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After Sunday’s cuts, including five ranked prospects, 58 players remain in St. Louis’ spring camp.
St. Louis Cardinals release
The St. Louis Cardinals announced the team has reduced its Spring Training roster to 58 players today (Sunday, March 2), with eight players moving to minor league camp.
The team optioned left-handed pitcher Bailey Horn to the Memphis (AAA) roster, and re-assigned non-roster pitchers Ian Bedell, Alex Cornwell, Cooper Hjerpe, Quinn Mathews and Edwin Nuñez and catchers Sammy Hernandez and Carlos Linárez to minor league camp.
The Cardinals currently have 39 major league roster players and 19 non-roster invitees in camp.
Brian Walton’s notes
This is the second cut of the spring, following the reassignment of outfielder Chase Davis on Saturday. In addition to the 58 players still in big-league camp, the Minor League camp count increases to 143.
Five of the eight – Bedell (15), Hjerpe (7), Mathews (2), Nuñez (43) and Hernandez (20) – are members of The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 Prospects for 2025.
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