MILWAUKEE—Carlos Martinez’s sprained right ankle is not a bad injury, just an unusual one, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said Tuesday. And, so young righthander Johan Oviedo will take Martinez’s slated start in San Diego Friday night with Martinez having been placed on the 10-day injured list by the Cardinals.
That could lead to another, depending on how Oviedo does and how veteran Miles Mikolas is doing on his rehab option at Memphis, an option which took Mikolas to Nashville, Tennessee, for his second minor league start Tuesday as he recovers from a shoulder problem.
Shildt, addressing Martinez’s injury which occurred when Martinez slipped down the dugout steps Friday after congratulating fellow pitcher Jack Flaherty on the latter’s first homer, said, “It’s not severe but it’s just not in a great place.