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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2012 spring training

NOTE: As of 4/2/12, this version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the changes from the announcement of spring training invitations until the opening of the regular season. It should now be considered a historical reference document. For the newer roster matrix covering the 2012 regular season, click here.

With the 2012 spring training camp invitations issued, it is time for another refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version reflects the changes made until 2012 spring training concludes and the regular season and extended spring training get underway. The previous matrix reflects the rosters as they evolved from the end of 2011 play until spring training invitations were issued.

If you are new to the blog and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is quick summary:

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals had 266 players under contract from top to bottom, including 39 players on the 40-man roster. The matrix places each one at his assigned level in the system at the conclusion of 2011 and by position. Spring training camp invitees are shown separately. This matrix is updated daily or whenever transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. It doesn’t signify anything.

The players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

The short-season pitchers are broken out into returnees and summer 2011 signees.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 266 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles updated at The Cardinal Nation.com / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the nine team pages at The Cardinal Nation. You can also see rosters and player profiles back to 2004:

Full-season clubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs
Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals

Once on a team page, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page for that year. For example, here is Shelby Miller’s 2012 profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past rosters and transactions, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010, Short-season 2010, 2010-11 Off-season, 2011 spring training, 2011 regular season, 2011 short-season, 2011-2012 off-season

Related resources

St. Louis Cardinals 2012 major league spring training schedule
St. Louis Cardinals 2012 minor league spring training schedule (subscriber article)

Transactions

01/24: New matrix. Organization total: 266 players.

02/06: SS Alex Cora signed to a minors deal with MLB spring camp invite. New total: 267 players.

02/08: Dominican RHP Andres Serrano signed (in October). New total: 268 players.

02/10: RHR Scott Linebrink signed to a minors deal with MLB spring camp invite. New total: 269 players.

02/11: Five DSL players added: LHP Erick Hurtado; RHPs Juan Perez, Luis De La Rosa, Daylin Martinez; OF Bladimil Franco. Five DSL players released: LHP Delvi Rodriguez; RHPs Addelin Ceballo, Jean Carlos De la Cruz, Douglas Planchart; OF Domingo Diaz. Total remains 269 players.

02/23: RHP Sam Gaviglio invited to early minor league camp.

02/25: C Adam Lewis invited to early minor league camp.

02/28: 1B Victor Sanchez retired. New total: 268 players.

03/05: C Robert Stock moved to RHP. He and RHP Jordan Swagerty reassigned to minor league camp from NRIs.

03/06: Contract of DSL LHP Erick Hurtado voided due to failed PED test. New total: 267 players.

03/08: Seven players to minor league camp: Adam Reifer, John Gast, Nick Greenwood, Tyrell Jenkins, Cody Stanley, Luis De La Cruz and Kolten Wong.

03/14: Spr RHR Francisco Samuel released. New total: 266 players.

03/14: Seven players to minor league camp: Brandon Dickson, Maikel Cleto, Zack Cox, Pete Kozma, Shelby Miller, Joe Kelly and Kevin Siegrist.

03/19: Four players released: RHR Pete Parise, LHRs Dan Calhoun, Sean Watson, Jean Mijares. New total: 262 players.

03/20: Seven players to minor league camp: Chuckie Fick, Adam Ottavino, Sam Freeman, Trevor Rosenthal, R.J. Swindle, Ryan Jackson, Steven Hill.

03/23: Bat LHP Pat Daugherty released. New total: 261 players.

03/25: NRIs Alex Cora and Koyie Hill released. Mark Hamilton, Eduardo Sanchez and Matt Adams to minors camp. New total: 259 players.

03/26: OF Adron Chambers optioned out.

03/27: C Cody Stanley suspended 50 games.

03/28: Six minor leaguers released: IFs Joey Bergman, Romulo Ruiz, Ted Obregon, Phil Cerreto; RPs Cory Rauschenberger, Justin Edwards. New total: 253 players.

03/29: NRI RHR Scott Linebrink added to 40-man roster. 40-man now full.

03/30: C Bryan Anderson optioned out. NRIs Victor Marte and Eugenio Velez reassigned to minors camp. RHR Adam Ottavino designated for assignment.

03/31: RHR David Kopp released. OF Jake Shaffer signed. New total: 253 players.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 03/31/12)

25-man (NA) 40-man (28)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Boggs Molina Berkman Schumaker Furcal Freese Holliday
Lohse McClellan T Cruz
Descalso T Greene M Carpenter Jay
Westbrook Salas


Craig
Wainwright Motte




Robinson
Ja Garcia (L) Rzepczynski (L)



Beltran
Lynn Romero (L)




Komatsu (R5)
Linebrink












Non-roster invitees (0)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
40-man to minors (12)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Dickson Reifer Anderson Hamilton Kozma Cox Chambers

Ottavino (DFA)
Fick
S Freeman (L)
Cleto
Sanchez
NRIs to minors (17+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Swagerty Greenwood (L) Stanley (SL) Adams Wong R Jackson
Stock Swindle (L) R DeLaCruz Velez
Gast (L) Marte S Hill
Jenkins
Siegrist (L)
Kelly
S. Miller
Rosenthal
Early minors camp (26)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Blazek Wright (L) A Perez Scruggs G Garcia Gil Conley
DeLeon Klein S Rodriguez Peoples-Walls Longmire
Ferrara (L) Lewis (TO) B Valera Taveras
Fornataro Jeffries
H Hernamdez (L) McElroy
Hooker Tilson
Lyons (L)
C Martinez
Paulino
Gaviglio
Memphis (7)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) Browning (L) Derba Cazana
Broderick Todd
Hunt
Springfield (14)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Thomas Delgado Tartamella Jo Garcia Curtis Pham
Gorgen Rondon Swauger
McGregor Schneider Luna
Rada Shaffer
Palm Beach (9)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Ri Castillo Corrigan N Vasquez Melker
Reid Ahmady R Rosario
Butler
Simpson
Quad Cities (20)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Russell A Lucas Espinoza Lu Mateo Elkins J Rodriguez Edmondson
Whiting Kiekhefer (L) Teran Walsh Swinson
Bibona (L) Maness Keener
Blair De Jesus
Copeland (L) Nazario (L)
Benes
Batavia (25+1)
P P(2011 added) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Y Castillo Miranda (L) Rasmus D Medina Stienstra Wittels Patton Martini
Almarante Cole J Castillo C Valera Rbto Reyes
R Martinez T Miller Albitz V Hill
Cornelius (L) O’Neill
McInnis Williams (SL)
Baker
Bileckyj (L)
Sherriff (L)
Jacob
Springer
Johnson City (32)
P P(2011 added) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Pasen Mills Byrd Washington Rahmatulla M Williams R DeLaCruz Apelian
Santana Hald (L) Montero Pritchard Ro Castillo
Canache Gillung (L) Martin An Garcia
B Freeman (L) Billbrough S Ramos
Bautista Creath Bergin
Nuernberg Wyatt
E Hiraldo Rein (L)
J Lucas Costantino
Revesz (L) Melling (L)
Nadeau (L)
Gulf Coast (21)
P P(2011 added) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Aguilar B Watson Velazco Knox Le Mateo Tuivailala Argenal
Brand L Perez Vargas Dodd
Toribio Ehrlich Bryant
A Tapia Deol
S Lopez
Villanueva (L)
Ulacio
B Martinez
Montanez
DSL (38+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Salazar A DeLaCruz (L) Baez Mejia Rblys Reyes Pina Agustin Araujo
Escudero A Gonzalez (RL) J Gomez R Medina R Garcia Capellan
Perdomo Gerdel L Cruz Barbuena Celestino
S Garcia F Gonzalez Godoy E Alvarez J Pena
Paredes F Flores Torres
DeLosSantos I Brito (L) Acevedo
Jh Polanco Villegas Franco
Negrette (L)
D Perez (L) J Perez
DeLaRosa
Serrano D Martinez
Unassigned (1)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL)

Codes
(I): injured
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(MIL): military list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+MIL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2011-2012 off-season

NOTE: This version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the changes from the end of the 2011 World Series until the announcement of spring training invitations. It should now be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix covering 2012 spring training, click here.

With the 2011-2012 free agent period underway, it is time for another refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect the changes made from the conclusion of the World Series until 2012 spring training. The previous matrix reflects the rosters as they evolved from the start of short-season ball through the end of 2011 play.

If you are new to the blog and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is quick summary:

After eight major league and seven minor leaguers declared free agency following the season, the St. Louis Cardinals had 278 players under contract from top to bottom, including 33 players on the 40-man roster. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system based on his placement at the end of the season as well as by position. It is kept updated daily or as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. It doesn’t signify anything.

The players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

The short-season pitchers are broken out into returnees and summer 2011 signees.

At the end is a group of currently inactive and unassigned players.

Free agents are listed, but are not included in the system-wide totals. As they sign, their organization will be noted.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 278 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles updated at The Cardinal Nation.com / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to 2011 season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the nine team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs
Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Shelby Miller’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past rosters and transactions, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010, Short-season 2010, 2010-11 Off-season, 2011 spring training, 2011 regular season, 2011 short-season

Transactions

11/9: New matrix. Organization total: 278 players. GCL RHR Richard Mendoza released. New total: 277 players.

11/11: Seven released: Mem RHP Bryan Augenstein, Spr OFs Jim Rapoport, D’Marcus Ingram, PB OF Edgar Lara, QC P Cale Johnson, Bat P Manuel De La Cruz, C Kevin Moscatel. New total: 270 players.

11/17: PB RHS Arquimedes Nieto released. New total: 269 players.

11/18: Three added to 40-man roster: RHS Adam Ottavino, RHR Chuckie Fick, LHR Sam Freeman.

11/27: JC 3B Hector Garcia released. New total: 268 players.

12/8: Rule 5 draft: OF Erik Komatsu (Was) onto 40-man. LHR Barret Browning (LAA), RHS Shooter Hunt (Min) to Mem. Taken were Spr C Charlie Cutler (Pit), PB SS Domnit Bolivar (Mil), Bat RHS Javier Avendano (Tor).

12/10: Free agent SS Rafael Furcal re-signs with StL. New total: 269 players.

12/12: IF Ryan Theriot non-tendered, becomes free agent. New total: 268 players.

12/15: LHR J.C. Romero signed to StL. New total: 269 players.

12/18: RHR Hector Corpas released. New total: 268 players.

12/21: LHR R.J. Swindle and 2B/OF Eugenio Velez signed to minor league deals. New total: 270 players.

12/22: Free agent OF Carlos Beltran came to terms on a two-year contract. New total: 271 players.

01/12: C Koyie Hill signed to minor league deal. New total: 272 players.

01/15: QC IF Jason Stidham retired. New total: 271 players.

01/23: PB P Justin Smith retired. Bat OF Victor Encarnacion released. RHP Cole Springer signed. C Adam Lewis invited to minors camp as a tryout player. Both assigned to Batavia on matrix.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 01/23/12)

25-man (NA) 40-man (39)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Boggs Molina Berkman Schumaker Furcal Freese Holliday
Lohse McClellan T Cruz Hamilton
 Descalso T Greene M Carpenter Jay
Westbrook Sanchez Anderson

Kozma Cox Craig
Wainwright Motte




Beltran
Ja Garcia (L) Rzepczynski (L)



Chambers
Dickson Lynn




Komatsu (R5)
Cleto
 Salas




Robinson
Ottavino
 Reifer






S Freeman (L)





Fick
Romero (L)
Free agents (15) not incl in total
Majors (new org)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
E Jackson (Type B offered, declined) Dotel (Type B Det) Laird (Det) Pujols (Type A LAA) Furcal (StL) Punto (Bos) Patterson
Rhodes (L Type B not offered)
Minors (new org)
Rundles (L) Bynum Solano (Mia) Stavinoha (Japan)
Lyman Duncan (KC) Jones (Cin)
Memphis (16)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) Marte Derba Velez Cazana
Broderick Rauschenberger S Hill
Blazek Parise K Hill
Hunt Todd
Kopp
Browning (L)
Swindle (L)
Springfield (23)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Gast (L) Delgado Tartamella Adams Jo Garcia R Jackson Curtis Pham
Gorgen Swagerty A Perez Swauger
McGregor Greenwood (L) Luna
S Miller Samuel
Kelly Schneider
Thomas Rada
Hooker Rondon
Palm Beach (22)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Fornataro Corrigan L DeLaCruz Scruggs Obregon N Vasquez Conley
Lyons (L) Reid Stock G Garcia Ahmady R Rosario
C Martinez Butler S Rodriguez Melker
Siegrist (L) Calhoun (L)
Ri Castillo Simpson
Wright (L)
Quad Cities (32)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Russell Lucas Espinoza V Sanchez Lu Mateo Gil J Rodriguez Longmire
Whiting Kiekhefer (L) Stanley Bergman Elkins Edmondson
Bibona (L) Maness Klein Walsh Swinson
Blair De Jesus Teran Wong Taveras
A Ferrara (L) Nazario (L) Keener
Rosenthal Edwards (L)
Copeland (L)
Benes
H Hernamdez (L)
Batavia (31+2)
P P(2011 added) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Y Castillo Miranda (L) Rasmus D Medina Stienstra Wittels Patton Martini
Almarante Cole J Castillo R Ruiz C Valera Rbto Reyes
Daugherty (L) Tra Miller Lewis (TO) Cerreto Albitz V Hill
R Martinez Cornelius (L) O’Neill
Mijares (L) McInnis Williams (SL)
S Watson (L) Baker
Bileckyj (L)
Sherriff (L)
Jacob
Gaviglio
Springer
Johnson City (36)
P P(2011 added) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Jenkins Mills Byrd Washington Rahmatulla M Williams R DeLaCruz Apelian
Pasen Hald (L) Montero B Valera Pritchard Ro Castillo
Santana Gillung (L) Martin An Garcia
Canache Billbrough S Ramos
B Freeman (L) Creath Bergin
Bautista Wyatt Tilson
Nuernberg Rein (L)
E Hiraldo Costantino
J Lucas Melling (L)
Revesz (L)
Nadeau (L)
Paulino
Gulf Coast (25)
P P(2011 added) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Aguilar B Watson Velazco Knox Le Mateo Peoples-Walls Tuivailala Jeffries
Brand L Perez Vargas Argenal
DeLeon Ehrlich McElroy
Toribio Dodd
A Tapia Bryant
S Lopez Deol
Villanueva (L)
Ulacio
B Martinez
Montanez
DSL (38+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Salazar A DeLaCruz (L) Baez Mejia Rblys Reyes Pina Agustin Araujo
Escudero A Gonzalez (RL) J Gomez R Medina R Garcia Capellan
Perdomo Ceballo L Cruz Barbuena Celestino
S Garcia F Gonzalez Godoy E Alvarez J Pena
Paredes F Flores Torres
DeLosSantos I Brito D Diaz
Jh Polanco D Rodriguez (L) Acevedo
Negrette (L) JC DeLaCruz
D Perez (L) Gerdel
Planchart
Villegas
Unassigned (6)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL) P Vasquez (RL)
Eager (RL)
Patterson (RL)
Novak (RL)
Mulligan (RL)

Codes
(I): injured
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(MIL): military list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+MIL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2011 short season

NOTE: This version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the 2011 changes from the start of short-season ball until the end of the 2011 World Series. It should now be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix covering the 2011-2012 off-season, click here.

With the short-season minor league schedule now underway, it is time for another refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect the changes made from the first week of 2011 short-season play. The previous matrix reflects the rosters as they evolved from the end of spring camp until then.

If you are new to the blog and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is quick summary:

In the first week of 2011 short-season play, the St. Louis Cardinals had 288 players under contract from top to bottom, including a full 40-man roster. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system based on his placement at the end of last season as well as by position. It is kept updated daily or as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. It doesn’t signify anything.

The players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

The short-season pitchers are broken out into returnees and summer 2011 signees. The latter group is either denoted by the round drafted or FA (for free agent).

At the end is a group of currently inactive and unassigned players. The final group, 2011 unsigned draftees, is not a part of the signed total.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 288 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated now at The Cardinal Nation.com / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the nine team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs
Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Shelby Miller’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past rosters and transactions, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010, Short-season 2010, 2010-11 Off-season, 2011 spring training, 2011 regular season

Transactions

6/24: New matrix. Organization total: 288 players. LHR Iden Nazario from Bat to QC. LHR Justin Wright from QC to PB. RHR Francisco Samuel to PB DL. C Steven Hill from Spr to Mem. 1B Matt Adams off Spr DL.

6/25: C Nick Derba from Mem to Spr. 2B Kolten Wong (1st round) signed, assigned to QC. New total: 289 players.

6/26: LHR Justin Wright onto PB DL. RHR Arquimedes Nieto off PB DL. C Travis Tartamella onto Spr DL.

6/27: IF Nick Punto and 3B David Freese off StL DL. OF Andrew Brown and IF Pete Kozma from StL to Mem. OF Dutch Deol (17th round) signed, assigned to GCL. LHP Justin Edwards from Bat to QC. RHS Carlos Martinez and 2B Starlin Rodriguez from QC to PB. 2B Jose Garcia from Mem to Spr. IF Luis Mateo to PB DL. New total: 290 players.

6/28: RHP Richard Castillo from Spr to PB. IF Freddie Bynum to Mem DL. LHS John Gast from PB to Spr. RHR Eric Binder from JC to Bat.

6/29: RHR Aaron Terry released from PB. IF Domnit Bolivar from Spr to PB. IF Packy Elkins from PB to QC. IF Joey Bergman from QC to Bat. StL RHR Ryan Franklin released. OF Reggie Williams from Bat to GCL. New total: 288 players.

6/30: RHP Brandon Dickson added to 40-man and moved from Mem to StL. Contract of 23rd round RHP Kyle Deese voided (JC). LHR Rich Rundles re-signed to Mem.

7/1: C Cody Stanley onto QC DL. C Kleininger Teran off QC DL.

7/2: Five Latin American signees (DSL): LHPs Dewin Perez, Alirio Negrette, RHP Luis Arias (2012 contract), C Jose Godoy, SS Eliezer Alvarez. FA IF Garrett Wittels signed, assigned to Bat. New total: 294 players.

7/4: C Nick Derba onto Spr DL. C Travis Tartamella off Spr DL. FA LHP Matt Rein signed, assigned to JC. RHP Kevin Jacob (31st round) signed, assigned to Bat. New total: 296 players.

7/5: 1B Albert Pujols off StL DL. LHR Brian Tallet onto StL DL. LHR Ron Mahay, RHR Blaine Boyer signed to minor league contracts, assigned to Mem. SS Kenny Peoples-Walls (4th round) signed, assigned to GCL. New total: 299 players.

7/6: RHS Joe Kelly from PB to Spr. GCL rehab of PB RHR Jeff Lyman ends.

7/7: LHR Daniel Calhoun from PB to Spr. RHRs Jose Rada, Chase Reid onto Spr DL. C Gerald Laird off StL DL. RHP P. J. Walters from Mem to StL, onto 40-man. Mem RHP Bryan Augenstein DFAed. OF Daryl Jones from Mem to Spr. RHS Adam Ottavino, C Steven Hill onto Mem DL. RHP Brandon Dickson, 1B Mark Hamilton from StL to Mem. IF Freddie Bynum off Mem DL. RHP Mike Blazek, LHR Nick Greenwood from Spr to Mem. OF D’Marcus Ingram to Spr DL. C Cody Stanley off QC DL. C Kleininger Teran onto QC DL.

7/9: LHR Ron Mahay activated at PB.

7/11: RHS Blaine Boyer activated at PB. LHS Kevin Siegrist to PB DL. RHP Bryan Augenstein outrighted to Mem. RHS Mike Blazek and LHR Nick Greenwood from Mem to Spr.

7/14: LHR Ron Mahay from PB to Mem. OF Shane Robinson off Mem DL to Spr. C Travis Tartamella to PB DL. RHS Drew Benes from Bat to QC. RHP Javier Avendano to Bat DL.

7/15: RHR Hector Corpas to QC DL (retro 7/12).

7/16: RHR Scott Bittle from GCL to Bat. OF Mike O’Neill from Bat to QC, IF Jonathan Rodriguez, OF Nick Longmire to QC DL. IF Luis Mateo from PB DL to QC.

7/17: OF Kyle Conley off PB DL. OF Edgar Lara onto PB DL. C Nick Derba from Spr DL to Mem. 2B Freddie Bynum onto Mem DL.

7/18: RHS Adam Ottavino off Mem DL. LHS Nick Additon onto temp inactive list.

7/19: OF C.J. McElroy (3rd round) signed, assigned to GCL. New total: 300 players.

7/21:  Spr RHR Brett Zawacki released. RHR Francisco Samuel from PB to Spr. LHR Justin Wright off PB DL. 1B Mark Hamilton to Mem DL. LHS Nick Additon off Mem TI list. New total: 299 players.

7/22: OF Shane Robinson from Spr to Mem. OF Jim Rapoport from Mem to Spr. IF Jonathan Rodriguez off QC DL. OF Mike O’Neill onto QC DL.

7/23: IF Hector Garcia from GCL to JC.

7/25: IF Luis Mateo onto QC DL. OF Nick Longmire off QC DL.

7/26: LHS Nick Additon from Mem to Spr. LHR Daniel Calhoun from Spr to PB. RHS Blaine Boyer from PB to Mem. Bat RHR Scott Bittle released. DSL Ps Carlos Oraa and Alberth Almeida released. RHP Norge Parades signed, assigned to DSL. New total: 297 players.

7/27: LHR Manuel De La Cruz from JC to Bat. OF Colby Rasmus, LHRs Trever Miller and Brian Tallet and RHR P.J. Walters traded to Toronto. RHS Edwin Jackson, LHR Mark Rzepczynski, RHR Octavio Dotel and OF Corey Patterson from Tor to StL.

7/28: LHR Raul Valdes from StL to Mem. LHS Kevin Siegrist off PB DL. RHR Jeff Lyman from PB to Spr.

7/29: IF Nick Punto to StL DL. IF Tyler Greene from Mem to StL. IF Freddie Bynum off Mem DL. RHP Kevin Thomas to Spr DL.

7/30: LHR Rich Rundles to Mem DL. DSL Ps Delvi Rodriguez and Jean Carlos De La Cruz off RL. OF Jose Martinez and P John De Aguas released from DSL. New total: 295 players.

7/31: SS Rafael Furcal acquired from LA Dodgers. Spr OF Alex Castellanos to LA. SS Tyler Greene from StL to Mem. RHR Eduardo Sanchez from 15- to 60-day DL.

8/1: OF Aaron Luna from Mem to Spr. IF/OF Edgar Lara off PB DL. LHP Kevin Siegrist onto PB DL.

8/3: IF Breyvic Valera from GCL to JC. OF Mike O’Neill off QC DL. 1B Victor Sanchez onto QC DL.

8/4: RHP Seth Blair onto QC DL. RHP Hector Corpas off QC DL. 1B Mark Hamilton off Mem DL. IF Donovan Solano from Mem to Spr.

8/5: LHR Manuel De La Cruz to Bat DL. IF/OF Phil Cerreto from PB DL to Bat. Spr RHR Casey Mulligan retired. Spr 2B Jose Garcia to DL.

8/9: RHS Seth Blair off QC DL.

8/10: RHR Lance Lynn onto StL DL. IF/OF Allen Craig off StL DL.

8/11: RHS Deryk Hooker from Spr DL to PB. RHR Joel Pichardo off PB DL and released. RHS Arquimedes Nieto onto PB TI list. RHP Manuel De La Cruz off Bat DL. RHP Sam Gaviglio (5th round) signed, assigned to Bat. OF Aaron Luna to Spr DL. Total remains 295 players.

8/12: 2B Kolten Wong, OF Michael Swinson to QC DL. RHR David Kopp Spr to Mem. RHR Jordan Swagerty PB to Spr. LHR Ron Mahay released from Mem. LHR Rich Rundles off Mem DL. 2B Joey Bergman Bat to QC. OF Edgar Lara PB to QC. LHR Raul Valdes DFA off 40-man, Mem 25-man. C Tony Cruz from StL to Mem. LHR Arthur Rhodes signed to StL. RHR Chase Reid off Spr DL to PB. LHS Kevin Siegrist off PB DL. New total still 295.

