Cardinals Promote Rob Cerfolio to General Manager

CARDINALS PROMOTE ROB CERFOLIO TO G.M. POST

NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE WILL REPORT TO PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS CHAIM BLOOM

ST. LOUIS, MO., November 6, 2026 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have promoted Rob Cerfolio to the position of General Manager, reporting to Cardinals President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom.

Cerfolio, 34, has spent the past two seasons serving as the team’s Assistant General Manager, Player Development & Performance. He joined the Cardinals Front Office in October of 2024 after coming over from the Cleveland Guardians organization, where he worked in numerous roles dating back to 2015.

“Since joining the Cardinals two years ago, Cerf has spearheaded tremendous progress in our player development efforts from top to bottom, and in the advancement of our performance group and its integration within our entire organization,” said Bloom. “He is relentless in his desire to move us forward, and is invested in relationships with both new hires and longtime staff alike. I’m excited to partner with him in his new role as we work to set the standard for the industry in every area of baseball operations.”

Cerfolio’s career in professional baseball has included the following positions:

Asst. GM, Player Development & Performance (2024-26) – St. Louis
Director, Player Development (2022-24) – Cleveland
Assistant Director, Player Development (2019-21) – Cleveland
Assistant, Player Development (2018-19) – Cleveland
Amateur Scouting Assistant (2016-18) – Cleveland
Baseball Operations and Player Development Intern (2015) – Cleveland

In his most recent role with the Cardinals, “Cerf” has overseen the team’s Player Development and Performance areas while working with Director of Player Development Larry Day, Director of Hitting Dalton Hurd, Director of Performance Carl Kochan and Director of Pitching Matt Pierpont.

The Indian Springs, Ala. native graduated from John Carroll Catholic High School in Birmingham, Ala. before pitching three seasons at Yale University (2011-13). Cerfolio was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 34^th round of the 2013 MLB Draft but did not sign. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Public Health with a focus towards pre-med from Yale in 2014.

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The Cardinals foreshadowed this move when Cerfolio pulled his name out of consideration for the Athletics GM position.

And this is the right move. Cerfolio was a steal when the Cardinals added him to the front office. He’s been crucial in updating the farm system, rebuilding the player development group, and bringing the front office into the 21st century. He’s a proponent of biomechanics, having a hand in the recent success of Joshua Baez and Gordon Graceffo.

Having a front office of Bloom and Cerfolio is key to the continued rebuild we are seeing; I looked at recent trades the Cardinals made and most are trending in the right direction since they’ve been in the organization.