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Cardinals Outright Anthony Garcia

By Steve Adams | April 27, 2017 at 4:39pm CDT

Cardinals outfielder Anthony Garcia has cleared waivers and been outrighted off the 40-man roster, per the club’s transactions page at MLB.com. It doesn’t appear as if there will be an immediate corresponding move, as Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Garcia’s outright was more about keeping an open roster spot on the 40-man for the future than for accommodating a new addition.

The 25-year-old Garcia hit .280/.317/.473 in 31 games following a promotion from Double-A Springfield to Triple-A Memphis in 2016, which was apparently enough to secure his spot on the 40-man roster over the course of the offseason. However, a .162/.225/.270 start through his first 40 plate appearances of the 2017 campaign likely contributed to his departure from the 40-man roster.

While Garcia played some center field and even did some catching early in his career after being selected in the 18th round of the 2009 draft, he’s been almost exclusively a corner outfielder in each of the past two seasons (with the exception being one lone appearance at first base in 2015).

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  1. plyons

    8 years ago

    Any inkling as to who the Cards may be creating space for??

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    • lesterdnightfly

      8 years ago

      Christian Bethancourt. But he has to clear waivers first….

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      • davep-3

        8 years ago

        Bethancourt cleared waivers days ago and was outrighted to El Paso.

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      • paulnewman

        8 years ago

        I was under the impression Bethancourt had already cleared waivers.

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        • lesterdnightfly

          8 years ago

          I won’t believe it until WCRyan confirms it….

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        • padresfan

          8 years ago

          Ryan? Pssh
          Dude is in El Paso
          To make a transformation into become a pitcher

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    • CompanyAssassin

      8 years ago

      None of these reasons… probably so they can keep one of the bullpen options on the 40 man after they unfortunately inevitably reactivate peralta. I would love it if I were wrong though.

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  2. james_schicker

    8 years ago

    There was no reason that Garcia should have taken a roster spot on the 40 man over the off season. Consequently we lost Córdoba in rule 5 draft to Padres.

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  3. Cardinals-fan

    8 years ago

    Luis Robert….??

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    • MLBAddict

      8 years ago

      That was my first thought….and I hope we’re right!

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    • Steve Adams

      8 years ago

      Robert won’t be signing a Major League contract due to MLB’s signing rules, and therefore won’t command a 40-man roster spot.

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  4. lmmthomas

    8 years ago

    Everything I have been reading Luis Robert coming the the White Sox to play with Moncada.

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