NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Cade Winquest鈥檚 career ended without him throwing a pitch that counted.
New York right-hander to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, three days after he was designated for assignment. The Cardinals assigned him to Triple-A Memphis.
Winquest was selected from St. Louis during the Rule 5 draft at December鈥檚 winter meetings and became the Yankees鈥� first Rule 5 player to make the opening day roster since infielder Josh Phelps in 2007. He didn’t get into any regular-season games.
St. Louis paid $50,000 for Winquest after the Yankees paid $100,000 to select him at the draft.
He went 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA over nine spring training appearances.
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