The St. Louis Cardinals promoted Stephen Piscotty, the organization's top hitting prospect, to the majors on Tuesday. The promotion of Piscotty required a roster shuffle. Because the decision to promote Piscotty was not prompted by a player landing on the disabled list with an injury, the Cardinals had to clear a spot on the 25-man active roster as well as one on the 40-man roster.
Entering Tuesday, Piscotty was not on the Cardinals' 40-man roster. In order to be on a major-league team's 25-man active roster, a player has to be on the 40-man. The St. Louis 40-man had its full allotment of 40 players, so the Cardinals had to open up a roster spot for Piscotty to fill.
The Cardinals could have created roster space for Piscotty with one move: designating a player on the 40-man and 25-man for assignment. Instead, St. Louis made two:
- Monday: Optioned Tommy Pham to Triple-A but did not DFA him—meaning Pham did not lose his 40-man roster spot and the St. Louis 40-man was still full. This created a spot on the 25-man St. Louis roster for Piscotty.
- Tuesday: Designated Ty Kelly, an infielder/outfielder with Memphis and friend of the VEB Podcast, for assignment, which opened up a spot on the 40-man for Piscotty.
Update:
The @BlueJays have claimed INF/OF Ty Kelly off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals. He will report to @BuffaloBisons.
— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) July 22, 2015
- Reliever Mitch Harris is with Memphis on a rehab stint that commenced on Tuesday. Whether Harris will leave Memphis once the Cardinals activate him from the major-league DL remains to be seen. It would not be terribly surprising for the Cards to activate the righty and immediately option him to Memphis.
- Hopping set-up man Jordan Walden begins a rehab stint with Double-A Springfield today.
- Jaime Garcia is slated to make a rehab start with Low-A Peoria on Thursday.
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