{"id":183229,"date":"2026-05-05T01:52:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=183229"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:52:23","slug":"cardinals-shocking-demotion-24-year-old-infielder-optioned-to-triple-a-amid-nightmare-season-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=183229","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals&#8217; Shocking Demotion: 24-Year-Old Infielder Optioned to Triple-A Amid Nightmare Season Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Thomas-Saggese.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"St. Louis Cardinals infielder Thomas Saggese (25) warms up before the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"prose\">Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<div>\n<article id=\"article-3791402\">The St. Louis Cardinals are playing some solid baseball this season, and they&#8217;ve recently made some changes to the roster to help improve the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cINF C\u00e9sar Prieto has been recalled from Memphis (AAA). INF\/OF Thomas Saggese has been optioned to Memphis,\u201d the Cardinals wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Saggese made the big league out of training camp to help the left field and other places across the infield. This season, he&#8217;s played shortstop, third base, and in left field.<\/p>\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t been the best season for Saggese, as he&#8217;s slashing .170\/.228\/.208 with a .436 OPS, two RBIs, four walks, two doubles and five runs scored in 18 games.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the Cardinals can get something out of Prieto, who has played well in Triple-A Memphis to start the season. In 28 games, he&#8217;s slashed a .311\/.357\/.566 with a .923 OPS, six homers, 14 RBIs, five walks, seven doubles, one triple and 19 runs scored. He&#8217;s played at second base, shortstop, third base and DH.<\/p>\n<p>Prieto has played three games in the big leagues, and they all came in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>If Prieto can give the Cardinals what he gave Triple-A Memphis, they could be in good shape when he hits the field. Manager Oil Marmlo recently spoke about the Cardinals&#8217; hot start, and he&#8217;s proud of how the team is playing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to be relentless in the way they compete and they continue to show that\u201d Marmol said.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Walker has been a bright spot for the Cardinals this season, and he&#8217;s one of the main reasons why they&#8217;ve had so much success.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>The St. Louis Cardinals are playing some solid baseball this season, and they&#8217;ve recently made some changes to the roster to help improve the team. &amp;#8220;INF C\u00e9sar Prieto has been recalled from Memphis (AAA). INF\/OF Thomas Saggese has been optioned to Memphis,&amp;#8221; the Cardinals wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images The St. Louis Cardinals are playing some solid baseball this season, and they&#8217;ve recently made some changes to the roster to help improve the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardinals&#039; Shocking Demotion: 24-Year-Old Infielder Optioned to Triple-A Amid Nightmare Season Start - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=183229\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cardinals&#039; 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