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Raise your hand if you had Joey Butler outlasting Oscar Taveras in the St. Louis Cardinals' major-league camp this spring.
The Other 15
The Other 15
It's tough to make the team if you aren't on the field. The lingering effects of season-ending ankle surgery a year ago and hamstring issues this spring combined to limit Taveras to just six plate appearances during his time in major-league camp. With no return imminent, the Cards decided to option Taveras to minor-league camp. He'll open the season in Memphis.
Taveras was not the only 40-man roster member reassigned to minor-league camp who will start the 2014 campaign in Triple-A. Today, the Cardinals also optioned righthander Eric Fornataro and catcher Audry Perez from big-league to minor-league camp.
The moves cut the number of players in the Cards' major-league camp to 46 with just 25 MLB roster spots to go around. The following chart is the current state of the St. Louis roster matrix. The color-coding means the following:
- Players in white are those who will make the 25-man roster out of spring training.
- Light gray signifies injured players who would be active 25-man players if healthy.
- Purple indicates the players are competing for a roster spot.
- Pink means the player is in a position battle but will likely make the MLB roster in some capacity regardless of how the position battle turns out.
- Players in blue are on the 40-man roster.
- Yellow signifies that the player is a non-roster invitee.
- Dark gray represents those players who were invited to MLB camp this spring but who have since been reassigned to minor-league camp.
Cardinals MLB Camp Spring Training Roster Matrix (3/13/14)
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IF |
OF (& NRI C) |
SP |
RP |
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C - Y. Molina $14.2MM |
LF - M. Holliday $17MM |
LHP - J. Garcia $7.875MM |
RHP - J. Motte $7.5MM |
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1B - M. Adams $500K |
CF - P. Bourjos $1.2MM** |
RHP - A. Wainwright $19.5MM |
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 - R. Grichuk MiLB |
RHP - J. Kelly $500K |
RHP - C. Martinez $500K |
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IF - M. Ellis $5.25MM |
OF - J. Butler MiLB |
LHP - T. Lyons MiLB |
LHP - S. Freeman MiLB |
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IF - D. Descalso $1.29MM |
OF - S. Piscotty MiLB |
LHP - T. Cooney MiLB |
RHP - K. Butler MiLB |
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IF - P. Kozma $500K |
OF - J. Ramsey MiLB |
RHP - S. Gaviglio MiLB |
RHP - J. Rondon MiLB |
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IF - G. Garcia MiLB |
C - T. Tartamella MiLB |
RHP - Z. Petrick MiLB |
RHP - P. Neshek MiLB |
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IF - L. Mateo MiLB |
C - E. Easley MiLB |
RHP - K. Heyer MiLB |
LHP - L. Stoppelman MiLB |
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IF - S. Moore MiLB |
OF - R. Ortega MiLB |
RHP - B. Whiting MiLB |
RHP - J. Almarante MiLB |
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1B - X. Scruggs MiLB |
OF - M. O’Neill MiLB |
LHP - M. Gonzales MiLB |
RHP - A. Castro MiLB |
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3B - P. Wisdom MiLB |
OF - O. Taveras $500K |
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RHP - E. Fornataro MiLB |
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C- A. Perez 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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