The St. Louis Cardinals’ full system view by position and level is updated to reflect rosters and transactions for the 2026 regular season.
This newest Roster Matrix covers the St. Louis Cardinals and the entire minor league system, including the MLB club and their four full-season affiliates plus two rookie level teams – during the 2026 regular season.
As a reminder, the previous matrix outlined all organizational transactions during 2026 spring training.
A refresher
If you are new to The Cardinal Nation and not familiar with the Cardinals organization roster matrix, here is a quick summary:
As the 2026 season opened, the St. Louis Cardinals had 238 players under contract from top to bottom, including a full 40-man roster. The 40-man members are called out in bold.
The matrix places each of the 238 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
4/3: New organization total: 238 players. 40-man roster full.
4/4: IF Deniel Ortiz to Spr 7-day IL. IF Trey Paige off Spr Dev List. IF Michael Dattalo to PB 7-day IL. IF Johnfrank Salazar off PB Dev List. Int’l free agent IF Diego Conseción signed, assigned to DSL. New organization total: 239 players.
4/5: Mem LHR Nick Raquet designated for assignment. RHR Chris Roycroft from StL to Mem. LHP Jared Shuster added to 40-man, from Mem to StL. 40-man roster remains full.
4/5: RHR Patrick Galle acquired from BOS, assigned to PB. New organization total: 240 players.
4/6: RHS Hancel Rincon from Spr to Mem. Mem LHR Nick Raquet traded to Baltimore for A+ 2B/OF Brayden Smith.
4/7: LHR Yadiel Batista from PB to FCL. RHR Randel Clemente off Spr Development List.
4/8: 2B/OF Brayden Smith from Peo to PB. LHP Bernard Mack from PB 7-day IL to FCL. IF Johnfrank Salazar to PB Dev List.
4/9: LHR Packy Naughton to Mem 7-day IL. RHR Tyler Bradt to Spr 7-day IL. RHP Nelfy Ynfante from PB to Spr. International FA RHP Leonil De Leon signed, assigned to DSL. New organization total: 241 players.
4/13: RHS Richard Fitts to Mem 7-day IL. StL LHR Jared Shuster designated for assignment. RHR Ryan Fernandez from Mem to StL. NYY Rule 5 RHP Cade Winquest returned to StL, assigned to Mem. 40-man roster at 39 players. New organization total: 242 players.
4/14: LHS Pete Hansen off Mem 7-day IL. OF Matt Koperniak to Mem Temp Inactive List. OF Mike Antico off Mem Development List. IF Anyelo Encarnacion to Peo 7-day IL. OF Mike Antico off Peo 7-day IL.
4/15: IF Johnfrank Salazar off PB Dev List.
4/16: StL LHP Jared Shuster cleared waivers and outrighted to Mem.
4/17: RHR Gerson Moreno to Mem 7-day IL. OF Matt Koperniak off Mem Temp Inactive List.
The St. Louis Cardinals Organization Roster Matrix (effective 4/17/26)
| St. Louis (26+3) | 40-man (39+1) | ||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Liberatore (L) | Svanson | I Herrera | Burleson | Saggese | Winn | Gorman | Nootbaar (60 IL) |
| May | Soriano | Pages | Fermin | Urias | Scott | ||
| McGreevy | Romero (L) | Pozo | Wetherholt | Walker | |||
| Pallante | Pushard (15 IL) | Church | |||||
| Leahy | Stanek | ||||||
| Dobbins (15 IL) | Ry Fernandez | ||||||
| O’Brien | |||||||
| Bruihl (L) | |||||||
| Graceffo | |||||||
| Memphis (28+9) | |||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Mautz (L) | Bedell | Yerzy | Jordan | Torres | Moore | Prieto | Antico |
| Mathews (L) | Z Thompson (L 60 IL) | Bernal | R Mendoza | Madris | |||
| Fitts (7 IL) | V Santos (60 IL) | Crooks | Koperniak | ||||
| Zimmermann (L) | Cornwell (L 7 IL) | Velazquez | |||||
| Henderson (L 60 IL) | Naughton (L 7 IL) | Ledbetter | |||||
| Roby (60 IL) | Moreno (7 IL) | Jo Baez | |||||
| Robberse (60 IL) | Roycroft | ||||||
| Rincon | Hales | ||||||
| Hansen (L) | Blewett | ||||||
