# Cardinals Reduce Camp Roster to 55

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-reduce-camp-roster-to-55/
- Published: 2022-03-23T09:54:46-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_CARDINALS REDUCE CAMP ROSTER TO 55;_** **_SIX PLAYERS OPTIONED OR RE-ASSIGNED
TO MINORS_**

**JUPITER, Fla., March 22, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
they have optioned or re-assigned six players to their minor league camp, reducing
the number of players in Major League camp to 55.

The team optioned pitcher **_[Brandon Waddell](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/waddebr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to the Memphis (AAA) roster and re-assigned pitcher **_[Trent Baker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=baker-002tre&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),_**
first baseman**_ [Luken Baker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=baker-002luk&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),_**
infielders**_ [Delvin Perez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=perez-003del&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and**_ [Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=walker000jor&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and catcher**_ [Pedro Pages](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=pages-002ped,pagespe01&search=Pedro+Pages&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to minor league camp**_._**

**— STL —**

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No real surprises here. Luken Baker is probably the closest of the re-assigned players
to being ready; they don’t have much of a roster spot for him with [Paul Goldschmidt](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldspa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
at first and the group of [Corey Dickerson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dickeco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Juan Yepez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=yepez-000jua&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
and [Lars Nootbaar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nootbla01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
seeing time at DH.

As a fan, I’d love to see more of Luken, Perez, and Walker in games, but they will
still be thrown in occasionally; the move gets them more reps with the teams they’ll
be playing on while working with instructors more. Walker is going to get his shot
in the next couple of years; I’m more curious about what Perez will become in the
long run.

Waddell could end up being DFAed if anyone needs to be added to the 40-man (whether
someone in camp or someone acquired soon).

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