# Cardinals Reduce Spring Roster By 7

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-reduce-spring-roster-by-7/
- Published: 2023-03-13T09:04:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS REDUCE SPRING ROSTER BY SEVEN;_** **_51 PLAYERS REMAIN IN MAJOR LEAGUE CAMP_**

**JUPITER, Fla., March 11, 2023 **– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
the team has reduced its Spring Training roster to 51 players, with seven players
optioned or assigned to minor league camp.

The team optioned pitcher **_[Jake Walsh](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walshja02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**
and infielder **_[Jose Fermín](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=fermin003jos&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**
to the Memphis (AAA) roster and re-assigned non-roster pitchers **_[Gordon Graceffo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gracef000gor&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**,**_
[Michael McGreevy](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mcgree000mic&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**
and **_[Dalton Roach](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=roach-000dal&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**
to minor league camp along with non-roster catchers **_[Nick Raposo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=raposo000nic&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**
and **_[Wade Stauss](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=stauss000wad&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)_**.

**— STL —**

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Nothing surprising here. Graceffo and McGreevy are both going to be good pitchers,
but both got knocked around pretty good in their limited exposure. Walsh will be
one of the guys on the Memphis Express this year. Roach is more of a project at 
this point; he’s needing more minor time to see what they have. There are still 
4 NRI pitchers on the roster, including prospect [Tink Hence](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hence-000mar&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br).

Fermin is depth and could be outrighted if/when a bigger need arises or he gets 
passed performance-wise by a better prospect or an NRI guy that could squeeze his
way onto the roster; prospects like [Masyn Winn](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=winn--000mas&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)
or [Jordan Walker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=walker000jor&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br),
or utility guys [Kramer Robertson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberkr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)
or [Taylor Motter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/motteta01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)
maybe. The other fielding NRIs still are [Luken Baker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=baker-002luk&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br)
and [Juniel Querecuto](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quereju01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2023-03-13_br).

The catchers are just depth as well; every time a few pitchers go down, a few catcher
will as well. There are still 3 NRI catchers with the team.

The [Cardinals cut 7 other players last weekend](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/03/cardinals-trim-7-from-spring-roster/)
as well.

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