Hard-throwing reliever Sam Tuivailala, who had a 1.64 earned-run average for several stints with the Cardinals this season, will be the final member of the Class AAA Memphis club to be brought up this season.
Tuivailala, who will arrive Tuesday night, will give the Cardinals 31 active players, with Matt Holliday, Matt Adams and Matt Belisle on the horizon.
And perhaps Adam Wainwright?
Wainwright, just more than four months removed from suffering a torn Achilles’ tendon, indulged in his fourth throwing session off the bullpen mound before Monday’s game.
It was a little more extensive than some others and afterward, Wainwright jokingly said, “I’m nasty.