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Carlos Beltran rejected the St. Louis Cardinals' one-year, $14.1 million qualifying offer. The veteran outfielder appears certain to sign a multi-year contract to play somewhere other than St. Louis in 2014 and beyond. This development answered one question regarding the 2014 roster.
Even after Beltran's departure, there is still quite a bit of cloudiness remaining the 2014 roster. Will the Cardinals sign a free agent shortstop or will they trade for one? How many players from the current MLB roster would be shipped out in such a trade? Will the Cardinals sign any non-shortstop free agents?
2014 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ROSTER MATRIX
|
STARTERS |
BENCH |
ROTATION |
BULLPEN |
|
C - Y. Molina $14.2MM |
IF - D. Descalso* $1.2MM |
RHP - A. Wainwright $19.5MM |
RHP - J. Motte $7.5MM |
|
1B - M. Adams $500K |
C - T. Cruz $503K |
LHP - J. Garcia $7.875MM |
RHP - J. Axford* $5.7MM |
|
2B - M. Carpenter $504K |
OF - S. Robinson $500K |
RHP - L. Lynn $513K |
LHP - R. Choate $3.0MM |
|
3B - D. Freese* $4.4MM |
IF - K. Wong $500K |
RHP - J. Kelly $500K |
RHP - F. Salas* $700K |
|
SS - ???? ???? |
SS - P. Kozma $500K |
RHP - S. Miller $500K |
RHP - T. Rosenthal $500K |
|
LF - M. Holliday $17MM |
OF - O. Taveras** $500K |
RHP - M. Wacha $500K |
LHP - K. Siegrist $500K |
|
CF - J. Jay* $3.4MM |
IF - R. Jackson $500K |
LHP - T. Lyons $500K |
RHP - S. Maness $500K |
|
RF - A. Craig $2.75MM |
WIG - T. Wigginton*** $2.5MM |
LHP - J. Gast $500K |
RHP - C. Martinez $500K |
*As with the initial roster matrix, the players who arbitration eligible are in yellow with MLB Trade Rumors' projections for their 2014 salaries.
**Not on the 40-many roster.
***Cut in 2013. Dead salary in 2014.