The St. Louis Cardinals are currently in the midst of their Spring Training and received some disappointing news on.
A 27-year-old pitcher for the Cardinals, has played in parts of the past three seasons with the major league team. However, he has only made five appearances at the big league level, during which he gave up 18 earned runs in 17 innings pitched.
He’s been someone to watch out for throughout camp so far but he will now miss three to four weeks due to a late strain, as shared by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Derrick Goold.
“What set up to be a defining spring for former first-round pick Zack Thompson’s place with the Cardinals as they turn toward youth and look to the next wave of pitching prospects has encountered a delay due to injury,” Goold said. “Thompson will not be able to throw for three to four weeks due to a strain of his lat muscle along the left side of his back, Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Sunday.
“The prescribed inactivity for most of March assures the lefty will miss more than a month before returning to games as the Grade 1 tear calms and heals. He will then need to regain arm strength before advancing to the mound and into competition.”
Thompson made a strong impression as a rookie in 2022, appearing in 22 games and posting a 2.08 ERA. In 2023, he appeared in 25 games but had a 4.48 ERA.
Fingers crossed that he makes a full recovery quickly and gets back on track.
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