Cardinals Announce 2020 Opening Day Roster
The St. Louis Cardinals have announced their 2020 Opening Day roster ahead of tomorrow night’s season opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium. The roster includes three first-time Cardinals in Austin Dean, Kwang Hyun Kim, and Kodi Whitley. It also includes 17 players that were developed within the Cardinals organization. In order to fill out their roster, the Cardinals made several transactions. These included Kodi Whitley being selected from the Alternate Training Site roster. Meanwhile, Austin Dean, Junior Fernandez, Andrew Knizner (Kiz-ner), and Edmundo Sosa were recalled from the Alternate Training Site roster. Along with Jordan Hicks skipping the 2020 season due to the pandemic, the Cardinals will have John Brebbia, Giovanny Gallegos, and Brad Miller starting the season on the injured list.
The following is the Cardinals Opening Day active roster and injured list:
PITCHERS (14): Junior Fernandez-RHP, Jack Flaherty-RHP, John Gant-RHP, Austin Gomber-LHP, Ryan Helsley-RHP, Dakota Hudson-RHP, Kwang Hyun Kim-LHP, Carlos Martínez-RHP, Miles Mikolas-RHP, Andrew Miller-LHP, Daniel Ponce de Leon-RHP, Adam Wainwright-RHP, Tyler Webb-LHP, Kodi Whitley-RHP;
CATCHERS (3): Andrew Knizner, Yadier Molina, Matt Wieters;
INFIELDERS (7): Matt Carpenter, Paul DeJong, Tommy Edman, Paul Goldschmidt, Rangel Ravelo, Edmundo Sosa, Kolten Wong;
OUTFIELDERS (5): Harrison Bader, Austin Dean, Dexter Fowler, Tyler O’Neill, Lane Thomas.
INJURED LIST (4): John Brebbia-RHP (45-day, right elbow), Giovanny Gallegos-RHP, Jordan Hicks-RHP (45-day, right elbow), Brad Miller-INF (10-day, right ankle – bursitis).
