By now, you’ve heard the news about St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Jhonny Peralta. Earlier this week, news broke that Peralta will miss two to three months with a torn ligament in his thumb suffered from fielding a ground ball.
It’s barely even March and already the Cardinals are picking up where they left off in 2015 — with more injuries. What is it with this team and torn thumb ligaments lately? While it’s certainly not good news at all, Bernie Miklasz of 101sports.com explained why the loss of Peralta for two to three months isn’t necessarily devastating for St.