photo: JJ Wetherholt (Abbie Schultz/Palm Beach Cardinals)
Top prospects JJ Wetherholt, Quinn Mathews, Chase Davis, Cooper Hjerpe, Jimmy Crooks and Leonardo Bernal highlight St. Louis Cardinals 2025 spring training camp invitee list.
St. Louis Cardinals release
The St. Louis Cardinals announced 26 non-roster invitees to 2025 Spring Training camp today (Thursday, January 16). Highlighting the list of those set to report to Jupiter the second week of February are three Cardinals first round draft picks and several top prospects.
Each of the club’s three most recent First Round draft picks will participate: SS JJ Wetherholt (2024), OF Chase Davis (2023) and LHP Cooper Hjerpe (2022). They will be joined by 2024 MiLB & Baseball America Minor League Pitcher of the Year Quinn Mathews, 2024 Texas League MVP and Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year Jimmy Crooks, and catching prospect Leonardo Bernal.
Five players who were acquired this offseason or late last season will report with the big leaguers: RHP Michael Gomez, LHP Oddanier Mosqueda, C Chance Sisco, INF Jose Barrero and OF Ryan Vilade.
Nine non-roster invitees will take part in their first Major League camp including pitchers Ian Bedell, Alex Cornwell, Edwin Nuñez, and Mathews; infielders R.J. Yeager and Wetherholt; and outfielders Nathan Church, Bryan Torres and Davis.
Cardinals 2023 Minor League Pitcher of the Year Max Rajcic returns to St. Louis’ spring roster along with other members who were in camp last season including pitchers Andre Granillo and Drew Rom; catchers Sammy Hernandez, Carlos Linárez, and Wade Stauss; and infielders César Prieto and Jeremy Rivas. Catcher Gavin Collins will also be in Major League camp, his first with St. Louis.
Following is a positional list of non-roster invite players:
PITCHERS (10): Ian Bedell (RHP, TCN #15), Alex Cornwell (LHP), Michael Gomez (RHP), Andre Granillo (RHP, #39), Cooper Hjerpe (LHP, #7), Quinn Mathews (LHP, #2), Oddanier Mosqueda (LHP), Edwin Nuñez (RHP, #43), Max Rajcic (RHP, #19), Drew Rom (RHP, #45)
CATCHERS (7): Leonardo Bernal (#8), Gavin Collins, Jimmy Crooks (#6), Sammy Hernandez (#20), Carlos Linárez, Chance Sisco, Wade Stauss
INFIELDERS (5): Jose Barrero, César Prieto (#21), Jeremy Rivas (#44), JJ Wetherholt (#1), R.J. Yeager
OUTFIELDERS (4): Nathan Church, Chase Davis (#10), Bryan Torres, Ryan Vilade
Cardinals pitchers and catchers will hold their first practice at the Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium complex on Wednesday, February 12 with the first full squad workout scheduled for Monday, February 17.
Brian Walton’s take
14 of the 26 are members of The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 Prospect List for 2025. Their rankings are inserted in parentheses above.
Six of the NRIs are among our Top 10 prospects, with the other four having already graduated to the 40-man roster. The six are Wetherholt, Mathews, Crooks, Hjerpe, Bernal and Davis.
Two of the four of the Top 10 who are on the 40-man, Saggese and McGreevy, have debuted with St. Louis, while Hence and Roby are trying to join them.
In spring training, the group of 26 non-roster invitees will join the 39 players currently on the 40-man roster for a camp total of 65.
Of course, additional roster changes could occur between now and February 12.
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