The Cardinals have claimed lefty Brandon Waddell off waivers from the Orioles, per announcements from both teams. Additionally, St. Louis lefty Tyler Webb has cleared outright waivers and been assigned to Triple-A Memphis. Both clubs now have a full 40-man roster.
St. Louis becomes Waddell’s third team of the 2021 season. A former Pirates prospect, Waddell opened the year with the Twins, but the Orioles claimed him off waivers last month. Between Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Baltimore, Waddell has logged 8 1/3 innings over the past two seasons, allowing seven runs (six earned) on twelve hits and six walks with just three strikeouts.
Obviously, Waddell hasn’t found success at the big league level yet, but he’s continued to attract interest from teams. He’s shown the ability to spin his low-90s fastball and mid-80s slider at high rates during his limited MLB time. Waddell has also posted impressive minor league numbers up through Double-A, although he’s only managed a 6.02 ERA in parts of three Triple-A seasons.
Waddell could be an option to replace Webb as a lefty relief option for St. Louis. The Cards designated the 30-year-old for assignment earlier this week after a dreadful start to the season. Webb doesn’t have the requisite service time to reject an outright assignment. He’ll instead report to Memphis and look to work his way back into the major league mix at some point.
Sure hope Tyler can find out why he is lost this year. Had some pretty good results before this.
Not sure what’s happened/going on with Webb. Hes never been a superstar but shown some upside.who knows, maybe he will find it again
..or maybe not.
Typical Mo move.
Dude….where is the risk?
risk was signing someone from the bottom of the barrel.
This here is the wattle, emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle. You can hold it in your hand.
G’day Bruce!
Lefty Waddell, Welcome to the Cardinals.
he has some big duck shoes to fill to match Rube
IF he were a right hander he would already be out of the game!
The way this season is going he will light it up , be a superstar for two weeks and get hurt.Lets hope he can give us some innings!
SO…. Pittsburgh drops him, the 2021 last place Twins drop him…. and Baltimore drops him… all three of those teams are last place teams. Looks like the season is saved fellas!
Seriously though how does a guy with a 13.00 ERA appear in 22 games!?! This is just another example of how management (be it Mo or Shildt) is willing to hurt the team trying to get something out of a player that every fan, batboy and preschooler can tell shouldnt be in the majors *cough CARPENTER, WILLIAMS, THOMAS, MOROFF, cough cough….
This is only happening because BigAl forgot to hire me!
I was hoping for something a little more impactful, but it cleared Webb off the 40 man without actually losing him. So now we have two marginally talented lefthanders instead of one.
No, now they’re paying two below average lefthanders instead of one.