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          Cards' Jhonny Peralta placed on DL with respiratory infection

          • Mark Saxon, ESPN Staff WriterApr 20, 2017, 09:43 PM
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              Mark Saxon covers the St. Louis Cardinals for ESPN.com. He served as the Dodgers team reporter for ESPNLosAngeles.com. through the 2015 season. He spent six years at the Orange County Register, and began his career at the Oakland Tribune, where he started an 11-year journey covering Major League Baseball. He has also covered colleges, including USC football and UCLA basketball.
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          ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals put infielder Jhonny Peralta on the 10-day disabled list Thursday with an upper respiratory infection and activated reliever Tyler Lyons.

          Peralta won the starting third-base job coming out of spring training, but -- batting .120 -- had lost playing time to Greg Garcia and Jedd Gyorko in recent games. He expressed some frustration with his situation following Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Peralta, 34, hasn't played since Saturday.

          "It's happened to me before, but at the same time I've played on a couple different teams and before they had confidence in me," Peralta said. "They believed in what I do and, by the end of the season, I have my numbers. Right now, it's a tough time."

          Lyons made three minor league rehab starts at Triple-A Memphis as he continued his recovery from offseason knee surgery. The Cardinals now have 13 pitchers on their 25-man roster, a rarity.