Cleveland Indians Acquire Cardinals Reliever Marc Rzepczynski

The Cleveland Inidans have acquired left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski from the St.Louis Cardinals. Rzepczynski was recalled form AAA Memphis recently and made two relief appearances for St. Louis in July.

The Cardinals are set to gets minor league infielder Juan Herrera in return.

Herrera, 20, is batting .275/.366/.369 in 39 games for short-season Class-A Mahoning Valley.

While in Memphis, he posted a 3.33 ERA with 6.3 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9 in 44 innings of work. St. Louis acquired him in the 2011 Colby Rasmus trade.

Cleveland was in the market for bullpen help when Rzepczynski became available.

The 27 year old has help opponents to a  .224/.298/.310 batting line over parts of five major league seasons with the Blue Jays and Cardinals.