# Cardinals Reach Contract Agreements With 2026 Pre-Arbitration Players - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-reach-contract-agreements-with-2026-pre-arbitration-players/ - Published: 2026-03-12T10:47:19-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney ### **_CARDINALS REACH CONTRACT AGREEMENTS_** **_WITH 29 PRE-ARBITRATION SERVICE TIME PLAYERS_** [⌊Cardinals News Header⌉⌊Cardinals News Header⌉[ **JUPITER, Fla., March 11, 2026 **– The [St. Louis Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/) announced today that they have signed 29 of their pre-arbitration service time players to contracts for the 2026 season and that shortstop **_[Masyn Winn](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/winnma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_** has opted to have his contract renewed.  The team now has all players on its 40- player Major League roster under contract for the 2026 season. Today’s announced signings include the following players: OF **_[Joshua Baez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=baez--007jos&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, C **_[Leonardo Bernal](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bernal000leo&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, LHP **_[Justin Bruihl](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruihju01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, OF **_[Nathan Church](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/churcna01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, C **_[Jimmy Crooks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/crookji01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[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=2026-03-11_br)_**, INF **_[José Fermin](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fermijo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Ryan Fernandez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernary01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Richard Fitts](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fittsri01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br),_** RHP **_[Gordon Graceffo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gracego01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Tink Hence](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hence-000mar&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, C **_[Iván Herrera](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herreiv01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, LHP **_[Cooper Hjerpe](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hjerpe000coo&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Kyle Leahy](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leahyky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, LHP **_[Brycen Mautz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mautz-000bry&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Michael McGreevy](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgremi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_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=2026-03-11_br)_**, C **_[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=2026-03-11_br)_**, INF **_[César Prieto](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/prietce01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Matt Pushard](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pushar000mat&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, LHP **_[Nick Raquet](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/raqueni01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Tekoah Roby](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=roby--000tek&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Chris Roycroft](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roycrch01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, INF **_[Thomas Saggese](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saggeth01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, OF **_[Victor Scott II](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scottvi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[George Soriano](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/soriage01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, RHP **_[Matt Svanson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/svansma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**, OF **_[Bryan Torres](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=torres004bry,torres000bry&search=Bryan+Torres&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_** and OF **_[Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkejo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2026-03-11_br)_**. **— STL —** --- Nothing surprising here. Since all of these guys are pre-arbitration, the team controls how much they make. They all make around the MLB minimum salary ($780k), with first year players at the minimum and more experienced players getting slightly more. These guys have little negotiating power and just have to accept what they get. Players, like Wynn has, can refuse to sign their contracts, but they will still make the same amount; this is part of the archaic system that MLB has held over the players since the beginning of the game. After 3 seasons (or 2 if the service time works out in their favor), a player will then be arbitration eligible and potentially see a significant raise. 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