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— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) March 4, 2026
One of the highlights of minor league spring training is just two weeks away…
32 members of The Cardinal Nation’s 2026 Top 50 Prospect List are on the preliminary 40-man roster for the #stlcards’ March 19 Spring Breakout Game. https://t.co/eZ95b0QUKO pic.twitter.com/DBLwSNwQqw
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) March 5, 2026
It was a great outing by Mathews. He’ll have to work on not getting rattled. Right after the Gorman throwing error, he gives up a dinger.
Mentioned in the article.
You can’t read too much into pitcher/catcher pairings, but Findley and Dohm sure do throw to AA catchers a lot. I wonder if they might be fast-tracked into the Springfield pen.
When a player is optioned out, can he be recalled within a certain time period? And for those who are optioned out doesn’t preclude them appearing in a MLB game. Any minor leaguer can appear in games as well, right? And if recalled that doesn’t count as a used option?
Position players have to spend 10 days in the minors after being optioned – pitchers 15. There are exceptions for injuries to a major leaguer where you can bring someone up to cover who was just optioned.
If a player is recalled from their option in less than 20 days, the option doesn’t count as an option for the season.
Right now, everyone can appear in a Spring Training game because those aren’t regular season games.
NigelT, you made a nice observation about pitcher-catcher pairings. However, Dohm threw three innings last time out, which certainly suggests a starting role. But it is also interesting that he was passed over for the preliminary Spring Breakout roster. I guess they already have enough starters for one game…
I’m a little surprised they set Crooks down already although I think this confirms what I would have done to start the season. Crooks needs to develop more in AAA and Verbal does in AA. Evaluate again in July to see if Herrera has any chance of sticking at C. From there you can explore trades based off info obtained and who is left can be promoted up a level.
I did mean Bernal. Autocorrect failed me.
Are you basing him being ready off some views of him in Spring? He did really good in AA last year to start the year but he dealt wore down and overall it was just an average season. I don’t think he needs a whole lot more time there, but another 2-3 months would be good for his development.
if Herrera has any chance of sticking at C
Well, he just got scratched due to ‘knee inflammation’, so lets see where that goes. It is important to recognize that a knee doesn’t just get inflamed for no reason, and we don’t know the reason. It can be rested until the inflammation goes away, but that doesn’t mean the reason went away.
ATM asked:
Are you basing him (Bernal) being ready (for Triple-A) off some views of him in Spring?
Yes and discussions with others here in camp. However, the scenario you mentioned is certainly not impossible. In fact, I wrote about that possibility during the off-season in this free article.
Your 2026 #STLCards Spring Breakout Starting Lineup! pic.twitter.com/TtGEUlT1Ng
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) March 19, 2026
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— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) March 20, 2026
There’s word from the back fields that including his Breakout game, Joshua Baez has homered in nine consecutive games.
NINE.
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— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) March 20, 2026
Hey Brian, Is Mejia pulling a Donovan Salano? It seems he is starting to produce about the time he leaves the organization. A number of swith-hittinh middle infielders have had lengthy careers without ever wearing birds on tbe bat. Many of the names escape me but a Valera and a guy whose name started with an I like Imeldo Vargas or something come to mind.
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