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Since we unveiled the first St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training Opportunity Tracker, the Cardinals have been busy. They've played games, signed contracts, and made their first round of spring-training roster moves. The Cardinals reassigned the following players from big-league camp to minor-league camp this week:
- RHP - Angel Castro (40-man)
- OF - Rafael Ortega (40-man)
- OF - Mike O'Neill (40-man)
- 3B - Patrick Wisdom (NRI)
- C - Cody Stanley (NRI)
- C - Carson Kelly (NRI)
- C - Casey Rasmus (NRI)
- RHP - Kurt Heyer (NRI)
- RHP - Boone Whiting (NRI)
- LHP Marco Gonzales (NRI)
Because they are on the 40-man roster, Castro, O'Neill, and Ortega were simultaneously optioned to Triple-A Memphis with their reassignment from St. Louis camp to minor-league camp.
The following chart shows the current composition of the Cardinals' major-league camp in Jupiter. Likely 25-man roster members are in white (including Jason Motte even though he's injured). Players in roster competitions are in purple. Members of the 40-man roster who are unlikely to make the major-league roster out of spring training are in blue. Non-roster invitees are in yellow. Players who have been reassigned to minor-league camp are in dark gray.
Cardinals MLB Camp Matrix
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IF |
OF (& NRI C) |
SP |
RP |
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C - Y. Molina $14.2MM |
LF - M. Holliday $17MM |
RHP - A. Wainwright $19.5MM |
RHP - J. Motte $7.5MM |
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1B - M. Adams $500K |
CF - P. Bourjos $1.2MM** |
LHP - J. Garcia $7.875MM |
LHP - R. Choate $3.0MM |
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2B - K. Wong $500K |
RF - A. Craig $2.75MM |
RHP - L. Lynn $513K |
RHP - T. Rosenthal $500K |
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3B - M. Carpenter $504K |
OF - J. Jay $3.25MM |
RHP - M. Wacha $500K |
LHP - K. Siegrist $500K |
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SS - J. Peralta $13.25MM |
OF - S. Robinson $500K |
RHP - S. Miller $500K |
RHP - S. Maness $500K |
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C - T. Cruz $500K |
OF - O. Taveras $500K |
RHP - J. Kelly $500K |
RHP - C. Martinez $500K |
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IF - M. Ellis $5.25MM |
OF - R. Grichuk MiLB |
LHP - T. Lyons MiLB |
LHP - S. Freeman MiLB |
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IF - D. Descalso $1.29MM |
OF - J. Butler MiLB |
LHP - T. Cooney MiLB |
RHP - K. Butler MiLB |
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IF - P. Kozma $500K |
OF - S. Piscotty MiLB |
RHP - S. Gaviglio MiLB |
RHP - J. Rondon MiLB |
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IF - G. Garcia MiLB |
OF - J. Ramsey MiLB |
RHP - Z. Petrick MiLB |
RHP - E. Fornataro MiLB |
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C- A. Perez MiLB |
C - T. Tartamella MiLB |
RHP - K. Heyer MiLB |
RHP - P. Neshek MiLB |
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IF - L. Mateo MiLB |
C - E. Easley MiLB |
RHP - B. Whiting MiLB |
LHP - L. Stoppelman MiLB |
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IF - S. Moore MiLB |
OF - R. Ortega MiLB |
LHP - M. Gonzales MiLB |
RHP - J. Almarante MiLB |
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1B - X. Scruggs MiLB |
OF - M. O’Neill MiLB |
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RHP - A. Castro MiLB |
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3B - P. Wisdom MiLB |
C - C. Rasmus MiLB |
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C - C. Kelly MiLB |
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C. - C. Stanley MiLB |
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The following chart is color coded in the same fashion as the major-league camp matrix.
