Yadier Molina Placed On Injured List, Andrew Knizner Coming Up
6 years agoThe St. Louis Cardinals placed catcher Yadier Molina (thumb) on the 10-day injured list on Friday with a right thumb tendon strain and called up catching prospect Andrew Knizner from Triple-A Memphis in a corresponding move. Molina's injured list stint is retroactive to May 29. Molina was hitting .265/.294/.397 with four home runs, 18 runs, 33 RBI and four steals. He wasn't setting the world on fire but remains valuable in all leagues at the shallowest position in baseball. Knizner, the team's No. 2 prospect per MLB Pipeline, was slashing .286/.355/.450 with five homers and 17 RBI in 37 games on the farm. He'll split time with Matt Wieters until Molina is back. Wieters has homered in his last two games filling in for Molina and might be worth a pickup in two-catcher leagues in the short term.
Source: Cardinals Twitter
Source: Cardinals Twitter