While some of his teammates appeared in golf tournaments for charity and others just enjoyed a rare off day at home, Matt Belisle came to Busch Stadium with one purpose.
He intended to show Monday that he could throw Tuesday.
It didn’t happen.
The veteran reliever was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday afternoon because of persisting inflammation around his right elbow. Belisle said the doctors told him there was no structural issue around his elbow. He first felt the discomfort in his forearm Thursday on the flight home from Miami. When it continued throughout the series against the Cubs, he was not available in those games.