NOTE: As of 2/13/24, this version of the roster matrix is no longer current. It reflects changes during the 2023-2024 off-season. It should now be considered a historical reference document. For the active roster matrix during 2024 spring training, click here.
This newest Roster Matrix covers the St. Louis Cardinals and the minor league system, including the MLB Cardinals and their four full-season affiliates plus two rookie level teams – during the 2023-2024 off-season.
For reference, the previous matrix outlined all organizational transactions during the 2023 regular season from the start of short season play through its conclusion. As there are no injured lists during the off-season, refer to that prior matrix for those players who ended 2023 on the shelf.
Free agents, both major league and minor league, will be removed as they declare, starting five days after the conclusion of the World Series.
A refresher
If you are new to The Cardinal Nation and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is quick summary:
As the 2023-2024 off-season began, the St. Louis Cardinals had 219 players under contract from top to bottom, including 34 players on the 40-man roster. 40-man members are called out in bold.
The matrix places each of the 219 by position at his assigned level in the system as well as by position.
The matrix is updated whenever transactions occur.
Nowhere else will you find this current and comprehensive single-page view of the entire Cardinals organization plus a decade of history.
(Do not be concerned about the order of the players’ names within position. It has no relative significance.)
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 (click on the magnifying glass icon) or use the menu at the left of the page: “ROSTERS/PLAYERS/MOVES” > “TRANSACTIONS/ROSTER MATRIX”.
While you are using that menu, note TCN’s full rosters and player pages for every level and every player in the Cardinals system. These rosters remain in sync with the Roster Matrix and carry biographical information on all players.
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For details behind prior years’ rosters and transactions (back to 2009), check out the earlier versions of the Cardinals organization Roster Matrix, via the following link.
Transactions
11/2: New matrix. 40-man roster at 34 players. Organization total: 219 players.
11/3: RHP Drew VerHagen declared free agency. Five players off 60-day IL. Ps Wilking Rodriguez, Packy Naughton, Guillermo Zuniga, IF Brendan Donovan, OF Dylan Carlson. 40-man roster at 38. New organization total: 218 players.
11/5: RHR Riley O’Brien acquired from Sea, assigned to Mem. 40-man roster at 39. New organization total: 219 players.
11/6: UT Jared Young claimed off waivers from CHC, assigned to Mem. 40-man roster full. New organization total: 220 players.
11/6: Mem 2B Irving Lopez, Spr RHP Jose Martinez declared minor league free agency. New organization total: 218 players.
11/13: StL RHR Wilking Rodriguez outrighted, declared free agency. 40-man roster at 39. New organization total: 217 players.
11/14: Mem LHS Connor Thomas designated for assignment. StL LHR Packy Naughton outrighted to Mem. Mem RHS Sam Robberse, Adam Kloffenstein, Spr C Pedro Pages added to 40-man roster. 40-man roster is full.
11/16: LHP Connor Thomas outrighted to Mem.
11/17: Four players non-tendered – RHPs Dakota Hudson and Jake Woodford, C Andrew Knizner and UT Juan Yepez. New organization total: 213 players. 40-man roster now at 36.
11/20: FA RHS Lance Lynn signed. New organization total: 214 players. 40-man roster now at 37.
11/21: Free agent RHS Kyle Gibson signed. FA RHR Wilking Rodriguez signed to a minor league contract with an NRI. New organization total: 216 players. 40-man roster now at 38.
11/27: FA RHS Sonny Gray signed. New organization total: 217 players. 40-man roster now at 39.
11/28: FA RHP Michael Correa signed, assigned to DSL. New organization total: 218 players.
12/2: 2023 drafted Ps Quinn Mathews, Charles Harrison, Christian Worley assigned to FCL Cardinals.
12/6: RHR Ryan Fernandez taken from BOS in MLB phase of Rule 5 Draft. IF Johnfrank Salazar from BOS (Palm Beach), SS Miguel Villerroel from TEX (PB), RHR Benito Garcia from NYM (Spr) in Minors phase of Rule 5 Draft. 40-man roster full. New organization total: 222 players.
