The Injured List is, of course, a place for injured players. It’s also kind of like a storage unit for pieces that the Cardinals don’t have room for and can’t put anywhere else - like the minor leagues.
Cecil has struggled with his mechanics this spring after losing 42 pounds in the offseason. But in announcing that he would be starting the season on the IL a few days ago, it was also reported that Cecil was dealing with some forearm pain after throwing a 100 PITCH BULLPEN SESSION!
Cecil told the P-D that he “had fun” throwing the unusually high pitch-count bullpen, but felt numbness in two of his fingers afterwards.