Cardinals Ace Suffers Concerning Injury During Spring Training Outing
Will the St. Louis Cardinals open the season without their biggest acquisition of the offseason?
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak felt the need to make a splash following a season in which the pitching staff just did not have enough firepower to contend. He did so by landing ace Sonny Gray -- with a three-year, $75 million investment.
Fans have been excited to get a glimpse of the 34-year-old tasked with heading the rotation this upcoming season. Unfortunately, his status for Opening Day just came into question.
Gray left his second spring training appearance early due to a hamstring injury against the Washington Nationals on Monday afternoon. The veteran walked off the mound with a trainer four outs away from finishing his scheduled three-inning outing.
The highly-touted newcomer will likely not know the severity of the injury for a day or two -- following testing and seeing how it feels when he wakes up tomorrow. If he has to be shut down, that almost certainly will force a stint on the injured list.
St. Louis faithful will have to hope it will only be a minor setback and that he does not have to restart his throwing progression.
Gray allowed one hit and recorded a strikeout through 1 2/3 innings on Monday. He was cruising early on, facing the minimum of five batters prior to the injury and not allowing any hard contact.
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