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| 2015 Springfield Cardinals Grandstand #3 Aledmys Diaz |
In last night's game against the Pirates, Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter strained an oblique muscle as he was trying to check his swing during his at-bat in the third inning. He suffered a similar injury back in 2012, and the MRI results indicated that he would have to be placed on the DL to recover. He is the fourth Cardinal to be placed on the DL this week alone.
Even though Carpenter was the only Cardinal named onto the NL All-Star team, Terry Collins could pick anyone from any other team to take his place. But he made sure that a player from the St. Louis team would have some representation on the active roster.
Aledmys Diaz, the Cardinals' rookie shortstop, was named as Carpenter's replacement. His credentials include a .319 average, 12 home runs, 44 runs batted in, 54 runs scored and a slash line of .382/.534/.916 (that would be OBP/SLG/OPS). He is among the league leaders in batting average, runs scored, and doubles.
The 25-year-old now joins the swelling ranks of first-time All-Stars, and players aged 26-younger attending with full All-Star honors.
If you're looking for any Aledmys Diaz cards to add to your roster, you're out of luck. He presently has three minor league cards, all regional releases. No Topps cards to speak of, not even on the retail end. So attached is his 2015 minor league card.
Stay tuned for more All-Star team roster updates as they happen.
Sincerely,
JayBee Anama
Speaking as a Cubs fan, it was pretty unfair that Addison Russell made the starting squad over Aledmys (and Story and Seager). Addy's having a pretty good sophomore season, but not really All-Star worthy. Anyway, while Diaz might not be starting, it's nice to see he'll get to go to San Diego and add All-Star to his resume.
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