{"id":85296,"date":"2024-09-10T11:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=85296"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:09:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T15:09:23","slug":"thomas-saggesse-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/10\/thomas-saggesse-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Cardinals Prospect Called Up in Wake of Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals No.\u00a0 prospect within the organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=sagges000tho&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Saggese<\/a>, is being called up after an injury to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/06\/improvements-cardinals-defense-bright-spot-2024\/\" target=\"_self\">major utility piece<\/a>, as reported by Robert Murray of <em>MLB Insider<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sources: The St. Louis Cardinals are calling up infielder Thomas Saggese. Saggese, the Cardinals\u2019 No. 4 prospect, was acquired by St. Louis from the Rangers in the Jordan Montgomery trade in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByRobertMurray\/status\/1833506498863079619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A top prospect within the Cardinals organization, Saggese was acquired at the 2023 trade deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/07\/23\/jordan-montgomery-trade-destinations\/\" target=\"_self\">deal<\/a> of left-hander Jordan Montgomery. As a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/donovbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brendan Donovan<\/a>&#8216;s nagging foot infection, Saggese will presumably make his MLB debut over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Cardinals to Promote Thomas Saggese<\/h2>\n<p>Following a season of relatively low production from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/02\/03\/nolan-arenado-trade-ignites-blame\/\" target=\"_self\">star third-baseman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arenano01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nolan Arenado<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/08\/cardinals-must-move-on-paul-goldschmidt\/\" target=\"_self\">former National League MVP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goldspa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Goldschmidt<\/a>, the Cardinals have looked for other options in their infield. The minor-league home run leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bakerlu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luken Baker<\/a>, has made a minimal splash in the Cardinals&#8217; offense. They also <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/21\/cardinals-infielder-triple-a\/\" target=\"_self\">called up<\/a> infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fermijo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Fermin<\/a> as the corresponding move to the demotion of the strikeout-prone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gormano01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nolan Gorman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Donovan has provided high offensive contact numbers and unmatched defence flexibility. However, Saggese&#8217;s debut will provide some exciting moments for a Cardinals team who are all but out of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/15\/cardinals-schedule-postseason-road\/\" target=\"_self\">postseason contention<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Like Donovan, Saggese can play multiple positions within the infield, including second base, third base, and shortstop. This season with Triple-A Memphis, he has slashed .253\/.438\/.313 with 20 home runs and 67 RBI. As the Cardinals look forward to 2025, Saggese&#8217;s performance down the stretch might influence his chances of making the next Opening Day roster.<\/p>\n<h3>Donovan&#8217;s Injury<\/h3>\n<p>Cardinals utility player Brendan Donovan has had a solid offensive season, slashing .266\/.331\/.396 with a 102 OPS+. With his stellar defense, he is potentially in line to win his second Gold Glove at the utility position.<\/p>\n<p>Donovan is day-to-day after missing the final two games against the Seattle Mariners due to a foot infection. Cardinals manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/marmool99.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Marmol<\/a> reported on September 7 that it was painful for Donovan to put pressure on his foot. With the call-up of Saggese, Donovan will likely see a short stint on the IL.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Michael McLoone-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Louis Cardinals No.\u00a0 prospect within the organization, Thomas Saggese, is being called up after an injury to a major utility piece, as reported by Robert Murray of MLB Insider. Sources: The St. Louis Cardinals are calling up infielder Thomas Saggese. Saggese, the Cardinals\u2019 No. 4 prospect, was acquired by St. Louis from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5241,"featured_media":85304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[5815,213,2015,208,28735],"class_list":["post-85296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardinals","category-mlb","category-news","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-nolan-arenado","tag-nolan-gorman","tag-paul-goldschmidt","tag-thomas-saggese"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85296","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\/5241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}