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Kind of an odd move from the transaction page:
05/05/26 – SS Miguel Villarroel assigned to Memphis Redbirds from Peoria Chiefs.
I wonder why they didn’t move Rivas up?
Here is the full list:
INF Miguel Villarroel has been transferred from Peoria (A+) to Memphis (AAA).
RHP Jason Savacool has been transferred from Memphis to Peoria.
RHP Hunter Kublick has been transferred from the FCL to Palm Beach (A).
RHP Anthony Watts has been transferred from Palm Beach to the…
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) May 5, 2026
The part cut off reads:
RHP Anthony Watts has been transferred from Palm Beach to the FCL.
RHP Bruno López (A+) has been transferred from the 7-day IL to the 60-day IL.
cf64 asked:
I wonder why they didn’t move Rivas up?
Perhaps it is another short-term need. Maybe a fill in until Saggese reports?
It sure seems like Memphis needs pitching more than another infielder, especially one with no Double-A experience. Curious indeed.
Aha. Here is the answer. Urias has an elbow injury and is being placed on the IL. Saggese returns to StL. So Memphis was one infielder short.
Right elbow lateral epicondylitis looks a lot like tennis elbow.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 5, 2026
I actually had not seen this before my comments about Blaze getting Urias’s playing time. I would have preferred him over another Saggasse opportunity.
According to this IG account belonging to Alfredo Harp Academy out of Mexico, the Cardinals have signed 17-year old RHP Jose Miguel Vega. The contract was signed in the Dominican Republic.
Here’s a link to the post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DX-paczkT_l/?img_index=7
Here is further confirmation of this signing. Nothing from the Cardinals yet…
The Cardinals have signed Mexican RHP Miguel Vega (17) out of the Alfredo Harp Academy.
Vega made his pro debut last year at the age of 16 for Diablos Rojos of LMB pitching 0.2 innings giving up a run on one hit, and a walk, inducing a double play.
He features a sinker,… pic.twitter.com/sXAGcKIBkg
— Redbird Farmhands (@RedbirdFarmhand) May 6, 2026
Hi Brian,
I noticed your Total Player count is off by one. Should be 241. You missed adding to the Total on 4/27 when Luis Peralta was claimed off waivers from Colorado.
Just helping out,
Larry Cardinal
I think Gastelum and Rajcic could help our bullpen. They both have had strong starts for Memphis. Also, I’d like to see Watson promoted to Memphis.
I think Gastelum and Rajcic could help our bullpen
They are probably in no hurry to make 40 man roster moves, especially since he team is winning.
It’s only a matter of time before the bullpen costs us games. How do we have a winning record with only 3 reliable relievers? Having Fernandez and Roycroft as depth isn’t saying a lot.
The starting pitching, with the exception of Mcgreeevy and Liberatore, hasn’t been great so far either.
With Gastelum i can accept that a month in AAA is not enough. I could see bringing Rajcic up when a need arises.
Rajcic I could see. He has plenty of AAA experience and his conversion to the pen and switch from slider to sweeper has done wonders for him. He could certainly replace Shuster on the mlb and 40-man roster. However, I’m not confident his MLB results would be better than pedestrian and thus far Shuster has been fine. Therefore, I’m not sure we’re gaining much.
No way on Gastellum. He has a month of AAA experience and has had quite a few rocky innings there. Give him more time.
The #stlcards Class-A Palm Beach Cardinals placed two right-handed relievers on the 7-day IL yesterday – Jovi Galvez and Robbie Knowles (pictured). pic.twitter.com/G2UvAVUA8Z
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) May 8, 2026
Brian, did Liam Best get activated from the IL and I missed it? I didn’t notice he had been on it until I was looking at his player page and noticed he was listed as injured and found this:
04/01/26 – Palm Beach Cardinals placed RHP Liam Best on the 7-day injured list.
Curious, isn’t it? As far as I can tell, Best was never on the IL. He appeared in eight games in relief for Palm Beach during April.
Our MiLB friends seem to have made an error. Either that, or Best has been getting credit for someone else’s results! 😉
Lol! I guess they read this forum!
05/09/26 – Palm Beach Cardinals activated RHP Liam Best from the 7-day injured list.
Smart to get him up to AA quick. If he continues to keep performing as well there, i think AAA by start of next season is very possible. Those catchers above bim might ought to start worrying unless his catching skills dont keep pace. They might try to move him to another position but i wouldnt mess around too much with him.
To backfill Rodriguez (now confirmed), the Cards promoted Jack Gurevitch from Palm Beach.
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