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 Mu๑oz, 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 Martํnez (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 BDj23:
2011 seems like decades ago :-)
yeah, pujols coming back has highlighted how far we have fallen since 2011. There is no competitive fire, drive to win. Seeing Carp/Waino in the dugout and Pujols/Molina on the field drives that point home. This team/Mo/Dewitt/Schildt/Players are all fat and happy. They need to get back that edge on the field. Get some fucking drive to go all out to win. [Reply]
That was really special. Weird game, too. Goldschmidt became the first guy to ever hit a ball out of Busch III, that odd emergency delay, and the fans booing Wacha when he walked Albert and Gallegos when he buzzed him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
That was really special. Weird game, too. Goldschmidt became the first guy to ever hit a ball out of Busch III, that odd emergency delay, and the fans booing Wacha when he walked Albert and Gallegos when he buzzed him.
How loud was it there in person? TV s always unreliable. Was there just a spattering of boo's or did some not cheer? [Reply]
The first ball hit out of Bush III (on the fly) and they dont even tell us how far? What was up with that?
And while I'm bitching....what the **** is up with the Fox Sports Midwest showing the off center angle view? Your filling the screen with background stuff. You should focus on whats happening. Pitcher throwing to the batter. You cant see the movement of the pitch any better, in fact makes it worse. Why? [Reply]
What a great scene. Class move by Yadi to give Albert his moment.
He got a standing O when he came out on the field for warmups. He stopped throwing to actually watch a tribute video they made for him that covered his career highlights and milestones in both St. Louis and LA. He got a standing O when he left warmups and went in to the dugout, one at every AB, and another one when he was pulled for a pinch runner in the 7th.
We tried to get him to come out for a curtain call after getting pulled, too. It was an extremely welcoming environment. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
He got a standing O when he came out on the field for warmups. He stopped throwing to actually watch a tribute video they made for him that covered his career highlights and milestones in both St. Louis and LA. He got a standing O when he left warmups and went in to the dugout, one at every AB, and another one when he was pulled for a pinch runner in the 7th.
We tried to get him to come out for a curtain call after getting pulled, too. It was an extremely welcoming environment.
Outstanding. Pujols has earned every bit of that.
Glad Cards fans got to experience him through his glory years. The Royals have done plenty wrong the last 30 years, but I will always hold a special place of loathing for them for skipping on drafting Albert. How do you let a guy that went to Fort Osage High and Maple Woods CC, both within 15-ish miles of your fucking stadium, slip through your fingers like that? Just.....indefensible (and likely how we ended up with Bubba fucking Starling, but that's another story). /mini-rant
I'm happy for Cards fan that they got to cheer on a legitimate home grown Hall of Famer. As a Royals fan, I'm jealous. You guys had your Mahomes way before the rest of us knew what that felt like. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Outstanding. Pujols has earned every bit of that.
Glad Cards fans got to experience him through his glory years.
I'm happy for Cards fan that they got to cheer on a legitimate home grown Hall of Famer. As a Royals fan, I'm jealous. You guys had your Mahomes way before the rest of us knew what that felt like.
Best 11 years of any baseball player that ever lived. Heard on a podcast yesterday that he has a total of 88 WAR for his career. 90% of that number was the 11 years with the Cardinals. 10% with the 7.5 years with the Angels.
This pic is from 2005. We had 11th row seats behind home plate. Pujols hit a grand slam off the Cubs. The ball landed right here where we took the pic on the concourse by the exits. Bounced once and out of the stadium into the street. Pujols said it was the hardest ball he ever hit after the game.
