St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta continues to have thumb problems this season, causing him to miss more time.
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Peralta Placed on DL
Tuesday, July 19
The Cardinals announced via Twitter that they placed Peralta on the 15-day disabled list and brought up Jeremy Hazelbaker and Miguel Socolovich from Triple-A.
St. Louis held Peralta out of the lineup on Monday against the San Diego Padres because of his thumb problems.
“Jhonny’s sore,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said at the time, per David Wilhelm of the Belleville News-Democrat. “We needed to get him out (Sunday). With some of the check swings or the swings and misses, something’s still kind of grabbing there. He had it looked at (Monday), and the doctors can see it’s still flared up a bit.”
Peralta had surgery on his left thumb to repair a torn ligament in March that kept him out until June 7. He’s struggled in the 30 games since his return, hitting just .221/.258/.416.
MLB.com’s Steve Dorsey reported at the time the three-time All-Star was expected to be out for 10 to 12 weeks:
Peralta’s most recent injury would present a problem for the Cardinals were it not for the emergence of Aledmys Diaz, who has been excellent at shortstop. Diaz is batting .315 with 13 homers and 49 RBI, so Matheny will feel confident installing him back in the lineup to replace Peralta.
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