ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The St. Louis Cardinals announced the signing of pitcher Luis García after optioning Johan Oviedo to Triple-A and placing Carlos Martinez on the 60-day Injured List.
García, 34, is the fourth pitcher St. Louis has added to roster in the past three weeks, following major injuries to starting pitchers Jack Flaherty, Miles Mikolas and Martinez. Neither Flaherty or Mikolas are set to return soon and the team is exploring surgery options for Martinez after imaging revealed a ligament tear in his thumb.
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García has spent eight seasons in the majors with Philadelphia (2013-18), Los Angeles Angels (2019) and Texas (2020). The 6-2, 240-pound García has appeared in 326 career games (all but four as a reliever) and has compiled a career mark of 14-17 with a 4.26 ERA in 315.0 innings pitched.
García worked in 60 or more games in three of five seasons from 2015-2019, including a career-high 72 in 2015 for the Phillies, and he logged 59 games in 2018.
The Santo Domingo, D.R. native was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an International free agent in 2004 just days before his 17th birthday and he debuted in the States in 2007 with the Gulf Coast League Dodgers. García has appeared in 258 career games in the minors, most recently with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
In 18 games for the Scranton/Wilke-Barre RailRiders this season, García was 1-2 with a 3.63 ERA, striking out 19 in 17.1 innings of relief with just three walks allowed. García, who was released by the Yankees on July 6, made his last appearance for the RailRiders on June 26.
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