The Cardinals launched Bligh Madris, in line with the primary baseman/outfielder’s MLB.com profile web page. The Cardinal Nationwide’s Brian Walton studies that Madris is headed to South Korea to play for a KBO League group.
The 30-year-old Madris signed a minor league contract with St. Louis final winter, and he has hit .277/.389/.519 with 14 house runs over 284 plate appearances with Triple-A Memphis. These huge numbers didn’t lead to a call-up to the majors, nonetheless, as Madris’ main place of first base is of course already lined by a distinguished left-handed bat in Alec Burleson. Many of the Cardinals’ outfielders are additionally lefty bats and Ivan Herrera is getting many of the DH at-bats, plus the rebuilding Playing cards group is extra dedicated to giving taking part in time to youthful gamers than a 30-year-old depth participant.
With none accidents opening up roster area, Madris has as a substitute parlayed his Triple-Successful right into a KBO contract. He’ll now make a bigger assured wage as he heads abroad for the second time in his professional profession, following a short stint within the Australian Baseball League throughout their 2020-21 season.
Madris has hit .255/.350/.450 over 2085 PA in Triple-A, however he hasn’t approached that stage of manufacturing throughout his three huge league seasons. He had a decent .269/.324/.358 slash line in 75 PA with the Tigers in 2024, however his profession slash is simply .204/.273/.286 over 228 PA for Pittsburgh, Houston, and Detroit from 2022-24. The Tigers re-signed Madris to a brand new minors contract after outrighting him following the 2024 season, however accidents restricted Madris to 60 minor league video games in 2025 with none time within the Present.
