Cardinals activate OF Lars Nootbaar from injured list

The St. Louis Cardinals activated outfielder Lars Nootbaar from the 10-day injured list on Saturday.

He has been out since jamming his left thumb on a headfirst slide into third base on Opening Day on March 30.

Nootbaar, 25, batted .228 with 14 homers and 40 RBIs in 108 games with the Cardinals last season.

To make room on the 26-man roster, St. Louis optioned 1B/OF Juan Yepez to Triple-A Memphis.

Yepez, 25, appeared in three games for the Cardinals and batted .333 with one homer and one RBI.