The St. Louis Cardinals have purchased the contract of starting pitcher Zach Plesac from the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. Plesac, 30, was 4-1 with a 2.84 ERA, 7 games, 7 starts, 38 innings, 33 strikeouts, and 16 walks for the Ducks.

Plesac will report to Triple-A Memphis.

Plesac had his best season in 2021, with the Cleveland Indians. That season, Plesac was 10-6 with a 4.67 ERA, 25 games, 25 starts, 142.2 innings, 100 strikeouts, and 34 walks. The wins, games, starts, innings, and strikeouts were all career highs for Plesac.

In 2019, Plesac had career highs in both complete games (1) and shutouts (1).

Overall, Plesac has played 6 MLB seasons. Plesac is 27-28 with a 4.31 ERA, 87 games, 86 starts, 1 complete game, 1 shutout, 478.2 innings, 364 strikeouts, 100 walks, and a whip of 1.24.

Plesac has a connection to Rob Cerfolio, who is the Cardinals’ assistant general manager, player development and performance. Cerfolio knows Plesac well from Cleveland.

Cerfolio was Cleveland’s assistant of player development for 3 seasons (2019, 2020, and 2021), then director of player development for 3 seasons (2022, 2023, and 2024).

Plesac has the potential to be a good signing by the Cardinals. Maybe he gets looked at in a bullpen role? It’s also good to have pitching depth. You can never have enough pitching.