# Cardinals Acquire Jordan Montgomery; Jordan Walker Moves to Outfield

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-acquire-jordan-montgomery-jordan-walker-moves-to-outfield/
- Published: 2022-08-02T19:09:33-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_CARDINALS ACQUIRE JORDAN MONTGOMERY;_** **_REDBIRDS SEND HARRISON BADER TO YANKEES
IN TRADE DEADLINE DEAL_**

**ST. LOUIS, MO., August 2, 2022 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
they have acquired left-handed pitcher **_[Jordan Montgomery](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=montgjo01,montgo001jor&search=Jordan+Montgomery&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
from New York Yankees in exchange for outfielder **_[Harrison Bader](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baderha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**.

Montgomery, 29, has gone 3-3 with a 3.68 ERA in 21 starts this season and owns a
career 22-20 mark with a 3.94 ERA in 98 games, all with the Yankees.

The 6-6, 228-pound South Carolina native is ranked 9^(th) in the American League
with a 1.09 WHIP, walking just 1.8 batters per 9 IP, ranking 7^(th) in the AL.

The Cardinals added four pitchers this past week in deals that brought Montgomery,
[Jose Quintana](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quintjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Chris Stratton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stratch01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and [JoJo Romero](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
to the organization.

**— STL —**

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This statement from the Cardinals does not address the conditional aspect of the
trade; there is a player to be named later if Bader does not play again this season.
The Cardinals and Yankees have agreed to a list of minor leaguers that the Yankees
will be able to pick from.

It’s also worth noting that the Springfield Cardinals have [Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=walker000jor&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
starting in left field tonight; it’ll be his first career game in the outfield. 
Could the Cardinals be fast tracking their #1 prospect after missing out on [Juan Soto](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=sotoju01,soto--004jua&search=Juan+Soto&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)?

> Jordan Walker is making his first start in left field tonight for Springfield 
> as [#STLCards](https://x.com/hashtag/STLCards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) top
> prospect begins transition from third base.
> — Rob Rains (@RobRains) [August 2, 2022](https://x.com/RobRains/status/1554604558281760771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

It appears the Cardinals might not use [Lars Nootbaar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nootbla01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and [Corey Dickerson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dickeco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
as their starting right fielder for long.

As far as the transaction goes, I like Montgomery and was surprised by the deal.
He’s not [Pablo Lopez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezpa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Luis Castillo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=castilu02,castilu01,castil025lui,castil020lui,castil014lui,castil023lui,castil019lui,castil018lui&search=Luis+Castillo&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
or [Carlos Rodon](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodonca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
but he’s a guy that doesn’t generate hard contact and limits his walks. He’s been
good this season and he’s under team control for next season.

While the team will miss Bader, [Dylan Carlson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=carlsdy01,carlso001dyl&search=Dylan+Carlson&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
has proved he can handle centerfield almost as well as Bader. It shows the faith
the front office has in Carlson. Bader was too streaky and injury prone to be relied
on, especially lining up next to [Tyler O’Neill](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=oneilty01,oneill001tyl&search=Tyler+O'Neill&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
who almost has that same profile; it’s hard to keep relying on both.

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