# Cardinals Send Four Players to The Minors And Jack Flaherty to IL; Andre Pallante Joins Opening Day Roster

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- Published: 2022-04-04T10:22:11-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_CARDINALS SEND FOUR PLAYERS TO MINORS;_** **_ROOKIE PITCHER ANDRE PALLANTE TO
MAKE OPENING DAY ROSTER;_** **_JACK FLAHERTY PLACED ON 10-DAY INJURED LIST_**

**JUPITER, Fla., April 4, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that 
rookie right-hand pitcher **_[Andre Pallante](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pallan000and&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
has made the team’s 28-player Opening Day roster. The team will make a corresponding
roster move prior to Thursday’s game to make room for Pallante on its 40-player 
Major League roster.

The team also announced today that pitcher **_[Jake Walsh](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=walsh-001jak,walsh-003jak&search=Jake+Walsh&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
has been optioned to Memphis (AAA), and that pitcher **_[Connor Thomas](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=thomas005con,thomas003con&search=Connor+Thomas&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,
catcher **_[Julio Rodriguez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=rodrig013jul,rodrig010jul,rodrig015jul&search=Julio+Rodriguez&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and infielder **_[Cory Spangenberg](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spangco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
have been re-assigned to the minors.

In addition, right-handed pitcher **_[Jack Flaherty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flaheja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**(
right shoulder) has been placed on the 10-day Injured List.

The Cardinals Spring Training roster is currently at 28 players with the team set
to break camp following tomorrow morning’s 11:05 a.m. ET game against Miami.

**— STL —**

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Pallante is a surprise addition to the roster, but he had a pretty good spring. 
I would imagine that he’s not going to have a short leash initially; if he has 3-
4 rough outing quickly, we could see him sent down. Walsh might be the first guy
in line to take his spot if he does struggle.

Flaherty isn’t a surprise since he’s barely pitched this spring and hasn’t seen 
game action. Hopefully he can get to a rehab assignment quickly.

The other demotions aren’t surprising. If Spangenberg gets hot with Memphis and 
[Brendan Donovan](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=donova002bre&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
struggles on the bench, we could see him added to the 40-man, but I’d consider it
a longshot. Rodriguez and Thomas have a ways to go before joining the Cardinals.

Pallante has been added to the [Salary Matrix](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2021/10/2021-22-cardinal-off-season-salary-matrix/);
also check out the [Transaction Tracker](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2021/11/the-2021-22-cardinals-transaction-page/)
for the team.

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