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Cardinals Sign Guillermo Zuniga To Major League Deal

By Simon Hampton | December 6, 2022 at 8:32pm CDT

The Cardinals have signed right-hander Guillermo Zuniga to a big league contract, per a team announcement. The move takes their 40-man roster to 38 players. Zuniga is a free agent after departing the Dodgers in November.

Zuniga, 24, was originally signed out of Colombia by the Braves back in 2016. He struggled as a teenager with Atlanta, making it as high as Rookie ball where he pitched 19 1/3 innings of 5.59 ERA ball, striking out just 12.5% of batters before being released at the end of the 2017 season.

The Dodgers picked him up and he found a lot more success in their organization, making it up to Double-A in 2021. That year, Zuniga threw 35 1/3 innings of 3.06 ERA ball, striking out 33.8% of batters against a 9% walk rate. Zuniga would repeat Double-A in 2022, but saw a step backwards in results. He’d throw 54 2/3 innings for a 4.77 ERA, experiencing a decline in strikeouts (27.4%) and an increase in walks (12.4%).

Zuniga became a free agent last month, and given he’s never pitched above Double-A, it’s interesting to see him land a major league deal. It’s possible he had widespread interest in a minor league deal, and the Cardinals opted to hand him a major league deal to seal the deal. Regardless, Zuniga still has all three minor league options remaining, so while he’ll occupy a spot on their 40-man roster they don’t need to immediately use him in the big leagues. On the surface, Zuniga’s results don’t jump off the page but he has shown some impressive strikeout numbers at times. He leans on a fastball-slider combo, with the fastball touching 96 mph.

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  1. thegreatbambi3

    2 months ago

    This does not fill their 40 man roster…

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    • avenger65

      2 months ago

      Who? And what position?

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      • Hippyripper

        2 months ago

        Relief pitcher… been a career minior leaguer most recently with the Dodgers as a part of AA in 2022. Is still young 24. Not the most inspiring numbers, decent to say the least hopefully his stuff is better?

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  2. sean-11

    2 months ago

    Roster is at 38?

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    • knolln

      2 months ago

      The cardinals do pull a lot of magic out of their posteriors, but if the braves and dodgers passed? I don’t know why you’d just jump to commit like that. That’s a lot of walks. Maybe you see what’s broken.

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  3. Jrnomo100

    2 months ago

    Roster is at you beat me too it

    Reply
  4. Edp007

    2 months ago

    Cardinals news. Third DWI. Sheesh nypost.com/2022/12/06/st-louis-cardinals-broadcast…

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    • nottinghamforest13

      2 months ago

      This is truly hysterical. The last time it happened he peed in his pants during the traffic stop. Derrick Goold went on a sanctimonious rant about how talented McLaughlin is (he’s not) and that he deserved every chance in the world rather than facing consequences for his actions when trying to justify why he was placed back on the air.
      Furthermore, multiple times on this site people have gone on and on about the morality of the organization and the morality of McLaughlin in general. He’s a scumbag and hopefully we’ve seen the last of him.

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      • Hippyripper

        2 months ago

        Brad Thompson would do a sparkling job as Dan McLaughlins replacement

        Also let’s get Rick Ankiel in the booth as the color more often

        I’m also wondering how long the scoops with Danny Mac Twitter page gonna keep runnin for? They posted today

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    • guest678

      2 months ago

      Hopefully that’s what it takes for Bally sports to finally replace him. He terrible IMO. Talks to much, needs to let the game breath. Really full of himself to, talks about how he will bury his color guys if they go against him. Wish they would bring back Bob Carpenter. really anyone who doesn’t have to talk the entire time the game is on will be fine. Get rid of Jim Edmonds too.

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      • Hippyripper

        2 months ago

        Edmonds sounds like he’s actively coaching his kid while he’s broadcasting?

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        • nottinghamforest13

          2 months ago

          That would presume Edmonds makes time for his kid. He’s typically too busy cheating on his wife to do anything else.

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        • Hippyripper

          2 months ago

          Touche

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    • agentx

      2 months ago

      The Cardinal Way… just ask Tony La Russa.

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    • MannyBeingMVP

      2 months ago

      Needs to hire a full-time driver ….. when he is released from prison.

      By the way, I have not heard much about Zuniga.

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      • padam

        2 months ago

        @manny – he’s Daphne’s love child.

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    • BeansforJesus

      2 months ago

      When visiting my friends in St Louis, I made a comment that every billboard seems to be for lawyers, drunk driving awareness, or meth rehab.

      All she said was “bingo”.

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    • Clepto is an incel

      2 months ago

      McLaughlin is one of the worst broadcasters in MLB. Hope he goes away for good

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  5. DonOsbourne

    2 months ago

    Anticlimactic but ok. He’s big and young. Can’t have too many arms.

