The Cardinals announced that right-hander Ryan Fernandez has been recalled from Triple-A Memphis. To open a spot for him, left-hander Jared Shuster has been designated for assignment. The 40-man roster count drops to 39.
Shuster, 27, was just selected to the St. Louis roster a little over a week ago. He made two appearances since then, including a relatively long outing yesterday. Starter Andre Pallante allowed the Red Sox to score seven times in five innings. George Soriano threw one inning and then Shuster spared the rest of the bullpen by tossing three innings, allowing two runs on 50 pitches. Presumably, Shuster would not have been available for a few days after throwing that much. Instead of continuing with the bullpen a bit shorthanded, the Cards have knocked Shuster into DFA limbo.
The lefty was once a notable prospect but his big league career hasn’t panned out as hoped. Atlanta took him 25th overall back in 2020. He was later flipped to the White Sox as part of the Aaron Bummer deal in November of 2023. Last year, he ended up on waivers and went to the Athletics. He was outrighted off the roster at season’s end and was later released, which led to a minor league deal with the Cards.
Along the way, Shuster exhausted his three option seasons. He has thrown 145 1/3 big league innings with a 5.26 earned run average. His 15.3% strikeout rate, 10.2% walk rate and 36.7% ground ball rate are all subpar figures.
He’ll now be in DFA limbo for a week at most. The waiver process takes 48 hours, so the Cards could take five days to field trade interest, but they might also put him on waivers sooner than that. If any other club acquires him, he is out of options but he has under two years of service time. That means he hasn’t yet qualified for arbitration and is theoretically controllable for many years, though he would have to put up some good numbers somewhere for that to be a consideration. Since he has a previous career outright, he would have the right to elect free agency if he is outrighted again.
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