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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1760988" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-driven-versatile-fielder-donovan-earns-first-promotion-to-majors-fits-teams-plans-to/article_761306e8-ce1e-5c20-9c1a-09606ac9a373.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>After a loss Sunday afternoon, Class AAA Memphis manager Ben Johnson invited Brendan Donovan to his office to address what the infielder called an “incident” with a grounder. A ball clipped first base and caromed past Donovan for a base hit. Johnson wanted to know why Donovan missed the play.</p><p>“You’re going to need to field that in the big leagues,” Johnson said.</p><p>It took a moment for Donovan to catch on.</p><p>No, Johnson assured, he was not joking.</p><p>Donovan arrived in the majors Monday as the Cardinals swapped left-handed bats for their bench and sent outfielder Lars Nootbaar to Class AAA Memphis. The motivation for the move was twofold: A scan of the upcoming schedule saw few starts for Nootbaar and the need to identify days for corner infielders Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt to not start at third or first, respectively. Donovan can play both positions, and Nootbaar can start everyday in Memphis, rather than gather dust in limited big-league at-bats.</p><p></p><p>Building off a strong spring training, Donovan hit .298 with a .385 on-base percentage in his first 16 games with the Triple-A Redbirds. He hit his first home run of the season over the weekend and has as many walks (eight) as strikeouts. He’s played second, third, first, and left field for Memphis, while also taking reps during practice at shortstop and in right field. He’s playable at six positions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1760988, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-driven-versatile-fielder-donovan-earns-first-promotion-to-majors-fits-teams-plans-to/article_761306e8-ce1e-5c20-9c1a-09606ac9a373.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] After a loss Sunday afternoon, Class AAA Memphis manager Ben Johnson invited Brendan Donovan to his office to address what the infielder called an “incident” with a grounder. A ball clipped first base and caromed past Donovan for a base hit. Johnson wanted to know why Donovan missed the play. “You’re going to need to field that in the big leagues,” Johnson said. It took a moment for Donovan to catch on. No, Johnson assured, he was not joking. Donovan arrived in the majors Monday as the Cardinals swapped left-handed bats for their bench and sent outfielder Lars Nootbaar to Class AAA Memphis. The motivation for the move was twofold: A scan of the upcoming schedule saw few starts for Nootbaar and the need to identify days for corner infielders Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt to not start at third or first, respectively. Donovan can play both positions, and Nootbaar can start everyday in Memphis, rather than gather dust in limited big-league at-bats. Building off a strong spring training, Donovan hit .298 with a .385 on-base percentage in his first 16 games with the Triple-A Redbirds. He hit his first home run of the season over the weekend and has as many walks (eight) as strikeouts. He’s played second, third, first, and left field for Memphis, while also taking reps during practice at shortstop and in right field. He’s playable at six positions. [/QUOTE]
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