JUPITER PA TRACKER (THRU 3/11)
|
Player |
PA |
G |
H |
BA |
OBP |
SLG |
OPS |
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Jon Jay |
23 |
7 |
3 |
.143 |
.217 |
.190 |
.408 |
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Kolten Wong |
23 |
8 |
5 |
.250 |
.348 |
.500 |
.848 |
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Xavier Sruggs |
21 |
9 |
4 |
.267 |
.476 |
.533 |
1.010 |
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Matt Adams |
20 |
8 |
7 |
.350 |
.350 |
.500 |
.850 |
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Randal Grichuk |
20 |
8 |
3 |
.176 |
.250 |
.353 |
.603 |
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Yadier Molina |
20 |
7 |
7 |
.389 |
.450 |
.389 |
.839 |
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Allen Craig |
19 |
7 |
7 |
.368 |
.368 |
.526 |
.895 |
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Mark Ellis |
19 |
7 |
6 |
.333 |
.368 |
.333 |
.702 |
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Scott Moore |
19 |
10 |
5 |
.263 |
.263 |
.579 |
.842 |
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Jhonny Peralta |
19 |
7 |
4 |
.211 |
.211 |
.579 |
.789 |
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Daniel Descalso |
18 |
7 |
7 |
.412 |
.444 |
.471 |
.915 |
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Matt Holliday |
17 |
7 |
8 |
.571 |
.588 |
.714 |
1.303 |
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Stephen Piscotty |
17 |
10 |
5 |
.333 |
.353 |
.600 |
.953 |
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Pete Kozma |
16 |
8 |
5 |
.333 |
.375 |
.400 |
.775 |
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Joey Butler |
14 |
7 |
3 |
.231 |
.286 |
.231 |
.516 |
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James Ramsey |
14 |
9 |
1 |
.077 |
.143 |
.077 |
.220 |
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Shane Robinson |
14 |
8 |
5 |
.357 |
.357 |
.429 |
.786 |
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Matt Carpenter |
13 |
5 |
1 |
.111 |
.385 |
.222 |
.607 |
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Greg Garcia |
13 |
8 |
4 |
.444 |
.615 |
.444 |
1.060 |
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Luis Mateo |
12 |
8 |
4 |
.333 |
.333 |
.417 |
.750 |
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Patrick Wisdom |
12 |
7 |
2 |
.167 |
.167 |
.500 |
.667 |
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Tony Cruz |
11 |
4 |
1 |
.091 |
.091 |
.091 |
.182 |
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Peter Bourjos |
10 |
4 |
4 |
.444 |
.500 |
.556 |
1.056 |
Some observations:
- The MLB roster members sure have started to take their share of the PAs.
- Remember when Kolten Wong was batting horribly and folks were openly talking about sending him to Triple-A to start the season? Me neither.
- Remember when Randal Grichuk got off to a hot start and the Cardinals were insinuating that he might make the big-league roster as a bench bat? I vaguely recall this. Since then, Grichuk's bat has cooled a bit. Xavier Scruggs has somehow logged more PAs than the would-be center fielder.
- Greg Garcia has notched just one more PA than Luis Mateo.
- It's March 12, and Peter Bourjos has played in four spring training games.
JUPITER IP TRACKER (THRU 3/11)
|
Player |
IP |
TBF |
K |
K% |
BB |
BB% |
ERA |
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Carlos Martinez |
6.0 |
21 |
2 |
9.5% |
1 |
4.8% |
3.00 |
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Zach Petrick |
6.0 |
26 |
6 |
23.1% |
2 |
7.7% |
6.00 |
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Tyler Lyons |
5.2 |
26 |
5 |
19.2% |
1 |
3.8% |
12.71 |
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Keith Butler |
5.1 |
22 |
5 |
22.7% |
3 |
13.6% |
3.38 |
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Sam Gaviglio |
5.1 |
25 |
4 |
16.0% |
2 |
8.0% |
3.38 |
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Jorge Rondon |
5.1 |
23 |
3 |
13.0% |
2 |
8.7% |
0.00 |
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Adam Wainwright |
5.1 |
19 |
3 |
15.8% |
1 |
5.3% |
1.69 |
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Shelby Miller |
5.0 |
21 |
9 |
42.9% |
0 |
0.0% |
5.40 |
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Tim Cooney |
4.2 |
23 |
5 |
21.7% |
3 |
13.0% |
11.57 |
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Michael Wacha |
4.2 |
20 |
4 |
20.0% |
3 |
15.0% |
1.93 |
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Seth Maness |
4.1 |
25 |
5 |
20.0% |
3 |
12.0% |
12.46 |
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Pat Neshek |
4.1 |
17 |
7 |
41.2% |
1 |
5.9% |
2.08 |
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Eric Fornataro |
4.0 |
20 |
1 |
5.0% |
1 |
5.0% |
9.00 |
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Sam Freeman |
4.0 |
17 |
4 |
23.5% |
2 |
11.8% |
4.50 |
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Joe Kelly |
4.0 |
25 |
3 |
12.0% |
4 |
16.0% |
15.75 |
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Randy Choate |
3.2 |
12 |
3 |
25.0% |
2 |
16.7% |
0.00 |
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Lance Lynn |
3.0 |
18 |
4 |
22.2% |
1 |
5.6% |
13.50 |
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Lee Stoppelman |
3.0 |
15 |
2 |
13.3% |
1 |
6.7% |
15.00 |
Some more observations:
- It's easy to see why Derrick Goold and others seem to think that Pat Neshek has the inside track to an opening-day bullpen spot. The ROOGY has thrown well in his 4 1/3 IP this spring.
- I find it intriguing that Zach Petrick ranks as high as he does. But this could just be a function of him getting his turn in the reliever rotation earlier than others.
- I thought Jorge Rondon might be a dark horse to make the pen. And he's getting opportunities on par with Keith Butler early on.