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Source: LHP Jared Shuster has agreed to a minor league contract with the Cardinals that includes an invitation to @MLB spring training.

Shuster was a 1st round pick from 2020. I guess it's worth a flyer.

pen guy if JoJo is traded?

82birds wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:19 am pen guy if JoJo is traded?

Read my mind birds'

Bye-Bye JoJo real soon!

In before complaints that he’s not a cy young contender

Oh boy another pitcher. Just what we needed.

The Cardinals have agreed to a minor league contract with lefty Jared Shuster, reports MLB Network’s Jon Morosi. He’ll invited to major league camp next spring.

A first-round pick by Atlanta back in 2020, Shuster has pitched in parts of three big league seasons between the Braves and White Sox, combining to toss 141 2/3 frames. He’s been tagged for an ugly 5.27 ERA in that time. The 6’3″ southpaw has done a nice job avoiding hard contact to this point in his career (87.7 mph average exit velocity, 34% hard-hit rate) but doesn’t miss bats or limit walks at even average levels. He’s fanned only 15.5% of his opponents and issued walks at a 10.1% clip in the bigs.

Shuster, 27, sits 90-92 mph with his four-seamer as a starter and couples the pitch with a slider and changeup, both checking into the low 80s with their respective average velocities. He was averaging 92.6 mph on his fastball as a full-time reliever last year, but his results both in the majors and upper minors were rough.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/12/ ... -deal.html

I'm fine with signing anyone to minor league deal. Reclamation project.

Yay! Another dumpster dive. I thought Mo was the low hanging fruit guy. LOL

CCard wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:38 am Yay! Another dumpster dive. I thought Mo was the low hanging fruit guy. LOL

Good lord. It's a minor league deal.

Yes.....it’s a MINOR LEAGUE deal!
And for the record, every team in baseball makes these type of moves yearly.
I obviously know nothing about him(along with pretty much everyone else here).
While he has struggled he was a #1 pick which says he
once had some high upside.
And while the Cards have struggled with deals recently they have actually had some decent success picking up BP arms without fanfare.

Jatalk wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:31 am Oh boy another pitcher. Just what we needed.

Yeah it's like they forgot that old baseball idiom. You can always have too much pitching.

Jatalk wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:31 am Oh boy another pitcher. Just what we needed.

You always need pitchers and when you think you have enough you should go out and get more.

CCard wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:38 am Yay! Another dumpster dive. I thought Mo was the low hanging fruit guy. LOL

LOL

cardinalsfever44 wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:16 am Source: LHP Jared Shuster has agreed to a minor league contract with the Cardinals that includes an invitation to @MLB spring training.

Shuster was a 1st round pick from 2020. I guess it's worth a flyer.

I was told last week first round picks are a sure bet.

OldRed wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 12:08 pm

cardinalsfever44 wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:16 am Source: LHP Jared Shuster has agreed to a minor league contract with the Cardinals that includes an invitation to @MLB spring training.

Shuster was a 1st round pick from 2020. I guess it's worth a flyer.

I was told last week first round picks are a sure bet.

cardinalsfever44 wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:39 am

CCard wrote: ↑22 Dec 2025 11:38 am Yay! Another dumpster dive. I thought Mo was the low hanging fruit guy. LOL

Good lord. It's a minor league deal.

Let me translate that for you. It's a salary dump with a lottery ticket. Let me ask you, how many guys can you protect on the 40 man roster? LOL