MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Add Two Players, Bosco Promoted

June 4, 2014 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


PEORIA, IL -The Peoria Chiefs and St. Louis Cardinals have announced roster moves before the Chiefs take on the Beloit Snappers Wednesday night to start a six-game road trip. The Chiefs will add infielders Ronnierd Garcia and Robelys Reyes while outfielder Jimmy Bosco has been promoted to Palm Beach. The two-for-one roster move gets the Chiefs back to 25 players after they were shorthanded for the entire homestand against Burlington and Kane County.

Garcia, 21, played two games for the Palm Beach Cardinals this season and went hitless in three at-bats with a walk and a strikeout. Last year, Garcia batted .286 with five homers and 39 RBI in 59 games played for Johnson City. He also had a career-high .442 slugging percentage and a .362 on-base percentage. In 2012, Garcia played 31 games for the GCL Cardinals, in which he batted .211 with two homers and 12 RBI. In 2011, Garcia played 42 games for the DSL Cardinals batting .262 with three homers and 20 RBI and 63 games for the VSL Cardinals batting .223 with two homers and 23 RBI. Garcia was signed as an international free agent out of Venezuela in 2010.

Last year, Reyes played five games for Johnson City, in which he recorded three hits and a run scored. Reyes previously played for the DSL Cardinals in 2013 batting .317 with 13 RBI in 30 games. In 2012, Reyes batted .250 with 16 RBI and 10 extra-base hits in 56 games for the DSL Cardinals. Reyes batted a career-high .378 with six homers and 26 RBI in 62 games for the DSL Cardinals in 2011. In his rookie year of 2010, Reyes played 65 games with the DSL Cardinals and batted .301 with a homer and 20 RBI. The St. Louis Cardinals signed Reyes as an international free agent in 2010 out of the Dominican Republic.

Bosco leaves the Chiefs for promotion batting .237 with one home runs, six RBI and six doubles in 34 games. Bosco's last game was a pinch-hit appearance on June 1 against Kane County and his last start came on May 30 against Burlington. Bosco scored 18 runs, stole four bases, recorded five multi-hit games, and didn't record a single error during his time with the Chiefs. Bosco's first homerun of the season came against Beloit on April 30 as he went 1-for-3 in the road game. Bosco was 2-for-3 in a pinch-hitting role for the Chiefs.

The Chiefs start a six-game road trip Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Beloit, Wisconsin. After three games against the Snappers, Peoria travels to Davenport, Iowa for a three-game series against the Quad Cities River Bandits. The Chiefs lead the River Bandits by one game in the Western Division Wild Card race with 12 games remaining. The Chiefs return home on Tuesday, June 10 for three games against Kane County and three games to end the first half against Clinton.

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