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Cardinals Announce Major Nolan Gorman Injury Update

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Jake Elman | Last updated Apr 4, 2025 1:42 PM ET

If St. Louis Cardinals fans want good news, it’s that second baseman Nolan Gorman doesn’t expect to miss too much time with a right hamstring strain.

Of course, that means there’s bad news.

The Cardinals placed Gorman on the injured list Friday, though the IL placement is retroactive to Wednesday. Gorman, who turns 25 next month, opened the season with four hits—including a home run—in his first eight at-bats.

Cardinals reporter John Denton suggested Gorman hurt himself running from first to second in Tuesday’s 9-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.

Denton added that Gorman described the injury as “super mild,” and the infielder doesn’t believe he’ll need a minor-league rehab assignment.

St. Louis promoted Triple-A infielder Thomas Saggese on Friday morning. Saggese, 22, hit .204 with a home run, four RBI, and a .556 OPS across 52 plate appearances last season.

Gorman’s injury is nonetheless the 2018 first-round pick’s latest frustrating roadblock. The Cardinals demoted Gorman to Triple-A last August after he hit .203 and struck out 151 times in 402 plate appearances.

Those 2024 struggles continued into 2025. Gorman hit just .189 over 56 preseason plate appearances.

Gorman owns a .224 average with 61 home runs, 162 RBI, and a .743 OPS since his 2022 debut. We’ll see if that 4-for-8 start means Gorman is destined for a bounce-back season, one where he can resemble the player who smashed 27 home runs and tallied 2.4 bWAR two seasons ago.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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