12/8: StL OF Tyler O’Neill to Bos. RHR Nick Robertson from Bos to StL. RHS Victor Santos from Bos to Mem. New organization total: 223 players. 40-man roster remains full.
12/15: FA RHP Alan Reyes signed to minors contract, assigned to Peo. New organization total: 224 players.
12/20: FA IF/OF Matt Lloyd signed to minors deal, assigned to Spr. New organization total: 225 players.
1/3/24: C Gavin Collins, RHR Joe Corbett signed to minors deals. Assigned to Mem. New organization total: 227 players.
1/5: RHR Andrew Kittredge acquired from Tampa Bay for OF Richie Palacios.
1/10: 27 non-roster players invited to St. Louis spring camp. They are designed below by (NRI).
1/15: 11 international players signed. RHPs Gabriel Chinchilla,
Branneli Franco, Jesus Garcia, Ryan Rodriguez, Earle Zulueta,
1B Christian Saenz, SSs Cristofer Lebron, Yairo Padilla, OFs
Brayan Amaroso, Edward Guribe, Yaxon Lucena.
New organization total: 238 players.
1/16: Minors FA LHP Nick Raquet signed, assigned to Mem. New organization total: 239 players.
1/19: Free agent UT Matt Carpenter signed. Contract of RHR James Naile sold to Kia Tigers of the KBO. 40-man roster remains full.
1/22: Minors FA C Jonathan Morales signed, assigned to Mem. New organization total: 240 players.
1/26: FA RHR Josh James signed to minors contract, assigned to Mem. New organization total: 241 players.
1/29: 1B/OF Alfonso Rivas claimed off waivers from Angels. Mem OF Moises Gomez designated for assignment. New organization total: 242 players. 40-man roster remains full.
2/1: FA RHR Keynan Middleton signed. 40-man roster move pending. New organization total: 243 players.
2/2: OF Moises Gomez cleared waivers, outrighted to Mem. Will still go to camp as NRI.
2/3: RHR Guillermo Zuniga designated for assignment. 40-man roster full.
2/7: RHR Guillermo Zuniga traded to Angels for cash considerations. New organization total: 242 players. 40-man roster remains full.
2/12: FA RHR Jason Bosiokovic signed to a minors contract, assigned to Mem. New organization total: 243 players.
The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 2/12/24)
| St. Louis (34) | 40-man (40) | ||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Mikolas | Joh King (L) | W Contreras | Goldschmidt | Donovan | Winn | Arenado | Nootbaar |
| Liberatore (L) | Middleton | I Herrera | L Baker | Gorman | Carlson | ||
| Z Thompson (L) | Helsley | M Carpenter | Fermin | Edman | |||
| Matz (L) | Romero (L) | Kennedy | Burleson | ||||
| Rom (L) | G Gallegos | Walker | |||||
| Lynn | Pallante | Siani | |||||
| Gibson | Robertson | ||||||
| Gray | Fernandez (R5) | ||||||
| Kittredge | |||||||
| Memphis (33) | |||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| McGreevy (NRI) | Roycroft | Raposo (NRI) | J Young | Dunn | Moore | Koperniak (NRI) | |
| Graceffo (NRI) | Leahy (NRI) | Crooks (NRI) | A Rivas | Prieto (NRI) | M Gomez (NRI) | ||
| C Thomas (L NRI) | Loutos (NRI) | Collins | Saggese (NRI) | ||||
| Robberse | Black | Morales | |||||
| Kloffenstein | Granillo (NRI) | ||||||
| Hansen (L) | Roach | ||||||
| Santos (NRI) | Sawyer (NRI) | ||||||
| O’Brien | |||||||
| Naughton (L NRI) | |||||||
| W Rodriguez (NRI) | |||||||
| Corbett | |||||||
| Raquet | |||||||
| James | |||||||
| Bosiokovic | |||||||
