As the St. Louis Cardinals keep their name relevant in MLB trade talks while they try to stay relevant in the NL Wild Card picture, some positive injury news was provided on Monday.
Since being placed on the injured list earlier this month after discovering lower back pain, it has been announced that second baseman Nolan Gorman will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Springfield on Tuesday.
Gorman's back injury has raised concerns for the Cardinals, as he's experienced the same issue in 2023, resulting in an injured-list stint.
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol spoke about the recurring injury to Nolan Gorman's back earlier this month, as something like this can be a problem for the second baseman at just 25 years old.
"I’ve had to answer that question every year he’s been with us. It flares up every year at some point, and it’s just part of it," Marmol told MLB.com's Michael Reynolds.
Although he was healthy all of the 2024 season, Gorman's never played more than 119 games in a season since entering the league in 2022 and has been placed on the injured list four times in the past three years.
Gorman's most productive season came in 2023 when he led the Cardinals in home runs. He had career highs in batting average (.236), on-base percentage (328), slugging percentage (.478), and OPS (.805) that season while hitting 27 home runs and 76 RBI.
Through 66 games in 2025, Gorman has a .219 batting average, .310 on-base percentage, .431 slugging percentage, and .719 OPS, hitting nine home runs and 29 RBI.