the designated hitter in those contests.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Heading to bench with RHP on mound
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Pages is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Rays.
Pages had started in each of the last three games while the Cardinals faced left-handed pitchers, but he'll retreat to the bench Wednesday as the Rays send right-hander Taj Bradley to the bump. Willson Contreras will step back in behind the plate after serving as the Cardinals' designated hitter in each of the last three contests.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Getting start in series opener
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Pages will start at catcher and bat ninth in Monday's game against the Pirates.
Even though his playing time has been sporadic in recent weeks following Willson Contreras' return from the injured list, Pages has continued to hold his own at the plate when included in the lineup. He'll take a nine-game hitting streak into the series opener in Pittsburgh, though only two of the 11 hits he's recorded during that stretch have gone for extra bases.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Raps out three hits
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Pages went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Reds.
Pages' playing time predictably took a nosedive when Willson Contreras returned from a forearm injury Monday. Pages went 12-for-50 (.240) in June, and if he continues to hit well in a backup role, he may stay on the major-league roster once Ivan Herrera (back) returns from the injured list. Pages is slashing .191/.260/.324 with two home runs, one stolen base, nine RBI and nine runs scored over 77 plate appearances.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Returning to backup role
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Pages is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Atlanta.
Pages briefly climbed to the top spot on the depth chart at catcher after Ivan Herrera (back) joined Willson Contreras (forearm) on the 10-day injured list Saturday, but Contreras was activated ahead of Monday's game and will slot in behind the plate for the series opener versus Atlanta. The Cardinals could manage Contreras' workload more carefully in his first week back with the team, but Pages will likely be headed for a stark downturn in playing time in any case. Pages had started each of the Cardinals' last four games and nine of the past 10.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Records first career steal
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Pages went 2-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Giants.
The steal was the first of Pages' young career, and Sunday also saw the rookie catcher log his first multi-hit effort. He's hit safely in six of his last 10 games, going 7-for-33 (.212) in that span to lift his season slash line to .155/.227/.276 over 66 plate appearances. Pages has seen a majority of the playing time at catcher lately, as Ivan Herrera was battling back tightness that ultimately landed him on the injured list. Pages is expected to slip back into a backup role when Willson Contreras (forearm) returns, though it's possible Pages maintains some steady playing time since the Cardinals value his defensive skills.
