Following DL stint, will Fowler stay in CF? | KSDK.com – KSDK

Brian Stull, KSDK 6:50 PM. CDT June 30, 2017

Apr 19, 2017; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Dexter Fowler (center) celebrates with teammates Randal Grichuk (left) and Stephen Piscotty (right) after the Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 at Busch Stadium. (Photo: Scott Kane, Scott Kane)

ST. LOUIS - After receiving injections to help with their respective injuries, both Dexter Fowler and Kevin Siegrist have improved to a point that the St. Louis Cardinals believe their time on the disabled list will be minimal.

My understanding, as of right now, theyre both progressing and I think we have some optimism on this being 10 days, shared President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak.

Siegrist (cervical spine sprain) is expected to resume baseball activity this weekend, while Fowler (bone spur) is working out but not necessarily with baseball drills as he is still keeping pressure off of his right heel.

Doctors have not advised on any restrictions or the need to move Fowler to a different position, but the question was raised if from a defensive standpoint a corner slot could be in the future.

Anytime you sign a free agent of his magnitude and you bring him in to do a job, its very delicate to start talking about moving off, answered Mozeliak. Clearly, you want to do whats best for the team and finding ways to winand theres no doubt when you look at the past few days, with Tommy Pham, hes made some excellent catches.

Hes obviously had a very positive impact on this team. So we have some time to sort of decide what that next step looks like and Im sure all of us on the decision team will sit down and talk about it, but we havent done that yet.

Actually Pham, Randal Grichuk, and Stephen Piscotty have all recently had highlight reel catches in the outfield. But since his recall on May 5th, Pham has been a pretty consistent difference at the plateposting a .372 OBP, with 25 RBIs and 9 stolen bases 196 plate appearances.

But with various injuries taking him out of the lineup in the past, how hard is it to forecast the future for Pham?

I dont think Tommys been one of those guys thats been hard to figure out, said Mozeliak. The biggest things with players is sort of consistency, right? The thing about Tommy is theres times hes electric and exciting. And theres other times, its just not going. I think thats hard to manage, if you will. Clearly, his impact right now has been very positive.

For everybody thats worried that he might be going away anytime soon, I wouldnt be. I think a lot of our recent success is due to him.

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