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Per transaction page:
08/09/26 – Milwaukee Brewers designated LHP Drew Rom for assignment.
08/09/26 – Chicago Cubs sent RHP Shelby Miller on a rehab assignment to Iowa Cubs.Astros Claim Nelson Velázquez, Designate Shay Whitcomb For Assignment https://t.co/qZ0fEJKaPk pic.twitter.com/xffvOHa5gG
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) August 10, 2026
My guess it is a part of modernization of pitching instruction. Like what the Cardinals are doing or not, but I am pretty sure that no other MLB team has had fewer pitching injuries at the MLB level than StL the last few years. It is not likely coincidence.
KCB, that may be one of the positives of the May signing and tenure. A promising guy with a long history of injury stayed on the field for four months at least and started to show his potential.
Our lack of major league pitching injuries has been amazing. Quite frankly it is probably the big reason why this team has been able to be competitive this long this season. I just wish it would translate more to our minor league pitchers.
Dustin May cited the lack of arm injuries in 2025 amongst the Cardinals pitching staff as part of why he wanted to play for the Cardinals. I’d love to know what the Cardinals are doing differently from other teams here.
gscottar said:
I just wish it would translate more to our minor league pitchers.
Agree 1000%. But also, many of the top shelf minor league injured guys had “preexisting conditions”, but not all.
Kyle and I just finished recording tomorrow’s podcast and we talked about managing workloads in the minors as one factor.
From the transaction page:
08/11/26 – Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Jake Woodford to a minor league contract.
I hope Tampa’s pitching guru’s can help Woodford.
Nationals Designate Miles Mikolas For Assignment https://t.co/nY7FoiBokw pic.twitter.com/Ykb2GVsFVI
— MLB Trade Rumors (@mlbtraderumors) August 12, 2026
They let Miles hang on long enough to get 10 years service time. Not that he needed the money and benefits.
Names you might remember:
08/14/26 – Texas Rangers selected the contract of LHP Marco Gonzales from Round Rock Express.
08/14/26 – Detroit Tigers signed free agent CF Michael Siani to a minor league contract.
08/14/26 – Washington Nationals released RHP Miles Mikolas.I think its good they did that for mikolas. I think his time may be done. He was a really good pitcher for us for a good while. My memory isnt good anymore but i can still remember them signing him out of the foreign league he was in and how happy he was. I wish him well.
Sorry I can’t agree with you on this, 1982 willie.
Taking some money away from the general pension fund to give to Mikolas is absurd, IMO. He’s already got enough money for himself, his children, his grandchildren, his great grandchildren, etc. He doesn’t need more.
Per the transaction page:
08/15/26 – Indianapolis Indians activated LHP Evan Sisk.
08/15/26 – Tampa Bay Rays optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Durham Bulls.
08/15/26 – Texas Rangers designated LHP Marco Gonzales for assignment. (that didn’t last long!)In the small world department, one of the players in the upcoming Little League Baseball World Series is Kinley Rasmus. Her dad is ex-MLB pitcher Cory Rasmus and former #stlcards OF Colby Rasmus is her uncle. Both dad and uncle also played in the LLBWS for Phenix City, Alabama.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) August 18, 2026
I read something about Trevor Condons dad and sister being his hitting coaches. Made me think about Colby and Tony Rasmus. Not really in a good way.
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