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The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired starting pitcher Marcus Stroman from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for minor-league infielder Irving Lopez.
Signed by Giants in the offseason, Stroman has gone 7-7 with a 4.01 ERA in 21 starts this season.
For his career, Stroman, 33, is 84-83 with one save and a 3.68 ERA in 252 games/244 starts.
Stroman signed a one-year deal with San Francisco worth $21 million in the offseason. He will be a free agent in 2025.
Lopez, 29, was acquired by St. Louis when they selected him in the 19th round of the 2017 draft.
He has spent the entire 2024 season at AAA Memphis, hitting .229 with eight home runs and 21 RBIs in 75 games/55 starts.
Lopez did spent five games in St. Louis in 2023, starting three of them, in that time he went 0 for 12 but did collect an RBI.