St. Louis Cardinals: Alex Reyes Not Yet Cleared for Spring Training Action

Just a few days into Spring Training, the St. Louis Cardinals prized prospect is momentarily being held out of action.

Spring training is one of the best times of the year. It is the return of the St. Louis Cardinals and the departure of cold weather (for those in Florida at least).

Spring training, for the St. Louis Cardinals in recent seasons, has brought with it unhappy times too in relation to injury and sidelining of players. In the past few, the Cardinals have lost Adam Wainwright, Jhonny Peralta, and others.

Enter then this season’s spring training that just officially began yesterday. Will this season’s bring with it injury or a successful team? We didn’t have to wait too long for this type of news to develop.

According to a tweet from Jenifer Langosch, Alex Reyes has yet to be cleared by medical staff to begin Spring Training activities. As a result, he did not throw during an anticipated pitching session on Tuesday.

Alex Reyes did not throw as scheduled today. Per Mozeliak, Reyes has not been cleared yet by medical staff. #stlcards
— Jenifer Langosch (@LangoschMLB) February 14, 2017

Brian Stull later reported that the news was not a yellow flag regarding Reyes’s health. According to general manager John Mozeliak, the 22 year-old has not completed a physical required to begin each season.

Told not even a yellow flag, but Alex Reyes not throwing as scheduled today. Physical had not been completed per Mo. #Cardinals #STLCards
— Brian Stull (@StullySTL) February 14, 2017

The later report offers breathing room for St. Louis, as Reyes has proved healthy throughout his minor league career with only one disabled list stint since 2015.