Right-hander Sonny Gray will make his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, manager Oliver Marmol said.

Gray, 34, had been slated to start Opening Day but instead was placed on the injured list with a right hamstring strain.

Marmol said Gray will be on a 65-pitch limit against the Phillies.

Eight Major League clubs sent representatives to watch NPB pitcher Roki Sasaki's latest start, according to multiple reports.

The New York Yankees, Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals were among the clubs that scouted Sasaki.

Over three NPB seasons, the 22-year-old has thrown 283 2/3 innings with 376 strikeouts and a 2.00 ERA.

The St. Louis Cardinals will start the regular season with right-hander Sonny Gray and outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the injured list, manager Oliver Marmol said Saturday.

Gray has a right hamstring strain that will send him to the 15-day injured list, while Nootbaar is headed to the 10-day IL with multiple nondisplaced rib fractures. The Cardinals already had outfielder Tommy Edman (wrist) headed to the IL to open the season.

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas will be the team's starter for Opening Day in Los Angeles against the Dodgers on March 28, manager Oliver Marmol announced Sunday.

Mikolas is getting the nod over right-hander Sonny Gray, who is working his way back from a hamstring injury.

The St. Louis Cardinals have signed manager Oliver Marmol to a two-year contract extension through the 2026 season, the team announced on Friday.

His current deal was set to expire at the end of the 2024 season.

Marmol, the youngest skipper in the majors at 37, compiled a 164-160 record in his first two seasons.

Sonny Gray could miss Opening Day because of a mild right hamstring strain sustained in his latest spring training outing for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Gray had been slated to start at the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 28.

"If it's in the cards for me to still do that, then obviously I'm going to do everything in my power to make that happen," Gray said.

The right-hander left his start Monday against the Washington Nationals after 20 pitches. The Cardinals initially said Gray had tightness in his hamstring, and an MRI revealed the strain.

The St. Louis Cardinals have not recently reached out to Scott Boras about free-agent pitchers Blake Snell or Jordan Montgomery, according to a report.

Boras said Monday that four new teams had checked in regarding those pitchers since the start of spring camps.

The Cardinals haven't been tied to Snell in free agency much, but the club had left the door open for a reunion with Montgomery.

St. Louis traded Montgomery to the Texas Rangers last summer.

Jose DeLeon, a veteran of 13 Major League seasons, has died at age 63.

DeLeon led the National League in strikeouts in 1989 while with the St. Louis Cardinals.

He was 86-119 with a 3.76 ERA in 264 starts and 151 relief appearances for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1983-86), Chicago White Sox (1986-87, 1993-95), St. Louis (1988-92), Philadelphia Phillies (1992-93) and Montreal Expos (1995).

Los Leones del Escogido, DeLeon's team in the Dominican Winter League, said he died Sunday evening at a hospital in Santo Domingo.

The Cardinals have agreed to a deal with free-agent shortstop Brandon Crawford, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand on Monday.

The team has not confirmed the deal, which is pending a physical and serves to add some depth to the position behind top prospect Masyn Winn, especially with dynamo utility man Tommy Edman still recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right wrist last October.
 

Free agent reliever Keynan Middleton and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to contract terms pending a physical, multiple media outlets reported Thursday.

The 30-year-old right-hander began last season with the Chicago White Sox, then was dealt to the New York Yankees at the Aug. 1 trade deadline in exchange for minor league right-hander Juan Carela.