Cardinals Player Development

We have re-signed the following players to minor league contracts for the 2027 season:
▪️RHP Randel Clemente
▪️LHP Josh Fleming
▪️INF Ramon Mendoza

The following players have been declared minor league free agents:
▪️RHP José Davila
▪️RHP Tink Hence
▪️RHP Bruno López
▪️1B Bligh Madris
▪️RHP Ryan Murphy
▪️RHP Sem Robberse
▪️RHP Darlin Saladin
▪️RHP Gerardo Salas
▪️LHP Zack Thompson
▪️C Andy Yerzy

We have signed International free agents RHP Yonewris Garcia (Dominican Republic) & RHP Keddy Roa (Dominican Republic) to minor league contracts.

Today marks the first day of our 2026 Fall Off-Season Program, which brings together select #STLCards minor league players with coaches, performance and development staff for a 6-week program at our Jupiter facility.

The program will provide individualized training and build physical capacity while creating a competitive, team-oriented environment that can fuel culture and connection across the organization.

Full Roster: tinyurl.com/3b4cf3vp

RHP Tekoah Roby will make his first start of 2026 this afternoon as part of Peoria's Arizona Fall League game at Surprise. The #STLCards No. 13 prospect last appeared in a game on July 10, 2025 (Tommy John surgery).

Tai Peete (RF), Sammy Hernandez (1B) and Cade McGee (2B) are also scheduled to start today's game.

Congratulations to C Rainiel Rodriguez and RHP Jacob Odle who were named by MLB Pipeline as the #STLCards Hitting and Pitching Prospects of the Year.