CAREER NOTES

Herr was taken in the supplemental first round (40th overall) in the 2000 amateur draft by the Atlanta Braves and had spent the past five seasons in the Braves organization until he was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the Triple-A portion of the Rule-5 Draft in December. Herr asked for his release from the Mariners last month when he learned the organization didn’t have a starting role for him. He then signed on with his hometown team, the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League, but didn’t even appear in a game before the Cardinals signed him. He served as a batboy when his father, Tom, was an All-Star second baseman for the Cardinals in the 1980s. He hit .272 with 7 home runs and 32 RBI last season for Double-A Greenville. Overall, in 5 minor league seasons he has hit .254 with 31 homers in 402 games.