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Kloffenstein appears to be the Cardinals’ only non-tender, as all of their arbitration-eligible players were safe. Kloffenstein is an obvious candidate to be re-signed to a minor league deal. The 24-year-old pitched one scoreless inning in his major league debut for the Cardinals last season. He had a 4.74 ERA in 17 starts for Triple-A Memphis.

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Sogard got the call to fly cross country to join the Red Sox out in West Sacramento after Curtis Mead suffered a fractured wrist in his Boston debut on Monday. The 28-year-old got into 12 games earlier this season and offers some defensive versatility in a bench role.

It’s a brutal development for the Red Sox as Mead is out indefinitely and will fly back to Boston to visit a hand specialist to determine whether he’ll require season-ending surgery. The 25-year-old infielder, who was acquired from the Nationals for talented young lefty Connelly Early over the weekend, underwent an MRI that revealed the fracture after initial X-rays came back negative. It’s possible there was too much swelling for the fracture to show up on initial imaging at the ballpark after he was hit by a pitch during Monday’s series opener in West Sacramento. He suffered the injury during his second at-bat during his Red Sox debut. Fantasy managers should anticipate a lengthy absence and there’s a possibility his season is over.