| Winquest | |||||||
| Gastelum | |||||||
| Rajcic | |||||||
| Hence | |||||||
| Shuster (L) | |||||||
| Springfield (28+5) | |||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Cijntje (L/R) | Hayes | Adkison (Dev List) | Harris | J Rivas | Ortiz (7 IL) | C Davis | |
| B Davis (L) | E Nunez | Tarlow | Paige | Gazdar | Ugueto | ||
| Molina (L) | Watson (L) | Linarez | Levenson | ||||
| Lin | Murphy | Campos | Mendlinger | ||||
| Doyle (L) | Saladin | Honeyman | |||||
| Clarke (60 IL) | Clemente | ||||||
| Hjerpe (L 60 IL) | Love | ||||||
| B Thompson | Bradt (7 IL) | ||||||
| Burns | |||||||
| Picone | |||||||
| Ynfante | |||||||
| Peoria (30+6) | |||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Franklin | G Salas | Ra Rodriguez | Kross | Richardson | Jesus Baez | Flores | J Suarez |
| Sequera | A Holiday | S Hernandez | A Encarnacion (7 IL) | Villarroel | McGee | Peete | |
| Fajardo | Showalter | Cho | |||||
| Aita | Freeberger | Jo Cordoba | |||||
| Dohm | Findlay (L) | Petrutz | |||||
| Sparks | Savacool | ||||||
| Elissalt (60 IL) | J Ramirez | ||||||
| Davila (7 IL) | Carpenter | ||||||
| Worley | |||||||
| Brodersen | |||||||
| Olsen | |||||||
| B Lopez (7 IL) | |||||||
| Jos King (60 IL) | |||||||
| Wood (RL) | |||||||
| Palm Beach (30+5) | |||||||
| SP | RP | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Young | Galvez | Caraballo | Gurevitch | J Mejia | Weingartner | Dattalo (7 IL) | Mitchell |
| Crossland (L) | Best | Birge | Salazar | Haskins | Pino | ||
| Jack Martinez | Y Herrera (L) | Heath | Martin | Y Pena | |||
| Van Dyke | Galle | Padilla (7 IL) | Nickens | ||||
| Dutkanych (60 IL) | Menes | Miura (7 IL) | |||||
| Driessen | B Smith | ||||||
| Knowles | |||||||
| Shelagowski | |||||||
| Echeman | |||||||
| Cuello | |||||||
| Odle | |||||||
| Watts (7 IL) | |||||||
| Breckheimer | |||||||
| Fl Complex Lg (34+3) | |||||||
| P | P | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| K Ramirez | JE Cabrera | C Lopez | Guribe | B Taveras | Lebron | D Rojas | Velasquez |
| B Holiday | Paulino | Asprilla | Dos Santos | Lucena | |||
| G Vargas | A Bolivar | Rujano | Mi Hernandez | Arthur | |||
| Graham | Rice (L) | JP Cabrera | Hunter | ||||
| Reyes | Loaiza | Strop | |||||
| Kublick | X Cruz | ||||||
| Zulueta | Ja Baez | ||||||
| Franco | R Lopez (60 IL) | ||||||
| Chinchilla | Moran (60 IL) | ||||||
| J Garcia | Militello ??? | ||||||
| Y Batista (L) | |||||||
| Mack (L) | |||||||
| DSL (34+1) | |||||||
| P (first year 2024) | P (1st year 2023) | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF |
| Ry Rodriguez | (first year 2024) | (first year 2024) | |||||
| Saez | Amoroso | ||||||
| P (first year 2025) | P (first year 2025) | (first year 2025) | (first year 2025) | (first year 2025) | (first year 2025) | (first year 2025) | (first year 2025) |
| Alvarez | B Rodriguez | Chaparro | J Perez | Portolatin | Cordero | Takahashi | |
| K Peralta | H Cabrera | ||||||
| JC Garcia | B Reyes (RL) | ||||||
| D Gomez | D Mejia | ||||||
| Cana (L) | Ri Fernandez | ||||||
| P (first year 2026) | P (first year 2026) | (first year 2026) | (first year 2026) | (first year 2026) | (first year 2026) | ||
| Santillan (L) | Figuereo | S Rojas | Castillo | Carrion | Estrella | ||
| Beltran | Moronta | Consecion | Franganten | ||||
| Jav Martinez | Jimenez (L) | Sanchez | |||||
| De Leon | Garrido (L) | C Vargas | |||||
| Luna |
Codes
(Dev List): development list
(DFA): designated for assignment
(TI): temporarily inactive list
(PL): paternity leave
(RL): restricted 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+Dev List) players
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