Cardinals minor league spring training notebook: 03/18

On Sunday, the St. Louis Cardinals had another camp day in which their top two and lower two rosters opposed each other while the Marlins and Mets faced off elsewhere.

Sunday’s Player of the Day: Outfielder Rainel Rosario doubled twice and plated three Springfield teammates.

Sunday’s Pitcher of the Day: Pitching for Quad Cities, right-hander Joe Kelly dominated a young Palm Beach squad with four perfect innings.

As he has been doing the last few seasons, Cardinals farm director John Vuch is sharing game stats with this site and several others with interest in Cardinals prospects. As always, the raw numbers are his, but the comments mine.

Don’t read too much into which rosters on which players are appearing as early spring assignments are especially fluid.

On Monday, the Cardinals will walk over to the Marlins’ side of the Roger Dean Stadium complex for five games, including both Quad Cities White and Red squads.

The Cardinals spring record against external minor league competition remains knotted at 4-4-1.

The Cardinal Nation subscribers can check out the full minor league schedule and spring training working rosters. The entire system view by level and position is available via the Roster Matrix, right here at The Cardinal Nation Blog.

Springfield 7, Memphis 5

Memphis pitching IP H ER BB K Notes
Maikel Cleto 1.2 3 4 5 1 Our 14th-ranked Cardinals prospect
Jess Todd 3 1 0 3 2008 organization Pitcher of the Year
Barrett Browning 2 1 0 1 2 LHP Rule 5 addition from Angels
Cory Rauschenberger 1.2 4 3 1 Formerly Cory Meachem

Memphis hitting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB Notes
Oscar Taveras 3 2 1 1 Want to see him on bases, in field
Zack Cox 1 1 1 1 Solo home run
Pete Kozma 3 1
Kolten Wong 2 1 1 2011 first-rounder
Roberto Espinoza 2 1
Chris Swauger 2 1
Nick Derba 1 1 1 1 1 Defensive standout made his 1 AB count
Xavier Scruggs 1 1 New blog entry at TheCardinalNation.com

Springfield pitching IP H ER BB K Notes
Shelby Miller 3 7 4 4
Deryk Hooker 3 1 0 1 #18 prospect last yr had injuries in 2011
Eric Fornataro 3 1 Led Palm Beach in innings pitched
Jesse Simpson 1 1 1

Springfield hitting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB Notes
Rainel Rosario 4 2 2 3 2 OF is our 30th-ranked Cardinals prospect
Juan Castillo 2 2 Catcher on the rebound
Ted Obregon 3 1 2
Mike O’Neill 1 1
Niko Vasquez 2 1 1 Former SS now at 3B
David Bergin 1 1 2011 30th rounder played at Johnson City

Quad Cities 4, Palm Beach 1

Palm Beach pitching IP H ER BB K Notes
Kevin Siegrist 4 3 1 3 5 Began spring in big league camp
Sam Gaviglio 3 2 4 Highest-drafted Cards P in 2011
Ryan Copeland 2 3 2 2 2
Drew Benes 2 2 2

Palm Beach hitting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB Notes
Colin Walsh 1 Helped team avoid being no-hit
Virgil Hill 2

Quad Cities pitching IP H ER BB K Notes
Joe Kelly 4 0 0 0 3 Clear choice as Pitcher of the Day
Dean Kiekhefer 2 1 1 1 2
Robert Stock 2 0 0 3 2 Reader reports had him at 88-91 mph
Iden Nazario 2 1

Quad Cities hitting AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB Notes
Breyvic Valera 4 2 1 IF is our #39 prospect heading into 2012
Lance Jeffries 5 2 1 1 10th rounder in 2011 from Florissant, MO
Kenny Peoples-Walls 2 2 2 On base all four times
C.J. McElroy 3 2 1 2011 3rd rounder invited to early camp
Anthony Bryant 2 1 1
Luis Perez 1 C had nice 2011 in Gulf Coast League
Jesus Montero 1 Little brother of Seattle rookie C

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