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 Muńoz, 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.
Originally Posted by Rams Fan:
The rotation hasn’t been an issue, save for Game 4 when Hudson didn’t pitch well.
I have full confidence in Wainwright and Mikolas to pitch well.
They aren’t the fucking Red Sox.
I would take whatever pitching stats there are from this series with a grain of salt. Prior to this game there was a combined .187 BA with RISP in this series.
Mikolas has been shaky at best for 2 months and Wainwright was chased out of his last regular season game against the Cubs backups. [Reply]
Originally Posted by jd1020:
I would take whatever pitching stats there are from this series with a grain of salt. Prior to his game there was a combined .187 BA with RISP in this series.
Mikolas has been shaky at best for 2 months and Wainwright was chased out of his last regular season game against the Cubs backups.
I have more confidence in those 2 than I do Hudson currently. Wainwright scared the shit out of me on the road, though.
I really wish Gant was on the roster right now for mop up duty. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
even if that’s true, then it’s Mikolas for game 2. You bring him in here for a couple of innings up 10+ then back on Saturday?
If they use Mikolas for today, I’d expect the rotation to be as follows:
Originally Posted by jd1020:
BTW, game 2 of the NLCS is Saturday. If you are keeping Flaherty in his "routine" he wont be available until game 3 on Monday and then you risk only ever seeing your ace 1 time in the NLCS because you wanted to keep him in to pitch a full game up 13-0 in the 3rd.
Originally Posted by Chief Roundup:
Wow so they are going to let Flaherty continue.
You are long past the point of no return in him pitching in 1 of the first 2 games of the NLCS so might as well pitch him til he's done. He's off til Monday. Might be needing your bullpen before then. [Reply]