Juniel

Querecuto

Querecuto, who will likely wind up electing free agency, received a mid-September promotion to reach the majors for the first time since the 2016 campaign. The 31-year-old journeyman infielder went 2-for-20 at the dish in nine contests for the Cardinals. He’s merely emergency infield depth at this stage of his career and will presumably remain with St. Louis heading into the offseason.

Arenado will get the night off with the Cardinals officially eliminated from postseason contention following an 0-for-4 effort on Tuesday night. It’ll be Juniel Querecuto handling the hot corner in his place.

It’ll be Querecuto’s first start in the majors since September 30, 2016. The 30-year-old infielder has yet to receive a plate appearance for the Cardinals since being called up earlier this week from Triple-A Memphis where he posted a .761 OPS with 13 homers and 12 steals in 106 contests.

That’s not Taylor Motter. Querecuto, who will turn 31 next week, is back in the majors for first time since 2016, when he got to play in four games for the Rays. He hit .269/.343/.418 with 13 homers and 12 steals for Memphis. The Cardinals will have him occupy a utility role.

Querecuto, 30, hasn’t appeared in the majors since 2016 with the Rays and hit .256/.308/.417 over 108 games with the Reds’ Triple-A affiliate last season. He’s organizational depth and unlikely to be anything more than that.

Querecuto, 29, hasn’t appeared in the majors since a four-game stint with the Rays back in 2016. He slashed .301/.354/.489 with 13 homers and nine steals over 96 games with Arizona’s Triple-A affiliate last year and offers some upper-level depth for Cincy.

Querecuto will give the Rays a little extra infield depth for their final 12 games. He batted .241/.298/.341 with three homers and three steals in 375 plate appearances this season between Double-A and Triple-A.

He’s now off the 40-man roster. Querecuto, 24, had a brief cup of coffee with the Rays last month, picking up one hit in 11 at-bats.

Querecuto got the start at second base and batted ninth in the contest, and in his last at-bat he lined a pitch to left-center field that eluded center fielder Leury Garcia -- and was aided by Garcia’s shenanigans that followed -- for his first big league hit, his first triple and his first two runs batted in. He later scored his first run as well. Querecuto doesn’t appear to have a long major league career ahead of him, but nobody can take Tuesday away from him.

He was outrighted off of the Rays’ 40-man roster in September. . The 24-year-old debuted with the Rays in September, going 1-for-11 with six strikeouts. Querecuto will add organizational infield depth to the Giants.