"Injury Update: Cardinals Place Sonny Gray and Lars Nootbaar on IL"
St. Louis Cardinals will start the regular season with right-hander Sonny Gray and outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the injured list due to a right hamstring strain and multiple nondisplaced rib fractures, respectively. Gray, who was slated to start Opening Day, had a standout season with the Minnesota Twins last year and signed a three-year, $75 million contract with the Cardinals. Nootbaar, who sustained his injury during a spring training game, had a solid performance for the Cardinals last season.