# Cardinals Announce 2025 Opening Day Roster

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-announce-2025-opening-day-roster/
- Published: 2025-03-27T09:40:18-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE 2025 OPENING DAY ROSTER_**

#### **_15 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION; ONE 1^(ST)-TIME CARDINAL_**

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**ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 27, 2025 **– The [St. Louis Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals)
will begin their 134th season of play in the National League today when they host
the Minnesota Twins at 3:15 p.m. CDT in the season opening game of the 162-game 
Major League Baseball regular season. 

The team’s 26-player active roster includes one first-time Cardinal ([Phil Maton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matonph01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br))
and 15 players who were developed within the Cardinals organization. 

The following is the Cardinals 2025 Opening Day active roster and injured list:

**PITCHERS (13):** [Erick Fedde](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/feddeer01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP)*, [Ryan Fernandez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernary01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP), [Sonny Gray](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grayso01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP)*, [Ryan Helsley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/helslry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP), [John King](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
LHP), [Kyle Leahy](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leahyky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP), [Matthew Liberatore](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liberma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
LHP)*, Phil Maton (RHP), [Steven Matz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matzst01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
LHP), [Miles Mikolas](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mikolmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP)*, [Andre Pallante](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pallaan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP)*, [JoJo Romero](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
LHP) and [Chris Roycroft](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roycrch01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
RHP);

**CATCHERS (2):** [Iván Herrera](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herreiv01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)
and [Pedro Pagés](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=pagespe02,pagespe01&search=Pedro+Pagés&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br);

**INFIELDERS (7):** [Nolan Arenado](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/arenano01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Luken Baker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerlu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Alec Burleson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burleal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Willson Contreras](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/contrwi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Brendan Donovan](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/donovbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Nolan Gorman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gormano01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)
and [Masyn Winn](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/winnma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br);

**OUTFIELDERS (4):** [Lars Nootbaar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nootbla01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Victor Scott II](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scottvi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br),
[Michael Siani](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sianimi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)
and [Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkejo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br);

**INJURED LIST (1):** [Zack Thompson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=thompza02,thomps022zac,thomps018zac&search=Zack+Thompson&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-03-27_br)(
LHP).

_*Starting Pitchers_

**-STL-**

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See opening day details [here](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2025/03/cardinals-2025-opening-day-schedule-and-details/).

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