A quality shortstop, Ruben Tejada, was picked-up by the St. Louis Cardinals to fill the void left by the injured Jhonny Peralta. When this transpired, the utility players on staff- Jedd Gyorko, Aledmys Diaz, and Greg Garcia– certainly noticed the additional competition.
Fast-forward to Tejada’s injury at the start of the season and these three players spelled the starting middle infield (with the addition of Kolton Wong). Now, a month later, Tejada presented as well enough to come off the disabled list. In this move, however, someone needed to be sent packing.