# News Release: Cardinals Announce Opening Day Rosters for Full Season Minor League Affiliates - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/news-release-cardinals-announce-opening-day-rosters-for-full-season-minor-league-affiliates/ - Published: 2018-04-05T13:23:59-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney **ST. LOUIS, MO, April 5, 2018**– The St. Louis Cardinals announced today the 2018 Opening Day rosters for their four full-season minor league affiliate teams that begin play today. The Memphis Redbirds will set out to defend their Pacific Coast League (AAA) title after posting a club-record 91 wins last season under first-year Manager [Stubby Clapp](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clappst01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-). Palm Beach was named the 2017 Florida State League (A) co-champion along with Dunedin after Hurricane Irma cancelled the league’s championship series. Cardinals’ affiliate clubs combined for 410 wins in 2017, ranking 2^(nd) to the New York Yankees in all of baseball. Please see the attached Opening Day rosters for each of the Cardinals four full- season affiliates. | ** ** | **Memphis** | **Springfield** | **Palm Beach** | **Peoria** | | **SP** | **[John Gant](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gantjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)** | **[Jake Woodford](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=woodfo000jak&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)** | **[Anthony Shew](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=shew--000ant&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)** | **[Jake Walsh](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=walsh-001jak&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)** | | ** ** | **[Dakota Hudson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hudson000dak&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)** | **[Ryan 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