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    • nottinghamforest13

      2 months ago

      You’re missing the bigger story here.

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      • DonOsbourne

        2 months ago

        Not really. There are very few good sportscasters in my opinion. As far as how it reflects on the organization, I don’t see big ripples. The guy has a problem. The team tried to help him through it and it didn’t end well. End of a sad story.

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        • nottinghamforest13

          2 months ago

          Not to mention all the other media members who protect him and worship him because it’s politically good for their careers.

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    • Hippyripper

      2 months ago

      I feel the same Don, the fact they signed him to majors deal? Guess he has options but still never pitched above AA?

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      • DonOsbourne

        2 months ago

        Ya I’m surprised it was a major league deal. They said they wanted guys with strikeout stuff and it looks like he fits that bill. Cheaper than Alex Reyes I guess.

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        • Hippyripper

          2 months ago

          Might walk the same number of guys for 5-7 million less? Man, it was nice to see Alex for half a season dominate like we all knew he could… biggest what if other than Tavares in recent memory

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  6. DarkSide830

    2 months ago

    I will never get the Cards.

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    • Hippyripper

      2 months ago

      I’ll never get the relief signing the Cardinals make?

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      • Devlsh

        2 months ago

        Ain’t that the truth?

        Despite a willingness to spend, they continue to invest poorly. Last year, they signed Verhagen, Wittgren (and Matz): 0 for 3. If you want to include Packy Naughton, I’d count him as a base on balls.

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  7. nottinghamforest13

    2 months ago

    If getting rid of Dan McLaughlin is the biggest news of the Cardinals off-season then a truly successful off-season it will be.

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    • Sanka

      2 months ago

      As always, we await developments.

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    • Hippyripper

      2 months ago

      Maybe Dan should have quit drinking? I know I did back in 2019. Haven’t looked back, it kinda goes without saying if your not drunk it’s impossible to drive impaired

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      • Edp007

        2 months ago

        Good for you Hippy. Stay with the bong

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  8. tombenton

    2 months ago

    Really!!! What a sign Mo

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  9. Dustyslambchops23

    2 months ago

    Anyone else see the report on Twitter that yanks were getting juiced balls this year?

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    • Hippyripper

      2 months ago

      Oh boy, here goes Manfred messing with our balls again….

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    • Edp007

      2 months ago

      Aaron better sign quick if it’s true

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      • Dustyslambchops23

        2 months ago

        Looks pretty bad, it’s on insider . Com if you guys want to check it out

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        • Hippyripper

          2 months ago

          I’ve always thought you could slightly rig this game of ours with humidors and juiced balls… Umpire keeps one type on one side of his body, the other on the other and gets instructions from a group of cigar smoking men from space jam placing bets on rigged outcomes like Biff Tannen on which one to throw out through a ear piece… okay I’ll stop now

          But wait there’s more? What about Albert? MLB needed a homerun race after almost royally screwing up this spring? Where have I seen this before?

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    • Edp007

      2 months ago

      clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-evidence-surfaces-on-l…

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      • Dorothy_Mantooth

        2 months ago

        And I thought we had finally heard the last from Roger Maris’ son…ugh! If true, this is going to open up a lot of conspiracy theories, including MLB trying to alter results/records on purpose. This could get really ugly.

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    • Joey Bart Future MVP

      2 months ago

      Manfred is a slime ball. I’m not surprised he juiced balls for Judge.

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  10. guest678

    2 months ago

    Splash! Another Mozalak thinking he’s the smartest GM in the league move. His locker will probably be right next to Drew VerHagen’s.

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    • Devlsh

      2 months ago

      Verhagen
      Wittgren
      ?
      Zuniga

      All we need is the Y.

      Y Mo, Y?

      Reply
  11. FrontOfficeStan

    2 months ago

    The move we’ve all been waiting for.

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  12. .

    2 months ago

    Gotta say I like his first and last name equally.

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    • Coarsegold

      2 months ago

      Zuniga please

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      • .

        2 months ago

        Haha coarsegold 1 of my good pals has the surname Zuniga. Plus Z is a really cool letter to begin with..

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  13. apg21

    2 months ago

    In what alternate universe is this a deal that we needed to make? A major league contract?

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  14. Edp007

    2 months ago

    First I find out shockingly the Liver King was a roid fake , now Judge’s record is from juiced balls too , say no mama

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  15. RedBirdFan

    2 months ago

    WTH? Just don’t get it.

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  16. Krr104

    2 months ago

    Cards always get burned by bad relief FA signings. At least this will burn less.

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  17. msqboxer

    2 months ago

    Maybe he’s a distant relative of Contreras and that’s part of his conditions for signing.

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