It has been six months since my last update of St. Louis Cardinals major and minor league players with a presence on Twitter. In other words, in Twitter time, about half a generation has transpired in the interim.
As you might imagine, the list has grown substantially, to the point it currently numbers 55 players. At least these are the ones of which I am aware. (Feel free to check back, as I am sure to be reminded of several that I inadvertently forgot and informed of others.)
A number of the players are anxious to gain more followers, so if you are interested, their names and ids follow. Several others are just the opposite, protecting their tweets, so don’t be offended if they don’t respond to your follow request. Some are far less active tweeting than others, so you’ll have to decide what is best for you.
I can’t guarantee your baseball IQ will increase substantially as a result, as this group is like any other cross section of individuals on Twitter. Some content is interesting, some is typical banter between friends and certain tweets are frankly a bit off the wall.
Yet, within the last two days, the excitement of players such as Tyrell Jenkins, Joe Kelly and Nick Greenwood radiated through their tweets as they announced receiving invitations to major league spring training camp and accepted congratulations from others.
The players are organized below by the level at which they ended the 2011 regular season. The active links for many of the names will take you to their stats pages at Baseball-Reference.com.
| Twitter id | Player | ||
| St. Louis | carlosbeltran15 | Carlos Beltran | |
| DanielDescalso | Daniel Descalso | ||
| dfreese23 | David Freese | ||
| ESanchez52 | Eduardo Sanchez | ||
| jonjayU | Jon Jay | ||
| kingchambers_8 | Adron Chambers | ||
| Komobeatz | Erik Komatsu | ||
| mattholliday7 | Matt Holliday | ||
| Yadier Molina | Beware: Accounts bearing his name are fakes – | ||
| same with Rafael Furcal | |||
| Memphis | AdamOttavino | Adam Ottavino | |
| Springfield | cswag8 | Chris Swauger | |
| JermaineCurtis | Jermaine Curtis | ||
| Joe_Kelly22 | Joe Kelly | ||
| JordanSwagerty | Jordan Swagerty | ||
| Ngreeny23 | Nick Greenwood | ||
| ShelbyMiller19 | Shelby Miller | ||
| Palm Beach | 4Butler4 | Keith Butler | |
| AlanAhmady | Alan Ahmady | ||
| jesseLsimpson | Jesse Simpson | ||
| MCReid42 | Chase Reid | ||
| neek_vas7 | Niko Vasquez | ||
| Tyler_Lyons | Tyler Lyons | ||
| Xavier_Scruggs | Xavier Scruggs | Follow his winter ball reports from Colombia | |
| Quad Cities | codystanley21 | Cody Stanley | |
| dannybibona | Daniel Bibona | ||
| DrewBenes | Drew Benes | ||
| jkeener7 | Jonathan Keener | ||
| JoeyBergman | Joey Bergman | ||
| jrodri29 | Jonathan Rodriguez | ||
| Kleinburger27 | Geoff Klein | ||
| Maness_43 | Seth Maness | ||
| PackyElkins | Packy Elkins | ||
| vicsanchez88 | Victor Sanchez | ||
| Batavia | CaseYRasmuS | Casey Rasmus | |
| DannyMiranda40 | Danny Miranda | ||
| Gwittels10 | Garrett Wittels | ||
| NickMartini26 | Nick Martini | ||
| philipthebases | Phil Cerreto | ||
| PlayPatt_22 | Jeremy Patton | ||
| Johnson City | Chriscos21 | Chris Costantino | |
| dansubmarino101 | Heath Wyatt | ||
| DWashington52 | David Washington | ||
| Haldy25 | Kyle Hald | ||
| Jeff_Nadeau19 | Jeff Nadeau | ||
| JoshLucas15 | Josh Lucas | ||
| LBillbrough21 | Logan Billbrough | ||
| s_ramos9 | Steven Ramos | ||
| SimplySouthern3 | Neal Pritchard | ||
| Tilson4 | Charlie Tilson | ||
| tmart206 | Trevor Martin | ||
| tmilly20 | Tyler Mills | ||
| trahmatulla | Tyler Rahmatulla | ||
| TyrellJenkins14 | Tyrell Jenkins | ||
| Gulf Coast League | cbrand17 | Cole Brand | |
| DanteBryant92 | Anthony Bryant | ||
| Iam_BigDodd | Corderious Dodd | ||
| stuivailala | Sam Tuiavailala | ||
| On military duty | Cardinals15 | Mitchell Harris |
Remember the roster matrix: Exclusively here at The Cardinal Nation Blog, you can view every player in the entire Cardinals system by level and position, kept current all year long. Click here or you can always access current as well as past matrices from the “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix” dropdown on the menu bar at the top of this page.
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