8/13: RHS Seth Blair back to QC active roster. RHP Chris Costantino (43rd) signed, assigned to JC. RHR Eric Binder released from Bat. RHS Blaine Boyer released from Mem. LHS Nick Additon from Spr to Mem. RHS Arquimedes Nieto off PB TI to Spr. 2B Jose Garcia off Spr DL. New total 294 players.

8/15: OF Charlie Tilson (2nd round) signed, assigned to GCL. RHR Francisco Samuel to Spr DL. RHS Kevin Thomas off Spr DL.

8/16: Spr RHS Shelby Miller suspended. C Nick Derba onto Mem DL. LHS Ryan Sherriff from JC to Bat. Mem LHR Raul Valdes claimed by NYY off waivers. New total 293 players.

8/17: RHR Ethan Cole signed, assigned to Bat. IF/OF Phil Cerreto to Bat DL. New total: 294 players.

8/18: RHS Seth Maness from Bat to PB. RHS Deryk Hooker from PB to Spr.

8/21: C Audry Perez onto Spr DL. C Travis Tartamella off Spr DL. OF Victor Encarnacion from GCL to Bat.

8/23: RHS Shelby Miller off Spr SL. RHS Arquimedes Nieto from Spr to PB. RHS Carlos Martinez onto PB DL.

8/24: OF Reggie Williams from GCL to Bat. RHP Juan Bautista from DSL to JC. LHP Jonathan Cornelius and OF Roberto Reyes onto Bat DL. RHS Seth Blair off QC DL. RHR Hector Corpas onto QC DL. Purchased contract of SS Vance Albitz from Lincoln of American Assoc and assigned to Bat. New total: 295 players.

8/25: OF Charlie Tilson from GCL to JC. LHR Manuel De La Cruz to Bat DL.

8/27: 1B Phil Cerreto off Bat DL.

8/28: 2B Kolten Wong off QC DL. OF Mike O’Neill from QC to GCL. RHS Carlos Martinez off PB DL. RHP Seth Maness from PB to QC. Ps Brandon Creath, Tyler Melling and Willy Paulino from GCL to JC.

8/30: OF Edgar Lara from QC to PB. OF Mike O’Neill from GCL to QC. RHP Cale Johnson from QC to JC. RHS Todd McInnis onto Bat DL.

8/31: IF Greg Garcia onto PB DL.

9/1: RHS Brandon Dickson from Mem to StL. C Nick Derba off Mem DL. RHS Mike Blazek from Spr to Mem. RHR Francisco Samuel off Spr DL. LHS Jonathan Cornelius off Bat DL. RHS Jose Almarante onto Bat DL.

9/2: OF Shane Robinson to 40-man roster, from Mem to StL. RHR Lance Lynn from 15- to 60-day DL.

9/3: RHP Maikel Cleto from Mem to StL.

9/5: LHS Hector Hernandez from Bat to QC.

9/6: C Tony Cruz, SS Tyler Greene, OF Adron Chambers from Mem to StL. IF Nick Punto off StL DL. RHS Seth Blair to QC SL. C Jonathan Keener from JC to QC. OF Mike O’Neill from QC to Bat.

9/13: RHR Eduardo Sanchez off 60-day DL. Spr RHR Francisco Samuel DFAed.

9/25: Contract of DSL RHP Luis Arias voided. New total 294.

10/9: RHR Lance Lynn off 60-day DL. OF Andrew Brown DFAed.

10/12: OF Andrew Brown claimed off outright waivers by COL. New organization total: 293 players.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 10/19/11)

25-man (33+1) 40-man (40+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Boggs Molina Pujols
 Schumaker Theriot Freese
 Holliday (I)
Lohse McClellan (I)
 Laird
 Descalso Furcal Punto
 Berkman
Westbrook
 Sanchez (I)
 T Cruz (I)

T Greene (I)
Patterson (I)
Wainwright (60DL) Motte




Jay
Ja Garcia (L) Rzepcyznski (L)




Craig
E Jackson
 Dotel




Robinson (I)
Dickson (I)
 Lynn




Chambers

Salas






Rhodes (L)





(I) Inactive in WS Cleto (I)
Memphis (20+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Broderick Marte Anderson Hamilton
 Bynum Kozma M Carpenter Stavinoha
Blazek
 Rauschenberger S Hill (DL)
Additon (L) Parise Derba
Ottavino Reifer (DL)
Todd
Fick
Augenstein
Rundles (L) Cazana (MX)
Kopp


Springfield (24+8)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Gast (L) Delgado (DL) Cutler Adams Duncan R Jackson Cox Pham (DL)
Gorgen (DL) Lyman A Perez (DL) Jo Garcia Solano Curtis Swauger
McGregor (DL) Greenwood (L) Tartamella Rapoport
S Miller Swagerty Ingram (DL)
Kelly Schneider Jones
Hooker S Freeman (L) Luna (DL)
Thomas Rada (DL)
Rondon
Samuel
Palm Beach (25+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Fornataro Calhoun (L) L DeLaCruz Scruggs S Rodriguez Bolivar N Vasquez Conley
Lyons (L) Corrigan Stock Obregon Ahmady R Rosario
Ri Castill0 Wright (L)
 G Garcia (DL) Melker
Siegrist (L) Reid Lara
C Martinez Simpson
Nieto J Smith
Butler
Quad Cities (25+9)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Russell Lucas Espinoza (DL) V Sanchez (DL) Walsh Gil J Rodriguez Longmire
Whiting Corpas (DL) Stanley Stidham (DL) Elkins Edmondson
Bibona (L DL) H Hernandez (L) Klein Wong (1) Swinson (DL)
Blair (SL) De Jesus Teran (DL) Lu Mateo (DL) Taveras
A Ferrara (L) Nazario (L) Keener (32) Bergman
Rosenthal Edwards (L)
Copeland (L) Kiekhefer (L)
Benes Maness (11)
Batavia (29+6)
P P (Draft round) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Y Castillo Miranda (L 8th) Ca Rasmus (36) D Medina Stienstra (12) C Valero Patton (38) Martini (7)
Almarante (DL) Cole (FA) J Castillo R Ruiz Wittels (FA) Rbto Reyes (DL)
Daugherty (L) Tra Miller (16) Moscatel Cerreto Albitz V Hill
R Martinez Cornelius (L 24) Encarnacion
Mijares (L DL) McInnis (25 DL) Williams
Avendano (DL) Baker (49) O’Neill
S Watson (L) Bileckyj (L FA)
M DeLaCruz (L DL) Gaviglio (5)
Jacob (31)
Sherriff (L 28)
Johnson City (36+2)
P P (Draft round) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Jenkins Mills (9) Byrd (13) Washington Rahmatulla (34) M Williams (15) R DeLaCruz Apelian (27)
Pasen Hald (L 18) Montero B Valera Pritchard (FA) H Garcia Ro Castillo
Santana Gillung (L 19) Martin An Garcia
Canache Billbrough (FA) S Ramos
B Freeman (L) Costantino (43) Bergin (30)
J Lucas Wyatt (33) Tilson (2)
Nuernberg Rein (L FA)
E Hiraldo Melling (L 39)
Nadeau (L DL) Creath (44)
Revesz (L DL)
Bautista
Paulino
C Johnson

Gulf Coast (25)
P P (Draft round) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Aguilar B Watson (37) Velazco Knox (41) Le Mateo Peoples-Walls (4) Tuivailala Jeffries (10)
Brand L Perez Vargas Argenal
DeLeon Ehrlich (6) Deol (17)
Toribio Dodd
A Tapia Bryant
S Lopez McElroy (3)
Mendoza
Ulacio
B Martinez
Villanueva (L)
DSL (37+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Paredes A DeLaCruz (L) Baez Mejia Rblys Reyes Pina Agustin Araujo
Escudero A Gonzalez (RL) J Gomez R Medina R Garcia Capellan
Perdomo Ceballo L Cruz Barbuena Celestino
S Garcia F Gonzalez Godoy E Alvarez J Pena
Salazar F Flores Torres
DeLosSantos Villegas D Diaz
Jh Polanco I Brito Acevedo
Montanez (I)
D Rodriguez (L)
JC DeLaCruz
Gerdel
D Perez (L) Planchart
Negrette (L)
Unassigned (6)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL) P Vasquez (RL)
Eager (RL)
Patterson (RL)
Novak (RL)
Mulligan (RL)
Draft unsigned (15)
P (Draft round) P (Draft round) C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Matulis (L 28) Schmidt (47) Ar Garcia (20) Medrano (14) Asher (48)
Kirsch (L 21) Poarch (42) Arnsberg (40) Moseley (45)
Kamplain (L 22) Madrigal (35) retired Kaalekahi (46) Sibley (50)
Graves (26) Deese (23) failed physical

Codes
(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(I): injured and assigned to Extended Spring Training
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(MIL): military list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+MIL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2011 regular season

NOTE: This version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the 2011 changes from the end of spring training until the start of short-season ball. It should now be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix starting with 2011 short-season play, click here.

With the full-season minor league schedule underway, it is time for another refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect all changes made from the start of the 2011 regular season. The previous matrix reflects the rosters at the conclusion of the spring camp.

If you are new to the blog and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is quick summary:

As the 2011 regular season opened, the St. Louis Cardinals had 276 players under contract from top to bottom, including a full 40-man roster. The matrix places each one by position at his current assigned level in the system or his placement at the end of last season whichever is most recent. It is kept updated daily or as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. It doesn’t signify anything.

The players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 276 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated now at The Cardinal Nation.com / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the nine team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs

St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs

Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Shelby Miller’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past rosters and transactions, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010, Short-season 2010, 2010-11 Off-season, 2011 spring training

Transactions

4/7: New matrix. Organization total: 276 players.

4/7: Memphis LHR Tyler Norrick released. New total: 275 players.

4/10: OF Adam Melker from EST to PB.

4/11: OF D’Marcus Ingram onto PB suspended list. LHP Daniel Calhoun off PB DL. RHP Arquimedes Nieto onto PB DL. OF Oscar Taveras onto QC DL. OF Virgil Hill from EST to QC.

4/13: STL RPs Brian Tallet and Bryan Augenstein onto 15-day DL. RHRs Eduardo Sanchez and Fernando Salas from Mem to StL. RHR Cory Rauschenberger from Spr to Mem. RHR Victor Marte acquired from Kansas City (Omaha). LHR Nick Greenwood and RHR Jose Rada from PB to Spr. RHR Ricky Martinez from EST to PB. New total: 276 players.

4/14: LHR Samuel Freeman from Spr DL to PB. RHR Jared Bradford off PB DL. RHR Ricky Martinez from PB to EST.

4/15: Spr C Steven Hill onto DL. Spr C Charles Cutler off DL.

4/17: Mem OFs Shane Robinson and Andrew Brown onto DL. OF Jim Rapoport and IF Freddie Bynum off DL. PB RHR Jared Bradford released. RHP Cale Johnson from EST to PB. New total: 275 players.

4/18: RHP Cale Johnson from PB to EST. 1B Xavier Scruggs off Spr DL to PB.

4/19: OF Aaron Luna from Spr to Mem. IF/OF Eric Duncan signed to minor league contract and assigned to Spr. 2B Skip Schumaker and OF Allen Craig onto StL DL. 1B Mark Hamilton from Mem to StL. IF Nick Punto off StL DL. RHR Adam Reifer onto Mem DL. RHR Pete Parise off Mem DL. OF Jarred Bogany to PB DL. OF Ryde Rodriguez off PB DL. New total: 276 players.

4/22: RHR Brett Zawacki to Spr DL. RHR Jesse Simpson from PB to Spr. LHR Tyler Lyons from EST to PB.

4/24: Six players released from EST: IFs Luis Pimentel, Wader Perez, Wilfred Vivas, RHPs Deimer Bier and Amaury Castillo and LHP Adriano Uribe. New total: 270 players.

4/25: OF Andrew Brown off Mem DL. OF Daryl Jones onto Mem DL.

4/28: 1B Phil Cerreto to PB DL. LHP Hector Hernandez from EST to PB. RHP Chris Corrigan from QC to PB. RHP Cale Johnson from EST to QC. 1B Victor Sanchez from QC to EST. IF Romulo Ruiz from EST to QC.

4/29: LHP Hector Hernandez returned to EST from PB.

4/30: OF Oscar Taveras off QC DL. OF Michael Swinson placed on QC DL. RHR Casey Mulligan onto Spr DL. RHR Brett Zawacki off Spr DL.

5/1: OF Virgil Hill from QC to EST. OF Chris Edmondson from EST to QC.

5/2: StL 3B David Freese onto 15-day DL. OF Allen Craig off DL.

5/4: OF Kyle Conley from QC to PB. RHP Andrew Moss released from QC. IF Starlin Rodriguez and LHP Ryan Copeland from EST to QC. New total: 269 players.

5/5-7: RHS Carlos Martinez from EST to QC. RHS Jordan Swagerty from QC to PB. RHS Maikel Cleto, LHR Samuel Freeman, IF Alan Ahmady from PB to Spr. OF Tyler Henley, LHR Ryan Kulik released from Spr. RHR Jose Rada onto Spr DL. IF Matt Valaika released from EST. OF Ryde Rodriguez released from PB. IF Phil Cerreto off PB DL. OF D’Marcus Ingram off PB SL. New total: 265 players.

5/10: LHR Rich Rundles onto Mem DL.

5/11: LHP Nick Additon from Spr to Mem. C Robert Stock off QC DL. C Juan Castillo from QC to PB. C Audry Perez from PB to Spr. OF Oscar Taveras onto QC DL. OF Michael Swinson off QC DL. IF Phil Cerreto onto PB DL. C Kleininger Teran from EST to QC DL.

5/12: OF Virgil Hill from EST to QC. QC OF Frederick Parejo released. OF Jarred Bogany off PB DL. OF Adam Melker onto PB DL. C Charles Cutler onto Spr TI list. RHR Jose Rada off Spr DL. RHR Brett Zawacki from Spr to PB. RHS David Kopp off Spr DL. New total: 264 players.

5/13: IF Freddie Bynum onto Mem DL. OF Daryl Jones off Mem DL.

5/14: OF Tommy Pham onto Spr DL. C Charles Cutler off Spr TI list.

5/16: RHR Jess Todd claimed off waivers from NYY and optioned to Mem. RHR Bryan Augenstein moved from 15-day to 60-day DL. New total: 265 players.

5/18: IF Nick Punto to StL DL. SS Pete Kozma from Mem to StL. RHR Blake King from Mem to Spr. Spr RHR Matt Frevert released. New total: 264 players.

5/19: RHR Chase Reid from PB to Spr. RHR Keith Butler from QC to PB. RHS Deryk Hooker into Spr DL. 1B Mark Hamilton from StL to Mem. LHR Brian Tallet off StL DL.

5/20: RHR Aidan Lucas from EST to QC.

5/21: IF Packy Elkins from QC to PB. IFs Romulo Ruiz, Yunier Castillo from QC to EST. IFs Colin Walsh, Victor Sanchez, Ronny Gil from EST to QC. PB IF Ronald Ramirez released. C Luis De La Cruz off PB DL. RHP Aaron Terry onto PB DL. New total: 263 players.

5/22: RHP Chris Corrigan onto PB DL.

5/23: C Gerald Laird to StL DL. 2B Skip Schumaker off StL DL. C Tony Cruz from Mem to StL. RHR Mitchell Boggs from StL to Mem. RHP Brian Broderick returned from Washington (Rule 5) and assigned to Mem. C Nick Derba from Spr to Mem. OF Tommy Pham off Spr DL. LHR Ryan Copeland to QC DL. LHR Dean Kiekhefer from EST to QC. New total: 264 players.

5/24: 3B Zack Cox from PB to Spr. 3B Niko Vasquez from Spr to PB. RHP Wilson Matos released. New total: 263 players.

5/25: Mem RHR Jason Buursma released. C Steven Hill off Spr DL. C Charles Cutler onto Spr DL. New total: 262 players.

5/26: RHR Francisco Guzman released from EST. Spr RHR Blake King claimed off outright waivers by Houston. Mem OF Aaron Luna to TI list. RHP Angel Tapia from DSL to EST. IF Leandro Mateo signed, sent to EST. Three old RL players off DSL roster: Pedro Pena, Rosalin Rudecindo, Braulio Hiraldo. Ariel Gonzalez to DSL RL. Carlos Oraa to DSL DL. RHP Jackson Solarte released from DSL.  New total: 257 players.

5/27: RHR Aaron Terry off PB DL. Mem RHS P.J. Walters outrighted off 40-man. DSL RHP Jefferson Segundo released. Four DSL signings: RHP Hector Salazar, C Luis Cruz, CIF Alejandro Mejia, OF Carlos Torres. New total: 260 players.

5/29: Mem LHR Rich Rundles released. Mem RHR Pete Parise onto DL. Mem OF Aaron Luna off TI list. New total: 259 players.

5/30: QC OF Nick Longmire onto DL. QC C Kleininger Teran off DL.

6/1: PB IF Packy Elkins to DL. IF Ted Obregon from EST to PB. PB OF Jarred Bogany released. PB OF Adam Melker off DL. RHS Shelby Miller from PB to Spr. LHS Kevin Siegrist from QC to PB. Mem IF Ramon Vazquez released. Mem IF Freddie Bynum off DL. New total: 257 players.

6/2: RHS Lance Lynn from Mem to StL (added to 40-man). RHP Maikel Cleto from Spr to StL. RHS Kyle McClellan and OF Matt Holliday onto StL DL. Released LHP Hector Cardenas from EST. New total: 256 players.

6/3: RHP Maikel Cleto from StL to Spr. SS Pete Kozma from StL to Mem. 1B Mark Hamilton from Mem to StL. 3B Matt Carpenter from Mem to StL (added to 40-man). RHR Pete Parise off Mem DL.

6/4: IF Greg Garcia from QC to PB. IF Joey Bergman from EST to QC. IF Jose Garcia from Spr to Mem. From PB to Spr: RHR Jorge Rondon, C Travis Tartamella, IF Domnit Bolivar. From Spr to PB: UT Alan Ahmady, RHR Jesse Simpson.

6/5: C Charles Cutler off Spr DL. 1B Matt Adams onto Spr DL.

6/6: OF Tommy Pham onto Spr DL. OF D’Marcus Ingram from PB to Spr. RHR Chris Corrigan off PB DL.

6/9: RHP Ryan Copeland, OF Nick Longmire off QC DL. C Kleininger Teran onto QC DL. OF Lance Jeffries (10th round) signed. OF Pat Biserta released from EST.

6/10: RHP Mitchell Boggs from Mem to StL. RHS Lance Lynn from StL to Mem. Mem RHR Jess Todd outrighted.

6/12: OF Andrew Brown from Mem to StL and added to 40-man. OF Allen Craig to StL DL. OF Oscar Taveras off QC DL. OF Virgil Hill from QC to BAT (EST). C Jesus Montero to PB from EST. C Juan Castillo from PB to BAT (EST).

6/13: C Robert Stock from QC to PB. C Geoff Klein from EST to QC. C Jesus Montero from PB to JC (EST). OF Kyle Conley to PB DL. IF Packy Elkins onto PB DL.

26 drafted players signed.New total: 282 players.

OF Nick Martini (7th rd.) to BAT. LHP Danny Miranda (8) to BAT. RHP Tyler Mills (9) to JC. RHP Seth Maness (11) to BAT. 1B Danny Stienstra (12) to Bat. C Kolby Byrd (13) to JC. SS Matt Williams (15) to JC. RHP Travis Miller (16) to BAT. LHP Kyle Held (18) to JC. LHP Nick Gillung (19) to JC. RHP Kyle Deese (23) to JC. LHP Jonathan Cornelius (24) to BAT. RHP Todd McInnis (25) to BAT. OF Gary Apelian (27) to JC. LHP Ryan Sherriff (28) to JC. RHP David Bergin (30) t0 JC. C Jonathan Keener (32) to JC. RHP Heath Wyatt (33) to JC. RHP Drew Madrigal (35) to BAT. C Casey Rasmus (36) to BAT. RHP Brad Watson (37) to JC. 3B Jeremy Patton (38) t0 BAT. LHP Tyler Melling (39) to GCL. 1B Michael Knox (41) to JC. RHP Brandon Creath (44) to GCL. RHP Casey Baker (49) to BAT.

6/15: RHS Kyle McClellan off StL DL. 3B Matt Carpenter from StL to Mem. FA SS Neal Pritchard signed, assigned to JC. New total: 283 players.

6/16: RHR Eduardo Sanchez onto StL DL. OF Matt Holliday off StL DL.

6/17: Signed FA LHP Adam Bileckyj to BAT. New total: 284 players.

6/18: IF Pete Kozma from Mem to StL. RHP Maikel Cleto from Spr to StL. IF Tyler Greene and 1B Mark Hamilton from StL to Mem.

6/20: RHR Brett Zawacki from PB to Spr. RHR Francisco Samuel off Mem DL to PB.

6/21: 1B Albert Pujols to StL DL. 1B Mark Hamilton from Mem to StL.

6/22: StL RHR Miguel Batista released. RHP Lance Lynn from Mem to StL. New total 283.

6/23: RHS David Kopp off 40-man. LHR Raul Valdes onto 40-man, from Mem to StL. RHP Maikel Cleto from StL to Mem. RHP Bryan Augenstein off StL DL, optioned to Mem.

Signed player update: New total 288 players.

P Drew Madrigal (35th- BAT) retired. C Adam Ehrlich (6th) signed, to GCL. 2B Tyler Rahmatulla (34th) signed, to JC. FA RHPs Eric Binder, Logan Billbrough signed, to JC.

The players in Extended Spring Training are listed in two groups. The first, called “old,” are the holdovers from regular camp. The “new” players arrived in early April.

At the end is a group of currently inactive and unassigned players.

There will be a new roster matrix once the June draft has passed and short season ball begins.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 06/22/11)

25-man (25+7) 40-man (40+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin Molina Pujols (DL)
 Schumaker
 Theriot Freese (DL)
 Holliday
Lohse Valdes (L)
 Laird (DL)
 Hamilton
 Descalso Kozma Punto (DL)
 Berkman
Westbrook Sanchez (DL)
 T Cruz



Rasmus
Wainwright (60DL) Motte




Jay
Ja Garcia (L) Tallet (L)




Craig (DL)
McClellan
 T Miller (L)




A Brown

Lynn





Salas
Boggs

Memphis (24+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Augenstein
 Marte
 Anderson
Bynum Solano
 M Carpenter Chambers
Walters Rauschenberger Derba Jo Garcia T Greene
 Robinson (DL)
Dickson Parise
 Stavinoha
Ottavino Reifer (DL)
 Jones
Additon (L) Todd Luna
Cleto Fick Rapoport
Broderick
Cazana (Mex)
Springfield (24+7)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF

Delgado (DL) Cutler Adams (DL) R Jackson Cox Pham (DL)
Gorgen (DL) Mulligan (DL) S Hill Bolivar Curtis Swauger
McGregor (DL) Greenwood (L) A Perez Duncan Castellanos
Thomas Rada Tartamella Ingram
Kopp
 Reid
Hooker (DL) Freeman (L)
Blazek Ri Castillo
S Miller Rondon
Schneider
Zawacki
Palm Beach (25+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Fornataro Calhoun (L) L DeLaCruz Cerreto (DL) Lu Mateo Elkins N Vasquez
 Lara
Swagerty Simpson Stock Scruggs Obregon Ahmady Melker
J Smith Corrigan G Garcia Conley (DL)
Siegrist (L) Lyons (L) R Rosario
Kelly Nieto (DL)
Gast (L) Pichardo (DL)
Butler
Terry
Samuel
Quad Cities (25+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Russell De Jesus Espinoza (DL) V Sanchez Bergman Gil J Rodriguez Longmire
C Martinez Kiekhefer (L) Stanley Stidham (DL) Edmondson
Bibona (L DL) Corpas Klein S Rodriguez Swinson
Blair C Johnson Teran (DL) Walsh Taveras
A Ferrara (L) Wright (L)
Rosenthal Copeland (L)
Whiting Lucas
Ext Spr old (21+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Almarante Edwards (L) J Castillo D Medina Y Castillo R DeLaCruz S Ramos
Jenkins Nadeau (L I) Moscatel C Valera O’Neill
H Hernandez (L) Bittle Montero Tuivailala Williams (I)
Daugherty (L) R Martinez R Ruiz V Hill
Revesz (L I)
Montanez (I)
Mijares (L I)
Watson (L)
Benes
Ext Spr new (36)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Santana Avendano A Garcia Washington Vargas Martin H Garcia Rbto Reyes
S Lopez A Toribio B Valera Argenal
Paulino Nazario (L) L Perez Le Mateo Encarnacion
Ulacio Canache Velazco Dodd
B Martinez B Freeman (L) Bryant
Villanueva (L) Aguilar Ro Castillo
Pasen J Lucas
A Tapia Mendoza
M DeLaCruz (L)
Brand
Nuernberg
DeLeon
E Hiraldo
DSL (35+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Bautista A DeLaCruz (L) Baez Mejia Rblys Reyes Pina R Garcia Araujo
Escudero A Gonzalez (RL) J Gomez R Medina Agustin Capellan
Perdomo Ceballo L Cruz Barbuena Celestino
S Garcia Gerdel J Pena
Oraa (DL) Planchart Jo Martinez
DeLosSantos Villegas D Diaz
Jh Polanco JC DeLaCruz (RL) Acevedo
Salazar F Gonzalez Torres
D Rodriguez (L RL)
De Aguas (L)
F Flores
Almeida
I Brito
Unassigned (6)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL) Patterson (RL) P Vasquez (RL)
Eager (RL) Novak (RL)
Madrigal (35)


2011 draft (round)
Batavia (11)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Miranda (L 8th) Bileckyj (L FA) Ca Rasmus (36) Stienstra (12) Patton (38) Martini (7)
Maness (11)
Tra Miller (16)
Cornelius (L 24)
McInnis (25)
Baker (49)
Johnson City (17)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Mills (9) Wyatt (33) Byrd (13) Knox (41) Rahmatulla (34) M Williams (15) Apelian (27)
Hald (L 18) Watson (37) Keener (32) Pritchard (FA)
Gillung (L 19) Billbrough (FA)
Deese (23) Binder (FA)
Sherriff (L 28)
Bergin (30)
Gulf Coast (4)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Melling (L 39) Ehrlich (6) Jeffries (10)
Creath (44)

Codes

(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(I): injured and assigned to Extended Spring Training
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(MIL): military list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+I+TI+SL+RL+MIL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2011 spring training

NOTE: This version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the 2011 spring training actions and should be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix covering the 2011 regular season, click here.

