PEORIA, IL- The Peoria Chiefs and the St. Louis Cardinals have announced a series of roster moves that lands outfield slugger Rowan Wick on the Chiefs roster while Juan Herrera is placed on the disabled list and Kenny Peoples-Walls sent to State College. Wick is expected to make his Chiefs debut Wednesday night at 6:30 in the opening game of a six-game homestand against the Lansing Lugnuts.

Wick, 21, was named the Cardinals June Player of the Month and is leading the New York-Penn League in all three Triple Crown categories with a .378 average, 14 home runs and 38 RBI in 35 games. He has averaged one home run for every eight-and-a-half at bats. Wick has four more home runs and ten more RBI than the second place player. He is also tops in the league with 45 hits, 23 extra-base hits, 30 runs scored, 97 total bases, three intentional walks, a .475 on-base percentage and an .815 slugging percentage. He was named the first New York-Penn League Player of the Week this season by batting .343 (12-for-35) with seven home runs and 11 RBI. Two of his three multi-home run games this season came during that stretch. Wick hit two homers and drove in five on opening night June 13 then homered two more times on June 16. He also hit two homers with four RBI June 25. Wick hit .407 in June with 10 homers in 54 at-bats and 21 RBI while being named the Cardinals June Player of the Month. With the Spikes he hit .424 with runners in scoring position and .500 (7-for-14) with a RISP and two outs.

Wick spent his entire 2013 season with the Rookie-level Johnson City Cardinals where he batted .256 with ten home runs and 35 RBI in 56 games, earning Appalachian League Postseason All-Star status. He set a career-high with six RBI on August 14 against the Greeneville Astros with a solo home run, a three-run home run and a two-run single. He began the season as the team's catcher but started making the transition to right field very early. He finally took over as Johnson City's every day right fielder in mid-August, making four errors in 26 games. He has made only two errors in 35 games in right field this season with State College.

Wick was selected by the Cardinals in the ninth round of the 2012 draft out of Cypress Community College in California. Born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Wick played for the Canadian National Team in the IBAF World Junior Baseball Championships in 2010, hitting .310 (9-for-29) with two home runs, three doubles and six RBI in eight games.

Wick played the 2011 collegiate season with St. John's University, hitting .216 with three home runs and 16 RBI in 38 games. He transferred to Cypress for the 2012 season where he tied for the league lead with seven home runs despite having at least 50 fewer at bats than the rest of the leaders. After being drafted by St. Louis, Wick was assigned to the Cardinals Gulf Coast League affiliate where he hit .156 with one home run and had only one multi-hit game in 23 games. Wick had also been drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 19th round in 2010 out of high school but did not sign.

Peoples-Walls, 20, played in 81 games for the Chiefs this season batting .234 with three home runs, 10 doubles and 28 RBI. He scored 27 runs, stole seven bases and drew five walks.

Herrera, an All-Star shortstop batting .301, injured his ankle on Sunday in South Bend and has been placed on the disabled list retroactive to Monday, July 21. Herrera leads the Chiefs with 44 RBI and 27 stolen bases on the season while collecting 17 doubles and three triples.