# Cardinals Reduce Spring Roster to 56

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-reduce-spring-roster-to-56/
- Published: 2024-03-08T16:36:43-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS REDUCE SPRING ROSTER TO 56_**

#### **_PITCHERS HJERPE & KLOFFENSTEIN SENT TO MINORS CAMP_**

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**JUPITER, Fla., March 8, 2024 **– The [St. Louis Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals)
announced today that the team has reduced its Spring Training roster to 56 players,
optioning right-handed pitcher **_[Adam Kloffenstein](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kloffe000ada&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-03-08_br)_**
to the Memphis (AAA) roster and re-assigning non-roster pitcher **_[Cooper Hjerpe](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hjerpe000coo&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-03-08_br)_**
to minor league camp.

The team currently has 39 Major League roster players and 17 non-roster invitees
remaining in its Major League camp.

**— STL —**

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Just like [Tink Hence](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hence-000mar&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-03-08_br)
and [Max Rajcic](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rajcic000max&utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2024-03-08_br),
these demotions are expected and don’t mean anything in the long run.

Kloffenstein needs some time at Memphis and could be a spot starter in the second
half of the season. He’s the first 40-man player sent to minor league camp; it doesn’t
mean anything really, just an observation.

Hjerpe has a little longer to go; he’s still a decent prospect and has upside. He’ll
probably spend most of this season at Springfield and could be an option later next
season (if they need him this season, things will be going worse than they did last
year).

Expect a few more cuts by Monday.

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