With the hot stove season wrapped up and players reporting to camp, it is time for another refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect all changes made from the start of 2011 spring training until the regular season gets underway. The previous matrix reflects the rosters at the conclusion of the 2010-11 off-season moves.

If you are new to the blog and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is quick summary:

As the 2011 camp opened, the St. Louis Cardinals had 289 players under contract from top to bottom, including a full 40-man roster. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system based on his placement at the end of last season as well as by position. It is kept updated daily or as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. They don’t signify anything other than often a rough approximation of alphabetical order.

The players remaining in major league camp, whether on the 40-man roster or as non-roster invitees, are called out in bold.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 289 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated now at The Cardinal Nation.com / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the nine team pages at The Cardinal Nation, updated for 2011:

Full-season clubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs
Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Shelby Miller’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past 2009 and 2010 rosters and transactions, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010, Short-season 2010, 2010-11 off-season

Notice this time, the organization of the matrix is a bit different as I am highlighting the 40-man roster, the major league camp non-roster invitees, then those selected for regular minor league spring training. The latter group remains in their final 2010 locations.

In the middle is a group of currently inactive and unassigned players.

Following that, we have the 2010 short-season players not invited to regular spring training, but likely ticketed for extended spring training which starts in April, and finally the Dominican Summer League roster, temporarily swelled by the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals in 2011.

There will be a new roster matrix once the regular season begins.

Transactions

2/25: New matrix. Organization total 289.

3/6: Nine players to minor league camp: Ps Kevin Thomas, Scott McGregor, Shelby Miller, Cs Nick Derba, Steven Hill, Audry Perez, Robert Stock, IFs Donovan Solano, Zack Cox. 52 remain in MLB camp – bolded names.

3/11: Seven players to minor league camp: Ps Adam Reifer, Francisco Samuel, Mikael Cleto, P.J. Walters, Adam Ottavino, David Kopp and SS Pete Kozma. 45 remain in MLB camp – bolded names.

3/15: NRI RHP Ian Snell retired. 44 remain in MLB camp – bolded names. New system total: 288 players.

3/17: Four players to minor league camp: C Bryan Anderson, OF Adron Chambers, OF Amaury Cazana, IF Ramon Vazquez. 40 remain in MLB camp.

3/19: P’s Mark Diapoules and Houston Summers released. New total: 286 players.

3/21: Ten players to minor league camp: C Tony Cruz, IF Matt Carpenter, Mark Hamilton, OF Shane Robinson, Ps Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, John Gast, Raul Valdes and Blake King. 30 remain in MLB camp.

3/22: RP Josh Squatrito released. RHP Fidencio Flores signed. New total: 286 players.

3/24: Six released: IFs Jose Martinez, Devin Goodwin, OFs Antonio DeJesus, C.J. Beatty, Ps Nick McCully, Charllan Jimenez. New total: 280 players.

3/25: RHP Adam Wainwright placed onto 60-day disabled list.

3/26: OF Amaury Cazana loaned to Minatitlan of the Mexican League.

3/28: LHP George Brown released. OF Nick Stavinoha reassigned to Memphis. RHRs Eduardo Sanchez and Fernando Salas optioned out. Contract of RHR Miguel Batista purchased from Memphis.  IF Nick Punto to 15-day DL. (Not all transactions have officially been executed, but all have been announced.) MLB roster now at 25. New system-wide total: 279 players.

3/29: RHP Miguel Tapia and OF Ross Smith released. New organization total: 277 players.

3/30: LHP Sean Watson signed to minor league contract. New total: 278.

3/31: 1B Francisco Rivera released. New total: 277.

4/1: DSL RHP Luis Perdomo signed. New total: 278.

4/2: 1B Curt Smith and C Ivan Castro released. New total: 276.

4/3: RHPs Jason Novak and Thomas Eager to restricted list.

4/5: Name change: Eduard Estalis to Jose Almarante.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 04/05/11): bold = major league roster

40-man (39+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin Molina Pujols Schumaker Theriot Freese Holliday
Lohse McClellan Anderson Hamilton Descalso T Greene Punto (15DL)
 Berkman
Westbrook Boggs Laird

Kozma Cox
 Rasmus
Wainwright (60DL)
 Motte T Cruz



Jay
Ja Garcia (L) Tallet (L)




Craig
Walters T Miller (L)




Chambers
Cleto Salas





Kopp Sanchez





Samuel






Reifer






King





Augenstein
NRI (21)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Lynn Batista S Hill R Vazquez Solano
 Cazana (MX)
(Snell retired) Derba M Carpenter Robinson
Dickson Stock Stavinoha
Ottavino A Perez
Valdes (L)
Thomas
S Miller
Kelly
McGregor
Gast (L)
Early camp (19)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Blair Swagerty L DeLaCruz Adams R Jackson Pham
A Ferrara (L) Wright (L) Stanley L Mateo Luna
Rosenthal Reid Teran A Castellanos
Jenkins Longmire
C Martinez Taveras
Reg camp (124)
Memphis (6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Fick Bynum Rapoport
Norrick (L)
Parise
Rundles
Springfield (21)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) Delgado Cutler C Smith (released) Jo Martinez1 (released) Ramirez Curtis Ant. DeJesus (released)
Gorgen Eager (RL) A Brown Jo Garcia Swauger
Kulik (L) Buursma Scruggs Jones
Mijares (L) S Freeman (L) Henley
Frevert
Palm Beach (22)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Schneider Mulligan Espinoza Rivera (released) Bolivar N Vasquez Beatty (released)
G Brown (L released) Bradford Bogany
(Diapoules released) Rauschenberger R Rodriguez
Nieto Simpson Ingram
Ri Castillo M Tapia (released)
Zawacki Pichardo
Bittle
Hooker
Quad Cities (26)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Rondon Novak (RL) Castro (released) Goodwin (released) Ahmady Lara
Fornataro Calhoun (L) Stidham R Smith (released)
Bibona (L) J Smith Obregon Swinson
Cardenas (L) Corrigan Walsh R Rosario
Rada Parejo
Terry Conley
Blazek
Kiekhefer (L)
Greenwood (L)
Matos
Batavia (19)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Ju Edwards (L) Butler Klein V Sanchez Bergman Y Castillo J Rodriguez Biserta
Moss (Squatrito released) J Castillo Valaika O’Neill
McCully (released) (Summers released) Edmondson
Russell Lyons (L) Melker
Johnson City (25)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Copeland (L) Benes Tartamella D Medina S Rodriguez Elkins Cerreto S Ramos
H Hernamdez (L) Corpas G Garcia R DeLaCruz V Hill
Ang. De Jesus A Lucas R Ruiz Williams
Daugherty (L) Revesz (L) C Valera
C Johnson
Jimenez (released)
Siegrist (L)
Nadeau (L)
Whiting
GCL (3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
R Martinez Moscatel Tuivailala
DSL (2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Almarante Gil
Unassigned (3)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL) Patterson (RL) P Vasquez (RL)
EST (6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Avendano A Garcia Rbto Reyes
Guzman
Nazario (L)
Watson (L)
GCL (22)
P 2010 P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
B Martinez B Freeman (L) Montero Pimentel W Perez Martin H Garcia Bryant
A Castillo Aguilar Washington Vargas Dodd
Pasen J Lucas Vivas
Santana Mendoza
Uribe (L) M DeLaCruz (L)
Brand
Nuernberg
DSL (52+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia A DeLaCruz (L) Baez Rblys Reyes Agustin B Hiraldo (RL) Araujo
Paulino A Gonzalez L Perez R Medina Capellan
S Lopez A Toribio Barbuena Celestino
F Gonzalez Ceballo Encarnacion
Perdomo Bautista J Pena
DeLeon Ro Castillo
DeLosSantos D Diaz
E Hiraldo
Segundo
JC DeLaCruz (RL)
P Pena (L RL)
D Rodriguez (L RL)
Rudecindo (RL)
F Flores
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
S Garcia Almeida Velazco B Valera Pina R Garcia Acevedo
Bier Canache J Gomez Argenal
Montanez I Brito Jo Martinez2
Villanueva (L) De Aguas (L)
Ulacio Escudero
Oraa Gerdel
Jh Polanco
Planchart
Solarte
Villegas

Codes
(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(MIL): military list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: remaining in major league camp
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+MIL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2010-11 off-season

NOTE: This version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the 2010-11 off-season actions and should be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix covering 2011 spring training, click here.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view reflects changes made during the entire 2010-11 off-season.

matrix-grid-crop-200With the hot stove season upon us, it is once again time for a refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect all changes made from the end of the 2010 regular season. The previous matrix reflects the rosters at the conclusion of last season.

If you are new to the blog and aren’t sure what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about, here is quick summary:

As the 2010 season came to its close, the St. Louis Cardinals had 320 players under contract from top to bottom, with 43 of them on the 40-man roster. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system based on his assignment the end of last season as well as by position. It is kept updated daily or as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. They don’t signify anything other than often a rough approximation of alphabetical order.

The players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 320 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated now at The Cardinal Nation.com / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the ten team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs

St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs

Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals
Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Adam Ottavino’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past 2009 and 2010 rosters and transactions, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010, Short-season 2010

2010-2011 off-season transactions

10/4: New matrix. Organization total 320.

10/5: 14 releases: RHP Trey Hearne (Spr), OF Rich Racobaldo and IF Colt Sedbrook (PB), RHR LaCurtis Mayes and RHR Chris Notti (QC), OF Jon Edwards, RHP Matt North, RHR Travis Lawler, RHR David Kington (Bat), C Yorbel Alcala, LHS Moises Colorado, OF Anthony Fonseca, OF Alberto Rivero, OF Joe Babrick (GCL). New total 306.

10/6: Mem LHS Evan MacLane declared free agency. New total 305.

10/12: OF Shane Robinson outrighted to Mem.

10/13: RHP Bryan Augenstein claimed off waivers from Arizona. New total 306.

10/21: VSL releases: Marlon Sucre, Hayrich Martina, Lainer Bueno, Tharick Martines and Limbert Rivas. DSL releases: Jorge Lopez, Luis Polanco, Victor Ferreira and Christian Concepcion. New total 297.

11/1: Nine MLB free agents: Ps Brad Penny, Jake Westbrook, Jeff Suppan, Dennys Reyes, Mike MacDougal, C Jason LaRue, IFs Aaron Miles and Pedro Feliz and OF Randy Winn. New total 288.

11/3: OF Joe Mather (STL) claimed off waivers by ATL. New total 287.

11/4: C Matt Pagnozzi outrighted. Eligible for minor league free agency. New total 286.

11/6: Five minor league free agents: P’s Oneli Perez, Rich Rundles, Josh Kinney and Matt Scherer and IF Ruben Gotay. New total 281.

11/16: Free agent RHS Jake Westbrook signs 2-year deal with 3rd year option. New total 282.

11/17: Five players added to the 40-man roster: Ps David Kopp, Adam Reifer, Eduardo Sanchez, SS Pete Kozma and OF Adron Chambers.

11/19: Two players added to the 40-man roster: P Blake King, C Tony Cruz. Four players outrighted (off 40-man): P Adam Ottavino, C Steven Hill, OFs Nick Stavinoha and Daryl Jones.

11/23: LHP Raul Valdes signed to minor league contract with MLB spring training invite. New total 283.

11/30: IF Ryan Theriot acquired from LAD for P Blake Hawksworth. Signed FA LHP Brian Tallet. New total 284.

12/4: FA OF/1B Lance Berkman signed. New total 285.

12/9: Washington selects RHP Brian Broderick (Spr) in Rule 5 Draft. StL selects LHP Jean Mijares from Min.

12/12: Seattle acquires SS Brendan Ryan for RHP Mikael Cleto. Both on 40-man. Cleto to Spr for this document.

12/14: StL signs FA C Gerald Laird. New total 286.

01/14: FA RHPs Miguel Batista, Ian Snell sign minor league deals with spring camp invites. New total 288.

01/15: FA IF Ramon Vazquez signed to minor league contract with spring camp invite. New total 289.

01/16: FA IF/OF Freddie Bynum signed to minors deal. New total 290.

01/21: FA IF Nick Punto signed to major league contract. New total 291.

01/24: FA LHR Rich Rundles signed to minors deal. New total 292.

01/28: FA IF Ronald Ramirez signed to minors deal and assigned to Springfield. New total 293.

2/3: FA RHR Wilson Matos signed to minors deal and assigned to QC. New total 294.

2/4: FA OF Jim Edmonds signed to minors deal with spring camp invite. New total 295.

2/8: Dominican RHP Fernando Gonzalez signed. New total 296.

2/10: Dominican OF George Araujo and Venezuelan SS Leobaldo Pina signed. New total 298.

2/12: VSL LHP Angelo Echeverria released. DSL RHP Luis Mata and OF Andres Beras released. New total 295.

2/18: OF Jim Edmonds retired. New total 294.

2/23: VSL RHPs Kevin Cueto, Geudy Guerra, Jose Perez, Edubray Ramos and SS Kevin Gonzalez released. New total 289.

2/24: LHP John Gast and RHP Scott McGregor given NRIs to MLB spring camp.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 02/24/11)

* 21 non-roster major league camp invitees
+ 19 early minor league camp invitees

St. Louis (29) 40-man (40)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin Molina Pujols Schumaker Theriot Freese Holliday
Lohse McClellan Anderson Hamilton Descalso T Greene Punto Berkman
Westbrook Boggs Laird



Rasmus
Wainwright Motte




Jay
Ja Garcia (L) Tallet (L)




Craig
Walters T Miller (L)






Salas













Memphis (22+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Lynn * Fick T Cruz R Vazquez * Bynum Solano * Chambers
Augenstein Sanchez S Hill * Cazana *
Dickson * Samuel Rapoport
Ottavino * Parise (DL) Robinson (DL) *
Valdes (L) * Norrick (L) Stavinoha *
Snell * Reifer
Batista *
Rundles (L)
Springfield (25+7)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) Delgado Derba * C Smith (DL) Jo Martinez1(DL GCL) Kozma Curtis Ant. DeJesus
Kopp Eager L DeLaCruz + A Brown Jo Garcia Ramirez M Carpenter * Swauger
Thomas * King Cutler (DL) Scruggs Jones
Kulik (L DL) S Freeman (L DL) Pham (DL) +
Mijares (L) Frevert Henley (DL)
McGregor * Buursma Luna +
Gorgen
Cleto
Palm Beach (20+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Schneider Mulligan Espinoza Rivera (DL) R Jackson + Bolivar N Vasquez A Castellanos +
G Brown (L) Bradford P Vasquez (RL) Beatty
Diapoules (DL) Rauschenberger R Rodriguez
Nieto Simpson Bogany
Ri Castillo M Tapia (DL) Ingram
Zawacki Pichardo
Bittle (DL)
Hooker
Quad Cities (26+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Rondon Novak (DL) Stock * Adams (DL) + L Mateo + Ahmady Lara
Fornataro Calhoun (L) Castro Goodwin R Smith
Bibona (L) J Smith Stanley + Stidham (DL) Swinson
Kelly * Corrigan Obregon R Rosario
S Miller * Rada Walsh Parejo
Cardenas (L DL) Terry Conley (DL)
Blazek
Kiekhefer (L DL)
Greenwood (L)
Matos
Batavia (25+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Ju Edwards (L) Butler Klein V Sanchez Bergman Y Castillo J Rodriguez Biserta
Moss Avendano J Castillo Valaika O’Neill
Gast (L) * Swagerty + A Perez * Edmondson
Russell Wright (L) + Longmire +
Blair + Reid + Melker (DL)
A Ferrara (L) + Squatrito (DL)
McCully Summers
Lyons (L DL)
Johnson City (33+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Copeland (L) Benes Tartamella D Medina S Rodriguez Elkins Cerreto V Hill
H Hernamdez (L) Corpas Teran + G Garcia R DeLaCruz S Ramos
Ang. De Jesus Guzman A Garcia R Ruiz Williams
Daugherty (L) A Lucas C Valera Taveras +
C Johnson Nazario (L) Rbto Reyes
Jimenez
Rosenthal + Revesz (L)
Nadeau (L) Patterson (RL)
Whiting
Siegrist (L)
Jenkins +
Unassigned (1)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL)
GCL (26)
P 2010 P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
B Martinez B Freeman (L) Montero Pimentel W Perez Tuivailala Cox Bryant
A Castillo Aguilar Moscatel Washington Vargas Martin H Garcia Dodd
Pasen J Lucas Vivas
Santana Mendoza
Uribe (L) M DeLaCruz (L)
Brand
R Martinez
Nuernberg
DSL (28+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia A DeLaCruz (L) Baez Rblys Reyes Gil (RL) B Hiraldo (RL) Araujo
Paulino A Gonzalez L Perez R Medina Capellan
C Martinez + A Toribio Barbuena Celestino
S Lopez Ceballo Agustin Encarnacion
F Gonzalez Bautista J Pena
D Rodriguez (L RL) Ro Castillo
DeLeon D Diaz
DeLosSantos
E Hiraldo
Estalis
JC DeLaCruz (RL)
Segundo
P Pena (L RL)
Rudecindo (RL)
VSL (22+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
S Garcia Almeida Velazco B Valera Pina R Garcia Acevedo
Bier Canache J Gomez Argenal
Montanez I Brito Jo Martinez2
Villanueva (L) De Aguas (L DL)
Ulacio Escudero
Oraa (DL) Gerdel
Jh Polanco
Planchart
Solarte
Villegas

Codes
(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(MIL): military list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+MIL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2010 short season

NOTE: This version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects the 2010 season-ending organization and should be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix covering the 2010-11 off-season, click here.

With the final opening day among the St. Louis Cardinals’ ten clubs on Tuesday, June 22, as the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League take the field, it is once again time for a refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect all changes made through the end of the season. I plan to refresh the entire matrix at that time as we head into another off-season.

matrix-grid-crop-200If you are new to the site and aren’t sure what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about, here is quick summary:

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals have 321 players under contract from top to bottom. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated daily as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. They don’t signify anything other than often a rough approximation of alphabetical order. Roster rotation order and tandem assignments are noted when applicable.

The players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold. The round each signed 2010-drafted player was selected is listed following his name.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 321 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated for 2010 now at The Cardinal Nation / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the ten team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs
Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals
Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Adam Ottavino’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past 2009 rosters and 2010 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010, First half 2010

Transactions

6/22: New matrix. Total 321.

6/24: RHP Trey Hearne off Mem DL to PB. RHP Pete Parise to Mem DL. RHP Eduardo Sanchez from Spr to Mem. LHP Tyler Norrick from PB to Spr. RHP Matt Frevert to PB DL. RHP Miguel Tapia off QC DL to PB. IF Luis Mateo off QC DL.

6/25: OF D’Marcus Ingram off QC DL. RHP Adam Ottavino from Mem to StL. RP Fernando Salas from StL to Mem. OF Mark Shorey off Mem DL. RHP David Kopp from Mem to Spr.

6/26: RHP David Kopp from Spr to Mem. LHR Rich Hill released from Mem. LHP Angelo Echeverria off VSL DL. New total 320.

6/28: OF D’Marcus Ingram from QC to PB. RHP Mike Blazek from PB to QC. RHP Mark Diapoules from Spr to PB. OF Rich Racobaldo onto PB DL. SS Kevin G0nzalez signed, assigned to VSL. New total 321.

6/29: 3B David Freese onto StL DL. RP Fernando Salas from Mem to StL. 2B Jason Stidham to QC DL. LHP Dean Kiekhefer from JC to QC. RHP Charllan Jimenez from GCL to JC. RHP Juan Bautista signed to DSL. New total 322.

6/30: OF Steven Ramos from JC to GCL. OF Oscar Taveras from GCL to JC. 2B Daniel Descalso to Mem DL.

7/1: OF Tyler Henley to Spr DL. IF/OF Andrew Brown off Spr DL. RHP Mark Diapoules to PB DL. RHP Cory Rauschenberger signed and sent to PB. New total 323.

7/2: RP Fernando Salas from StL to Mem. SS Tyler Greene from Mem to StL. IF Mike Folli from Spr to Mem. RP Josh Kinney outrighted off 40-man. LHP Renyel Pinto signed, assigned to Mem. New total 324.

7/3: OF Ryan Ludwick to StL DL. OF Jon Jay from Mem to StL. OF Aaron Luna from Spr to Mem. IF Jermaine Curtis and OF Tommy Pham from PB to Spr. C Luis De La Cruz from Bat to PB. 3B Nkio Vasquez from QC to PB. IF Alan Ahmady from Bat to QC. C Roberto Espinoza off QC DL to Bat. 2B Colin Walsh from JC to Bat. OF Corderius Dodd (17th round) signed, assigned to GCL. New total 325.

7/4: C Robert Stock onto QC DL. C Roberto Espinoza returned to QC from Bat.

7/6: RHP Dyllon Nuernberg (23rd round) signed; assigned to GCL. New total 326.

7/7: OF Michael Swinson onto QC DL. OF Ross Smith from Bat to QC. RHP Adam Ottavino to StL DL. LHP Evan MacLane from Mem to StL. RHP Mike MacDougal signed, added to Mem. New total 327.

7/8: RHP Trey Hearne from PB to Spr. LHP John Gast (6th round) signed and assigned to Bat. New total 328.

7/10: RHP Matt Frevert off PB DL.

7/11: RHP Andrew Moye (50th round) did not sign. New total 327.

7/14: C Robert Stock off QC DL. C Roberto Espinoza from QC to Bat.

7/15: OF Nick Stavinoha onto StL DL. OF ALlen Craig from Mem to StL. 1B Mark Hamilton off Mem DL. RP Andrew Brown onto Mem DL. OF Adron Chambers from Spr to Mem. OF Chris Swauger from PB to Spr.

7/16: OF Rich Racobaldo off PB DL. IF Manuel Marquez (DSL) released. New total 326.

