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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1781440" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-surging-paul-dejong-slugs-way-into-deadline-decisions/article_96fa269c-f042-5624-ad18-92d734578198.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>TORONTO — As the trade deadline nears and the Cardinals consider moves that could reshape the present and future look of their middle infield, the performance of one minor-league shortstop has thrust his name into those internal plans.</p><p>Paul DeJong has entered the chat.</p><p>The former All-Star, demoted to Class AAA Memphis earlier this season after a slow start, hit a home run Wednesday night, his third homer in as many days to start this week. He has 17 homers total, six since returning from a bruised hand. The power surge has the major-league club taking notice. Before homer Wednesday, DeJong hit .351 with a .784 slugging percentage in 37 at-bats this month, and in 50 games for Triple A Memphis has slugged .533 with an .840 OPS and 16 homers.</p><p></p><p>The Cardinals considered promoting him during this road trip.</p><p>“I’ll continue to say what I said when we first sent him out — to do what we wanted to do this year, he was the everyday shortstop,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “So getting him right, getting him back, is still a really good play for us. ... He’s gone about it really well, and now he’s putting together a stretch that is meaningful.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1781440, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-surging-paul-dejong-slugs-way-into-deadline-decisions/article_96fa269c-f042-5624-ad18-92d734578198.html#tracking-source=mp-in-article[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] TORONTO — As the trade deadline nears and the Cardinals consider moves that could reshape the present and future look of their middle infield, the performance of one minor-league shortstop has thrust his name into those internal plans. Paul DeJong has entered the chat. The former All-Star, demoted to Class AAA Memphis earlier this season after a slow start, hit a home run Wednesday night, his third homer in as many days to start this week. He has 17 homers total, six since returning from a bruised hand. The power surge has the major-league club taking notice. Before homer Wednesday, DeJong hit .351 with a .784 slugging percentage in 37 at-bats this month, and in 50 games for Triple A Memphis has slugged .533 with an .840 OPS and 16 homers. The Cardinals considered promoting him during this road trip. “I’ll continue to say what I said when we first sent him out — to do what we wanted to do this year, he was the everyday shortstop,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “So getting him right, getting him back, is still a really good play for us. ... He’s gone about it really well, and now he’s putting together a stretch that is meaningful.” [/QUOTE]
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