Here is the St. Louis Cardinals Press Release
The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed with the Atlanta Braves on a four-player trade that will bring outfielder Jason Heyward and right-handed pitcher Jordan Walden to the Cardinals in exchange for pitchers Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins.
Heyward, 25, is a two-time (2012 & 2014) National League Rawlings Gold Glove selection who has posted a .262 career batting mark with 84 home runs and 292 RBI to go along with 63 stolen bases since debuting with the Braves as an All-Star in 2010 (.277 BA, 18 HR, 72 RBI) and finishing 2nd that year to the Giants Buster Posey in the N.L. Rookie of the Year balloting. The left-handed hitting Heyward batted .271 this past season with 11 HR’s and 58 RBI while stealing 20 bases and he finished as a finalist to Yadier Molina in the Rawlings Platinum Glove voting for the best defensive player in the National League.
The 6-5, 245-pound Heyward was the Braves 1st round draft selection (14th player overall) in 2007. He led N.L. right fielders in putouts and assists in both 2012 and 2014 and hit a career-high 27 home runs in 2012. The Georgia native has shown his lineup versatility by having started over 100 games each in the lead-off, number two and number three batting order positions during his career.
Walden, who celebrated his 27th birthday yesterday, is a hard-throwing right-hander who in 2011 led the Los Angeles Angels in saves with 32 and was named an American League All-Star that same season when he finished 5th in the junior circuit in saves and complied a 2.98 ERA. The 6-5, 250-pound Texas native struck out 62 batters in 50.0 innings pitched this past season and he had a 2.88 ERA to go along with three saves.
Walden, who has appeared in 50 or more games in three of the past four seasons, led the Braves with 20 Holds in 2014. His career mark is 12-13 with a 3.10 ERA and 38 saves in 231 games pitched, striking out 254 batters in 211.2 IP.
Here is the Atlanta Braves Press Release
The Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals completed a four-player trade today, as the Braves have acquired right-handed pitcher Shelby Miller and minor-league right-handed pitcher Tyrell Jenkins in exchange for outfielder Jason Heyward and right-handed pitcher Jordan Walden.
Miller, 24, was selected by the Cardinals in the first round (19th overall) of the 2009 First-Year Player draft out of Brownwood (Texas) High School. The 6-foot-3, 195-pounder has compiled a 26-18 (.591) record with a 3.33 ERA in 69 career Major League outings (63 starts) and 370 innings pitched. He has started 31 games in each of his first two full seasons.
Miller went 10-9 with a 3.74 ERA in 2014, when he established personal single‐season highs with 183.0 innings pitched, 32 appearances and 14 quality starts. He ranked 10th in the National League with a .236 opponents’ batting average and was also 10th in fewest hits allowed per 9 IP (7.87).
In 2013, Miller went 15-9 with a 3.06 ERA (10th in NL) and fanned 169 batters in 173.1 innings. He tied for 13th in the N.L. with a .234 opponents’ batting average. His 15 wins topped all MLB rookies and he finished third in N.L. Rookie of Year voting while also earning 2013 All-Rookie selection by Baseball Digest & Baseball America.
Miller owns a career mark of 6‐0 with a 2.14 ERA in 10 starts (15 appearances/67.1 IP) in the month of September, including 2‐0, 1.48 ERA (30.1 IP/5 ER) in five September starts in 2014. He led the N.L. and tied for the MLB lead with 13 sacrifice bunts in 2014, when he ranked tied for seventh among all N.L. pitchers with a .188 batting average.
Jenkins, 22, was selected by the Cardinals in the supplemental round (50th overall) of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft out of Henderson (Texas) High School. The 6-foot-4, 180-pound righty went 6-5 with a 3.28 ERA in 13 starts for Class-A Palm Beach in 2014. He pitched for Peoria in the recently-completed Arizona Fall League and posted a 2.22 ERA with 28 strikeouts in six starts (24.1 innings).
Jenkins’ overall career record stands at 18-15 with a 4.23 ERA and 218 strikeouts in 274.2 innings.
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