7/18: LHP Evan MacLane from StL to Mem. RHP Fernando Salas from Mem to StL. LHP Daniel Bibona (8th round) signed, sent to QC. New total 327.

7/19: RHP David Kopp from Mem to Spr. LHP Ryan Kulik from Spr to Mem.

7/20: RHP Bryan Martinez from DSL to GCL. OFs Tyler Bighames (GSL) and Devin Shepherd (PB) released. New total 325.

7/21: IF Ryan Jackson, OF Ryde Rodriguez from QC to PB. IF Ted Obregon from PB to QC. IF Oliver Marmol released from PB. OF Rainel Rosario from Bat to QC. New total 324.

7/22: P Gary Daley released from Spr. P Arquimedes Nieto from PB to Spr. LHP Kevin Siegrist from Bat to JC. RHP Deryk Hooker from QC to PB. New total 323.

7/23: RHP P.J. Walters from Mem to StL. OF Allen Craig from StL to Mem. RHP Shaun Garceau (Spr) and OF Joey Hage (JC) released. New total 321.

7/24: RHP P.J. Walters from StL to Mem. OF Ryan Ludwick off StL DL OF Mark Shorey released (Mem). New total 320.

7/25: C Roberto Espinoza from Bat to QC. LHP Anthony Ferrara to Bat 60-day DL. LHP Tyler Lyons (9th) signed, assigned to Bat. New total 321.

7/26: RHP Casey Mulligan off Spr DL to PB. 1B Xavier Scruggs from PB to Spr. 1B Curt Smith to Spr DL. Mem OF Adron Chambers to Temp Inactive List. OF Amaury Cazana to Mem.

7/27: LHS Evan MacLane onto Mem DL. 2B Daniel Descalso off Mem DL.

7/28: RHR Mike MacDougal from Mem to StL (added to 40-man). RHR Fernando Salas from StL to Mem. OF Aaron Luna from Mem to Spr. OF Adron Chambers off Mem TI list.

7/29: IF Jermaine Curtis from Spr to PB. C Ivan Castro to QC DL.

7/30: RHP Seth Blair (rd 1s) signs and sent to Bat. New total 322.

7/31: RHP Jake Westbrook (StL) and LHP Nick Greenwood (QC) acquired. OF Ryan Ludwick (StL) traded. RHP Brad Penny moved to 60-day DL. RHP Miguel Tapia to PB DL. LHP Daniel Bibona active at QC. RHP Jason Novak onto QC DL. C Ivan Castro off QC DL. C Roberto Espinoza from QC to Bat.

8/1: SS Tyler Greene to StL DL. C Juan Castillo from JC to Bat.

8/2: LHS Nate Robertson signed, assigned to Mem. New total 324.

8/3: IF Mike Folli traded to Tampa Bay. OF Allen Craig Mem to StL. OF Nick Stavinoha StL to Mem. New total 323.

8/4: RP Jason Motte to StL DL. RP Fernando Salas from Mem to StL. IF Alan Ahmady to QC DL. IF Colin Walsh from Bat to QC. LHP Tyler Lyons to Bat 60-day DL. OF Chris Edmondson from JC to Bat. RHR Francisco Samuel from Spr to Mem. RHR Ramon Delgado from PB to Spr. Spr P Kyle Mura released. DSL P Jefferson Segundo off RL. New total 322.

8/5: RP Jesse Simpson from QC to PB. RP Jose Rada from Bat to QC. C Luis De La Cruz from PB to Bat.

8/8: C Tony Cruz to Spr DL. C Charles Cutler from PB to Spr. C Kevin Moscatel from GCL to PB. IF Wilfred Vivas off GCL DL.

8/10: JC RHR Chris Patterson retired. New total 321.

8/11: RHS Jeff Suppan onto StL DL. C Steven Hill onto 40-man, to StL from Spr. C Luis De La Cruz from Bat to PB. C Nick Derba from PB to Spr. Bat Cs Audry Perez and Geoff Klein to the DL. LHP Justin Wright (47th) signs, assigned to Bat. New total 322.

8/13: C Jason LaRue to StL DL. OF Nick Stavinoha from Mem to StL. LHP Dean Kiekhefer to QC DL. RHP Tyrell Jenkins (1s) signs, assigned to JC. New total 323.

8/15: RHP Kyle Lohse off 60-day DL, activated by StL. RHR Fernando Salas from StL to Mem. 3B David Freese from 15- to 60-day DL. RHR LaCurtis Mayes from Bat to QC.

8/16: OF Tommy Pham onto Spr DL. 3B Zack Cox (1st round) signed, assigned to GCL. RHP Jordan Swagerty (2nd round) signed, assigned to Bat. New total 325.

8/17: LHS Evan MacLane off Mem DL. C Steven Hill StL to Mem. C Bryan Anderson Mem to StL. SS Tyler Greene off StL DL to Mem. RHP Adam Ottavino from StL 15-day DL to 60-day DL. Mem 1B Mark Hamilton to TI list. Mem RP Matt Scherer to PB (rehab?). IF Jermaine Curtis from PB to Spr.

8/18: OF C.J. Beatty from QC to PB. OF Ross Smith to QC DL. OF Michael Swinson, IF Alan Ahmady off QC DL. RHP Chris Notti suspended. RHP Chris Corrigan from Bat to QC.

8/19: 3B Pedro Feliz from Houston in return for PB RHR David Carpenter. C Jason LaRue from 15 to 60-day DL. RHR Andrew Brown released from Mem. OF Adron Chambers onto Mem DL. 1B Mark Hamilton off Mem TI. Cs Geoff Klein and Audry Perez off Bat DL. New total 324.

8/20: OF Nick Stavinoha from StL to Mem.

8/21: Mem LHR Renyel Pinto released. New total 323.

8/22: Spr IF Jose Martinez begins rehab at GCL. C Roberto Espinoza from Bat to PB.

8/23: LHR Nate Robertson released. RHR Matt Scherer returned to Mem from PB rehab. New total 322.

8/24: LHR Dennys Reyes to StL DL. RHR Fernando Salas from Mem to StL. RHS Arquimedes Nieto from Spr to PB.

8/25: RHP Scott Gorgen off Spr DL. LHR Tyler Norrick from Spr to Mem.

8/26: OF Adron Chambers off Mem DL. IF Donovan Solano onto Mem DL. C Kevin Moscatel from PB to GCL. LHP George Brown off PB DL. OF Anthony Garcia, 2B Starlin Rodriguez and 3B Roberto De La Cruz from GCL to JC. LHP Anthony Ferrara off Bat DL.

8/27: OF Ross Smith off QC DL to Bat.

8/30: RHR Jason Motte off StL DL. OF Allen Craig from StL to Mem. C Tony Cruz off Spr DL. C Nick Derba onto Spr temp inactive list. OF Steven Ramos from GCL to JC. DSL LHP Delvi Rodriguez and RHP Jean Carlos De La Cruz suspended 50 games for failed drug tests.

8/31: RHP Javier Avendano from GCL to Bat.

9/1: LHR Dennys Reyes, RHS Jeff Suppan off StL DL. OF Nick Stavinoha, C Matt Pagnozzi Mem to StL. C Tony Cruz Spr to Mem. C Nick Derba off Spr TI. OF Ross Smith from Bat to QC. 1B Matt Adams onto QC DL.

9/3: C Charles Cutler to Spr DL. C Luis De La Cruz from PB to Spr. C Geoff Klein from Bat to PB.

9/4: IF Kevin Howard onto Memphis suspended list. IF Donovan Solano off Mem DL.

9/5: RHR LaCurtis Mayes onto QC DL. C Cody Stanley from JC to QC.

9/6: C Geoff Klein from PB to Bat. RHR Adam Reifer from Spr to Mem. OF Adam Melker onto Bat DL (sometime between August 25-31).

9/7: IF Tyler Greene from Mem to StL. Mem IF Kevin Howard released. New total 321.

9/8: RHPs Kevin Thomas and Matt Frevert from PB to Spr. LHP Ryan Kulik onto Spr DL.

9/18: RHP P.J. Walters, 1B Mark Hamilton, OF Allen Craig, OF Joe Mather from Mem to StL. 2B Daniel Descalso from Mem to StL and added to 40-man roster. LHP Evan MacLane designated for assignment (off 40-man roster).

9/21: IF Felipe Lopez released. New total 320.

9/24: C Steven Hill from Mem to StL.

9/28: Name change – DSL P Carlos Matias to Carlos Martinez.

9/29: RHP Adam Ottavino off 60-day DL.

9/30: VSL SS Lainer Bueno suspended for first 30 games of 2011 for PED use.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (as of 09/30/10)

St. Louis (36+3) 40-man (40+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin Molina Pujols Schumaker Ryan Freese (60 DL) Holliday
Lohse McClellan Anderson Hamilton Descalso T Greene Feliz Stavinoha
Westbrook Boggs S Hill
Miles

Rasmus
Wainwright Motte LaRue (60 DL)



Jay
Ja Garcia (L) Ottavino Pagnozzi



Craig
Walters T Miller (L)




Winn
Suppan Salas




Mather
Penny (60 DL) Hawksworth






MacDougal






Reyes (L)





Memphis (18+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Lynn 4 Fick T Cruz Gotay Solano Chambers
Kinney Rapoport
Dickson 3 Samuel Cazana
MacLane (L) Parise (DL) Robinson (DL)
O Perez 5 Rundles (L)
Sanchez
Scherer
Norrick (L)
Reifer
Springfield (24+7)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) 2 Delgado Derba C Smith (DL) Jo Martinez1(DL GCL) Kozma Curtis Ant. DeJesus
Kopp 3 Eager L DeLaCruz A Brown1 Jo Garcia M Carpenter Swauger
Thomas King Cutler (DL) Scruggs Jones
Kulik (L DL) S Freeman (L DL) Pham (DL)
Frevert Henley (DL)
Hearne Luna
Broderick 4 Gorgen
McGregor 1 Buursma
Palm Beach (22+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Schneider 4 Mulligan Espinoza Rivera (DL) R Jackson Bolivar N Vasquez A Castellanos
G Brown (L) Bradford P Vasquez (RL) Sedbrook Beatty
Diapoules (DL) R Rodriguez
Simpson Bogany
Ri Castillo 1 Ingram
Zawacki 2 Pichardo Racobaldo
Bittle (DL)
Hooker 5 M Tapia (DL)
Nieto Rauschenberger
Quad Cities (27+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Rondon 2 Novak (DL) Stock Adams (DL) L Mateo Ahmady Lara
Fornataro 1 Calhoun (L) Castro Goodwin R Smith
J Smith Stanley (4th) Stidham (DL) Swinson
Kelly 4 Mayes Obregon R Rosario
S Miller 5 Rada Walsh (13th)
Cardenas (L DL) Terry Parejo
Bibona (L 8th) 3 Blazek Conley (DL)
Kiekhefer (L DL 36)
Notti
Corrigan
Greenwood (L)
Batavia (29+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Ju Edwards (L) 1 Butler Klein (15th) J Rodriguez Bergman (33rd) Y Castillo Biserta (24th)
Moss 5 North J Castillo V Sanchez (26th) Valaika (34th) Jo Edwards
Gast (L 6th) 3 Swagerty (2nd) A Perez Edmondson (43rd)
Wright (L 47th) Longmire (5th)
Lawler Melker (44th DL)
A Ferrara (L) Squatrito (DL) O’Neill (31st)
McCully 4 Summers
Russell 2 Kington
Blair (1s) Lyons (L 9th 60DL))
Reid (41st)
Avendano
Johnson City (33+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Copeland (L 32) T1 Benes (35th) Tartamella D Medina S Rodriguez Elkins (37th) Cerreto (40th) A Garcia
H Hernamdez (L) T1 Corpas G Garcia (7th) Teran S Ramos (22nd)
Ang. De Jesus T2 Guzman R Ruiz R DeLaCruz V Hill
Daugherty (L) T2 A Lucas (27th) C Valera Taveras
C Johnson 3 Nazario (L 30th) Rbto Reyes
Jimenez T4 Jenkins (1s) Williams (10th)
Rosenthal Revesz (L 49th)
Nadeau (L 38) T5 Patterson (RL 29th)
Whiting (18th) T5
Siegrist (L) T4
Unassigned (1)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M Harris (MIL)
GCL (31)
P 2010 P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
B Freeman (L 11) Alcala Pimentel W Perez Tuivailala (3rd) Bryant (16th)
A Castillo Aguilar (14th) Moscatel Washington Vargas Martin (20th) H Garcia Fonseca
J Lucas (21st) Montero Vivas Cox (1st) Rivero
B Martinez Mendoza (25th) Babrick
Pasen M DeLaCruz (L)
Santana Brand (42nd) Dodd (17th)
R Martinez (FA)
Uribe (L) Nuernberg (23rd)
Colorado (L)
DSL (32+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia 2 A DeLaCruz (L) Baez V Ferreira Rblys Reyes Gil (RL) B Hiraldo (RL) Beras
A Gonzalez L Perez J Lopez R Medina Capellan
C Martinez 1 A Toribio Barbuena Celestino
S Lopez 3 Ceballo Agustin Encarnacion
Paulino 5 L Polanco J Pena
D Rodriguez (L RL) Ro Castillo
DeLeon D Diaz
DeLosSantos
E Hiraldo
Estalis
JC DeLaCruz (RL)
L Mata
Concepcion
P Pena (L RL)
Rudecindo (RL)
Segundo
Bautista
VSL (32+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
S Garcia 5 Almeida Rivas B Valera Bueno H Martina Acevedo
Bier 1 Canache J Gomez R Garcia Argenal
Montanez 2 Cueto Velazco K Gonzalez Jo Martinez2
Villanueva (L) 4 De Aguas (L DL) Sucre
Ulacio 3 E Ramos Martines
Echeverria (L)
Escudero
Gerdel
Guerra
Oraa (DL) I Brito
J Perez
Jh Polanco
Planchart
Solarte
Villegas

Codes
(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+TO) players

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Cardinals organization roster matrix: 2010 regular season

With the first in-season transactions of 2010 made on Wednesday, it is time for a refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix. This version will reflect all changes made until the short-season clubs begin play in mid-June. I plan to refresh the entire matrix at that time.

matrix-grid-crop-200The 2010 season-opening view will remain unchanged. You can see it here.

If you are new to the site and aren’t sure what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about, here is quick summary:

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals have 287 players under contract from top to bottom. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated throughout the season as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Along with the major league club and the four full-season rosters, the players participating in extended spring training camp are also included. 44 of them are holdovers from regular minor league spring training, players that did not make a full-season club, joined by 21 new arrivals.

Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. They don’t signify anything other than often a rough approximation of alphabetical order. Roster rotation order and tandem assignments are noted when applicable.

The 37 players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

In a look ahead, the extended spring training players will either join full-season clubs as openings occur or will be augmented by this June’s draftees to staff the 2010 Batavia, Johnson City and GCL clubs. A number are also likely to be released.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 287 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated for 2010 now at The Cardinal Nation / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the ten team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs

St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs

Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals
Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals

Remember that at this point, there are not yet 2010 rosters for the short-season clubs, Batavia on down, so players are listed where they finished last season – where they will remain until there is a reason to move them.

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Adam Ottavino’s profile.

Looking ahead and back

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past 2009 rosters and 2010 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010, Opening season 2010

Transactions

4/14: C Jason LaRue onto StL DL. C Bryan Anderson from Mem to StL. C Nick Derba from PB to Mem. C Luis De La Cruz from EST to PB.

4/15: OF Chris Swauger onto PB DL. IF Jermaine Curtis off PB DL.

4/17: OF Kyle Conley to QC DL (in FL). 1B Jonathan Rodriguez from QC DL to EST. OF Edgar Lara from EST to QC.

4/21: SP Trey Hearne off Mem DL. RP Josh Kinney onto Mem DL, eff 4/19. RP Jason Buursma off PB DL. RP Ramon Delgado onto PB DL.

4/26: OF Allen Craig from StL to Mem. IF Felipe Lopez onto StL DL. OF Jon Jay, IF Tyler Greene from Mem to StL. RP Josh Kinney off Mem DL. RP Pete Parise onto Mem DL.

4/27: C Bryan Anderson from StL to Mem. C Jason LaRue off StL DL. RP Kevin Thomas onto PB DL. RP Francisco Samuel from Spr DL to PB. IF Aaron Miles signed to minor league deal, assigned to EST. New total 288.

4/29: 1B Mark Hamilton off Mem DL. C Nick Derba from Mem to PB. C Luis De La Cruz from PB to EST.

5/1: RHPs LaCurtis Mayes and Chris Corrigan from QC to EST with RHPs Justin Smith and Jason Novak from EST to QC.

5/4: RHP Chuckie Fick to Spr DL, RHP Francisco Samuel up to Spr from PB with RHP Ramon Delgado off PB DL. RHP P.J. Walters off the Mem TI list, LHP Tyler Norrick on Mem DL.

5/5: RHP Josh Dew released (Spr DL). New total 287.

5/7: 1B Francisco Rivera to PB DL, OF Devin Shepherd to QC DL, OF C.J. Beatty from EST to QC, OF Ross Smith from EST to PB.

5/9: OF Shane Robinson to Mem DL, OF Jim Rapoport from Spr to Mem, RP Francisco Samuel to Mem DL, RP Casey Mulligan from PB to Spr, RP Kevin Thomas off PB DL. OF Jarred Bogany from EST to PB.

5/10: 3B Matt Carpenter from PB to Spr. OF Michael Swinson from EST to QC. OF Frederick Parejo from QC to EST.

5/12: RHP Jason Buursma from PB to Spr. RHP Brett Zawacki from EST to PB. RHP Shaun Garceau to Spr temporary inactive list. IF Aaron Miles from EST to Spr. IF Colt Sedbrook from Spr to EST.

5/14: C Roberto Espinoza from EST to QC DL. SS Hector Alvarez released from EST. New total 286.

5/15: IF Colt Sedbrook from EST to PB. OF Devin Shepherd from QC DL to PB. 1B Osvaldo Morales released from PB. OF Ross Smith from PB to EST. New total 285.

5/16: 11 players added to EST. IF Alan Ahmady, OF Tyler Bighames from QC SL. From DSL: Ps Adriano Uribe, Bryan Martinez, Alejando Pinard and IF Luis Pimentel. From VSL: Ps Moises Colorado and Francisco Guzman, IFs Roberto Perez and Wilfred Vivas, OF Anthony Fonseca.

5/17: IF Felipe Lopez off StL DL. SS Tyler Greene from StL to Mem. OF Tyler Henley to Mem DL. Ps Carlos Oraa, Angelo Echeverria to VSL DL. DSL releases: Ramon Urena, Santo Sandoval, Keury Herrera. VSL releases: Sergio Nieves, Fernando Cedeno, Jose Weffer, Omar Viloria, Osmir Medina, Alexander Castellano. VSL signings: Ps Ismael Brito, Jose Perez, Douglas Planchart, Edubray Ramos, Kender Villegas; SS Lainer Bueno, Manuel Marquez, Breyvic Valera; OF Marlon Sucre’

5/20: OF Michael Swinson onto QC DL. C Roberto Espinoza off QC DL. RP Orlando Munoz released from EST. New total 284.

5/22: P Brad Penny to StL DL. P P.J. Walters from Mem to StL. RP Pete Parise off Mem DL.

5/24: P Trey Hearne onto Mem DL. RHR Andrew Brown acquired from Washington and assigned to  Mem. New total 285.

5/27: SP Kyle Lohse onto StL DL. RP Fernando Salas from Mem to Stl (+40 man roster). P Tyler Norrick off Mem DL to PB. SP Scott Gorgen onto Spr DL. RP Kyle Mura off Spr DL. SP Brian Broderick from PB to Spr. SP Ryan Kulik from Spr to Mem.

5/28: OF Michael Swinson off QC DL. C Roberto Espinoza onto QC DL.

5/29: RHP Adam Ottavino and LHP Evan MacLane from Mem to StL. MacLane added to 40-man. RP Fernando Salas and OF Joe Mather from StL to Mem. DSL SS Grabiel Hernandez now Ronny Gil and put on disqualified list. Signed RHPs Carlos Matias and Addelin Ceballo, SS Robelys Reyes and OF Domingo Diaz. Released P Juan Mercedes. New total 289.

5/30: OF Chris Swauger off PB DL. OF Devin Shepherd onto PB DL.

5/31: LHP Evan MacLane from StL to Mem. OF Allen Craig from Mem to StL. RHP Arquimedes Nieto from PB to Spr. RHP Eduardo Sanchez onto Spr DL.

6/1: Infielder Alan Ahmady and outfielder Tyler Bighames off suspension. IF Aaron Miles from Spr to StL (added to 40-man). OF Allen Craig from StL to Mem. 1B Mark Hamilton to Mem DL.

6/2: RHP Chuckie Fick off Spr DL. RHP Arquimedes Nieto from Spr to PB. IF Jose Garcia from PB to Spr. LHP Dail Villanueva off VSL suspended list.

6/3: IF Luis Mateo onto QC DL. IF Ted Obregon to QC from EST. IF Devin Goodwin from EST to PB.

6/4: OF D’Marcus Ingram onto QC DL. OF Frederick Parejo from EST to QC.

6/5: OF Randy Winn signed by StL. OF Jon Jay from StL to Mem. SP Kyle Lohse from 15- to 60-day DL. New total 290.

6/6: OF Amaury Cazana loaned to a Mexican League club. P Kyle Mura onto Spr DL. P Francisco Samuel off Spr DL.

6/8: RHP P.J. Walters from StL to Mem. RHP Fernando Salas from Mem to StL. OF Tyler Henley off Mem DL and moved to Spr. 1B Andrew Brown onto Spr DL.

6/11: LHP Tyler Norrick outrighted (off 40-man). Eight released from EST. RHPs Jose Calero, Luis Orozco, Alejandro Pinard, and Michael Thompson, LHPs John Durham and Kyle Heim, 1B Roberto Perez and 2b Gerardo Mambell. Signed P Roberto Canache for VSL. OFs Anthony Bryant and Corderius Dodd signed, assigned to GCL. New total 285.

6/13: C Tony Cruz from PB to Spr. C Charles Cutler from Spr to PB. 2B Ted Obregon from QC to PB. 2B Devin Goodwin from PB to QC.

6/14: SP Jeff Suppan signed to StL. SP Adam Ottavino from StL to Mem. New total 286.

6/15: C Nick Derba to PB DL. C Travis Tartamella from EST to PB. OF Corderius Dodd not signed (17th). NDFA RHP Ricky Martinez signed. LHP Anthony De La Cruz signed and assigned to DSL. 33 members of 2010 draft class signed. Will be placed when team assignments known. New total 320.

6/16: RHR Eduardo Sanchez off Spr DL. LHR Matt Meyer released. New total 319.

6/17: OF Mark Shorey onto Mem DL. P Ian Parry (39th rd) backed out of signing agreement to attend law school. Signed LHP Iden Nazario (30th). New total 319.

6/19: RHP Chase Reid (41st) signed and assigned to Bat. New total 320.

6/20: LHP Ryan Kulik from Mem to Spr. RP Casey Mulligan to Spr DL. OF Reggie Williams (10th) signed and assigned to JC. New total 321.

6/21: RP Matt Scherer to Mem DL. Ps David Kopp and Chuckie Fick from Spr to Mem. Ps Mark Diapoules and Scott McGregor from PB to Spr. P’s Scott Schneider and Mike Blazek from QC to PB.

