MILWAUKEE • Harrison Bader’s right hamstring strain hasn’t improved to the point where he is ready to play yet, so the Cardinals’ center fielder was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday, retroactive to April 14, the day after Bader was hurt in Monterrey, Mexico.
Outfielder Lane Thomas, hitting .229 with no homers and five runs batted in at Memphis, was recalled from that Class AAA team.
Former center fielder Dexter Fowler, who moved to right field last year, will be back in center Wednesday and Jose Martinez in right field. Thomas, on the 40-man roster, began spring training going three for three but soon thereafter suffered an oblique strain which got him a trip back to the minor-league complex.