Yesterday, the Cards announced the following transaction:
10/22/21: Claimed RHP Ljay Newsome on outright assignment waivers from the Seattle Mariners, and he was transferred from the Mariners’ 60-day IL to the Cardinals’ 60-day IL. 40-man roster remains full.
Newsome was a 26th round draft choice by the Mariners out of a Maryland high school. If the Cardinals did have a goal of finding more pitchers that don’t walk people, Newsome surely fits the bill. In his age-22 season in 2019, he rocketed through three levels of the minor leagues, starting at Class A-Advanced Modesto and ending with one start for AAA Tacoma.