The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired right-handed pitcher Casey Meisner (MIZE-ner) from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for right-handed relief pitcher Josh Lucas.
Meisner, 22, was originally a 3rd round draft pick by the New York Mets out of Cypress Woods (Texas) High School in 2013. On July 27, 2015, Meisner was traded to the Athletics for RHP Tyler Clippard and cash considerations.
The 6-foot-7 hurler is a two-time minor league All-Star, once in the South Atlantic League in 2015 and again in the hitter-friendly California League in 2017. He finished the 2017 season with Midland (AA) of the Texas League.
Over a five-year minor league career, Meisner has compiled a 30-34 record with 3.66 ERA over 85 career starts (104 appearances) covering 491.2 innings pitched with 425 strikeouts.
Last season, Meisner was 10-9 with a 4.04 ERA over 24 starts (28 appearances) between Stockton (A) and Midland. He ranked in the Top 10 among all Athletics minor league pitchers in wins (10, 3rd), innings pitched (133.2, 5th), strikeouts (117, 7th) and ERA (4.04, 9th).
In 2015, Meisner ranked 13th in all of Minor League Baseball with 13 wins and T-5th in Single-A while pitching for Savannah (A), St. Lucie (A) and Stockton (A). He was a two-time Pitcher of the Week in 2017, once in the California League and again in the Texas League. He has three double-digit strikeout games among his pitching accolades.
Lucas, 27, made five Major League appearances for the Cardinals in 2017 and led the Cardinals farm system with 17 saves in Memphis (AAA).
Meisner will be assigned to Springfield (AA).
