May 19th, 12:06pm: DeJong’s surgery was successful, MLB.com’s Joe Trezza reports, though a timetable for his return has yet to be shared.
May 18th, 4:24pm: Unfortunately, it does not seem that DeJong has suffered a run-of-the-mill fracture. The injury is to his pinky, per MLB.com’s Joe Trezza (via Twitter). DeJong will undergo surgery this evening to insert a plate, per president of baseball operations John Mozeliak and via Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (on Twitter), with the expectations being that there’ll be a “significant” layoff.
3:05pm: The Cardinals have announced that shortstop Paul DeJong is heading to the 10-day DL after he was diagnosed with a fractured left hand suffered on a hit-by-pitch. Also headed to the DL is righty Matt Bowman, who’s dealing with blisters.
To fill the two openings on the roster, the Cards have called up infielder Yairo Munoz and outfielder Tyler O’Neill. Both players are already on the 40-man roster.
It’s not yet known whether DeJong is a candidate for surgery, let alone what kind of rehabilitation timeline will be required. But his absence will tell, even if it’s for a relatively short period of time.
The major difficulty for the Cardinals is that, while they feature quite a few infield options, none really profile as regular options at short. Greg Garcia has the most experience at the position in the majors; Jedd Gyorko has lined up at short, but not very often and not for some time. It seems Munoz might also be viewed as an option, as he has spent much of his minor-league career at shortstop.
Clearly, those players aren’t likely to account for the missing productivity of DeJong, who’s not only a quality fielder but carries a .260/.351/.473 slash through 171 plate appearances on the year. With much of the Cards offense still working to round into form, the loss of DeJong will leave the team without one of its best bats to this point of the season.
this really sucks
Geeze how many Cardinals are on the DL? Yadier Molina, Paul Dejong, Adam Wainwright, Carlos Martinez, Luke Gregerson, Dominic Leone, Tyler Lyons, and Carson Kelly.
Matt bowman
And Fowler, Wong and Carpenter, who have been disabled all year. And Ozuna, who is headed that direction!
Naked Reyes
Cry me a river. The best teams deal with injuries, weak teams do not.
You tell me how many “good” teams would win with all of these players out. Take a look at the Yankees, Red Sox, Nationals and the Cubs. Delete the same starting pitchers and position players and then make your comment
The Dodgers made it the WS last year despite having every opening day starting position player other than I believe Puig/Taylor hitting the DL…..and every starting pitcher. The only “good” players that STL has lost to the DL have been Martinez, Yadi, and Dejong.
How’s that going this year.
10
Ahhhhh I knew it when I saw it. He didn’t even flinch when he was hit…hopefully he’s a quick healer..or we go get Manny.
I’m down for Manny. Cards are having a tough go right now
Horrible luck
No other teams have injuries. Just STL.
Us Giants fans would like to step outside and have a word with you, David.
I think you might’ve missed the sarcasm font !
Only six remaining options on the 40 that aren’t on the 25 or the DL. At some point, they’re benefited by players simply not getting dinged.
such a shame. hey, injuries happen. that’s why you should have depth. let’s go bucs!
Cardinals do have depth. Also don’t be counting on the marlins oh I mean the pirates lucky start for the whole season
Tough break
All of the injuries stink but if they’re going to happen would rather it be now…Hopefully team can play .500 ball through All-Star break and have everyone back and healthy for last half of season
Freddy Galvis can be had for peanuts.
They need to start O’Neill this time rather than wasting him on the bench
agree….hopefully thick skull gets it too
I’m sure you have been doing it right away from when the other one was in a meeting that place has to do lunch
Why? What has he shown? Absolutely nothing
exactly the point on why he should get some playing time…hes started 1 game and had 5 sporadic PHs during his call up….team is struggling offensively that includes fowler and ozuna…giving either some days off to play this kid cant hurt
See what happens when you start him.
yup…glad matheny got the memo
This team is 4 games under. 500 against teams NOT named Cincy or White Sox. Don’t give me this injury excuse. Most of these guys on DL haven’t done anything, expectations on Waino were nil, Kelly, Lyons, Leone, Gregerson, Bowman? Wow!,huge losses there, NOT!
You forgot NL era leader Carlos Martinez and Yadira Molina. Before you type stuff know what your saying as well.
Yadier*
Touche.
4-1 against the “best team in baseball”…
Oh! Cardinals are 4-1 against a team named the cubs. So don’t give me the bad team excuse.
Go hang out with Themed. You suffer from similar lack of cognitive skills.
3rdstrike, go hang out with the other cubs fans where your witty banter might be appreciated.
Dot Net, lets say a swing and miss. But, you are used to that, now, arent you?
I bet Ian Happ is used to it as well
And the cubs signing of Yu darvish and jason heyward was a swing and miss too
I am not a cubs fan jerky. Swing and miss. You are out.
Lol not a wing and miss just a good guess
Us fans out here in Dodger Land have absolutely no sympathy. Suck it up buttercups.
Unfortunately, as true Cardinal Fans already know, John Mozeliak Will Not go after any superstar like Machado. He’d rather tank than acquire a star that would cost the Cardinals multiple players, especially a player that would require close to $28 million a year to resign for 2019.
The Cards don’t “tank!” Never have and never will! They just reload