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“27” – You want to add Hansen, Rajcic, and Jordan. That requires 3 40-man spots, which we could make by jettisoning Bruhil, Roycroft, and Fermin as you have outlined on this post and your other this morning. But that depletes our depth, which isn’t all that deep as it is. What happens then if Hansen gets hurt? We now have no 2nd left handed option other than to rob Mautz or Matthews (which would be another 40-man spots), but those are our depth starters in case our starters get hurt. You might put the team in an irresponsible situation that could have been easily avoided. Also, are you sure Hansen is better than Bruhil? I’m not. In fact, I kind of think he would be worse. And while Rajcic is probably better than Roycroft, Roycroft isn’t actually pitching in the Majors right now. I don’t know that Rajcic would be better than Graceffo. He could be used to get Dobbins back to starting at AAA. But does that help that much?
Jnevel, I think there are several important things when trying to improve our team. You try and improve your starters and reserve players, starting pitching and relievers.
First, you can dfa players without losing their services. What team would claim Roycroft. I really doubt anyone would want Fermin. Bruihls value is that he throws left handed. Pretty sure they’d end up at Memphis.
Second, we have Prieto, Jordan, and Mendoza as reserve depth pieces with Jordan possibly being a starter. But we will never know until we give them a chance.
Lastly, other teams have to make tough roster decisions too. So there are transactions and players available. Our bullpen is the 22nd best in MLB. That and our bench are inferior as currently rostered.
And I was just saying I’d like to see these players added, but that doesn’t mean all 3 will be moved. Could be September moves as well.
The #stlcards have promoted OF Jose Cordoba from High-A Peoria to Double-A Springfield.
— Brian Walton (@B_Walton) June 2, 2026
I don’t see worrying about minor league depth if you don’t use it. Last weekend would have been the time to add Jordan because we faced 2 lefty starters n
Lars Nootbaar will play nine innings in the outfield tonight and Wednesday for Triple-A Memphis. If his body responds the way the club hopes, he could play for the #STLCards as early as Friday, manager Oli Marmol said.
— John Denton (@JohnDenton555) June 2, 2026
#STLCards OF Nathan Church (shoulder) is expected to begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis on Thursday. 3B/1B Ramon Urias (right forearm tendon) is expected to begin his rehab assignment in Memphis by the weekend, Oli Marmol said.
— John Denton (@JohnDenton555) June 2, 2026
Tink will serve as the opener for Memphis tonight per Player Development post.
RHP Tink Hence has been transferred from the FCL to Memphis (AAA).
RHP Mason Burns (AA) has been placed on the full season IL.
RHP Jovi Gálvez (A) has been placed on the 7-day IL.
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) June 2, 2026
Who wouldn’t love it if Markevian ‘Tink’ Hence could be a lights out closer. After all, it’s not over for him until it’s over. I’m sure there are plenty of fans that are still holding a thread of hope for him.
Although he gave up a run, I was encouraged that Hences fastball was back up to 95. Perhaps he can regain his form. He only has 2 options left.
From the transaction pages:
June 3, 2026 – RHP Jose Vega assigned to DSL Cardinals.A formality, but not official.
RHP Matt Svanson has been recalled from Memphis (AAA).
INF/OF Thomas Saggese has been optioned to Memphis.
RHP Ryan Fernandez has been placed on the 15-day IL (lower back pain), retroactive to June 2.
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) June 5, 2026
Well that’s interesting. I expected it to be Torres. So the bench now is Valasquez (RH power off bench, spot starts at DH or LF (to be removed late defensively), Pages (occasional start at C vs. a lefty, or late inning defensive sub), Torres (lefty PH, occasional start at LF or 2B, where the guys he would sub for also bat lefty; maybe also RF with Noot in RF to rest Walker), and Fermin, who I guess is the backup for CF, 3B, SS, and 1B, plus a contact oriented righty PH.
LOL KCB!
I’m going to give my unqualified opinion on this whole BA thing. And yes, of course ERA is important! You win and lose by runs scored and it directly measures that. Obviously, you can have too small of a sample size to matter, but over the course of 50 or so innings, it definitely matters.
Batting average is a fine measurement. The problem is people treat it like .280 is better than .260 over 200 at bats. That’s 4 additional hits in 200 at bats to get to .280. We all know how random baseball can be and how sometimes a hitter can make a great swing and get robbed and a poor swing and end up with a double. Yes, it all generally averages out – but not over a measly 200 at bats! There is absolutely no way to tell which of those 2 hitters is better over 200 at bats by only looking at their batting averages. The other factor is hits don’t necessarily equal runs whereas ERA is all about runs. Ultimately, getting on base is what is most important. Walks are GUARANTEED to get someone on base. Every time. Hitting the ball extremely well is not even close to guaranteed to get you on base. Maybe only 50-60% of the time. And you have to get on base to score runs (aside from homers). Therefore, while a walk isn’t as good of an outcome as a hit, it is ultimately FAR superior to swinging because it gets you on base guaranteed every time when you earn one. On base percentage is far more important to scoring runs than batting average. It’s not that batting average is irrelevant – it’s just that people often overplay it.
End of sermon. No collection.
It is interesting that they haven’t called up the best reliever at Memphis for this season, Max Rajcic, guess they don’t want to add him to the 40 man…but will be interesting to see if at the trade deadline they deal some relievers at the major league level and then promote him.
Rajcic’s stats this year @ Memphis
4 W, 1 L, 1.77 ERA, 5 saves in 6 opportunities, 35.2 IP, 25 hits, 41 K’s, 12 BB, 2 HR,1.04 WHIP
Read the same thing but it hasn’t been reported on the transaction page for the team. Until it is confirmed I take it as wishful thinking from a fan who hates Scott.
Victor has been optioned according to multiple reports and sources. I just haven’t seen yet who is replacing him, but I would think it has to be Nathan Church. Church should be an upgrade to Victor Scott. He provides the same if not even better defense in CF, has a better arm, and should hit better. He’s not going to steal as many bases, but Scott was never on base to steal so I’m not sure that part matters. Church is likely to still be a below average hitter, but his defense will make him an overall average MLB Center Fielder.
The Cardinals don’t have to announce anything until tomorrow since today is an off day but I would imagine it is Church up and Scott down.
Accoording to ESPNs Tuesday night game box, Church is listed as back June 9th.
I think the lineup will be: (But with Oli who can be sure)
2b Wetherholt
C Herrera
1b Burleson
Rf Walker
Lf/dh Velazquez
Lf/dh Nootbaar
Ss Winn
3b Gorman
Cf ChurchAlthough Oli usually likes lrlrlrlrl
RHP Austin Love has been transferred from Springfield (AA) to Memphis (AAA).
INF Brody Moore has been transferred from Memphis to Springfield.
RHP Gerson Moreno (AAA) & INF Deniel Ortiz (AA) have begun rehab assignments with the FCL Cardinals.
LHP Cooper Hjerpe's (AA) rehab…
— Cardinals Player Development (@CardsPlayerDev) June 8, 2026
Cut off on the end was:
LHP Cooper Hjerpe’s (AA) rehab assignment has been transferred from the FCL to Palm Beach (A).RHP Jake Shelagowski (A) has been placed on the 7-day IL.
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