6/22: C Nick Derba off PB DL. C Travis Tartamella from PB to JC.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 06/22/10)

St. Louis (25+2) 40-man (40+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin LaRue
 Pujols Schumaker Ryan Freese Holliday
Lohse (60DL) McClellan Molina
Lopez

Ludwick
Penny (DL)
 Boggs

Miles

Rasmus
Wainwright Motte




Winn
Ja Garcia (L) Hawksworth




Stavinoha
Suppan
 T Miller (L)






Reyes (L)





Salas
Memphis (24+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Lynn 2 A Brown2 Pagnozzi Hamilton (DL)
 Descalso T Greene
 Solano Jay
MacLane (L) 1 Kinney Gotay Howard Cazana (Mexico)
Dickson 5 Fick
 Anderson
Walters
 Parise Robinson (DL)
O Perez 3
 Rundles (L) Shorey (DL)
Kopp
 Rapoport
Ottavino Scherer (DL) Mather
R Hill (L)
 Craig
Hearne (DL)
Springfield (24+7)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) 2 Mulligan (DL) S Hill C Smith Jo Martinez1(DL) Kozma Folli Ant. DeJesus
Daley, Jr. 3 Eager T Cruz A Brown1 (DL) Jo Garcia Chambers
Gorgen (DL) M Carpenter Jones
Diapoules Freeman (L DL) Luna
Garceau (TI) King Henley
Mura (DL) Buursma
Broderick 4
McGregor
Kulik (L) Reifer
Samuel
Sanchez
Palm Beach (25+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Blazek Norrick (L) Cutler Rivera (DL) Marmol Bolivar Curtis A Castellanos
G Brown (L DL) Bradford Derba Scruggs Obregon Pham
Zawacki 2
 D Carpenter Vasquez (RL) Sedbrook Swauger
Nieto 5 Delgado Racobaldo
Ri Castillo 3 Frevert Shepherd (DL)
Schneider Pichardo Bogany
Bittle (DL) Thomas
Quad Cities (23+7)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Novak Stock Adams L Mateo (DL) Stidham N Vasquez Lara
Fornataro 2 M Tapia (DL) Castro Goodwin Jackson Ingram (DL)
Hooker T4 J Smith Espinoza (DL) Swinson
Kelly T5 Notti R Rodriguez
S Miller T4 Simpson Beatty
Terry Parejo
Rondon T3 Conley (DL)
Calhoun (L) T5
Cardenas (L DL)
M Harris (MIL)
Ext. spring (61+3)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Ferrara (L) A Castillo Tartamella D Medina Teran Babrick
Ang. De Jesus Avendano A Perez (DL) Washington W Perez R DeLaCruz R Smith
Butler A Garcia J Rodriguez Vargas H Garcia Bighames
C Johnson Corpas Moscatel Ahmady Vivas R Ruiz Jo Edwards
Daugherty (L) H Hernamdez (L) Montero Pimentel S Rodriguez C Valera
Corrigan Alcala Y Castillo R Reyes
Jimenez J Castillo R Rosario
Kington Ju Edwards (L) L DeLaCruz Fonseca
Lawler Rivero
M DeLaCruz (L)
Pasen Taveras
McCully Rada V Hill
Moss Rosenthal Hage (DL)
North Santana
Mayes Siegrist (L)
Russell Summers
Squatrito (DL)
Uribe (L) Colorado (L)
Guzman
Batavia
Johnson City
GCL (36)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
R Martinez (FA) Benes (35th) Stanley (4th) Sanchez (26th) Walsh (13th) Tuivailala (3rd) Cerrato (40th) Bryant (16th)
Freeman (L 11th) Kiekhefer (L 36th) Klein (15th) Bergman (33rd) G Garcia (7th) Longmire (5th)
Aguilar (14th) Nadeau (L 38th) Valaika (34th) Martin (20th) Ramos (22nd)
Whiting (18th) Nazario (L 30th) Elkins (37th) Biserta (24th)
J Lucas (21st) Brand (42nd) O’Neill (31st)
Mendoza (25th) Revesz (L 49th) Edmondson (43rd)
A Lucas (27th) Moye (50th) Melker (44th)
Patterson (29th) Copeland (L 32nd) Williams (10th)
Reid (41st)
DSL (33+5)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia B Martinez J Lopez Gil (RL) B Hiraldo (RL) Beras
Matias Concepcion L Perez V Ferreira R Medina Capellan
Ceballo D Rodriguez (L) Baez Barbuena Celestino
Estalis Agustin Encarnacion
S Lopez L Mata R Reyes J Pena
L Polanco Ro Castillo
A Gonzalez Diaz
JC DeLaCruz P Pena (L RL)
DeLeon Paulino
DeLosSantos Rudecindo (RL)
E Hiraldo Segundo (RL)
A Toribio A DeLaCruz (L)
VSL (31+2)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Almeida Canache Rivas Bueno H Martina Sucre
Bier Cueto Marquez R Garcia Acevedo
S Garcia De Aguas (L) Velazco B Valera Argenal
Oraa (DL) Echeverria (L DL) J Gomez
Gerdel Escudero Jo Martinez2
Guerra Martines
Jh Polanco
I Brito Montanez
J Perez Solarte
Planchart Ulacio
E Ramos
Villegas Villanueva (L)

Codes

(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+TO) players

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The Cardinals organization roster matrix: Season-opening update

Note: This version has been superceded. It will continue to reflect 2010 season-opening assignments. To access the current matrix, click here.

With the end of spring training, the start of the major league season and the minor league season commencing on Thursday as well, it is time for a refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix.

If you are new to the site and aren’t sure what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about, here is quick summary.

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals have 287 players under contract from top to bottom. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated throughout the season as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

In this update, the major scope is to highlight those selected for the major league club and the four full-season minor league affiliates. As of posting on Tuesday, April 6, these rosters are NOT YET FINAL. For example, there are still about 15 too-many players on the full-season rosters at this time.

In addition, the 68 players invited to the extended spring training camp, underway on April 6, are included. 47 of them are holdovers from regular minor league spring training, players that did not make a full-season club, joined by 21 new arrivals.

For the remainder of the players, the rosters upon which they are listed reflect where they concluded last season. Don’t be concerned about the order of the players’ names within a team. They don’t signify anything other than often a rough approximation of alphabetical order. At the lower levels, starters are not yet broken out from relievers, let alone tandem rotation assignments. At this point, I don’t have confirmation of these roles.

The 37 players on the 40-man roster are called out in bold.

In a look ahead, the extended spring training players will either join full-season clubs as openings occur or will be augmented by this June’s draftees to staff the 2010 Batavia, Johnson City and GCL clubs. A number are also likely to be released.

Full team rosters and player profiles at The Cardinal Nation

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 287 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles freshly updated for 2010 now at The Cardinal Nation / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

Click on the following links to be taken to one of the ten team pages at The Cardinal Nation:

Full-season clubs

St. Louis Cardinals
Memphis Redbirds
Springfield Cardinals
Palm Beach Cardinals
Quad Cities River Bandits

Short-season clubs

Batavia Muckdogs
Johnson City Cardinals
Gulf Coast League Cardinals
Dominican Summer League Cardinals
Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals

Remember that at this point, there are not yet 2010 rosters for the short-season clubs, Batavia on down, so players are listed where they finished last season – where they will remain until there is a reason to move them.

Once there, just click on a player’s name to be taken to his individual profile page. For example, here is Adam Ottavino’s profile.

Looking ahead

In the past, I updated this version of the rosters all summer long, which meant the season-opening view was quickly lost. Based on your feedback, this year, I will instead keep this version for posterity and start a new one to reflect all the in-season changes.

Now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past 2009 rosters and 2010 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009, July 2009-February 2010, Spring camp 2010

Transactions

When they occur, they will be listed here and of course the matrix will reflect the updates.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 04/06/10)

St. Louis (25) 40-man (37)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin LaRue Pujols Schumaker Ryan Freese Holliday
Lohse McClellan Molina
Lopez

Ludwick
Penny Boggs




Rasmus
Wainwright Motte




Craig
Ja Garcia (L) Hawksworth




Stavinoha

T Miller (L)




Mather

Reyes (L)





Memphis (24+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Lynn 2 O Perez Anderson Hamilton (DL)
 Descalso T Greene Solano Jay
MacLane (L) 1 Kinney Pagnozzi Gotay Howard Cazana
Dickson 5 Norrick (L) Henley
Ottavino 4 Parise Robinson
R Hill 3 Rundles (L) Shorey
Walters (TI) Salas
Hearne (DL) Scherer
Springfield (24+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Additon (L) 2 Dew (DL) S Hill C Smith Jo Martinez1 (DL) Kozma Folli Ant. DeJesus
Daley, Jr. 3 Eager Cutler Sedbrook A Brown Chambers
Gorgen 4 Fick Jones
Kopp 5 Freeman (L DL) Luna
Garceau 1 King Rapoport
Kulik (L)
Meyer (L)
Mura (DL)
Reifer
Samuel (DL)
Sanchez
Palm Beach (25+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Ri Castillo 3
 Mulligan T Cruz Rivera Marmol Bolivar M Carpenter A Castellanos
Broderick 1 Buursma (DL) Derba Scruggs Jo Garcia Curtis (DL) Pham
McGregor 4 D Carpenter Vasquez (RL) Morales Swauger
Bradford 2 Delgado Racobaldo
Nieto 5 Frevert
Pichardo
Diapoules
Thomas
Bittle (DL)
G Brown (L DL)
Quad Cities (25+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Blazek T3 Notti Stock Adams L Mateo Stidham N Vasquez Conley
Fornataro 2 Corrigan Castro Ahmady (SL) Jackson Ingram
Hooker T1 M Tapia (DL) J Rodriguez (DL) Parejo
Kelly T5 Mayes R Rodriguez
S Miller 4 Simpson Shepherd
Schneider T1 Terry Bighames (SL)
Rondon T3
Calhoun (L) T5
Cardenas (L DL)
M Harris (mil)
Ext. spring (66+3)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Ferrara (L) A Castillo Tartamella D Medina Obregon Alvarez Teran Babrick
Ang. De Jesus Avendano A Perez (DL) Washington W Perez Goodwin R DeLaCruz Beatty
Butler Calero A Garcia Vargas Mambell H Garcia Bogany
C Johnson Corpas Moscatel R Ruiz Jo Edwards
Daugherty (L) H Hernamdez (L) Montero Valera Lara
Durham (L) J Smith Alcala Y Castillo R Reyes
Heim (L) Jimenez L DeLaCruz R Rosario
Kington Ju Edwards (L) Espinoza R Smith
Lawler Munoz Rivero
M DeLaCruz (L) Orozco Swinson
M Thompson Pasen Taveras
McCully Rada V Hill
Moss Rosenthal
North Santana Hage (DL)
Novak Siegrist (L)
Russell Summers
Squatrito (DL)
Zawacki
Batavia
Johnson City
GCL
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
DSL (40+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia B Martinez J Castillo Pimentel J Lopez G Hernandez Beras
Uribe (L) Concepcion L Perez V Ferreira S Rodriguez R Medina Capellan
Pinard D Rodriguez (L) Baez Barbuena Celestino
Herrera (L) Estalis Agustin Encarnacion
S Lopez L Mata J Pena
L Polanco Ro Castillo
A Gonzalez Mercedes (L) Sandoval
JC DeLaCruz P Pena (L)
DeLeon Paulino
DeLosSantos Rudecindo
E Hiraldo Segundo (SL)
A Toribio Urena
VSL (34+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Colorado (L) Cedeno Rivas R Perez Vivas O Medina H Martina A Castellano
Bier Cueto Viloria R Garcia Acevedo
Nieves De Aguas (L) Velazco Argenal
Oraa Echeverria (L) J Gomez Fonseca
Escudero Jo Martinez2
Almeida Guzman Martines
S Garcia Jh Polanco
Gerdel Montanez
Guerra Solarte
Ulacio
Weffer (L)
Villanueva (L SL)

Codes

(DL): injured – on the disabled list
(TI): temporary inactive list
(SL): suspended list
(RL): restricted list
(TO): tryout player not under contract
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (DL+TI+SL+RL+TO) players

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The Cardinals organization roster matrix: Pre-camp update

The St. Louis Cardinals full system rosters are refreshed to reflect spring training camps, both major and minor league.

Welcome to first-time readers arriving here due to the first of my weekly Cardinals Minor League Notebook columns in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. With the start of major league spring training camp and minor leaguers reporting in less than two weeks, it is time for a refresh of the St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix.

If you are new to the site and aren’t sure what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about, here is quick summary.

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals have 285 players under contract from top to bottom. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated throughout the season as transactions occur.

Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization.

Its major scope in this update is to highlight those invited to each of the two spring training camps. The rosters upon which the players are listed generally reflect where they concluded last season or the type of contract they signed and frankly mean very little at this stage.

The 38 players on the 40-man roster, who received automatic invites to major league camp, are called out in bold. They have been joined at spring training by 19 non-roster invitees, denoted in italics.

147 more players will arrive in minor league camp starting on March 8. Starting from the top of the matrix, those players include all those not in bold or italics down through Batavia. All of the 2009 Johnson City players with the exception of two, John Durham and Kleininger Teran, have also been invited.

The final group of minor league camp invitees consists of eight designated players from the 2009 Gulf Coast League team and one from last season’s Dominican Summer League squad. These JC, GCL and DSL players are broken out separately below. (Players noted on the suspended or restricted lists are excluded until reinstated.)

In a look ahead, the two Johnson City players, the remainder of the 2009 GCL roster and a good helping of the older players from the Dominican Summer League and Venezuelan Summer League will join the spring camp leftovers in extended spring training, starting in early April. Along with this June’s draftees, these players will staff the 2010 Batavia, Johnson City and GCL clubs.

You may note that I separated the pitchers on the short-season rosters between 2009 draftees and returning pitchers. At this point, starting and relieving roles at the lower levels can and will change. There will also certainly be some positional adjustments coming.

Remember that to get detailed profile information on every single one of these 285 Cardinals players, simply check out their free player profiles now updated for 2010 at The Cardinal Nation / Scout.com. You can see bios, photos, videos, articles, news items, links to current season and career stats and much more – everything you need to know about a player in one place.

For example, this is the link to the 2010 roster page for Memphis. Click on an individual player’s name to be taken to his profile page. Here is Adam Ottavino’s profile.

This will be the version of the roster matrix I will be updating the rest of the spring, so now that you’ve found this page once, remember one of three ways to get back here. Bookmark the page, type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page: “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind past 2009 rosters and 2010 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows.

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009 July 2009-February 2010

Transactions

2/26: Signed IF Felipe Lopez. Signed 14 DSL players: C Fernando Baez, 2B Starlin Rodriguez, SS Rafael Medina, SS Junior Agustin, SS Daniel Barbuena, OF Amauris Capellan, OF Ronald Castillo, OF Eduardo Celestino, RHPs Ariel Gonzalez, Jean Carlos De La Cruz, Victor De Leon, Hansel De Los Santos, Eduardo Hiraldo and Arturo Toribio. Signed seven VSL players: C Jose Gomez, OF Jose Martinez (noted as Jo Martinez2 below), OF Jhohan Acevedo, RHPs Alberth Almeida, Silfredo Garcia, Anderson Gerdel and Geudy Guerra. New total 307.

3/17: C Paul Vazquez retired. OF Kaiser Inojosa released. New total 305.

3/18: Rule 5 pick LHP Ben Jukich returned to CIN after clearing outright waivers. New total 304.

3/23: Seven released. Ps Justin Fiske, Andres Rosales, Jonathan Gonzalez, Reynier Gonzalez and Marco Gonzalez, 1B Matt Arburr and C Blake Murphy. New total 297.

3/26: Ten released. Ps Brad Furnish, Tyler Lavigne, Randy Santos, Adam Veres, Santo Maertz, Charlie Zink, Pedro Rodriguez and Yoffri Martinez, OFs Travis Mitchell and Edwin Gomez. New total 287.

3/31: SS Julio Lugo traded to Baltimore Orioles. New total 286. 40-man at 37.

The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 03/31/10)

St. Louis (25) 40-man (37)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin LaRue Pujols Schumaker Ryan Freese Holliday
Lohse Kinney Molina Lopez Ludwick
Penny Boggs Rasmus
Wainwright Motte Craig
McClellan Hawksworth Stavinoha
T Miller (L) Mather
Reyes (L)
Memphis (24) 9 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
O Perez Parise Anderson Hamilton Descalso Greene Solano Jay
MacLane Salas Pagnozzi Gotay Howard Cazana

Scherer Shorey
Ottavino Rundles (L) Robinson
Ja Garcia (L) Meyer (L)
R Hill Norrick (L)
Walters
Springfield (30) 7 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Lynn Freeman (L) S Hill A Brown Jo Garcia
 Kozma Folli Jones
Hearne Sanchez T Cruz Jo Martinez1 Henley
Gorgen Samuel Derba Sedbrook Ant. DeJesus
Dickson Rapoport
Kulik (L) Fick Luna
Additon (L) Dew
King
Summers
Daley, Jr.
Mura
Mulligan
Palm Beach (22) 1 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Broderick Buursma Cutler Rivera Marmol M Carpenter Chambers
Ri Castillo Eager C Smith A Castellanos Pham
Nieto Bradford Morales Swauger
Reifer
Diapoules Garceau
G Brown (L)
Kopp
Bittle
Quad Cities (25+1) 2 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
S Miller D Carpenter Stock Scruggs Stidham Curtis Parejo
Fornataro Delgado Espinoza Bolivar Racobaldo Ingram
Schneider Pichardo R Rodriguez
Thomas McCully Bogany
Cardenas (L) M Tapia
Zawacki Frevert
McGregor
Rondon
M Harris (mil)
Batavia (23+1)
2009 draft P Other P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Calhoun (L) Blazek L DeLaCruz Adams Jackson N Vasquez Swinson
Corrigan Hooker Castro Ahmady (susp) Goodwin
Ju Edwards (L)
Kelly Mayes Jo Edwards
Siegrist (L) Conley
Moss Shepherd
Squatrito
J Smith
Simpson
Terry
Johnson City (29)
2009 draft P Other P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Johnson A Ferrara (L) Tartamella J Rodriguez L Mateo Y Castillo Beatty
Heim (L) North A Perez Obregon R Smith
Kington Notti R Ruiz Lara
Lawler Russell Alvarez R Rosario
Butler Rada Hage
Novak
Daugherty (L) Ang. De Jesus
M Thompson
Extended spring
Durham (L) Teran
GCL (19+1)
2009 draft P Other P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
M DeLaCruz (L) Calero D Medina Mambell Babrick
Avendano Bighames (susp)
A Castillo Rivero
Munoz
Orozco
Pasen
Regular spring
H Hernamdez (L) A Garcia Washington Valera R DeLaCruz V Hill
Rosenthal Moscatel
DSL (46+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia Concepcion J Castillo Pimentel W Perez G Hernandez Beras
Santana L Mata L Perez V Ferreira J Lopez R Medina Encarnacion
Jimenez Rudecindo Baez S Rodriguez Barbuena J Pena
Uribe (L) Urena Agustin R Reyes
Pinard D Rodriguez (L) Sandoval
Herrera (L) Mercedes (L) Taveras
S Lopez P Pena (L) Capellan
Paulino Ro Castillo
A Gonzalez Segundo (susp) Celestino
JC DeLaCruz B Martinez
DeLeon Estalis
DeLosSantos L Polanco
E Hiraldo
A Toribio
Regular spring
Alcala
VSL (39+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Colorado (L) Cedeno Rivas R Perez Vivas O Medina H Garcia Argenal
Bier Cueto Viloria Vargas R Garcia Martines
Corpas Guzman Velazco H Martina Fonseca
Nieves Jh Polanco Montero Inojoza
Oraa Ulacio J Gomez A Castellano
Escudero Jo Martinez2
Almeida Solarte Acevedo
S Garcia Weffer (L)
Gerdel Montanez
Guerra De Aguas (L)
Echeverria (L)
Villanueva (susp L)

Codes
(i): injured – on the disabled list
(t): temporary inactive list
(susp): suspended list
(L) left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
italics: non-roster spring training camp invitee
(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive (i+t+susp) players

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The Cardinals organization roster matrix: Short-season update

Following is the most current St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix, including the initial 2009 rosters of the Batavia Muckdogs of the New York-Penn League, Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League and the Gulf Coast League Cardinals.

I apologize for the delay in posting, but I needed to get an accurate GCL roster. There are still unassigned players noted below. When I get a read on their status, this matrix will be updated and the changes listed.

Hopefully, you have been here to the site previously and know what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about. If not, here is quick summary:

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals have 318 players under contract – 280 previous players augmented by 38 signed members of the 2009 draft class. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated throughout the season. Nowhere else will you find this comprehensive information in one place.

You will also note that I separated the pitchers on the short-season rosters between 2009 draftees and returning pitchers. At this point, starting and relieving roles are unclear and fluid.

This should be the version of the roster matrix I will be updating the rest of the summer, so remember how to find this page. Type “Roster Matrix” in the dark blue search box at the upper right or use the dropdown menu at the top of the page “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

For details behind the format used in the matrix as well as 2009 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows:

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April 2009, May 2009, June 2009

Transactions

June 23 updates: Mem 1B Javier Brito released. RHP Oneli Perez assigned to Mem. Mem LHR Kat Maekawa onto temporary inactive list.

June 24 updates: 2B Jaime Landin to Bat restricted list. P Edouard Estalis from EST to DSL. Ps Jose Arredondo and Matt North plus OF Joey Hage on JC DL.

June 25 updates: IF Jason Stidham (8th rd) to QC. IF Alex Castellanos to QC DL. New total 319.

June 26 updates: C Brandon Yarbrough off Mem DL. IF Allen Craig (retro to 6/25) and C Bryan Anderson onto Mem DL.

June 27 updates: 1B Mark Hamilton from Spr DL to Mem. RHR Chris Perez traded from StL to Cle for IF/OF Mark DeRosa. LHP Jonny Bravo from QC DL to GCL (rehab only).

June 29 updates: RHP Clayton Mortensen onto 40-man, from Mem to StL. IF Khalil Greene onto StL DL. LHR Kat Maekawa to Mem active roster from temp inactive list.

Earlier moves missed: OF Edwin Gomez Bat to GCL on 6/23. IF Hector Alvarez Bat to JC on 6/25. RHS David Kopp to Spr DL on 6/10.

June 30 updates: IF Alex Castellanos act from QC DL. IF Guillermo Toribio from QC to Bat.

July 1 updates: IF Brett Lilley and OF Paul Cruz released (QC). RHR Andres Rosales QC to Bat. 3B Matt Carpenter Bat to QC. OF Kyle Conley (7th rd) and RHP Nick McCully (9th rd) to QC. RHP Clayton Mortensen StL to Mem and 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir from Mem to StL. RHP Joe Kelly (3rd rd) to Bat.

July 2 update: OF Wagner Mateo signed (Dominican). New total 320.

July 3 updates: OF Daryl Jones to Spr DL, IF Daniel Descalso from Spr to Mem. OF Shane Peterson and IF Colt Sedbrook from PB to Spr. OF Andres Beras off susp (DSL). RHP Scott Bittle (4th rd) signed. New total 321.

July 4 updates: 1B/OF Andrew Brown off Spr DL, assigned to PB. LHR Ian Ostlund onto Mem DL.

July 6 updates: IF Tyler Greene from StL to Mem. IF Brian Barden from Mem to StL. C Juan Castillo back on restricted list (GCL).

July 7 updates: IF Mark DeRosa to StL DL. OF Nick Stavinoha from Mem to StL. C Paul Vazquez to PB DL. C Charles Cutler from QC to PB. C Jack Cawley from Bat to QC. OF Joey Hage from JC DL to GCL. IF Allen Craig act from Mem DL.

July 8 update: 1B Matt Arburr from Spr to PB.

July 9 updates: LHP Brad Furnish from Spr to PB. RHS Scott Gorgen from PB to Spr. RHR Fernando Salas from Mem DL to Spr. 1B/OF Andrew Brown from PB to Spr. RHP Trevor Rosenthal (21st rd) signed and assigned to GCL. RHP John Folino NOT signed, removed from Bat roster.

July 10 updates: OF Daryl Jones activated off Spr DL. RHR Eddie Degerman onto Spr DL.

July 11 updates: RHP P.J. Walters from Mem to StL. IF Brian Barden StL to Mem. RHP David Kopp activated from Spr DL.

July 12 updates: RHS Kyle Lohse activated from StL DL. RHP Blake Hawksworth StL to Mem.

July 13 updates: OF Daryl Jones returned to Spr DL. RHP Kenny Maiques from Spr susp list to Spr DL.

July 15 updates: RHP Jared Bradford from QC to GCL. C Jesus Montero from DSL to VSL. LHP Jonny Bravo from QC DL (via GCL rehab) to Bat. RHP Jorge Rondon PB to QC. RHS Brett Zawacki to QC DL. RHP Jose Arredondo from JC to GCL. 1B Mark Hamilton to Mem DL.

