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.
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
The Cardinals got Tony Cingrani in the Gyorko deal.
Nice lefthanded reliever who can miss bats....
.....and is out for the rest of the season with a torn labrum.
Great !@#$ing deadline, Moe. "All-in for 2019" indeed.
Ass.
And who is a free agent at the end of the year. This is just a salary dump. We also gave them international slot money because why invest in the future. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Marco Polo:
And who is a free agent at the end of the year. This is just a salary dump. We also gave them international slot money because why invest in the future.
We're not going to spend it on anyone worth a shit anyway.
Have you seen the guys they sign in those international periods now? A bunch of bottom of the barrel scrap because they barely bother to invest in international scouting now.
This team's just the worst kind of indifferent. [Reply]
Honestly aside from a blockbuster deal for Thor or something like that there was no need to do jack shit anyway because this team isn't going anywhere this season. [Reply]
I mean add Wheeler, Stroman, or someone decent and I as a Cubs fan would be nervous.
But you let the Cubs dink around and get guys like Kemp and Castellanos (who I love) and a couple arms, and you make Theo look smarter than he is. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Cubs got Castellanos from the Tigers. Quality hitter they probably got on the cheap.
But hey, the Cardinals dumped some salary and have Michael Wacha scheduled to make a start so we have that going for us...
The Cubs are at least trying. Sadly, they'll end up winning the division. They won't do shit other than that, but our purgatory of staring up at them in the standings will continue. :-) [Reply]
The #STLCards did engage on Zack Wheeler, but the Mets’ ask was Tyler O’Neill or Harrison Bader and the Cards felt it wasn’t worth it for 10-11 Wheeler starts. Marcell Ozuna could walk next year.
Wheeler is dealing with shoulder fatigue. Even though Bader is only ever going to be a defensive replacement, a few years of that is worth more than 10 starts from a diminished Wheeler.
The Gyorko deal is laughably stupid. I have no idea what the point of acquiring Cingrani was. If the Dodgers need help with tax issues, why aren't they giving you bonus money? I legitimately wonder if Mo thought he was healthy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
Wheeler is dealing with shoulder fatigue. Even though Bader is only ever going to be a defensive replacement, a few years of that is worth more than 10 starts from a diminished Wheeler.
The Gyorko deal is laughably stupid. I have no idea what the point of acquiring Cingrani was. If the Dodgers need help with tax issues, why aren't they giving you bonus money? I legitimately wonder if Mo thought he was healthy.
no one here thinks Wheeler is a plan B Thor. But, the comment from Mo was we may need Bader as a starter when Ozuna leaves. Bader can’t hit anything but a fastball. He should never be a starter until he learns to hit breaking balls. [Reply]
