Cardinals Receive Positive Injury Updates From Pair Of Star Players

A St. Louis duo are working their way back onto the field

The St. Louis Cardinals will need to remain healthy this upcoming season if they hope to rebound from last year's tumultuous outcome.

Recent injuries have sparked concerns over whether Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak did enough this winter to give the team a fighting chance of bouncing back in 2024.

Despite these worries, we can look forward to a pair of key players returning soon, as MLB.com's John Denton provided positive injury updates Thursday from spring training. 

"(Cardinals) right-handed pitcher Sonny Gray (right hamstring strain) progressed to the point that he was throwing from 60 feet on Thursday," Denton wrote. "Meanwhile, center fielder Tommy Edman (right wrist surgery) resumed hitting off a tee following a pause in his rehab plan because of wrist pain."

Gray suffered a mild hamstring strain during his second spring training outing against the Washington Nationals earlier this week.

It's unclear how long the reigning American League Cy Young runner-up will be out and whether he'll be healthy enough to start on Opening Day. It's a positive sign to see him throwing from 60 feet already -- hopefully, this setback won't delay his regular-season debut.

Edman underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery this winter to correct an achy wrist that bothered him for most of last season.

The 28-year-old is projected to be the Cardinals' starting center fielder but given that Edman hasn't been cleared to face live pitching yet and Opening Day is three weeks away, it's looking like St. Louis might have to shuffle around their outfielders to start the season.

Nonetheless, it's great news to see both key players making progress on their rehab paths. It might not be what Cardinals fans want to hear but it could be worse -- at least we can expect them to return in the near future.

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