Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol indicated Pages will see a downturn in playing time following the promotion of Jimmy Crooks, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Pages leads the team with 34 starts at catcher this season, but he appears in line to serve as the third catcher moving forward behind Crooks and Ivan Herrera. The 27-year-old Pages is a quality defensive catcher but sports a career .230/.273/.366 slash line over parts of three big-league seasons.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Resting Tuesday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.
The Cardinals will give Pages a break after he started behind the plate in both of the team's past two games. Ivan Herrera will handle catching duties Tuesday, opening up the designated-hitter spot for Yohel Pozo.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Retreating to bench in Game 1
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Pages isn't in the lineup for the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Reds.
Pages went 3-for-7 with a walk and a run scored during St. Louis' last series against Pittsburgh, but he'll stay put in the dugout to begin Saturday's festivities. Ivan Herrera will handle catching duties in Game 1 while Nolan Gorman works as the DH and Cesar Prieto starts at third base.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Out of Tuesday's lineup
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Pages isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Athletics.
Pages will step out of the lineup Tuesday after going 0-for-19 with six strikeouts over his last six games. His absence will give Ivan Herrera a start behind the plate, allowing Yohel Pozo to work as the Cardinals' designated hitter.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Idle Friday
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Pages isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against San Diego.
Pages will get a breather after going 0-for-14 with five strikeouts over his last four games. Ivan Herrera will handle catching duties Friday while Nolan Gorman works as the DH, opening up third base for Cesar Prieto.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Out of St. Louis lineup
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Pages is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Brewers.
Ivan Herrera is getting a start at catcher Tuesday, and Nolan Gorman is slotting in at designated hitter. Pages went 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in the first game of the series Monday.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Resting Saturday
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Pages isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.
Pages went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts Friday to extend his hitting streak to six games, but the Cardinals will keep him on the bench to begin Saturday's contest. Ivan Herrera will handle catching duties while Nolan Gorman works as the DH and Ramon Urias starts at the hot corner.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Exiting starting nine Wednesday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Wednesday's contest in Pittsburgh.
Ivan Herrera has been the personal catcher for Andre Pallante this season, so Herrera will step in behind the dish Wednesday while Pages gets a breather. Pages could check back into the lineup for Thursday's series finale.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Checking back into lineup
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Pages (hamstring) will start at catcher and bat ninth in Monday's game against the Pirates.
A sore left hamstring knocked Pages out of Saturday's 11-9 loss to the Mariners and kept him from playing in Sunday's series finale, but the lone day off appears to be all that the backstop needed to overcome the issue. Pages will step back in behind the dish Monday in Pittsburgh, and while he may continue to operate as St. Louis' main catcher, he'll likely continue to cede at least a couple starts per week to Ivan Herrera.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Held out of Sunday's lineup
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Pages (hamstring) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners.
Pages exited Saturday's contest due to left hamstring soreness and will miss at least one game. According to Lynn Worthy of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the 27-year-old backstop said that medical imaging came back clean, so he could rejoin the lineup for Monday's series opener in Pittsburgh. Ivan Herrera will step behind the plate Sunday as Ramon Urias enters the starting nine.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Idle Monday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Marlins.
After starting behind the dish in three of the last four games, Pages will hit the bench for the series opener in Miami. Ivan Herrera will handle catching duties for St. Louis.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Idle Sunday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.
Pages will rest up for the series finale after he started behind the dish Friday and Saturday. Ivan Herrera will handle catching duties Sunday.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Not starting Monday
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Pages is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Nationals.
Pages will begin the contest on the bench as Ivan Herrera gets a start at catcher. The 27-year-old Pages has drawn starts in six of 10 games thus far and appeared off the bench in one additional contest.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Absent from lineup
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Pages isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Cubs.
Pages will sit out Saturday's contest after going 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts in Friday's series opener. His absence will give Jimmy Crooks another start behind the plate catching for Michael McGreevy.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Getting rest Tuesday
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Pages isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Giants, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
Pages increased his hitting streak to four games with a double in Monday's contest, but he'll retreat to the bench Tuesday while Jimmy Crooks starts behind the plate and bats seventh.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Out of lineup Tuesday
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Pages is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Pirates.
It's a regular day off for Pages, who had started at catcher in each of the Cardinals' previous two contests. Yohel Pozo will be behind the dish and bat ninth Tuesday.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Getting rest Sunday
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Pages is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
Pages will receive a breather after starting behind the plate in each of the last three contests. Yohel Pozo will serve as the Cardinals' starting catcher Sunday.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Trio of hits in loss
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Pages went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 12-8 loss against the Yankees.
Pages' performance was highlighted by a homer in the ninth inning that ultimately went to waste in a high-scoring loss. The catcher has carved out solid playing time this month and has thrived with it, batting .448 with three doubles, three homers and nine RBI across nine games since Aug. 2.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Regaining playing time behind plate
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Pages will start at catcher and bat eighth in Monday's game against the Rockies.
With four starts behind the plate in the last five games, Pages appears to have at least temporarily wrested the primary catching gig away from Yohel Pozo. Already regarded as the superior defensive catcher of the two, Pages has helped his case for earning more playing time by running hot at the dish to begin August. Through five games this month, Pages has gone 6-for-16 with two home runs, one double, two walks, six RBI and three runs.
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Cardinals' Pedro Pages: Launches eighth homer
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Pages went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Cubs.
Pages opened the scoring with a third-inning blast off Shota Imanaga. While playing time hasn't been all that steady lately, Pages has made the most of it, going 7-for-19 (.368) with two homers and six RBI over his last six games dating back to July 29. The catcher is splitting duties with Yohel Pozo behind the dish in what's emerging as a fairly even timeshare. On the year, Pages has a .211/.256/.341 slash line with eight homers, 35 RBI, 29 runs scored and no stolen bases across 87 contests.
