# Press Release: Cardinals Activate Shortstop Ruben Tejada from DL; Option Greg Garcia

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-activate-shortstop-ruben-tejada-from-dl-option-greg-garcia/
- Published: 2016-04-18T14:06:37-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 18, 2016 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
shortstop **_Ruben Tejada_** (left quadriceps strain) has been activated from the
15-day disabled list and that infielder **_Greg Garcia_** was optioned to Memphis(
AAA) following yesterday’s win.

Tejada, 26, injured his quad in the team’s final Grapefruit League game on March
31 and began the 2016 season on the disabled list.  The right-handed hitting shortstop
was signed by the Cardinals as a free-agent on March 19 following his release by
the New York Mets.

Tejada played in three games with Springfield (AA) last week (April 14-16) during
an injury rehabilitation assignment and batted .333 (3-for-9) with a double.

The Cardinals have already employed three shortstops (**_Aledmys Diaz, Garcia, Jedd
Gyorko_**) this season and **_Jhonny Peralta_** remains on the disabled list following
surgery to repair the ligament in his left thumb.

Tejada wears uniform no. 19.

**-STL-**

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