The Cardinals’ shortstop is ... Brendan Donovan. At least on Tuesday night it was as the rookie made his first big-league start at that position.
Heretofore, Paul DeJong and Edmundo Sosa had made all 28 of the Cardinals’ starts at shortstop. As of Tuesday night, both were in the minor leagues.
Sosa, who had been on the COVID injured list, had two hits in a rehab game for Class AA Springfield and is slated to play for Springfield again Wednesday morning and could be back with the big-league club by Thursday.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, asked if Sosa had a chance to win the job back that he won last September, answered, emphatically, “A real shot.