While Dexter Fowler's injury to his heel may have forced Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak's hand in recalling Randal Grichuk sooner than he would've liked, Mozeliak made clear that injuries are not the only motivation for Sunday's shakeup.
"The trend has not been good," Mozeliak said of the team's recent slide on Sunday. "That’s part of why you see a day like today, too, where you have multiple moves and you're hoping for some level of energy change and you're hoping that can get people going.”
In addition to Grichuk, righthanded pitcher Mike Mayer and first baseman Luke Voit were also called up from Memphis Sunday.