The Cardinals have a real pitching depth problem.
The latest casualty on the club’s growing casualty list is Jack Flaherty. Last week, the Cardinals ace felt tightening in his back while pitching. The next half inning, he swung the bat anyway and the tightening became an oblique tear that will keep him out for “a while”.
Just a week or so before that, Miles Mikolas returned to action following a long recovery from forearm and shoulder tightness. Now he’s got some kind of calcification thing on his elbow and .....
Ok, you know what? You don’t want the whole injury breakdown.