| Springfield (29) | |||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Hence (NRI) | R Garcia | Pages | Redmond | Torres | Gamboa (NRI) | Buchberger | LJ Jones |
| Lunn | Svanson | Stauss (NRI) | Mendlinger | Antico | |||
| Roby (NRI) | Ralston | Antonini (NRI) | R Mendoza | Scott (NRI) | |||
| Pereira | Pope | Lloyd | |||||
| Komar | Shreve | ||||||
| Rajcic (NRI) | Trogrlic-Iverson | ||||||
| Cornwell (L) | E Nunez | ||||||
| Gragg | |||||||
| B Garcia | |||||||
| Peoria (26) | |||||||
| P | P | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Hjerpe (L NRI) | Jos King | Tarlow | Yeager | Moquete | J Rivas (NRI) | Tovalin | Church |
| Love | N Heredia (L) | McKeithan | Rotondo | ||||
| T Baker | D Rodriguez | Linarez (NRI) | Iadiserria | ||||
| Mills | GJ Rodriguez | M Hernandez | Kretzschmar | ||||
| Paniagua | Marrero | LC Rodriguez | |||||
| Bedell | Reyes | ||||||
| Arias | |||||||
| Palm Beach (35) | |||||||
| P | P | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Mautz (L) | Hayes | Bernal (NRI) | Sullivan | Richardson | Harris | Curialle | Jo Baez |
| Davila | H Gomez | Loaiza | Friedrick | Paige | Espinoza | Salazar | Cho |
| G Salas | Cuenca | Adkison | Villarroel | Davis | |||
| Rincon | Jacobson | S Hernandez (NRI) | Levenson | ||||
| Lin | Bradt | Jobert | |||||
| W Ortega | Cordoba | ||||||
| Calderon | |||||||
| Showalter | |||||||
| Saladin | |||||||
| Carpenter | |||||||
| Winquest | |||||||
| FL Complex (38+1) | |||||||
| P | P (from DSL) | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Willis | Sequera | R Heredia | S De La Rosa | Y Guerrero | R Guzman | R Cabrera | |
| Villanueva | Fabian | LA Rodriguez | A Encarnacion | Grant | Y Ramos | ||
| Giulianelli | B Lopez | J Guerrero | Mejia | Pino | |||
| Clemente | Beltre (L) | F Taveras | |||||
| Arnold | Cuello | Honeyman | |||||
| L Taveras (SL) | Yanez | J Suarez | |||||
| Lynch (L) | M Martinez | M Vargas | |||||
| (1st year 2024) | (1st year 2023) | ||||||
| Mathews (L) | Menes | ||||||
| Harrison | Savacool | ||||||
| Worley | Gastelum | ||||||
| Odle | |||||||
| Kubrick | |||||||
| Henderson (L) | |||||||
| DSL (36) | |||||||
| P (2022/prior) | P (1st year 2023) | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Severino | Paulino | Asprilla | B Taveras | A Batista | D Rojas | Roquez | |
| Ynfante | E Carrera | Atocha | Junco | Y Pena | |||
| Oliver | R Lopez | C Lopez | Velasquez | ||||
| Y Herrera (L) | K Ramirez | Caraballo | Almonte | ||||
| Galvez | Y Batista (L) | Arthur | |||||
| Suriel | Ja Baez | Gil | |||||
| X Cruz | |||||||
| P (1st year 2024) | Mack (L) | ||||||
| Correa | G Vargas | ||||||
| S Rojas (L) | |||||||
| A Bolivar | |||||||
| Moran | |||||||
| J Hernandez | |||||||
| K Perez | |||||||
| G Martinez | |||||||
| International signed (11) | |||||||
| P | P | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Chinchilla | R Rodriguez | Saez | Lebron | Amaroso | |||
| Franco | Zulueta | Padilla | Guribe | ||||
| J Garcia | Lucena |
Codes
(IL): injured list
(TI): temporarily inactive list
(PL): paternity leave
(RL): restricted list
(SL): suspended list
(L): left-handed pitcher
bold: on the Cardinals’ 40-man roster
(#+#): for teams, the number of active players on the roster plus number of inactive/not under contract (IL+TI+PL+RL+SL) players
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