Cardinals announce 25-man Opening Day roster for the 2019 season.
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The Cardinals today announced their 25-man Opening Day roster that includes four first-time Cardinals and 13 players that were developed within their organization.
PITCHERS (12): 60 – John Brebbia-RHP, 22 – Jack Flaherty-RHP, 53 – John Gant- RHP, 49 – Jordan Hicks-RHP, 43 – Dakota Hudson- RHP, 55 – Dominic Leone-RHP, 59 – Mike Mayers- RHP, 21 – Andrew Miller-LHP, 39 – Miles Mikolas-RHP, 29 – Alex Reyes, RHP, 52 – Michael Wacha-RHP, 50 – Adam Wainwright- RHP;
CATCHERS (2): 4 -Yadier Molina, 32 – Matt Wieters;
INFIELDERS (6): 13 - Matt Carpenter, 12 – Paul DeJong, 46 – Paul Goldschmidt, 34 – Yario Muñoz, 33 – Drew Robinson, 16 – Kolten Wong;
DISABLED LIST (5): 27 - Brett Cecil (10-day, left hand Carpal Tunnel syndrome), 44 – Luke Gregerson (10-day, right shoulder impingement), 18 – Carlos Martínez (right shoulder cuff strain), 3 - Jedd Gyorko (10-day, right calf strain), 67 - Justin Williams (10-day, right hand 2nd metacarpal fracture).
2019 Opening Day Line up
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Starting lineup
Matt Carpenter 3B
Paul Goldschmidt 1B
Paul DeJong SS
Ozuna LF
Yadier Molina C
Dexter Fowler RF
Kolten Wong 2B
Harrison Bader CF
Won the Central Division. Won the NLDS.
NLDS Playoff roster
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Pitchers (12): Miles Mikolas, Jack Flaherty, Adam Wainwright, Dakota Hudson, Genesis Cabrera, Tyler Webb, Andrew Miller, John Brebbia, Daniel Ponce de Leon, Ryan Helsley, Giovanny Gallegos, Carlos Martinez.
Catchers (2): Yadier Molina, Matt Wieters.
Infielders (6): Paul Goldschmidt, Kolten Wong, Paul DeJong, Matt Carpenter, Tommy Edman, Yairo Munoz.
Outfielders (5): Marcell Ozuna, Harrison Bader, Dexter Fowler, Jose Martinez, Randy Arozarena.
Most teams want this. The teams have been using the Luxury Tax as sort of a cap.
It was just last year that the Yankees and Dodgers filed a grievance against several teams for not spending the shared monies of the luxury taxes as intended. [Reply]
Originally Posted by crayzkirk:
Yup... The current luxury tax doesn't prevent teams like the Yankees from simply buying up most of the talent.
What talent have the Yankees been “buying up” recently? Gio urshela cost $25,000, judge is making a whopping $550,000 a year. Most of them are homegrown.
They did sign DJ for 2 years on the cheap because he wanted to play for the Yankees.
George Steinbrenner’s been dead for 9 years and his sons hate the luxury tax and are not spending like crazy anymore. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
The Yankees haven't been to a WS in 10 years.
Originally Posted by TomBarndtsTwin:
The Patriots of the MLB?!? Are you serious? Maybe the late 90’s version.
The Yankees haven’t dominated the sport since then. They won one World Series title in the last 15 years, the same amount as the Royals and one less than the Cardinals.
Calling the Yankees the equivalent of the Patriots is both insulting to the Patsies and a compliment not worthy of the Yankers.
I didn't clarify that well enough. The Yankees are synonyms with the most money paid for players. The teams that spend the most win the most. The Sox, the Astros, the Cubs, the Dodgers, etc. There have been a few that were not top spenders. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
and the strike was over a hard salary cap.
That is a little simplistic. It was not a hard salary cap back then. It was just a salary cap and the problem was about revenue sharing. Let us not forget that the CBA negotiations were pushed until the final year. You don't think it was a huge deal to the players that they wanted to reduce their share of the revenues from 56 to 50%, oh and they expected the players to pay for their pensions and healthcare out of that reduced portion?
The hard cap was not the deal breaker. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Most teams want this. The teams have been using the Luxury Tax as sort of a cap.
It was just last year that the Yankees and Dodgers filed a grievance against several teams for not spending the shared monies of the luxury taxes as intended.
The luxury tax is close enough and is serving as a de facto cap. Teams are no longer overspending on FA and the bigger markets are very cautious about committing to going over the threshold for extended periods due to the penalties.
MLB salary cap is a 2009 talking point. It’s no longer relevant.
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Most teams want this. The teams have been using the Luxury Tax as sort of a cap.
It was just last year that the Yankees and Dodgers filed a grievance against several teams for not spending the shared monies of the luxury taxes as intended.
Okay, fair enough. A not totally correct statement about buying up the talent. The Yankees are able to keep the talent they have when it comes to paying the big contracts. Teams like the Royals have to deal their players as they become expensive and attempt to rebuild.
The Yankees and teams like them simply reload, the Royals and teams like them must rebuild. Some of the resentment is from watching the Royals be used as a farm team for the rest of the league in the 1990s and 2000s. [Reply]