With FG doing a roster crunch series, staring with the AL, let's look at the Cards' potential roster crunch.
Here's the 40 Man
Carlson |
O'Neill |
Bader |
Nootbaar |
Dickerson |
Capel |
Arenado |
Goldschmidt |
Edman |
Gorman |
Donovan |
Sosa |
Molina |
Knizner |
Romine |
Pujols |
Yepez |
Herrera |
DeJong |
Whitley |
Walsh |
Pacheco |
Woodford |
VerHagen |
Reyes |
Matz |
Hudson |
Flaherty |
Naughton |
Naile |
McFarland |
Thompson |
Oviedo |
Fernandez |
Hicks |
Cabrera |
Helsley |
Pallante |
Mikolas |
Wainwright |
After the season, Dickerson, Molina, Romine, Pujols, McFarland, and Wainwright are free agents. That will open 6 spots, leaving the Cards with 34 players on the 40.
The club could non-tender Flaherty, Reyes, and Knizner. I wouldn't expect that though. They also could DFA a few players: Capel, Sosa, Whitley, Naile, and Woodford could be at the end of their Cardinal lines.
The Cards will have 6-10 spots open on the 40. This is good flexibility, and they likely don't have much of a crunch.
Here are the prospects in AAA that are eligible for the R5 draft.
Mendoza |
Perez |
Lopez |
Baker |
Pages |
Coulter |
Williams |
Parsons |
Bosiokovic |
Thomas |
DeLuzio |
Gomez |
In AA, there are 20 eligible players.
Rodriguez |
Antonini |
Redmond |
Dunn |
Nunez |
Toerner |
Davis |
Pinder |
Lunn |
Escobar |
Pike |
Robles |
Roach |
YaSenka |
Gragg |
Roberts |
Gonzalez |
Ralston |
Thompson |
Leahy |
Other Notable Eligible Players Currently Below AA
Whalen |
Lott |
D. Rodriguez |
N. Heredia |
Jhon Torres |
Paniagua |
Moreno |
Guarate |
GJ Rodriguez |
Moquete |
Cruz |
Pereira |
From AAA, the club may want to protect Connor Thomas and Moises Gomez. Baker, Pages, Bosiokovic, and DeLuzio warrant consideration, but likely fall short.
From AA, Malcom Nunez is definite, and they might consider Lunn, Gragg, and Roberts if he looks good in the 2nd half.
Below AA, Heredia, Paniagua, Moreno, Gustavo J. Rodriguez, and Dionys Rodriguez deserve consideration. I think the Cards will gamble they are too far away.
The Cards only need to protect 3 guys: Connor Thomas, Moises Gomez, and Malcom Nunez. They may protect more, but I doubt they'll go overboard.
With at least 6 spots open and only needing to add 3 guys, the Cardinals are in a good spot related to the R5 roster crunch this year.
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