As 2024 Opening Day arrives, the spring performance of the St. Louis Cardinals hasn’t completely washed away Lou Roesch’s memories of 2023.
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Cardinals made their final changes to their Opening Day roster, adding speedy Victor Scott, sending down Jose Fermin and designating Jared Young for assignment.
Brian and Blake review how the Cardinals finished spring training by the numbers, highlight three prospects recently cut from camp and recap the six-man Opening Day injured list. Next is the outfield, with Victor Scott and Michael Siani in center, with Brendan Donovan and Alec Burleson in left. Pitching topics include strengths of Matthew Liberatore in the pen and Zack Thompson in the rotation, plus Rule 5 reliever Ryan Fernandez. To close, key minor league names and dates are outlined.
The St. Louis Cardinals cut their roster to 26 players but have one more addition and one more subtraction coming before Opening Day.
St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Dylan Carlson will open 2024 on the injured list with his spot taken by speedy outfield prospect Victor Scott.
Selected stats from the St. Louis Cardinals organization’s four minor league spring training games played on Sunday, March 24. The Cardinal Nation’s Pitcher of the Day is Victor Santos and Hitter of the Day is Alfonso Rivas.
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The St. Louis Cardinals closed out the 2024 Grapefruit League with a 2-3-1 week and 11-12-5 overall. Left-hander Zack Thompson will start the season in the rotation for Sonny Gray. Our history feature returns to the shortened spring of 2022.
Now available, The Cardinal Nation 2024 Prospect Guide is back for its seventh year. The Guide features 282 pages of in-depth commentary covering the very best St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers, including in-depth scouting reports on over five dozen players.
The St. Louis Cardinals made six roster cuts Saturday morning, optioning four and reassigning two non-roster players to minor league camp. Five of the six are position players, including our no. 4 prospect, Victor Scott.
Selected stats, photos, lineups and pitching velocities from the St. Louis Cardinals organization’s four minor league spring training games played on Thursday, March 21. The Cardinal Nation’s Pitcher of the Day is Benjamin Arias and Hitter of the Day is Sammy Hernandez.
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Selected stats, photos, lineups and pitching velocities from the St. Louis Cardinals organization’s four minor league spring training games played on Wednesday, March 20. The Cardinal Nation’s Pitcher of the Day is Tekoah Roby and Co-Hitters of the Day are Ross Friedrick and Luis Piño.
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From spring camp, the St. Louis Cardinals released four right-handed pitchers and signed a teen catcher from Mexico.
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Became a Cardinal International free agent signed on March 19, 2024.
The St. Louis Cardinals made five roster cuts Thursday morning, reassigning five non-roster players to minor league camp.
Selected St. Louis Cardinals-provided stats from the organization’s two minor league spring training games played on Tuesday, March 19. The Cardinal Nation’s Hitter and Pitcher of the Day are independent ball newcomers, Bryan Torres and Nick Raquet.
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This week, Brian and Blake review how the Cardinals’ system stacks up against the rest of MLB per six major national sources. They discuss Oliver Marmol’s contract extension, standouts in the Spring Breakout Games, including Tink Hence and Joshua Baez, and Tuesday standouts Victor Scott, Riley O’Brien and Kyle Leahy. The discussion shifts to the roster cuts needed over the next week and the potential impact of Keynan Middleton’s injury to other bullpen candidates.
After a 3-2-2 week, the St. Louis Cardinals are 9-9-4 on the spring. Manager Oliver Marmol received a two-year contract extension. Our history feature returns to the shortened spring of 2020.
Selected St. Louis Cardinals-provided stats from the organization’s first two days of minor league spring training games played on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16. Our Players of the Day are Jacob Buchberger and Chen-Wei Lin.
In the first ever St. Louis Cardinals Spring Breakout game, the Cardinals prospects fell to the Marlins by a 3-2 score. Tink Hence stood out with three strikeouts in two scoreless innings. Zach Levenson hit a solo home run. TCN’s Luke Kotcher reports from Jupiter.
Entering the final year of his initial contract as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, Oliver Marmol has received a two-year extension covering 2025 and 2026.
Seven of 10 players sent down to St. Louis Cardinals minor league camp late Thursday are ranked prospects, including five in The Cardinal Nation's top 14.
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One of the highlights of the 2023 season across the St. Louis Cardinals organization is those players who received league awards. This is a special part of the opening of minor league spring training camp.
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The Cardinal Nation’s Brian Walton is joined by scouting analyst Blake Newberry for a weekly discussion of St. Louis Cardinals news, with a focus on player development and the minor leagues.
In 12 months, the St. Louis Cardinals system dropped from a top 10 system to the bottom third. Yes, Jordan Walker, Alec Burleson, Matthew Liberatore and Ivan Herrera graduated, but the organization added nine prospects in trade in July. As the NL Central division gap increases, this is the worst showing for the organization in 14 years.
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The St. Louis Cardinals alternated wins and losses in the 3-3 week. Sonny Gray and Lars Nootbaar suffered injuries that may stretch into the season. Prospect Thomas Saggese drove in six runs on Sunday. Our history feature returns to 2019 spring training.
Our 15th annual analysis and consolidation of national top 10 lists of St. Louis Cardinals prospects from different national entities – comparing them to our own list, of course!
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The St. Louis Cardinals optioned pitcher Adam Kloffenstein and reassigned non-roster pitcher Cooper Hjerpe to minor league camp.