July 16 update: C Juan Castillo from GCL suspended list to DSL.

July 17 updates: IF Wilfred Vivas off VSL suspended list. RHP Eddie Degerman off Spr DL. RHP Brian Broderick from Spr to PB. LHP Kristhiam Linares off PB DL (GCL rehab).

July 18 updates: IF Mark DeRosa activated from StL DL. 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir from StL to Mem.

July 19 update: RHP Fermin Montanez signed, assigned to VSL. New total 322.

July 20 updates: IF Donovan Solano from Mem to Spr. RHP David Kopp from Spr to PB. RHP Cale Johnson from GCL to JC.

July 21 update: OF Chris Duncan from StL to Mem. IF Brian Barden from Mem to StL.

July 22 update: OF Chris Duncan traded to BOS for SS Julio Lugo.

July 23 updates: RHP P.J. Walters from StL to Mem. RHP Jose Pasen from DSL to GCL. P Scott Bittle from unassigned to PB DL.

July 24 updates: IF Brian Barden from StL to Mem. OF Matt Holliday from Oak for Brett Wallace (Mem), Clayton Mortensen (Mem), Shane Peterson (Spr). LHP Ian Ostlund off Mem DL. New total 320.

July 25 update: 3B David Freese from Mem DL to Spr (via 4G GCL rehab).

July 26 updates: RHP Josh Kinney from StL to Mem. RHP Blake Hawksworth from Mem to StL. RHP Jess Todd from Mem to CLE to complete Mark DeRosa trade. 1B Mark Hamilton off Mem DL. New total 319.

July 28 updates: RHP Trey Hearne from Spr to Mem. LHP Nick Additon from PB to Spr. RHR Eddie Degerman released (Spr). LHR Kat Maekawa to Mem DL.

July 30 updates: RHP Chuckie Fick from PB to Spr. LHS Hector Cardenas onto QC DL.

July 31 updates: 3B David Freese from Spr to Mem. LHP Samuel Freeman onto Spr DL. RHP Kenny Maiques released (Spr DL). LHP Justin Fiske from Spr DL to GCL. RHP Jared Bradford from GCL to PB. RHS Mitchell Boggs from Mem to StL. OF Nick Stavinoha from StL to Mem. RHP Yonathan Gonzalez from PB to QC. New total 317.

August 1 updates: LHP Justin Fiske from GCL rehab to Spr. RHS Mitchell Boggs from StL to Mem. IF Khalil Greene activated off StL DL. UT Casey Rowlett released from Mem. New total 316.

August 2 update: C Kevin Moscatel from GCL to PB.

August 3 updates: RHR Casey Mulligan from PB to Spr. 1B Osvaldo Morales, 3B Matt Carpenter, IF Jose Garcia, RHP Arquimedes Nieto from QC to PB. 3B Jermaine Curtis, IF Domnit Bolivar from PB to QC. 1B Xavier Scruggs, OF Ryde Rodriguez, OF D’Marcus Ingram, OF Kyle Conley from QC to Bat. RHP Justin Smith, 1B Matt Adams, OF Michael Swinson, RHP Jesse Simpson from JC to Bat. 3B Rich Racobaldo from JC to QC. RHP Daniel Richardson, OF Jairo Martinez released from Bat. New total 314.

August 4 updates: 2B Aaron Luna from PB to Spr. LHP Jaime Garcia from GCL to PB (rehab). From GCL to JC: RHPs Angel De Jesus and Zach Russell, 1B Jonathan Rodriguez, 3B Kleininger Teran, OF Joey Hage. OF Mark Shorey to Mem DL. RHP Fernando Salas from Spr to Mem. LHP Kat Maekawa off Mem DL and released. New total 313.

August 5 update: LHR Ian Ostlund onto Mem DL.

August 7 updates: IF Alex Castellanos from QC to PB. IF Guillermo Toribio from Bat to QC. IF Brian Barden outrighted off 40-man roster. LHP Pat Daugherty from GCL to JC. C Blake Murphy onto PB DL (retro 8/5).

August 9 update: RHP Javier Avendano from VSL to GCL.

August 10 updates: RHPs Jose Arredondo and Omar Javier released from GCL. 1B Matt Arburr onto PB DL. New total 311.

August 11 update: RHS Scott Schneider from Bat to QC. RHR Joel Pichardo to QC DL. RHP Mitchell Boggs from Mem to StL. RHP Todd Wellemeyer to StL DL.

August 12 update: LHR Ian Ostlund activated from Mem DL.

August 16 updates: C Blake Murphy off PB DL. C Kevin Moscatel from PB to GCL.

August 17 updates: IF Juan Cabrera from DSL to GCL. RHP Joel Pichardo off QC DL. RHP Miguel Tapia onto QC DL. 1st rd pick RHP Shelby Miller signed. New total 312.

August 18 updates: RHP Gary Daley from QC to Spr. RHP Mark Diapoules from PB DL to QC. LHR Tyler Norrick from Spr to Mem. OF Antone DeJesus onto Spr DL.

August 19 update: RHP John Smoltz signed. RHP Mitchell Boggs from StL to Mem. LHR Ian Ostlund onto Mem DL (retro 8/17). New total 312.

August 20 update: LHS Jaime Garcia off StL DL and optioned to Mem.

August 21 updates: RHS Trey Hearne from Mem to Spr. LHR Charlie Manning onto Mem DL. 1B Matt Arburr off PB DL.

August 22 updates: RHS Kyle Lohse onto StL DL. RHS Mitchell Boggs from Mem to StL. OF Mark Shorey off Mem DL. LHR Justin Fiske onto Spr DL.

August 24 updates: OF Daryl Jones off Spr DL. C Nick Derba onto Spr DL. OF Beau Riportella released (Bat). OF Edwin Gomez from GCL to Bat. New total 311.

August 25 updates: OF Mark Shorey onto Mem DL. LHR Ian Ostlund off Mem DL.

August 27 updates: RHP Keith Butler from GCL to JC. RHP Mark Diapoules from QC to PB. RHR Francisco Samuel to Spr DL. RHR Blake King from PB to Spr. OF Nick Stavinoha onto Mem DL. LHR Charlie Manning off Mem DL.

August 28 updates: RHR Elvis Hernandez off PB DL. RHP Pablo Ortiz from JC to GCL.

August 30 update: C Robert Stock from JC to QC.

September 1 updates: RHP David Kopp onto PB DL sometime after 8/22. 3B Troy Glaus activated off StL DL. OF Mark Shorey activated off Mem DL. 2B Daniel Descalso to inactive list for Team USA.

September 2 updates: RHPs Andrew Moss and Aaron Terry from JC to Bat.

September 3 updates: RHR Todd Wellemeyer off StL DL. RHP Shelby Miller activated by QC. C Roberto Espinoza onto QC DL. LHP Ryan Kulik onto Spr DL. LHP Justin Fiske off Spr DL

September 4 updates: LHS Jaime Garcia onto Mem temp inactive list. RHS Lance Lynn from Spr to Mem. RHP Scott McGregor onto QC DL. RHP Miguel Tapia off QC DL. C Paul Vazquez off PB DL. LHP George Brown onto PB DL.

September 5 updates: RHP Lance Lynn from Mem to Spr. 1B Curt Smith onto PB temp inactive list. 1B Matt Arburr onto PB DL.

September 6 update: RHP Kyle Lohse activated from StL DL.

September 8 updates: LHR Ian Ostlund onto Mem DL (retro 9/7), IF Donovan Solano from Spr to Mem. LHS Jaime Garcia off Mem temp inactive list. IF Jose Garcia from PB to Spr.

September 9 updates: LHP Ryan Kulik off Spr DL. RHR Blake King onto Spr DL.

September 22 update: Contract of July 2 signee OF Wagner Mateo is voided. New total 310.

September 23 updates: IFs Tyler Greene and David Freese, RHR Josh Kinney and C Matt Pagnozzi from Mem to StL. Pagnozzi added to 40-man roster.

October 6 update: IF Alan Ahmady (Bat) suspended 50 games, starting 2010 season.

October update: IF Brian Barden and LHR Royce Ring (both Mem) elected free agency. New total 308

October 17 update: RHP Elvis Hernandez (PB), C Jack Cawley (QC), 2b Guillermo Toribio (QC), RHP Tyler Leach (Bat), 1B Matt Rigoli (JC) released. New total 303.

October 19 update: RHR Fabian Marquez, IF Moises Marquez. OF Jose Cortez, SS Carlos Yeguez, RHR Gregorio Ramos. LHR Ruben Alvarado (all VSL) released. 2B Michael Avila (DSL) released. New total 296.

October 21 update: Signed RHP Kevin Cueto, 3B Ronnierd Garcia, RHP Jhonatan Escudero (VSL). New total 299.

October 29 update: Signed RHP Pedro Rodriguez. Released LHP Jonny Bravo.

November 3 updates: 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir claimed by Toronto. RHP Brad Thompson released. RHR Matt Scherer and IF Joe Thurston outrighted to minors. New total 297.

November 11 updates: RHP Angel Cruz and SS Juan Mosquera (GCL) released. New total 295. C/3B Wilmer Alvarado reinstated from inactive list and released.

November updates: Nine major leaguers declare free agency: John Smoltz, Todd Wellemeyer, Joel Pineiro, Jason LaRue, Mark DeRosa, Rick Ankiel, Troy Glaus, Khalil Greene, Matt Holliday. Seven minor leaguers declare: Kristhiam Linares, Julio Castellano, Brandon Yarbrough, Oneli Perez, Evan MacLane, Ian Ostlund, Charlie Manning. New total 279.

November 18 updates: Eight added to 40-man roster: Allen Craig, Daryl Jones, Jon Jay, Bryan Anderson, Adam Ottavino, Mark Hamilton, Francisco Samuel, Tyler Norrick.

November 20 updates: 2B Joe Thurston declared free agency. RHR Omar Diaz released. New total 277.

November 30 updates: C Jason LaRue re-signs. IF Ruben Gotay signed to minor league deal with spring invite. New total 279.

December 4 update: DSL RHP Jefferson Segundo suspended 50 games.

December 8 update: Free agent RHS Brad Penny signs. New total 280.

December 10 updates: RHP Mike Parisi to ChC, LHP Ben Jukich to StL and LHP Matt Meyer to Mem in Rule 5. New total 281

December 11 update: RHP Mark McCormick released. New total 280.

December 21 update: GCL OF Tyler Bighames suspended 50 games.

January 5 update: Free agent OF Matt Holliday re-signs. New total 281.

January 14 updates: GCL RHP Geney Rios and IF Juan Cabrera released. Mem RHS Charlie Zink signed. New total 28.

January 20 updates: RHP Oneli Perez and LHP Evan MacLane re-signed (Mem). RHP Pablo Ortiz (GCL) to restricted list. New total 282.

January 26 updates: 17 non-roster invitees in italics. LHP Rich Hill signed to minor league deal with MLB camp invite. Minor league pitchers Rich Rundles, Yoffri Martinez and Houston Summers and IF Kevin Howard signed. New total 287.

February 22 updates: RHP Shelby Miller and LHP Samuel Freeman added to major league camp.

The St. Louis Cardinals Roster Matrix (effective 2/22/10)

St. Louis (25) 40-man (38)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
C Carpenter Franklin LaRue

 Pujols Schumaker Holliday
Lohse

Molina

Ryan

Penny McClellan Pagnozzi

Lugo

 Freese
 Ludwick
Wainwright Motte
 T Greene

 Rasmus

Hawksworth

Boggs

 T Miller (L)

Reyes (L)
Jukich (L)
Kinney
Memphis (25) 9 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
O Perez Parise Anderson
 Hamilton Descalso Craig
 Jay
MacLane Rundles (L) Gotay Howard

Cazana
Zink Scherer Solano Shorey
Ottavino
 Robinson
Ja Garcia (L) Salas Stavinoha
R Hill
Walters
Meyer (L)
Norrick (L)
Springfield (34) 7 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Gorgen M Gonzalez S Hill
 A Brown Luna Kozma Folli Jones
Additon (L) Fick T Cruz
 Jo Garcia Jo Martinez Rapoport
Dickson Freeman (L) Derba Sedbrook Ant. DeJesus
Lynn Samuel
 Henley
Kulik (L) Y Martinez Mather
Hearne Dew
King
Daley, Jr.
Sanchez
Mura
Fiske (L)
Mulligan
Summers
Palm Beach (25+1) 1 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
G Brown (L) Buursma P Vazquez Rivera Marmol M Carpenter Chambers
R Castillo  Eager Murphy C Smith Pham
Kopp Cutler Arburr A Castellanos Swauger
Furnish (L) Reifer Morales
Broderick
Nieto Bradford
Diapoules Garceau
Bittle
Quad Cities (27+1) 2 NRI
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
D Carpenter Scruggs Stidham Curtis Parejo
Fornataro Delgado Espinoza Bolivar Racobaldo R Rodriguez
Schneider Pichardo Stock Ingram
McCully Bogany
Cardenas (L) M Tapia
Thomas Frevert
Zawacki McGregor
S Miller Veres
Rondon
J Wilson (restr) Y Gonzalez
Batavia (29+2)
2009 draft P Other P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Calhoun (L) Blazek L DeLaCruz Adams Landin (restr) Jackson N Vasquez
Corrigan Castro Ahmady (susp) Goodwin Mitchell
Ju Edwards (L) Hooker Gomez
Kelly Jo Edwards
Lavigne Maertz Conley
Simpson Mayes Swinson
Squatrito
J Smith Siegrist (L) Shepherd
Moss Rosales
Terry P Rodriguez
Johnson City (31)
2009 draft P Other P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Durham (L) A Ferrara (L) Tartamella J Rodriguez L Mateo Y Castillo Teran Beatty
Heim (L) R Gonzalez A Perez Obregon R Smith
Kington Notti R Ruiz Lara
Lawler Alvarez R Rosario
Rada Hage
Novak Santos
Daugherty (L) Ang. DeJesus
C Johnson North
Russell
M Thompson
Butler
GCL (20+2)
2009 draft P Other P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Calero Je Polanco D Medina Mambell R DeLaCruz Babrick
Rosenthal A Garcia Washington Valera Bighames (susp)
M DeLaCruz (L) A Castillo Moscatel V Hill
Rivero
H Hernandez (L) Avendano
Ortiz (restr)
Pasen
Munoz
Orozco
July 2 signings (0)
P P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
DSL (32+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia T4 Concepcion Alcala Pimentel G Hernandez Beras
Santana T2 L Mata L Perez V Ferreira J Lopez Encanacion
Jimenez T3 Rudecindo J Castillo W Perez J Pena
Urena R Reyes
Pinard T1 D Rodriguez (L) Hiraldo (restr) Sandoval
Herrera (L) T1 Mercedes (L) Taveras
S Lopez T4 P Pena (L)
Uribe (L) T3 Paulino
Segundo (susp)
B Martinez
Estalis
VSL (32+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Cedeno Rivas R Perez O Medina H Garcia Argenal
Bier Cueto Viloria Vargas R Garcia
Corpas Guzman Velazco Vivas H Martina Fonseca
Nieves Jh Polanco Montero Inojoza
Oraa Ulacio A Castellano
Colorado (L) Escudero Martines
Solarte
Weffer (L)
De Aguas (L)
Echeverria (L)
Villanueva (susp L)
Montanez

Codes:

(#): My Cardinals prospect ranking from over the winter at Scout.com

(i): injured – on the disabled list

(t): temporary inactive list

(susp): suspended list

(L) left-handed pitcher

Bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster

(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive (i+t+susp) players

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Gulf Coast League Cardinals opening roster


The 32-man 2009 season-opening roster for the Gulf Coast League Cardinals follows. It includes ten 2009 draftees, led by sixth-rounder Virgil Hill, plus a new signing, pitcher Hector Hernandez, drafted in the tenth round. All 2009 draftees are noted below with round taken in this draft.

Hernandez is the 38th member of the 2009 draft class to be signed. 11 are assigned to Batavia, 16 to Johnson City and one, third-rounder Joe Kelly, is non-rostered at this time.

On Wednesday morning, I will update the Roster Matrix for the entire organization, including Batavia, Johnson City and GCL.

P (16) Butler, Keith 2009-24
Calero, Jose
Castellano, Julio
Castillo, Amaury
Cruz, Angel
Daugherty, Patrick 2009-12
DeJesus, Angel
DeLaCruz, Manuel 2009-43
Diaz, Omar
Hernandez, Hector 2009-10
Javier, Omar
Johnson, Cale 2009-41
Muñoz, Orlando
Orozco, Luis
Rios, Geney
Russell, Zach
C (4) Castillo, Juan
Garcia, Anthony 2009-18
Moscatel, Kevin
Polanco, Luis
1B (2) Medina, David
Rodriguez, Jonathan 2009-17
IF (5) DeLaCruz, Roberto
Mambell, Geraldo
Mosquera, Juan
Teran, Kleininger
Valera, Cesar
OF (5) Babrick, Joseph
Bighames, Tyler 2009-31
Hill, Virgil 2009-6
Rivero, Alberto
Washington, David 2009-15

Johnson City Cardinals opening roster


The 2009 season-opening roster for the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League follows. 31 players are on the club, including 16 members of the 2009 draft class. The signing of all 16, including second-rounder Robert Stock, had previously been announced. Johnson City begins their regular season on Tuesday evening at Kingsport.

As soon as I can get the Gulf Coast League Cardinals roster, I will update the Roster Matrix for the entire organization, including Batavia, Johnson City and GCL.

For additional details on the 2009 Johnson City club, Scout.com subscribers should be sure to check out Shawn Kerrick’s pre-season report at The Birdhouse.

# Catchers B T HGT WGT Hometown DOB Age Obtained Years
31 Travis Tartamella R R 6′ 205 Alta Loma, CA 12/17/1987 21 19th round 2009 0
35 Robert Stock L R 6’1″ 190 Westlake Village, CA 11/21/1989 19 2nd round 2009 0
5 Audrey Perez R R 5’9″ 180 Santo, Domingo, DR 12/23/1988 20 Free Agent 2008 1
# Infielders B T HGT WGT Hometown DOB Age Obtained Years
54 Matthew Adams L R 6’3″ 240 Philipsburg, PA 8/31/1988 20 23rd round 2009 0
7 Yunier Castillo S R 6’0″ 160 Miami, FL 5/15/1989 20 Free Agent 2008 1
4 Luis Mateo R R 6’0″ 160 Orocovis, PR 5/23/1990 19 20th round 2008 1
15 Ted Obregon S R 5’11” 165 Caracas, VZ 4/5/1990 19 Free Agent 2007 1
11 Rich Racobaldo R R 6’1″ 220 Marlton, NJ 7/10/1985 23 37th round 2009 0
29 Matt Rigoli R R 5’11” 220 Parsippany, NJ 11/19/1985 23 21st round 2008 1
16 Romulo Ruiz R R 6’0″ 170 Cagua, VZ 11/30/1989 19 Free Agent 2006 1
# Outfielders B T HGT WGT Hometown DOB Age Obtained Years
44 Christian (CJ) Beatty S R 5’10” 190 Winston Salem, NC 9/29/1988 20 26th round 2009 0
27 Edgar Lara R R 6’3″ 175 Santo Domingo, DR 3/2/1989 20 Free Agent 2006 2
30 Rainel Rosario R R 6’1″ 185 Sabana Perdida, DR 3/29/1989 20 Free Agent 2006 2
28 Ross Smith R R 6’2″ 200 Eastman, GA 10/6/1987 21 14th round 2009 0
10 Michael Swinson L R 6’2″ 185 Douglas, GA 9/24/1989 19 12th round 2008 1
# Pitchers B T HGT WGT Hometown DOB Age Obtained Years
19 John Durham L L 6’1″ 170 Port St. Lucie, FL 8/19/1987 21 38th round 2009 0
33 Anthony Ferrara Jr. R L 6’2″ 205 Riverview, FL 9/2/1989 19 7th round 2008 1
57 Reynier Gonzalez R R 6’3″ 180 Puerto Ordaz, VZ 11/5/1988 20 Free Agent 2006 2
47 Kyle Heim L L 6’4″ 220 St. Joseph, MO 9/30/1987 21 44th round 2009 0
26 David Kington R R 6’2″ 205 Coquitlam, B.C., Canada 12/1/1987 21 34th round 2009 0
25 Travis Lawler R R 6’3″ 180 College Station, TX 6/13/1988 21 32nd round 2009 0
32 Andrew Moss R R 6’1″ 210 Peidmont, MO 10/8/1986 22 35th round 2009 0
51 Chris Notti R R 6’5″ 220 Mailibu, CA 9/3/1988 20 36th round 2008 1
40 Jason Novak R R 6’2″ 200 Agoura Hills, CA 10/19/1987 21 48th round 2009 0
23 Pablo Ortiz R R 6’4″ 175 Maturin, VZ 6/11/1988 21 Free Agent 2006 2
56 Jose Rada R R 6’1″ 180 Puert Cabella, VZ 4/13/1988 21 Free Agent 2006 2
50 Randy Santos R R 6’2″ 190 Santo Domingo, DR 8/21/1988 20 Free Agent 2007 1
22 Jesse Simpson R R 6′ 180 Baton Rouge, LA 1/29/1987 22 40th round 2009 0
34 Justin Smith R R 6′ 190 Pleasant Grove, UT 3/23/1988 21 36th round 2009 0
9 Aaron Terry R R 5’11” 185 Rison, AR 12/28/1986 22 42nd round 2009 0
24 Michael Thompson L R 6′ 200 Newburgh, IN 8/28/1986 22 47th round 2009 0

Tentative Batavia opening roster


Note: This preliminary roster has been superseded by Batavia’s actual opening roster, located here. Changes are noted on the final roster.

Following is the current working roster for the defending New York-Penn League Batavia Muckdogs. Manager Mark DeJohn’s charges open their 2009 regular season on Friday the 19th at home against Auburn.

14 13 of the 31 named are members of the 2009 St. Louis Cardinals draft class. The group includes several new signees such as fifth-rounder Ryan Jackson, eighth-round pick Jason Stidham and ninth-round selection Nick McCully.

Seven players are returning Muckdogs, including pitchers LaCurtis Mayes and Dan Richardson, catcher Luis De La Cruz, infielders Jairo Martinez and Xavier Scruggs with outfielders Edwin Gomez and Beau Riportella.

Be advised the roster will change as more draft picks come to terms and are assigned to the club. I will update the roster matrix once all three short-season clubs’ rosters are set (including Johnson City and the Gulf Coast League Cardinals).

