In the present day: The Cardinals have formally chosen Michael McGreevy’s contract from Triple-A Memphis, the staff introduced. To make room on the 40-man roster, Jacob Bosiokovic has been designated for project. Bosiokovic, 30, had his contract chosen on the finish of June, however whereas he spent 4 days with the massive league membership, he didn’t get right into a sport to make his MLB debut. In 33 appearances this 12 months for Memphis, he has a 3.95 ERA and a 29.4% strikeout fee, although his 14.1% stroll fee is a trigger for concern. He’ll now have per week to move by means of waivers. If he clears waivers, the Cardinals may have the choice to ship him outright again to Triple-A.
In extra Cardinals information, the staff positioned Lance Lynn on the 15-day injured record with proper knee irritation. Lynn pitched effectively towards the Rangers final night time, limiting Texas to 1 run on three hits over 5 innings. Nevertheless, he advised reporters after the sport (together with Katie Woo) that he was nursing ache in his knee. Woo famous that he was strolling with “a fairly noticeable limp.” John Denton of MLB.com means that Lynn’s harm is “fairly critical,” and that the veteran fears his proper knee could possibly be “severely broken.” Nevertheless, Jeff Jones of the Belleville Information-Democrat reported final night time that Lynn and the Cardinals will “monitor” the harm and “see how he recovers.” Whereas Lynn is out, St. Louis may select to offer McGreevy a few additional turns within the rotation. Alternatively, they may push again Andre Pallante’s transfer to the bullpen.
By inserting Lynn on the IL, the Cardinals made room for McGreevy on the lively roster. St. Louis additionally recalled right-handed reliever Ryan Loutos from Triple-A and optioned fellow righty reliever Chris Roycroft.
July 30: The Cardinals are planning to advertise pitching prospect Michael McGreevy to start out Wednesday’s sport towards the Rangers (per Katie Woo of The Athletic). It will likely be the right-hander’s MLB debut. St. Louis might want to make corresponding strikes to make room for the rookie on the 26 and 40-man rosters.
McGreevy, who turned 24 earlier this month, was the Cardinals’ first-round decide within the 2021 draft. His prospect inventory has fallen considerably since he was drafted 18th total, however he stays a consensus top-30 prospect within the Cardinals’ system. Keith Legislation of The Athletic remained notably excessive on McGreevy coming into the 2024 season, rating him at No. 8 within the group. Legislation made word of his sturdiness and recommended, “He can be a straightforward No. 4 starter if he may get left-handed batters out.” Sadly for McGreevy, he has continued to wrestle towards opposite-handed opponents throughout his second season at Triple-A. Whereas he has held righties to a .628 OPS in 207 journeys to the plate, lefty batters have torched him for an .839 OPS in 261 plate appearances. Thus, his total numbers have been lackluster. In 20 begins, he has a 4.45 ERA and a 4.31 FIP, solely a slight enchancment upon his 4.49 ERA and 4.52 FIP in 24 begins at Triple-A final season. Nonetheless, the Cardinals have determined he’s prepared to offer it a go within the majors, not less than quickly.
McGreevy’s debut will seemingly simply be a spot begin. Jeff Jones of the Belleville Information-Democrat explains that the Cardinals want to get their beginning 5 slightly additional relaxation amid a stretch of 16 video games in 16 days. Lance Lynn is beginning for St. Louis tonight, and after McGreevy’s activate Wednesday, the rotation will line up as follows: Sonny Grey, latest commerce acquisition Erick Fedde, Kyle Gibson, and Miles Mikolas (per Jones). It’s unclear how Andre Pallante, who has been within the Cardinals’ rotation for the reason that finish of Could, matches into this equation. Based on Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Submit-Dispatch, supervisor Oli Marmol has “not sat down but” with Pallante to debate his position transferring ahead. Nevertheless, Marmol did affirm that he plans to return to a five-man rotation after this week (per Worthy). Thus, Pallante will most certainly head to the bullpen. Whereas the right-hander will certainly bolster the staff’s aid corps, it’s noteworthy that the Cardinals are presumably selecting to advertise McGreevy for a spot begin relatively than giving Pallante one final look within the rotation.
