Cardinals Acquire Victor Marte

The Cardinals acquired reliever Victor Marte from the Royals for future considerations, tweets Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Marte, 30, posted a 3.32 ERA, 6.4 K/9, 3.3 BB/9, and 0.7 HR/9 in 40 2/3 Triple-A relief innings last year.  Marte was signed by the Royals as an amateur free agent over ten years ago; he logged time in Japan at one point.