# PITCHERS (15) B/T HT, WT BIRTHDATE AGE BORN PREV PLAYED Acquired
20 Blazek, Michael R/R 6-0, 180 3/16/1989 20 Las Vegas, NV Johnson City Draft ’07 – 35th round
45 Calhoun, Daniel L/L 6-2, 205 9/5/1986 22 Evansville, IN Murray St. Draft ’09 – 29th round
55 Edwards, Justin L/L 6-2, 188 12/3/1987 20 Guyton, GA Kennesaw St. Draft ’09 – 28th round
39 Folino, Jonathan L/R 6-4, 190 1/15/1987 22 Quincy, Mass University of Connecticut Draft ’09 – 27th round
23 Fornataro, Eric R/R 6-1, 195 1/2/1988 21 Richmond, VA Johnson City Draft ’08 – 6th round
40 Hooker, Deryk R/R 6-4, 185 6/21/1989 20 San Diego, CA Johnson City Draft ’07 – 7th round
32 Lavigne, Tyler R/R 6-0, 190 7/3/1988 20 Las Vegas, NV San Diego St. Draft ’09 – 50th round
7 Maertz, Santo R/R 6-1, 220 5/9/1986 23 Staten Island, NY Johnson City Draft ’08 – 44th round
21 Mayes, LaCurtis R/R 5-11,185 8/2/1988 20 Riverside, CA Batavia Muckdogs Draft ’06 – 23rd round
McCully, Nick R/R 5-10, 195 9/5/1988 20 Coastal Carolina Draft ’09 – 9th round
14 Richardson, Dan R/R 6-2, 195 3/21/1985 24 Christiana, DE Batavia Muckdogs Draft ’08 – 38th round
31 Schneider, Scott R/R 6-0, 175 6/7/1988 21 St. Mary’s Draft ’09 – 20th round
26 Siegrist, Kevin L/L 6-5, 190 7/20/1989 19 Wellington, FL GCL Cardinals Draft ’08 – 41st round
33 Squatrito, Josh R/R 6-1, 205 3/12/1987 22 Willow Street, PA Towson University Draft ’09 – 25th round
# CATCHERS (3) B/T HT, WT BIRTHDATE AGE BORN PREV PLAYED Acquired
9 Ahmady, Alan R/R 5-11, 195 12/14/1987 21 Fresno, CA Fresno St. Draft ’09 – 11th round
30 Castro, Ivan R/R 6-0, 185 11/17/1987 20 Santo Domingo, DR Johnson City Non-Drafted FA in 2005
11 Cawley, Jack R/R 6-3, 232 3/2/1986 22 Bronx, NY Johnson City Draft ’08 – 34th round
5 De La Cruz, Luis R/R 5-10, 164 5/6/1989 20 Santo Domingo, DR Batavia Muckdogs Undrafted F/A in 2006
# INFIELDERS (7) B/T HT, WT BIRTHDATE AGE BORN PREV PLAYED Acquired
4 Carpenter, Matt L/R 6-3, 200 11/26/1985 23 Sugar Land, TX TCU Draft ’09 – 13th round
6 Goodwin, Devin R/R 5-11, 185 10/2/1986 21 Russellville, AL Delta State Draft ’09 – 33rd round
Jackson, Ryan R/R 6-2, 175 5/10/1988 21 Miami Springs, FL University of Miami Draft ’09 – 5th round
44 Martinez, Jairo R/R 6-1, 180 5/27/1987 22 Santo Domingo, DR Batavia Muckdogs Non-Drafted F/A in 2005
15 Scruggs, Xavier R/R 6-1, 210 9/23/1987 21 Poway, CA Batavia Muckdogs Draft ’08 – 19th round
Stidham, Jason L/R 5-11, 170 2/26/1988 21 Florida State Draft ’09 – 8th round
Vasques, Niko R/R 6-0, 170 2/26/1989 20 Oxnard, CA Quad Cities Draft ’08 – 3rd round
# OUTFIELDERS (6) B/T HT, WT BIRTHDATE AGE BORN PREV PLAYED Acquired
Gomez, Edwin R/R 5-11, 170 3/10/1988 21 Santo Domingo, DR Batavia Muckdogs Non-Drafted F/A in 2005
Heisler, Adam L/R 5-11, 180 6/7/1988 21 Draft ’09 – 45th round
28 Ingram, D’Marcus R/R 5-9, 170 3/30/1988 21 Little Rock, AR GCL Cardinals Draft ‘096 – 25th round
3 Riportella, Beau R/R 6-2, 200 8/20/1988 21 Exeter, CA Batavia Muckdogs Draft ’07 – 10th round
24 Rodriquez, Ryde S/R 6-3, 232 2/2/1988 20 Havanda, Cuba GCL Cardinals Non-Drafted F/A in 2007
25 Shepard, Devin R/R 6-3, 225 9/9/1987 21 Oxnard, CA GCL Cardinals Draft ’08 – 11th round

The Cardinals organization roster matrix: DSL update


Following is the most current St. Louis Cardinals system roster matrix, including the 2009 Dominican Summer League Cardinals roster.

I apologize for the delay in posting, but I needed to get an accurate DSL roster and determine the status of several “missing” players.

Hopefully, you have been here to the site previously and know what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about. If not, here is quick summary:

At the time of this posting, the St. Louis Cardinals have 280 players under contract. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated throughout the season.

The 33-man DSL opening roster follows, including with one player on the restricted list, Andres Beras. Pitcher Edouard Estalis will only be on the DSL roster if he cannot resolve an outstanding visa issue. Otherwise, he will begin in the Gulf Coast League. In addition, the eight tandem starters are called out in their pairs.

New to the Cardinals organization are pitchers Stalyn Lopez, Luis Mata, Rosalyn Rudecindo, Jefferson Segundo, Michael Santana and Willy Paulino. Biographical player information for each can be found on their Scout.com profile pages.

Just as six were added, so have six departed. They include Marcos Martinez, Santo Franco, Lenny Rosario, Eddy Rivera, Braulio Hiraldo and Bernardo Villar. Martinez was released and Hiraldo has been placed on the restricted list after not reporting.

The other four had background check irregularities on identity and/or age that caused the Cardinals to ask MLB to void their contracts. That means the highly-touted right-handed pitcher Franco did not receive his reported $570,000 bonus after he was announced as the Cards’ top July 2nd mound signing last year. The four are ineligible to sign with any organization over the next year.

The next update of the roster matrix should be coming within the next ten days to two weeks as the players in Extended Spring Training will couple with this month’s draftees to define the 2009 Batavia, Johnson City and Gulf Coast League rosters.

For details behind the codes used in the matrix as well as 2009 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows:

Link to previous matrices: Jan–March 2009, April–May 2009, May-June 2009

Transactions

June 8 update: RHS Mark Diapoules to PB DL. C Luis De La Cruz from EST to PB, RHR Blaine Boyer claimed by Arizona. New total 279.

June 9 update (date approximate): LHP Nick Additon act from PB DL. RHR Elvis Hernandez onto PB DL.

June 10 update: C Juan Castillo completed suspension, RHP Shaun Garceau from PB DL to susp list.

June 11 update: OF Jon Edwards act from QC DL. OF Jairo Martinez from QC to EST (Batavia). RHP Jason Buursma from QC to PB. RHP Matt Frevert from EST to QC.

June 12 update: RHP P.J. Walters from Mem to StL. IF Brian Barden from StL to Mem. C Brandon Yarbrough off Mem DL. RHR Pete Parise from Spr to Mem. LHP Samuel Freeman from PB to Spr. LHR Kristhiam Linares to PB DL. RHRs Yonathan Gonzalez and Jorge Rondon from EST to PB.

June 13 update: LHP George Brown from EST (Batavia) to PB. RHP Brian Broderick from PB to Spr.

June 14 update: OF Joe Mather to Mem DL. 1B Curt Smith from Spr to PB. IF Jose Garcia from PB to QC.

June 15 update: SS Niko Vasquez from QC to Bat. C Luis De La Cruz from PB to Bat. C Paul Vazquez act from PB DL.

June 16 update: RHP Bryan Martinez signed for DSL. New total 280.

June 18 update: IF Khalil Greene act from StL DL. RHR Josh Kinney from Mem to StL. RHP P.J. Walters and OF Nick Stavinoha from StL to Mem. RHR Fernando Salas to Mem DL (eff 6/4).

June 20 update: C Brandon Yarbrough to Mem DL.

June 23 update: VSL LHP Dail Villanueva suspended 50 games.

The St. Louis Cardinals Roster Matrix (effective 06/23/09)

St. Louis (25+3) 40-man (38)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Carpenter Franklin LaRue Pujols Schumaker K Greene (i) Glaus (i) Ankiel
Lohse (i) Thompson Molina Thurston Ryan Duncan
Pineiro McClellan
Ludwick
Wainwright Motte (4) T Greene (16) Rasmus (1)
Wellemeyer C Perez
Ja Garcia (9iL) Miller (L)
Reyes (L)
Hawksworth
Kinney (20)
Memphis (24+6)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Mortensen (11) Parise Anderson (3) Brito (i) Hoffpauir Solano Craig (18) Jay (12)
Parisi (i) Salas (31i) Pagnozzi Rowlett Barden Freese (5i) Mather (i)
Walters (17) Scherer Yarbrough (i) Wallace (2) Shorey
Ottavino (15) Todd (7)
 Robinson (27)
Boggs (10) Maekawa (L) Stavinoha (35)
MacLane (L) Ostlund (L)
Manning (L)
Ring (L)
Others (1)
Cazana
(Mexico)
Springfield (24+8)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Kopp (28) M Gonzalez Hill (34) A Brown (i) Descalso Kozma (8) Folli Jones (6)
Hearne Degerman T Cruz (36) Hamilton (i) Jo Martinez (37ti) Rapoport
Fiske (iL) Freeman (L) Derba Ant. DeJesus
Lynn (14) Samuel (21) Arburr Henley
Kulik (L) McCormick (i)
Broderick Dew (i)
Norrick (L)
Furnish (L)
Sanchez
Mura (i)
Maiques (susp)
Dickson
Palm Beach (25+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
G Brown (L) Diapoules (i) P Vazquez Rivera Marmol Bolivar Curtis Chambers
R Castillo (19) Eager Murphy C Smith (40) Luna (39) Sedbrook Pham
Additon (26L) King Peterson
Gorgen (22) Reifer (24) Swauger
Fick Linares (iL)
Y Gonzalez
Garceau (29susp)
Mulligan
E Hernandez (i)
Buursma
Rondon
Quad Cities (25+3)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Daley, Jr. Carpenter Cutler Morales A Castellanos Parejo
Bravo (iL) Delgado Espinoza Lilley Edwards (23)
Bradford (i) Pichardo Toribio P Cruz
Nieto Rosales Jo Garcia Bogany
Cardenas (L) M Tapia Mitchell
Thomas Frevert
Zawacki McGregor
Veres
J Wilson (restr)
Ext. Spring (60)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Cruz A Castillo A Perez D Medina Landin Alvarez Teran Babrick
Ang. De Jesus Calero Castro Rigoli L Mateo Y Castillo R DeLaCruz (38) Gomez
Arredondo Cawley Scruggs Mambell Hage
Blazek Maertz L DeLa Cruz Mosquera Ingram
Diaz Mayes Moscatel Obregon Lara
Fornataro Munoz J Polanco R Ruiz Rivero
Javier Orozco Valera R Rodriguez
Leach Ortiz N Vasquez (13) R Rosario
North Riportella
Notti Russell Shepherd
R Gonzalez Swinson
Rada J Castellanos (L) Ja Martinez
Richardson Siegrist (L)
Rios
Santos
Hooker (32)
A Ferrara (L)
EST (visa delay 2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Estalis J Castillo
Batavia (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Johnson City (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
GCL (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
DSL (34+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia T4 Concepcion V Ferreira Pimentel Avila Cabrera Beras (susp)
Santana T2 L Mata L Perez J Lopez G Hernandez Encarnacion
Jimenez T3 Rudecindo Montero W Perez J Pena
Pasen T2 Urena Alcala Reyes
Pinard T1 D Rodriguez (L) Hiraldo (restr) Sandoval
Herrera (L) T1 Mercedes (L) Taveras
S Lopez T4 P Pena (L)
Uribe (L) T3 Paulino
Segundo
B Martinez
VSL (33+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Avendano Cedeno Rivas R Perez M Marquez O Medina H Garcia Argenal
Bier F Marquez Viloria Vargas Yegues Cortez
Corpas Guzman Velazco Vivas (susp) H Martina Fonseca
Nieves Polanco Inojoza
Oraa Ulacio A Castellano
Colorado (L) Ramos Martines
Solarte
Weffer (L)
R Alvarado (L)
De Aguas (L)
Echeverria (L)
Villanueva (susp L)

Codes:

(#): My Cardinals prospect ranking from over the winter at Scout.com

(i): injured – on the disabled list

(t): temporary inactive list

(susp): suspended list

(L) left-handed pitcher

Bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster

(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive (i+t+susp) players

The Cardinals organization roster matrix: VSL version


Hopefully, you have been here to the site previously and know what the Cardinals organization roster matrix is all about. If not, here is a quick summary:

The St. Louis Cardinals currently have at least 281 players under contract. The matrix places each one at his current assigned level in the system as well as by position. It is kept updated throughout the season.

The occasion for this refresh is the opening of the Venezuelan Summer League season. Subscribers to Scout.com can read more about what I’ve written there on the subject, but here we have an overview of the 34-man VSL opening roster.

The next update of the roster matrix should be coming within the next ten days to two weeks as the Dominican Summer League will open. Following that, the players in Extended Spring Training will couple with next month’s draftees to define the 2009 Batavia, Johnson City and Gulf Coast League rosters.

For details behind the codes used in the matrix as well as 2009 transactions to date, check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization roster matrix as follows:

Link to previous matrices: January – March, 2009, April – May, 2009

Transactions

May 19 update: Signed VSL pitchers John De Aguas, Angelo Echeverria, Johnny Polanco, Ramon Ulacio and Dail Villanueva. New total 281.

May 20 update: RHP Chris Carpenter activated by StL, OF Shane Robinson optioned to Mem.

May 21 update: LHP Jonny Bravo to QC DL. RHR Jason Buursma from EST to QC. Mem C Brandon Yarbrough placed on DL eff 5/20. LHR Charlie Manning outrighted off 40-man roster.

May 23 update: OF Jon Edwards placed on QC DL. OF Jairo Martinez from EST to QC. 1B Mark Hamilton to Spr DL. 1B Matt Arburr from PB to Spr.

May 24 update: OF Rick Ankiel activated from DL, SS Tyler Greene optioned to Mem. Spr LHR Joe Williams released. RHR Eduardo Sanchez from PB to Spr. RHR Casey Mulligan QC to PB. New total 280.

May 25 update: RHS David Kopp from PB to Spr. RHR Joel Pichardo from EST to QC. RHR Kyle Mura to Spr DL. IF Donovan Solano returned to Spr from Mem.

May 27 update: RHS Josh Wilson placed on restricted list from QC active roster. RHS Brett Zawacki from EST to QC. Spr RHR Eddie Degerman to DL.

May 29 update: OF Ryan Ludwick activated from DL. SS Khalil Greene placed on 15-day DL. OF Joe Mather activated from Mem DL. 1B Javier Brito placed on Mem DL. Eff 5/31, QC moves to five-man rotation with Adam Veres and Scott McGregor to the pen.

May 30 update: 2B Aaron Luna activated from QC DL and assigned to PB. LHR Kristhiam Linares activated from Spr DL and assigned to PB.

June 1 update: RHS Deryk Hooker activated from QC restricted list and assigned to EST (Batavia). RHS Nick Additon to PB DL, RHR Shaun Garceau to PB DL. IF Oliver Marmol act from PB DL. RHP Elvis Hernandez activated from Spr DL and assigned to PB.

June 3 update: RHS Tyler Herron released from Spr. RHR Eddie Degerman act from Spr DL. New total 280.

June 4 update: RHR Blaine Boyer DFAed. RHR Jess Todd from Mem to StL. LHR Ian Ostlund act from Mem DL.

June 5 update: RHS Kyle Lohse onto StL DL. IF Tyler Greene from Mem to StL. C Blake Murphy act from QC DL and promoted to PB.

June 6 update: C Nick Derba promoted from PB to Spr. RHS Blake Hawksworth from Mem to StL. RHR Jess Todd from StL to Mem. IF Donovan Solano from Spr to Mem.


The St. Louis Cardinals Roster Matrix (effective 06/06/09)

St. Louis (25+5) 40-man (38)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Carpenter Franklin LaRue Pujols Schumaker K Greene (i)
 Glaus (i) Ankiel
Lohse (i)
 Thompson Molina Thurston Ryan Duncan
Pineiro McClellan Barden Ludwick
Wainwright Motte (4) T Greene (16) Rasmus (1)
Wellemeyer C Perez Stavinoha (35)
Ja Garcia (9iL) Miller (L)
Hawksworth Reyes (L)

Memphis (24+5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF

Boyer (DFA) Anderson (3) Brito (i) Hoffpauir Solano Craig (18) Jay (12)
Mortensen (11) Salas (31) Pagnozzi Rowlett Freese (5i) Mather
Parisi (i) Scherer Yarbrough (i) Wallace (2) Shorey
Walters (17) Kinney (20) Robinson (27)
Ottavino (15) Maekawa (L)
Boggs (10) Ostlund (L)
MacLane (L) Manning (L)
Ring (L)
Todd (7)
Others (1)
Cazana
(Mexico)
Springfield (24+8)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Kopp (28) Mura (i) Hill (34) A Brown (i) Descalso Kozma (8) Folli Jones (6)
M Gonzalez T Cruz (36) Hamilton (i) Jo Martinez (37ti) Rapoport
Hearne Degerman Derba C Smith (40) Ant. DeJesus
Fiske (iL) Parise Arburr Henley
Lynn (14) Samuel (21)
Kulik (L) McCormick (i)
Dew (i)
Norrick (L)
Dickson
Furnish (L)
Sanchez
Maiques (susp)
Palm Beach (25+2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Broderick Diapoules Rivera Marmol Bolivar Curtis Chambers
R Castillo (19) Eager Vazquez Jo Garcia Sedbrook Pham
Additon (26iL) King Murphy Luna (39) Peterson
Gorgen (22) Reifer (24) Swauger
Fick Linares (L)
Freeman (L)
Garceau (29i)
Mulligan
E Hernandez
Quad Cities (25+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Daley, Jr. Carpenter Cutler Morales Toribio Vasquez (13) Parejo
Zawacki Delgado Espinoza A Castellanos Edwards (23i)
Buursma Lilley P Cruz
Bravo (iL) Rosales Toribio Bogany
Bradford (i) M Tapia Mitchell
Nieto Pichardo Ja Martinez
Cardenas (L) Veres
Thomas McGregor
J Wilson (restr)
Ext. Spring (63)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Cruz A Castillo A Perez D Medina Landin Alvarez Teran Babrick
Ang. De Jesus Castro Rigoli L Mateo Y Castillo R DeLaCruz (38) Gomez
Arredondo Calero Cawley Scruggs Mambell Hage
Blazek Frevert L DeLaCruz Mosquera Ingram
Diaz Maertz Moscatel Obregon
Fornataro Mayes Polanco R Ruiz Lara
Javier Munoz Alcala Valera Rivero
Leach Orozco R Rodriguez
North Ortiz R Rosario
Notti Riportella
R Gonzalez Rondon Shepherd
Rada Russell Swinson
Richardson Y Gonzalez
Rios J Castellanos (L)
Santos Siegrist (L)
Hooker (32)
A Ferrara (L)
G Brown (L)
EST (visa delay 2)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Estalis J Castillo (susp)
Batavia (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Johnson City (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
GCL (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
DSL (32)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia Concepcion V Ferreira Pimentel Avila Cabrera Villar Beras
Franco E Rivera L Perez Hiraldo G Hernandez Encarnacion
Jimenez M Martinez Montero J Lopez J Pena
Pasen Pinard W Perez Reyes
Urena D Rodriguez (L) Sandoval
Herrera (L) Mercedes (L) Taveras
L Rosario (L) P Pena (L)
Uribe (L)
VSL (34+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Avendano Cedeno Rivas R Perez M Marquez O Medina H Garcia Argenal
Bier F Marquez Viloria Vargas Yegues Cortez
Corpas Guzman Velazco Vivas (susp) H Martina Fonseca
Nieves Polanco Inojoza
Oraa Ulacio A Castellano
Colorado (L) Ramos Martines
Solarte
Weffer (L)
R Alvarado (L)
De Aguas (L)
Echeverria (L)
Villanueva (L)

Codes:

(#): My Cardinals prospect ranking from over the winter at Scout.com

(i): injured – on the disabled list

(t): temporary inactive list

(susp): suspended list

(restr): restricted list

(L) left-handed pitcher

Bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster

(#+#) number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive (i+t+susp+restr) players

The Cardinals organization roster matrix: regular season


Welcome to the refreshed St. Louis Cardinals roster matrix published to celebrate the start of the regular season for the major league club and the four full-season affiliates.

The initial versions of those four minor league rosters, Memphis, Springfield, Palm Beach and Quad Cities, are complete. Also included are injured and suspended players as well as those granted personal leave.

All of the invitees to Extended Spring Training camp are included together, a group that currently sits at 78 players with five more scheduled to arrive next month. The three US-based short-season rosters, for Batavia, Johnson City and the Gulf Coast League Cardinals, are left blank for the time being.

Come June, those clubs will be populated from the EST standouts as well as 2009 draftees and free agent signings. I will keep this roster matrix updated between now and then and then republish another fresh version once the short-season rosters are announced.

Most of the remainder of the EST players will return to the Dominican and Venezuelan Summer Leagues. The additional 62 players on the DSL and VSL rosters not invited to the US are listed below in their most recent league assignments.

All told, the organization currently has 282 players under contract, from St. Louis down through the Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals.

Like everything here at The Cardinal Nation, the matrix is provided at no charge. That doesn’t mean it didn’t take a lot of work to create and maintain. Please be respectful and link back here if you want to reference the matrix rather than copying it elsewhere.

Remember, this Roster Matrix can always be accessed in several ways. You can enter the term “roster matrix” in the blue search box in the upper right of the site or access this information through the top red menu bar under “Players/Staff” > “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”.

Update 4/10: RHP Andres Rosales promoted from EST to QC to replace suspended Deryk Hooker

Update 4/13: 2B Oliver Marmol placed on Palm Beach DL, Jose Garcia promoted from EST to Palm Beach. Mark Hamilton activated by Springfield from EST, Brandon Buckman placed on the Springfield DL.

Update 4/15: Chris Carpenter to 15-day DL, Brad Thompson optioned to Memphis. Chris Perez and Mitchell Boggs promoted from Memphis to StL.

Update 4/16: LHR Royce Ring activated from Memphis 7-day DL.

Update 4/17: RHS P.J. Walters from Memphis to StL, RHR Josh Kinney optioned out. 2B Aaron Luna to Quad Cities DL, C Blake Murphy activated.

Update 4/20: OF Brian Barton traded to Atlanta for RHR Blaine Boyer.

Update 4/21: 3B David Freese optioned to Memphis to make room for Boyer in StL.

Update 4/23: RHR Kenny Maiques assigned to Extended Spring Training from Springfield. Eddie Degerman activated from PB DL to Springfield. OF Paul Cruz to Quad Cities DL. 2B Brett Lilley promoted to QC from EST.

Update 4/24: OF Amaury Marti injured (Oaxaca Guerreros of the Mexican League. LHP Katsuhiko Maekawa placed on Memphis 7-day DL.

Update 4/25: Acquired LHP Evan MacLane from Triple-A Reno (Arizona). Assigned to Triple-A Memphis. 282 players under contract.

Update 4/27: LHS Ryan Kulik promoted from PB to Spr as LHS Justin Fiske placed on DL. RHS Scott Gorgen promoted from Extended Spring Training.

Update 4/30: IF Brendan Ryan placed on StL 15-day DL. Tyler Greene promoted to StL from Memphis. OF Paul Cruz activated from DL by QC. C Blake Murphy returned to QC DL. Marco Gonzalez from Mem to Spr with Donovan Solano going the other way. OF Shane Robinson placed on Memphis DL with C Brandon Yarbrough and RHR Fernando Salas activated. SS Pete Kozma from PB to Spr. Kyle Mura to Spr DL. Trey Hearne into Spr rotation for Mura.

Update 5/1: IF Domnit Bolivar from QC to PB. IF Guillermo Toribio from EST to QC.

Update 5/2: LHP Jonny Bravo from EST to QC. RHP Chuckie Fick from QC to PB. RHP Lance Lynn from PB to Spr. Elvis Hernandez to Spr DL. PB ends tandem rotation with Mark Diapoules and Shaun Garceau to the bullpen.

Update 5/3: 1B Matt Arburr activated by PB. OF Charlie Kingrey released. New total 281.

Update 5/4: RHP P.J. Walters optioned to Mem with RHP Brad Thompson promoted to StL.

Update 5/5: 1B Brandon Buckman released from Spr. RHR Marco Gonzalez to Spr DL. LHP Joe Williams signed and added to Spr. OF Shane Robinson off Mem DL with 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir on.

Update 5/7: OF Rick Ankiel placed on the 15-day DL (likely effective 5/5). OF Shane Robinson added to 40-man roster and promoted from Memphis.

Update 5/8: IF Mike Folli from Spr to Mem. OF Brian Buck released from QC, replaced by Frederick Parejo from EST. LHP George Brown sent from QC to EST, replaced by RHP Josh Wilson. RHP Marco Gonzalez activated by Spr with LHP Kristhiam Linares onto Spr DL. QC moves Andres Rosales and Miguel Tapia to bullpen. New total 280.

