Does this trade look like a good one with the season over?

The Cardinals were MLB’s healthiest team in 2026, with just 15 players accounting for 16 stints on the Injured List for a total of 631 days, per Spotrac. By comparison, the Reds (26 IL stints), Yankees (18), Dodgers (26), Angels (26) and Blue Jays (28) were much harder hit by injuries in 2026.

The St. Louis Cardinals landed themselves an intriguing hurler thanks to the Lars Nootbaar deal.

How the Diamondbacks plan to deploy their newest bat.

Game two on deck.

Lars Nootbaar hit a pinch grand slam in the seventh inning and Merrill Kelly threw seven shutout innings to help the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 7-1 on Saturday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Kelly (9-12) limited the Giants to two hits in those seven innings.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Francisco Giants will play a doubleheader at Oracle Park on Saturday, Aug. 29.

The emotional ejections from Friday’s game appeared to have carried over into the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader between the Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks. Spoiler alert: It did not for the Giants — at least their offense — as they fell to the Diamondbacks 5-1 in Game 1. Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson made his Oracle Park debut after pitching his first two MLB games on the road.