# Cardinals Announced 2026 Opening Day Roster

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-announced-2026-opening-day-roster/
- Published: 2026-03-25T13:45:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE 2026 OPENING DAY ROSTER_**

#### **_18 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION; SEVEN 1^(ST)-TIME CARDINALS_**

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**ST. LOUIS, MO., March 25, 2026 **– The [St. Louis Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/)
will begin their 135th season of play in the National League tomorrow (March 26)
when they host the Tampa Bay Rays at 3:15 p.m. CDT in the season opening game of
the 162-game Major League Baseball regular season. 

[⌊2026 Opening Day⌉⌊2026 Opening Day⌉[

The team announced this morning that rookie infielder [JJ Wetherholt](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wether000jj-&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)
had his contract selected from Memphis (AAA).  In addition, outfielder [Lars Nootbaar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nootbla01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)(
bilateral Haglund’s Deformity excision) was placed on the 60-day Injured List and
right-handed pitcher [Hunter Dobbins](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=dobbihu01,dobbin001hun&search=Hunter+Dobbins&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)(
right knee ACL reconstruction-rehab) was placed on the 15-day Injured list, retroactive
to March 22.

The team’s 26-player active roster includes seven first-time Cardinals and 18 players
who were developed within the Cardinals organization. 

The following is the Cardinals 2026 Opening Day active roster and injured list:

**PITCHERS (13):** [Justin Bruihl](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruihju01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
LHP, [Kyle Leahy](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leahyky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [Matthew Liberatore](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liberma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
LHP, [Dustin May](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maydu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [Michael McGreevy](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgremi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [Riley O’Brien](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=obrieri01,obrien002ril&search=Riley+O'Brien&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [Andre Pallante](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pallaan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [Matt Pushard](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pushar000mat&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [JoJo Romero](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romerjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
LHP, [Chris Roycroft](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roycrch01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [George Soriano](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriage01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP, [Ryne Stanek](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stanery01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP and [Matt Svanson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/svansma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)–
RHP;

**CATCHERS (3):** [Iván Herrera](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herreiv01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
[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=2026-03-25_br)
and [Yohel Pozo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pozoyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br);

**INFIELDERS (7):** [Alec Burleson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burleal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
[Jose Fermin](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fermijo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
[Nolan Gorman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gormano01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
[Thomas Saggese](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saggeth01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
[Ramón Urías](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/uriasra01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
JJ Wetherholt and [Masyn Winn](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/winnma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br);

**OUTFIELDERS (3):** [Nathan Church](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/churcna01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br),
[Victor Scott II](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scottvi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br)
and [Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkejo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-25_br);

**INJURED LIST (2):** Hunter Dobbins – RHP (15-day) and Lars Nootbaar – OF (60-day)

**-STL-**

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