Update 5/9: OF Alexander Castellano to VSL from DSL. C Jesus Montero to DSL from VSL. RHPs David Brito and Carlos Noguera released from EST. New total 278.

Update 5/12: IF Brendan Ryan assigned to Mem on rehab. RHP Kyle Mura activated by Spr. Ps Carlos Gonzalez, Jose Penaloza, Adam Prange and Senger Peralta released from EST. New total 274.

Update 5/13: OF Ryan Ludwick placed on StL DL, OF Nick Stavinoha recalled from Mem. OF Jarred Bogany from EST to Quad Cities, with OF Ryde Rodriguez going from QC to EST. LHP Ian Ostlund to Mem DL.

Update 5/14: OF Joe Mather to Mem DL. 2B Jarrett Hoffpauir and LHP Katsuhiko Maekawa activated from Mem DL. 1B Javier Brito signed for Mem as minor league free agent. New total 275.

Update 5/15: Spr 1B/OF Andrew Brown placed on DL. 1B Curt Smith from PB to Spr. OF Chris Swauger from QC to PB. OF Travis Mitchell from EST to QC. RP Kenny Maiques transferred from EST to Spr and suspended 50 games. RHP Mitchell Boggs from StL to Mem, with IF Brendan Ryan activated from Mem rehab.

Update 5/16: Mem 3B David Freese to DL. 3B Brett Wallace from Spr to Mem. Amaury Cazana activated from DL in Mexico.

Update 5/18: IF Mike Folli returned to Spr from Mem.

The St. Louis Cardinals Roster Matrix (effective 05/18/09)

St. Louis (25+5) 40-man (39)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Carpenter (i)
 Franklin LaRue Pujols Schumaker K Greene Glaus (i) Ankiel (i)
Lohse Thompson
 Molina Thurston Ryan
Duncan
Pineiro McClellan Barden Ludwick (i)
Wainwright Motte (4) T Greene (16) Rasmus (1)
Wellemeyer C Perez Robinson (27)
Ja Garcia (9iL) Miller (L) Stavinoha (35)

Reyes (L)
Boyer
Memphis (24+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Walters (17)
 Todd (7) Anderson (3) Brito
 Hoffpauir
 Solano Craig (18) Jay (12)
Hawksworth Kinney (20)
 Pagnozzi Rowlett Freese (5i) Shorey
Mortensen (11) Salas (31) Yarbrough Wallace (2) Mather (i)
Parisi (i) Scherer
Ottavino (15) Ring (L)
MacLane (L) Maekawa (L)
Boggs (10) Ostlund (iL)
Manning (L)
Others (1)
Cazana 
(Mexico)
Springfield (24+8)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Dickson E Hernandez (i) Hill (34) A Brown (i) Descalso Kozma (8) Folli Jones (6)
Herron (25) M Gonzalez T Cruz (36) Hamilton Jo Martinez (37ti) Rapoport
Hearne Degerman C Smith (40) Ant. DeJesus
Fiske (iL) Parise Henley
Lynn (14) Samuel (21)
Kulik (L) McCormick (i)
Dew (i)
Norrick (L)
Linares (iL)
Furnish (L)
Williams (L)
Mura
Maiques (susp)
Palm Beach (25+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Broderick Sanchez Derba Rivera Marmol (i) Sedbrook Curtis Chambers
R Castillo (19) Eager Vazquez Arburr Jo Garcia Bolivar Pham
Additon (26L) King Peterson
Gorgen (22) Reifer (24) Swauger
Kopp (28) Freeman (L)
Diapoules
Garceau (29)
Fick
Quad Cities (25+4)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Daley, Jr. T4 Carpenter Cutler Morales Luna (39i) Vasquez (13) Parejo
Bravo (L) T3 Delgado Espinoza A Castellanos Toribio Edwards (23)
Hooker (32 susp) Mulligan Murphy (i) Lilley P Cruz
J Wilson T3 Rosales Bogany
McGregor T2 M Tapia Mitchell
Nieto T2
Cardenas (L) T1
Thomas T1
Veres T4
Bradford (i)
Ext. Spring (63)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Cruz A Castillo A Perez D Medina Landin Alvarez Teran Babrick
Ang. De Jesus Castro Rigoli L Mateo Y Castillo R DeLaCruz (38)
Arredondo Buursma Cawley Scruggs Mambell Gomez
Blazek L DeLaCruz Mosquera Hage
Diaz Calero Moscatel Obregon Ingram
Fornataro Frevert Polanco R Ruiz Ja Martinez
Maertz Lara
Mayes
Javier Munoz R Rodriguez
Leach Orozco R Rosario
Ortiz Riportella
North Shepherd
Notti Pichardo Swinson
R Gonzalez
Rada Rondon
Richardson Russell
Rios Y Gonzalez
Santos
Zawacki J Castellanos (L)
G Brown (L) Siegrist (L)
A Ferrara (L)
EST (May 15) (5)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Estalis Alcala Valera Rivero
J Castillo (susp)
Batavia (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Johnson City (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
GCL (TBD)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
DSL (34)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
A Tapia Concepcion V Ferreira Pimentel Avila Cabrera H Martina
Franco E Rivera L Perez Hiraldo G Hernandez Villar Beras
Jimenez M Martinez Montero J Lopez Encarnacion
Pasen Pinard W Perez J Pena
Urena D Rodriguez (L) Martines
Herrera (L) Mercedes (L) Reyes
L Rosario (L) P Pena (L) Sandoval
Uribe (L) Taveras
VSL (26+1)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Avendano Cedeno R Perez M Marquez O Medina H Garcia Argenal
Bier F Marquez Rivas Vargas Yegues Cortez
Nieves Guzman Viloria Vivas (susp) Fonseca
Colorado (L) Oraa Velazco Inojoza
Weffer (L) R Alvarado A Castellano
Ramos
Solarte

The matrix: breaking the code

Players with injuries that led to a stint on the disabled list are noted with (i). The number in parentheses after each club’s name is the quantity of players assigned there. (ti) means the player is on the temporary inactive list. “susp” denotes players suspended.

The names of those on the 40-man roster are listed in BOLD.

After some names, you will see a number in parentheses. That denotes my personal ranking of the player in the annual Top 40 Cardinals Prospects voting at Scout.com. (At The Birdhouse, my individual scores as shown here were weighted one-fourth in determining the final Scout.com ranking.)

Paired members of the tandem starting rotations at Palm Beach and Quad Cities are denoted by “Tn”. Pairs are assigned “n” values 1 through 4 or 5 based on their initial assignment sequence.

When assigning positions, I put players in just one column. My attempt was to acknowledge where they are expected to play during the majority of the season.

To delineate the left-handed starters and relievers, I adopted the practice of placing the lefties at the end of the starters and relievers lists, designated by the letter (L).

Don’t read anything into the order of the names within any column, other than the LHPs at the end. They are generally presented alphabetically. The order has no correlation to playing time, duration on the roster or anything else.

This isn’t the final source on the spelling of players’ names. I have tried to remain consistent with what we use at Scout.com and what is designated at MiLB.com. Especially with the academy players, the information from the Cardinals themselves can even include mistakes.

Don’t forget the wealth of (free) information about each player that we maintain in the Scout.com player data base. It is too unwieldy to maintain every link to almost 300 player profiles directly from the matrix, but do keep using the Scout profiles as the source for additional information on individual players.

I will always designate the most current date when the matrix was last updated, but I am not necessarily planning to maintain a log of every transaction that occurs across the system all year, though I will keep the matrix current.

The good news is that I don’t have to document all the moves. UConnCard already does that over on the Scout.com message board. My goal will be to stay in sync with that list of moves visually. So remember the link to the transaction log, especially if/when detailed questions come up.


Link to previous matrix: January – March, 2009

Cardinals minors working rosters – March 27


With the release of nine players on Thursday, the current count of minor leaguers in St. Louis Cardinals in camp sits at 151.

A sure sign the regular season is approaching is the change from listing the minor leaguers as part of four more loosely-defined “groups” to now being ordered with the attached label of the four full-season minor league clubs.

There is one addition, the second Quad Cities team, which might instead be considered those players most likely to not make a full-season club. Rather than heading north with the others, the players on that roster as it looks next week will remain behind in extended spring training.

Again, there is still plenty of time for movement, which there will surely be. There will also be another round of cuts, so don’t assume these will be the final rosters.

Once the regular season begins, I will publish a refresh of the entire organizational roster matrix. The current version is accurate in terms of player names in and out, but the individual teams are still organized in the manner the players reported to camp.

Remember you can always find the current version from the “Players/Staff” tab on the top of the page. Look for “Depth Charts/Roster Matrix”. I prefer not to call them depth charts as I am not tracking playing time, but I use the label since I can see that many are searching for the information in that way.

Cardinals minors spring training groups


As the St. Louis Cardinals minor league camp opened earlier in the month, the population of 152 initial players invited was split into four Groups. While it would be tempting and natural to conclude the four groups correspond to each of the organization’s full-season teams – Memphis, Springfield, Palm Beach and Quad Cities – that is not necessarily the case.

I am quite sure that since this list was prepared, there have already been players moved around, both because of performance as well as the net count of nine additional players reassigned from the major league club.

Still, this offers an interesting view of positional assignments and which pitchers are being prepared as starters (s) and which as relievers (r). The other classifications are first base (1b), infield (if) and outfield (of). The numeric prefix denotes the Group, one through four. Six players are out of action while rehabbing injuries.

For the full system listing, check out my Cardinals Roster Matrix. It is up-to-date in terms of a complete accounting of all players in the system, including the short-season clubs. I will next update the levels once the regular season rosters for the full-season clubs are set. That will be in about two weeks.

Pitchers Catchers First base Infield Outfield total
Group 1 21 4 3 8 6 42
Group 2 21 2 2 4 7 36
Group 3 18 4 2 4 6 34
Group 4 18 4 0 5 7 34
Rehab 5 0 1 0 0 6
total 83 14 8 21 26 152

Pitchers Pos/initial group Position players Pos/initial group
Additon, Nick s2 Arburr, Matt 1b rehab
Bilardello, Davis r2 Bogany, Jarred of4
Bird, Ryan s1 Bolivar, Domnit if3
Blazek, Mike s4 Brown, Andrew 1b1
Bradford, Jared s2 Buck, Brian of4
Bravo, Jon s rehab Buckman, Brandon 1b1
Broderick, Brian r2 Cartie, Bryan if2
Brown, George s3 Castellanos, Alex if4
Buursma, Jason r4 Castillo, Yunior if4
Cardenas, Hector s3 Castro, Ivan c4
Carpenter, David r3 Cawley, Jack c3
Castillo, Richard s2 Chambers, Adron of2
Choi, Hyang-Nam r1 Cruz, Paul of4
Daley, Gary r3 Cruz, Tony c1
Daman, Wayne r2 Curtis, Jermaine if3
Degerman, Eddie r2 Cutler, Charles c3
Delgado, Ramon r3 DeJesus, Antone of2
Dew, Josh r rehab DeLaCruz, Roberto if4
Diapoules, Mark s2 Derba, Nick c2
Dickson, Brandon s1 Descalso, Daniel if1
Eager, Thomas s2 Edwards, Jon of2
Ferrera, Anthony s4 Espinoza, Roberto c3
Fick, Chuckie r2 Folli, Mike if1
Fiske, Justin s1 Freese, David if1
Flores, Miguel s4 Garcia, Isa if1
Fornataro, Eric s3 Garcia, Jose if3
Freeman, Samuel r2 Gomez, Edwin of4
Frevert, Matt r4 Hamilton, Mark 1b1
Furnish, Brad r1 Henley, Tyler of1
Garceau, Shaun s1 Hill, Steven c1
Gonzalez, Dylan r3 Ingram, D’Marcus of3
Gonzalez, Marco r1 Jones, Daryl of1
Gonzalez, Reynier s4 Kingrey, Charlie of2
Gorgen, Scott s rehab Knoedler, Justin c1
Gregerson, Luke r1 Kozma, Pete if2
Haltiwanger, Russ r1 Lara, Edgar of4
Hearne, Trey r1 Lilley, Brett if4
Hernandez, Elvis r1 Luna, Aaron of2
Herron, Tyler s1 Marmol, Oliver if2
Hester, Josh s4 Marti, Amaury of1
Hooker, Deryk s4 Martinez, Jairo of4
King, Blake r2 Martinez, Jose if1
Kopp, David s2 Mitchell, Travis of3
Kulik, Ryan s2 Morales, Osvaldo 1b3
Leach, Tyler r4 Moscatel, Kevin c4
Linares, Kristhiam r1 Murphy, Blake c3
Lugo, Rigoberto r4 Noland, Rickey c4
Lynn, Lance s1 Parejo, Frederick of3
Maekawa, Katsuhiko r1 Peterson, Shane of2
Maertz, Santo r4 Pham, Tommy of2
Maiques, Kenny r2 Rapoport, Jim of1
Maj, Jameson s3 Riportella, Beau of3
Mateo, Jose r2 Rivera, Francisco 1b2
Mayes, La Curtis r4 Robinson, Shane of1
McCormick, Mark r rehab Rodriguez, Ryde of3
McGregor, Scott s3 Rosa, Christian c4
Mikrut, Jon r1 Rowlett, Casey if1
Mulligan, Casey r2 Scruggs, Xavier 1b3
Mura, Kyle s1 Sedbrook, Colt if2
Nieto, Arquimedes s3 Shorey, Mark of1
Norrick, Tyler r1 Smith, Curt 1b2
Ostlund, Ian r1 Solano, Donovan if1
Parise, Pete r2 Swauger, Chris of3
Parisi, Mike s rehab Swinson, Michael of4
Peralta, Senger r3 Vasquez, Niko if3
Pichardo, Joel r4 Vasquez, Paul c2
Pitts, Zachary r3 Vera, Nick if4
Rada, Jose s4 Wallace, Brett if1
Reifer, Adam r2 Yarbrough, Brandon c1
Richardson, Dan r4
Rogers, Joe s1
Rondon, Jorge r3
Rosales, Andres r3
Samuel, Francisco r1
Sanchez, Eduardo r2
Santos, Randy s4
Siegrist, Kevin s4
Spade, Matt r2
Stambaugh, J.D. r3
Tapia, Angel r3
Thomas, Kevin s4
Veres, Adam s3
Zawacki, Brett s3

The Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix: Preseason 2009


Note: This post has been superseded by a new version of the Roster Matrix dated 4/10 which is available via this link.

What follows is a project I have considered for a long time, but I guess I needed the cold and snow of winter to motivate me to finally undertake it.

Following is a complete listing of all players currently known to be under contract in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Initially, there are 306 players from the 40-man roster down through the Venezuelan Summer League.

Because we are all impatient types, I am going to list the rosters first, with all the explanation, caveats, etc. following. Before you post comments or send notes with mistakes or corrections, please take the time to read the explanations that follow the matrix, as many of your questions may already be answered. Also, don’t forget to read the comments afterward and add your own!

For future reference, as this article falls off the front page, remember to bookmark this URL. If you forget how to find it, just put your cursor on “Players/Staff” at the top of the page and then “Depth Charts”, and you’ll be back here. Plus, the search box at the upper right is always active.

One final request. Like everything here at The Cardinal Nation, the matrix is provided at no charge. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t take a lot of work to create and maintain. Please be respectful and link back here if you want to reference the matrix rather than copying it elsewhere.

Updated 2/4/09: Reliever Hyang-Nam Choi signed to a minor league deal and added to Memphis roster. New total 307.

Updated 2/9/09: 2B Adam Kennedy released. New total 306

Updated 2/28/09. P Mitch Harris signed. Likely on restricted list due to active Navy service so not listed here.

Updated 3/2/09: C Ismael Cardona (Batavia) released. The contract of pitcher Jose Vicente Campos (VSL) was voided. New total 304.

Updated 3/5/09: LHR Dennys Reyes signed. 305 players under contract.

Updated 3/15/09: Minor league LHP Kristian Linares added. New total 306.

Updated 3/18/09: RP Mike Sillman and OF Luke Gorsett retired. Total 304.

Updated 3/23/09: RP Luke Gregerson traded. IF Nick Vera, LHS Joe Rogers, 2B Isa Garcia, RHP Miguel Flores and C Christian Rosa released. New total 298.

Updated 3/26/09: Released RPs Hyang-Nam Choi, Russ Haltiwanger,Zach Pitts, Matt Spade, Wayne Damon, Jose Mateo, Jon Mikrut, Jameson Maj and 3B Brian Cartie. Total 289.

Updated 3/27/09: Royce Ring removed from 40-man and accepted assignment to Memphis.

Updated 3/31/09: Released Cs Justin Knoedler and Rickey Noland and Ps Ryan Bird, J.D. Stambaugh, Davis Bilardello, Dylan Gonzalez and Josh Hester.

The St. Louis Cardinals Roster Matrix (as of 3/31/09)

St. Louis (23) 40-man (34)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Carpenter Franklin LaRue Pujols Schumaker
 K Greene Glaus Ankiel
Lohse Kinney (20) Molina Ryan Duncan
Pineiro McClellan Ludwick
Wainwright Motte (4) Mather
Wellemeyer

Thompson
Reyes (L)
Miller (L)


Memphis (27)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Boggs (10) Haltiwanger Anderson (3) Hoffpauir Barden Freese (5) Barton
Hawksworth Mikrut Knoedler Thurston T Greene (16) Cazana (Marti)
Mortensen (11) Scherer Pagnozzi Jay (12)
Parisi (i) Manning (L) Yarbrough Rasmus (1)
Todd (7) Maekawa (L) Robinson (27)
Walters (17) Ostlund (L) Stavinoha (35)
Ja Garcia (9iL) Choi
Rogers (L) Ring (L)
C Perez
Springfield (22)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Dickson Dew Brown I Garcia Jo Martinez (37) Craig (18) Jones (6)
Hearne M Gonzalez Buckman Descalso Solano Wallace (2) Rapoport
Mura Gregerson (30) Hamilton Rowlett
Ottavino (15) Salas (31) Shorey
Fiske (L) McCormick
Furnish (L)
Palm Beach (27)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Bird Daman Derba Hill (34) Folli Kozma (8) Cartie DeJesus
Diapoules Degerman Vasquez Arburr Marmol T Cruz (36) Luna (39)
Garceau (29) E Hernandez Henley
Herron (25) Maiques Kingrey
King J Mateo
Kopp (28) Mulligan
Additon (26L) Parise
Norrick (L) Samuel (21)
Bilardello (L)
Freeman (L)
Linares (L)
Quad Cities (23)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
R Castillo (19) Bradford J Castillo Rivera Bolivar Chambers
Broderick Daley, Jr. Espinoza Smith (40) Vasquez (13) Edwards (23)
Fick Frevert Murphy Ingram
Hooker (32) D Gonzalez Pham
Lynn (14) Rondon
Maj Sanchez
McGregor Spade (L)
Kulik (L) Stambaugh (L)
Batavia (29)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Delgado Buursma Rosa Scruggs A Castellanos Lilley Curtis Gomez
Eager Lugo Cutler Jo Garcia Sedbrook Morales Ja Martinez
Gorgen (22) Mayes L DeLaCruz Landin Vera Parejo
Hester Reifer (24) Peterson
Nieto Riportella
Pitts Swauger
Richardson
M Tapia
Veres
Brown (L)
Cardenas (L)
Johnson City (29)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Arredondo Carpenter Castro Rigoli L Mateo Alvarez Bogany
Blazek Flores Cawley Toribio Y Castillo P Cruz
Fornataro C Gonzalez Noland Hage
R Gonzalez Maertz Lara
Leach Pichardo Mitchell
North Bravo (L) R Rodriguez
Rosales
Santos
Thomas
Zawacki
Peralta (L)
GCL (28)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Diaz Calero Moscatel H Medina Hiraldo Mosquera Teran Babrick
Javier Concepcion A Perez Obregon Buck
Notti Munoz R Ruiz R Rosario
Rada Ortiz Shepherd
A Cruz Penaloza Swinson
A Ferrara (L) Prange
Russell
J Castellanos (L)
Siegrist (L)
DSL (37)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
De Jesus Estalis V Ferreira Pimentel J Lopez G Hernandez H Martina Beras
Franco Pinard L Perez Avila Cabrera R DeLaCruz (38) A Castellano
Jimenez A Castillo Polanco W Perez Villar Martines
Urena E Rivera Reyes
Pasen M Martinez Sandoval
A Tapia Mercedes (L) Encarnacion
Herrera (L) Uribe (L) J Pena
L Rosario (L) D Rodriguez (L) Taveras
P Pena (L)
VSL (37)
SP RP C 1B 2B SS 3B OF
Bier R Alvarado Alcala R Perez M Marquez Mannbel H Garcia Cortez
Avendano Y Gonzalez Montero Vargas O Medina Yegues Fonseca
Nieves Guzman Rivas Vivas Valera Inojoza
Corpas F Marquez Viloria Rivero
Noguera Solarte Velazco Argenal
Rios Orozco
Weffer (L) Cedeno
Colorado (L) Oraa
Brito
Ramos

The matrix: What it is

While some of the players’ levels may look odd (four catchers in Memphis and none in Springfield, for example), they are placed where the Cardinals have assigned them. Of course, once working rosters begin to be “worked” in Jupiter in March, there will be changes, many of them.

Players with injuries that appear to be season-ending are noted with (i). The number in parentheses after each club’s name is the quantity of players assigned there.

The one area where I did make adjustments is in my view of the likely end-of-spring distribution of the players on the 40-man roster between St. Louis and Memphis. Otherwise, there wouldn’t yet be much of a roster in Triple-A. Like everything else, this will be fluid come spring. The 40-man players’ names are listed in BOLD.

(In that vein, I initially listed 26 players for St. Louis. I know that is one too many. I predict that one of the three lefty relievers isn’t going to make it and same with one of the righties. One the plus side, another infield reserve will be required. 26 minus two plus one will get us to 25, eventually.)

After some players’ names, you will see a number in parentheses. They denote my personal ranking of the player in the annual Top 40 Cardinals Prospects voting at Scout.com. (At The Birdhouse, my individual scores as shown here were weighted one-fourth in determining the final Scout.com ranking.)


What it isn’t

When assigning positions, I put players in just one column. My attempt was to acknowledge where they spent the majority of last season. For example, I know that Steven Hill and Tony Cruz are being tried behind the plate. That’s no different from last year, yet both ended up playing far more games at other positions.

For the pitchers, I started out with separate columns for the left-handed starters and relievers, but the table just became too big. So instead, I adopted the practice of placing the lefties at the end of the starters and relievers lists, designated by the letter (L).

Don’t read anything into the order of the names within any column, other than the LHPs at the end. I started alphabetically, but at the lower levels, I backed off. At this point, they have no correlation to playing time, duration on the roster or anything else. Step one was simply to get everyone in the right box.

This isn’t the final source on the spelling of players’ names. I have tried to remain consistent with what we use at Scout.com and what is designated at MiLB.com. Especially with the academy players, the information from the Cardinals themselves can even include mistakes.

Don’t forget the wealth of (free) information about each player that we maintain in the Scout.com player data base. It is too unwieldy to include and keep current every link to over 300 player profiles directly from the matrix, but do keep using the Scout profiles as the source for detailed information on individual players.

I will always designate the most current date when the matrix was last updated, but I am not planning to maintain a log of every transaction that occurs across the system all year. The good news is that I don’t have to. UConnCard already does that over on the Scout.com message board. My goal will be to stay in sync with that list of moves visually. So remember the link to the transaction log, especially if/when questions come up.


What it may be later on

Once the 2009 regular season begins, I hope to be noting players:

  • on the disabled list
  • sharing jobs in the tandem pitching rotations in A-ball
  • performing the role of closer

Perhaps I may even undertake re-ordering the players in some sort of recognition of playing time, but that remains to be seen.


What you can do

Let me know what you think about this project. Putting in the time to create and maintain it is only of value to me if it is of value to you.

Speak up if you see errors or have questions. The more eyes over the map, the more accurate it will be.

I’d like to thank CariocaCardinal and UConnCard for being the initial set of proof-readers/correctors. In addition, jrocke217’s reports on the DSL and VSL were invaluable.

In fact, Carioca’s first comments led me to the article about the releases of Carlos Pupo, Ross Oeder and Nick Peoples. So, other good can come from this kind of project, too.