Before the second of four with the Cardinals in St. Louis last night, MacKenzie Gore, 23, got on the mound in Busch Stadium and threw a sim game with his new teammates stepping in against him.
The left-hander, acquired from San Diego in the deal which sent Juan Soto and Josh Bell to the Padres at the trade deadline, is working his way back from the inflammation in his left elbow which landed him on the IL shortly before he was dealt.
Gore faced Josh Palacios, Riley Adams, and Alex Call in the sim game, and he came out of it feeling good about where he’s at as he works to see if he can return to the mound in the big leagues this season.