{"id":101344,"date":"2025-05-31T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=101344"},"modified":"2025-05-31T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:27:34","slug":"cardinals-place-jordan-walker-on-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/31\/cardinals-place-jordan-walker-on-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals Place Outfielder Jordan Walker on Injured List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals announced a series of roster moves ahead of their game with the Texas Rangers on Saturday. The team has recalled right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/munozro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roddery Munoz<\/a> and selected utilityman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/viladry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Vilade<\/a> from Triple-A. In corresponding moves, right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gracego01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Graceffo<\/a> has been optioned to Triple-A. Outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkejo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Walker<\/a> will be hitting the 10-day IL with left wrist inflammation. His IL stint is retroactive to May 29th.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RHP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/munozro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roddery Mu\u00f1oz<\/a> has been recalled from Memphis (AAA). RHP Gordon Graceffo has been optioned to Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>OF Jordan Walker has been placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 29 (left wrist inflammation).<\/p>\n<p>INF\/OF Ryan Vilade has been selected from Memphis. He will wear #13. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbzmPKkHQV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AbzmPKkHQV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cardinals\/status\/1928844031259185628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Jordan Walker Heads to the IL<\/h3>\n<p>While there&#8217;s never an opportune time for an injury, Walker&#8217;s is really bad timing for the former first-round pick. He was off to a tough start at the dish, but since May 13th, he&#8217;s been hitting .333 with a .879 OPS. He was still striking out at an alarming rate, 37.8% of the time, but it seemed he may have been turning a corner after a dismal start to the year. The Cardinals were content with him getting the bulk of the right field duties this season to see if he could deliver on the first-round prospect pedigree in his age-23 season.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Cardinals will have a bit more playing time for the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burleal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alec Burleson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/donovbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brendan Donovan<\/a>. The Cardinals have had a tough time finding spots for all of their young players to play, but they&#8217;re still winning baseball games either way.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101345\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-101345\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26270967-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 23, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado (28) celebrates with first baseman Alec Burleson (41) after the Cardinals defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ryan Vilade, 26, is hoping to finally stick in the big leagues. At Triple-A this season, he&#8217;s hitting .280 with a .851 OPS across 192 plate appearances. He&#8217;s played six positions in the minors, only missing out on catcher and shortstop. He&#8217;ll likely be used in a utility role for the Red Birds. The Cardinals are currently hoping to chase down the upstart <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/24\/cubs-sandy-alcantara-trade-rumors-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Cubs<\/a> in the NL Central.<\/p>\n<h3>Roddery Munoz Called Up<\/h3>\n<p>Munoz, 25, will get another taste of big league action this season. His first go-around was a bit of a mess. However, with a fastball that sits in the upper 90s and pretty good swing and miss stuff, the Cardinals are hoping he&#8217;ll give them a decent option out of the bullpen for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals are currently 32-25 and sit three games behind the first-place Cubs. If the season ended today, they&#8217;d be tied with the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/04\/07\/giants-exceptional-start-season\/\" target=\"_self\"> San Francisco Giants<\/a> for the third Wild Card slot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals announced a series of roster moves ahead of their game with the Texas Rangers on Saturday. The team has recalled right-hander Roddery Munoz and selected utilityman Ryan Vilade from Triple-A. In corresponding moves, right-hander Gordon Graceffo has been optioned to Triple-A. Outfielder Jordan Walker will be hitting the 10-day IL with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3107,"featured_media":101346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,1071,35],"tags":[28578,5815,6383,1396],"class_list":["post-101344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardinals","category-mlb","category-news","tag-alec-burleson","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-jordan-walker","tag-ryan-vilade"],"modified_by":"Chris Drosehn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101347,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101344\/revisions\/101347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}