Three potential relievers still are absent from Cardinals camp in righthanders Giovanny Gallegos and Alex Reyes and lefthander Genesis Cabrera. Another reliever, Jordan Hicks, has opted out of the coronavirus-inflamed season with a sore elbow to go with the fact that he has Type 1 diabetes.
With just a week left of camp, pitching coach Mike Maddux basically said Wednesday that what you see is what you get. “Absolutely,” he said. “The guys we have currently with us — that’s our ballclub. I don’t think there’s any outside options. We feel very good about the guys we have in camp.