ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals activated outfielder Lars Nootbaar (jammed left thumb) from the 10-day injured checklist and optioned infielder-outfielder Juan Yepez to Triple-A Memphis previous to Saturday’s recreation.

Nootbaar injured his thumb sliding into third base within the Cardinals’ season opener in opposition to Toronto on March 30.

Nootbaar was within the Cardinals’ lineup on Saturday in opposition to the Pirates at dwelling batting seventh and taking part in middle area.

“It’s good to have him back in the lineup,” Cardinals supervisor Oliver Marmol stated. “This is a guy that obviously is good at several things performance-wise, defensively, offensively, on the bases, but also brings a ton of energy and some of the intangibles that he brings to the team are welcomed.”

Nootbaar made his first profession opening day begin after taking part in for World Baseball Classic champion Team Japan. He went 0 for five in a rehabilitation look as a delegated hitter with Double-A Springfield on Thursday earlier than testing his thumb in drills Friday in St. Louis.

“There’s still some soreness and that’s mainly coming from the defensive side,” Nootbaar stated. “That’s kind of like a tolerance thing, but I think we’ll be all right.”

During his stint changing Nootbaar within the lineup, Yepez went 4 for 12 with a solo dwelling run in three video games.

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