Cardinals announce 2019 Opening Day Roster

The Springfield Cardinals will open their 15th season on the road this Thursday night, April 4, when they visit the Northwest Arkansas Naturals at 7:10 pm. Today, the Cardinals announced their 25-man Opening Day roster that includes six MLB.com Top 30 St. Louis Cardinals prospects and 13 players with previous Double-A Springfield experience. The Cardinals home opener at Hammons Field is April 11 at 7:10 pm vs. the Naturals.

MLB.com Top 30 prospects on Springfield's Opening Day Roster include: INF Elehuris Montero (#4), OF Dylan Carlson (#7), RHP Connor Jones (#17), OF Conner Capel (#18), LHP Evan Kruczynski (#28) and RHP Seth Elledge (#29).

The following is the Cardinals 25-man active roster as of 4/3/19 (Top 30 prospects in italics):

PITCHERS (13): 18--RHP Harold Arauz, 40--RHP Jesus Cruz, 32--RHP Seth Elledge, 38--RHP John Fasola, 33--RHP Connor Jones, 35--LHP Evan Kruczynski, 22--RHP Will Latcham, 47--RHP Casey Meisner, 34--LHP Jacob Patterson, 21--RHP Williams Pérez, 28--RHP Roel Ramirez, 31--RHP Anthony Shew, 16--LHP Austin Warner

CATCHERS (2): 27--Jose Godoy, 23--Brian O'Keefe

INFIELDERS (6): 26--Chris Chinea, 11--Irving Lopez, 43--Elehuris Montero, 3--Kramer Robertson, 5--Alberto Triunfel, 15--Stefan Trosclair

OUTFIELDERS (4): 4--Shane Billings, 12--Conner Capel, 8--Dylan Carlson, 7--Scott Hurst