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Cardinals Outright Taylor Motter

By Steve Adams | September 7, 2023 at 9:12am CDT

The Cardinals have once again sent utilityman Taylor Motter outright to Triple-A Memphis after he went unclaimed on waivers, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Motter was designated for assignment earlier in the week.

It’s the third time this season that the veteran Motter has been designated for assignment by the Cards and gone unclaimed on waivers. He elected free agency but quickly returned on a new minor league pact the first time around. He accepted an outright assignment the second time. With minimal time remaining on the 2023 schedule, there’s a good chance he’ll do the same in this third instance.

Motter, 33, has appeared in 29 games with St. Louis this season and tallied 82 plate appearances, posting a tepid .171/.232/.211 slash in that time. He’s primarily played second and third base during his time with the Cards but also has very brief appearances at shortstop, at first base and in right field. The bulk of Motter’s season has been spent in Memphis, where he’s batted .255/.343/.438 with eight homers and eight steals in 236 trips to the plate.

The Cardinals are Motter’s seventh team at the big league level. The journeyman jack of all trades has played in 190 big league games and owns a lifetime .188/.258/.294 line in the Majors. He’s a far more accomplished hitter at the Triple-A level, where he’s spent parts of seven seasons and compiled a .262/.351/.477 line with 96 homers in 2298 plate appearances.

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15 Comments

  1. Jrnomo100

    2 years ago

    WOW

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  2. Slider_withcheese

    2 years ago

    There’s not that much of a drop off from the cardinals to AAA so he won’t really notice anyway.

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  3. aTouchOfSarcasm

    2 years ago

    Those 82 appearances felt like 820,,,

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  4. Unclemike1525

    2 years ago

    Let me guess , He accepted the assignment right? Just like he did the other 8 times. Because he knows he’ll be back Monday.

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  5. Mr big dig

    2 years ago

    The Cardinals are better when they’re the Cardinals right now they’re playing like unhatched chicklings

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  6. buckibob

    2 years ago

    It was only a motter of time

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  7. Ray Lankford

    2 years ago

    I hope “jack of all trades” is a subtle joke… don’t you have to be good at multiple trades in order for that to apply?

    he’s a jack of NO trades, or at best a jack of ONE trade, and that trade is being a warm body who can go through vague motions of being a baseball player so well that he even fools the occasional GM about it

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  8. luca brasi

    2 years ago

    Motter and Tommy Milone are in a heated battle to see who can get designated for assignment the most times in a career. I think Milone is winning, but Motter is charging hard down the homestretch.

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  9. Garywally57

    2 years ago

    Maybe if he would get a haircut, his luck would change.

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  10. Tdat1979

    2 years ago

    He’ll be back with the big league club in 2 weeks.

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  11. deepseamonster32

    2 years ago

    sorry for the Memphis players. Word is Motter is an insufferable person to be around

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    • oscar gamble

      2 years ago

      Source?

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      • deepseamonster32

        2 years ago

        Seattle Times’ Ryan Divish, from his Mariners days

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  12. JazzJazz

    2 years ago

    That poor Motter Fotter.

    Reply
  13. tominco

    2 years ago

    Maybe Mo should take a lesson from the other 29 teams who have now each passed on Motter three times.

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