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Cards notebook: Regular lineup no longer includes Bader

Shildt said he has had “constant communication” with Bader and said the young righthanded hitter understood the situation. “We’ve got a guy in Jose who took advantage of the opportunity, as he always has,” Shildt said. “He’s one of the better offensive players in the league.

Tyler O’Neill, who ranks behind Bader now inasmuch as he is at Memphis, hit five homers in his first week-plus in Class AAA and reaffirmed he doesn’t belong at that level. But general manager Michael Girsch, citing the other outfielders here, said there wasn’t an imminent move in the works for O’Neill, who has been down 11 days now.