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The 26-year-old Fernandez was selected by the
Cardinals from Boston in the 2023 Rule 5 draft. He emerged as a
valuable piece of the Cardinals’ bullpen last season, posting a
3.51 ERA over 66 2/3 innings with two saves in 62 appearances.
This season, Fernandez has struggled, going 0-2 with a 11.43 ERA
in 8 2/3 innings over 11 appearances. Fernandez entered a 1-1
game in the eighth inning Wednesday in Atlanta and allowed a
go-ahead three-run homer to Braves outfielder Eli White.
“It’s just a matter of him getting that to where he needs to in
order to come back and be effective,” Cardinals manager Oliver
Marmol said. "The last thing I’d want to do with a young guy
like him is lose him mentally because of how it’s going, and
then there not being room to get him in low leverage situations
where he can be scheduled down there and just work on what he
needs to work on over the next couple weeks"
O’Brien struck out 14 batters and had a 3.86 ERA in seven relief
appearances for Memphis this season.
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