# Press Release: Cardinals Announce 2020 Opening Day Roster

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/press-release-cardinals-announce-2020-opening-day-roster/
- Published: 2020-07-23T13:17:36-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**_17 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION; THREE FIRST-TIME CARDINALS_**

**ST. LOUIS, MO., July 23, 2020 **– The St. Louis Cardinals will open their 129^(
th) season of play in the National League tomorrow night when they host the Pittsburgh
Pirates at 7:15 p.m. CDT in the opening game of the shortened 60-game regular season.&
nbsp; The team’s active roster includes three first-time Cardinals ([Austin Dean](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=deanau01,dean--001aus&search=Austin+Dean&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
Kwang Hyun Kim & [Kodi Whitley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=whitle000kod&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-))
and 17 players that were developed within the Cardinals organization.

To get to their Opening Day roster, the Cardinals announced the following transactions:

Kodi Whitley selected from Alternate Training Site roster. Austin Dean, [Junior Fernandez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernaju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
[Andrew Knizner](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kniznan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)
and [Edmundo Sosa](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sosaed01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)
recalled from Alternate Training Site roster.

The following is the Cardinals Opening Day active roster and injured list:

**PITCHERS (14):** Junior Fernandez-RHP, [Jack Flaherty](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flaheja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [John Gant](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gantjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [Austin Gomber](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gombeau01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
LHP, [Ryan Helsley](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/helslry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [Dakota Hudson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hudsoda02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, Kwang Hyun Kim-LHP, Carlos Martínez-RHP, [Miles Mikolas](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mikolmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [Andrew Miller](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=millean01,miller016and,miller011and&search=Andrew+Miller&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
LHP, [Daniel Ponce de Leon](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/ponceda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [Adam Wainwright](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wainwad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [Tyler Webb](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=webbty01,webb--000tyl&search=Tyler+Webb&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
LHP, Kodi Whitley-RHP;

**CATCHERS (3):** Andrew Knizner, [Yadier Molina](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/molinya01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
[Matt Wieters](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wietema01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-);

**INFIELDERS (7):** [Matt Carpenter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=carpema01,carpen003mat&search=Matt+Carpenter&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
[Paul DeJong](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dejonpa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
[Tommy Edman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edmanto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
[Paul Goldschmidt](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldspa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
[Rangel Ravelo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ravelra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
Edmundo Sosa, [Kolten Wong](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wongko01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-);

**OUTFIELDERS (5):** [Harrison Bader](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baderha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
Austin Dean, [Dexter Fowler](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fowlede01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),
Tyler O’Neill, [Lane Thomas](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomala02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-).

**INJURED LIST (4):** [John Brebbia](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brebbjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP (45-day, right elbow), [Giovanny Gallegos](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gallegi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP, [Jordan Hicks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=hicksjo03,hicks-001jor&search=Jordan+Hicks&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
RHP (45-day, right elbow), [Brad Miller](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millebr02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-)-
INF (10-day, right ankle – bursitis).

**— STL —**

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