The St. Louis Cardinals designated veteran Tommy Pham for assignment and recalled fellow outfielder Jordan Walker from Triple-A Memphis on Friday.
The Cardinals (67-67 entering Friday) are six games out of a wild-card spot in the National League and reportedly plan to take a look at younger players like Walker, 22, down the stretch.
Pham, 36, batted .206 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 23 games for St. Louis after being acquired from the Chicago White Sox at the trade deadline. He hit .266 with five homers and 19 RBIs in 70 games with the White Sox.
Pham was in his second tour of duty with St. Louis. He was with the Cardinals from 2014-18 and smacked a career-best 23 homers in 2017.
Pham is a .258 career hitter with 137 homers, 462 RBIs and 125 steals in 1,098 career games over 11 seasons. He also has played for the Tampa Bay Rays (2018-19), San Diego Padres (2020-21), Cincinnati Reds (2022), Boston Red Sox (2022), New York Mets (2023) and Arizona Diamondbacks (2023).
Walker is batting .145 with no homers and four RBIs in 24 games this season with the Cardinals. He has struggled to find the form that saw him hit .276 with 16 homers and 51 RBIs in 117 games as a rookie in 2023.
–Field Level Media
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