this st louis cardinals Call up first baseman Luken Baker from Triple-A Memphis and designate catcher Tres Barrera for Sunday’s assignment
Baker, 26, has 18 home runs this season and is tied with Triple-A Salt Lake City’s Joe Adell for the minor league leaders. Baker’s 53 RBIs were third in the minors.
this cardinal Selected Baker, then played at TCU, was selected with the 75th overall pick in the 2018 draft.He was the 2015 Gatorade National Player of the Year at Oak Ridge High School in Conroe, Texas
He will be the third member of the team when he plays in Game 1 against St. Louis cardinal He will make his season debut following outfielder Jordan Walker and right-hander Guillermo Zuniga
In 438 minor league games, Baker averaged a . 257 with 79 home runs and 264 RBIs.
Barrera, 28, appeared in 51 games in three seasons with the Washington Nationals and six with the Washington Nationals. cardinal this season.he made 0 for 2 shots
He has a career scoring average of . 228 with two homers and 14 RBIs.
–Field-level media