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As Brian mentioned in his article yesterday Graceffo is back.
Cardinals put Matt Pushard on IL, call up Gordon Graceffo for Game 2 vs. Mets: First Pitch
https://t.co/00da8bNsR7— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) March 31, 2026
I don’t like having Yerzy and Madris playing today. Unless Bernal is banged up, he should play most every day. And Jordan needs to play ahead of these 2. Between catcher, dh and first base there isn’t enough playing time. Catcher is a tough position that needs repetitions for young players. I’d have preferred to see Crooks at Memphis and Bernal at Springfield. Unless Crooks makes the big league club, which I don’t think the FO was going to do unless an injury occurred, I would have kept Bernal at AA.
My quick (and free) take on the Double-A Springfield Cardinals Opening Day Roster. The defending Texas League Championship club features seven Top-30 #stlcards prospects and two former first-round draft picks in LHP Liam Doyle and SHP Jurrangelo Cijntje. https://t.co/O31g78Uk7n pic.twitter.com/OLcRLQVNW4
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 1, 2026
The High-A Peoria Chiefs, in conjunction with the #stlcards, have announced their 2026 Opening Day roster ahead of Friday’s Opening Day matchup at Cedar Rapids. https://t.co/ECjWnUsDgL
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 1, 2026
Brian, the Cardinals websites don’t seem to have Bruno Lopez on any team that I can find. Does that mean he will stay back for extended ST or has he been released? (I also can’t find Hansen on any team roster (except yours) although his player page on the Cards site has him at Springfield.) Is this just a matter of an abundance of changes to teams and some names falling through the cracks?
When teams announce their roster, they usually only list active players. There are a handful of guys I will look into. Lopez is one of them. MiLB can be incomplete and sloppy sometimes but I am far from perfect, too.
The Cardinals Player Development account on Twitter said Hansen is starting the season the Memphis’ 7-Day IL.
Here are the respective ILs:
PB: RHP Andrew Dutkanych IV (60-day), LHP Bernard Mack (7-day), OF Matthew Miura (7-day), INF Yairo Padilla (7-day), RHP Anthony Watts (7-day). IF Johnfrank Salazar has been placed on the Development List.
Peo: RHP José Davila (7-day), RHP Frank Elissalt (60-day), RHP Joseph King (60-day), RHP Bruno López (7-day), OF Ian Petrutz (7-day)
Spr: LHP Brandon Clarke (60-day), LHP Cooper Hjerpe (60-day). C Chase Adkison, RHP Randel Clemente & INF Trey Paige have been placed on the Development List.
I will have a new Roster Matrix up later in the day that will include all of this plus the players in Extended Spring Training.
A new season means a new #stlcards Roster Matrix. All 238 players in the system by level and position with all transactions on one page. The Roster Matrix at The Cardinal Nation is updated daily and is always FREE! Bookmark it! https://t.co/VcpGZ8RfcY pic.twitter.com/sAEMHrXLAh
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 3, 2026
Deniel Ortiz Placed on Springfield’s Injured List https://t.co/58IxN1sWka pic.twitter.com/Y1BX0Qjrom
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 5, 2026
This transaction was also made:
04/04/26 – Palm Beach Cardinals placed 3B Michael Dattalo on the 7-day injured list.Salazar was activated according to the Palm Beach roster
Shuster up and to 40 man, Roycroft to AAA, and Raquet DFA’ed.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/04/cardinals-select-jared-shuster.html
I’m glad to see anyone else get a shot at relief innings other than Roycroft
I am not sure the sense in a 40 man move to accomplish replacing a guy who can’t get anyone out with a guy who hasn’t gotten anyone out for several years. But good luck to him.
To complete the Sonny Gray trade, the Red Sox announce they've sent RHP @patrick_galle to the #stlcards. Galle was Boston's 17th round draft pick in 2025 from Ole Miss. The 22-year-old is slated to join Low-A Palm Beach.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 6, 2026
This appears to be a pretty ho-hum PTBNL. But hey – at least he’s healthy – unlike about 15 of our minor league pitchers.
With the Memphis rotation in need of bolstering, RHS Hancel Rincon has been promoted from Double-A Springfield. The Cardinal Nation's 23rd ranked #stlcards prospect will be making his Triple-A debut this week. pic.twitter.com/QPU3nmhoAD
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 6, 2026
With the Memphis rotation in need of bolstering, RHS Hancel Rincon has been promoted
It seems perplexing. Rincon is already out of runway, here this year on a minor league contract. He either makes the 40 man this year or likely leaves, and is just now reaching AAA. So I get that they want to move up. On the other hand, in his lone AA appearance this year he came on in relief and went 2 IP. So he cannot be said to be stretched out even if it was styled a piggyback. Plus, he only has 50 IP of AA experience. A super slow mover who is at risk of being out of his league in AAA.
Rincon pitched very well in his time in AA last year and he also was the piggy back in AA. To me only good news for him to be promoted as he is probably ready and it gets him more IP. I realize others stick to a stringent you must play an entire calendar year at a level schedule though.
MLB Pipeline is reporting the Cards are trading Racquet to Baltimore for oF Brayden Smith.
On Sunday, the #stlcards placed reliever Nick Raquet on waivers to make 40-man roster room for Jared Shuster. On Monday evening, St. Louis dealt the 30-year-old lefty to the Orioles for High-A corner OF/2B Brayden Smith. https://t.co/XmOipbwcrB pic.twitter.com/Ex41KMHC2Z
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) April 7, 2026
LHP Pete Hansen (AAA) will begin an injury rehab assignment with Palm Beach (A).
RHP Hancel Rincón has been transferred from Springfield (AA) to Memphis (AAA).
LHP Yadiel Batista has been transferred from Palm Beach (A) to the FCL.
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) April 7, 2026
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