The Cardinals announced the following transaction about an hour before today’s game:
8/22/21: Optioned RHP Junior Fernandez to AAA Memphis. Activated LHP Kwang Hyun Kim from the 10-day IL.
Kim is going to the bullpen after making 19 starts. Neither Wainwright, Flaherty nor Mikolas are going to the bullpen, so the question was whether Kim was going to bump either Jon Lester or J.A. Happ out of the rotation. The answer, at least right now, appears to be no. Lester and Happ were among the worst starters in the game by DRA- at the time of their trades.