PT TODAY: Martinez emerges as closer after Hicks injury

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Cardinals | St. Louis reshuffles pitching staff
St. Louis Cardinals RP Jordan Hicks (elbow) was placed on the 10-day injured list with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Tuesday, June 25. The team also optioned RP Génesis Cabrera to Class AAA Memphis. To fill the vacancies on the roster, the Cardinals recalled RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon and RP Dominic Leone from Memphis.  Source: Cardinals.com
 
BHQ take: Hicks is currently scheduled to have Tommy John surgery June 26 and will miss the rest of 2019 and probably a good chunk of 2020. For now, we’ve given Martinez the bulk of the Cardinals’...

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