The St. Louis Cardinals may not be officially eliminated from the playoff race yet, but they may as well be; they are 4.5 games behind the New York Mets for the third and final NL Wild Card spot with four teams ahead of them in the standings. Their 5-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday won't help matters at all for them, but they simply are not just going to give up without a fight — especially franchise cornerstone Masyn Winn.

Winn was held out by the Cardinals for their Tuesday night contest against the Mariners, with Thomas Saggese starting at shortstop. While it's not quite clear if this is a one-off for the youngster or if he'll need to miss more games, it has become evident that the meniscus tear he suffered is bothering him to the point that he needed to take a day off.

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