2025 St. Louis Cardinals

[Cardinals GM (Ian)]

Salary Cap - $140M
Salary Spent - $113.8M 
Waiver Penalties - $0 
Bid Bonus Spent - $0
Total spend - $113.8M
Salary Available - $26.2M
Total Roster Spots - 60/60

2025 TAGS
Franchise - Kris Bubic RP KC
Flex - Kyle Schwarber UTL PHI
RFA - Jeimer Candelerio CI FA

26/26
Hitters
1. C - Gabriel Moreno ARI - PP/27: $500k
2. CI -
3. CI - Isaac Parades - PP/25: $500k
4. MI - Jorge Polanco MIN 25:$12M(CO)
5. MI - Bobby Witt Jr. 26: $500k 
6. OF - Kyle Schwarber PHI - Flex
7. OF - Jesus Sanchez MIA - PP/25: $500k 
8. OF - Seiya Suzuki: 25: $18.4m
9. UTL - JD Martinez NYM 25 $8M



Total: $40.4M

Pitchers

1. SP - Kutter Crawford BOS PP/26 $500k
2. SP - Logan Webb, SFG - PP/25: $500k
3. SP - Ryan Weathers, SDP - PP/25: $500k
4. SP - Zack Littell TB 25: $9M
5. RP - Gregory Soto PHI 25: $5.5M
6. RP - Cody Bradford SP TEX 25-26 :$900k
7. RP - Will Vest DET - 25: $700k
8. RP - Phil Maton FA 25: $6M
9. SP/RP - Logan Gilbert SEA - PP/25: $500k
10. RP : Chadd Green RP TOR 25: $2M 26: $1M

Total: $26.1M

Bench
20. RP Justin Slaten RP BOS PP28:$500k
21. SP Taijuan Walker PHI - 25-27:$8M
22. 
23. SP Landon Knack SP LAD PP28:$500k
24. RP Kris Bubic RP KC 
25. Adam Duvall FA 25:$3.8M
26. Kyle McCann C OAK Free (140 AB)

Total: $12.8M

IR

1. RP Nick Mears MIL 25: $500k
2. SP - Sandy Alcantara MIA - 25: $17M 26: $17M 27: (CO) $21M
3. RP Daniel Durate RP MIN Free
4. Chas McCormick HOU - 25:$3.5M
5. Jordan Romano TOR - 25: $11M 26: $9M

Total: $32M

Minors

1. OF/C - Blake Sabol PP/27 $500k
2. CI Tyler Locklear SEA FV 40+
3. CI Aidan Miller PHI FV 45
4. MI Maximo Acosta TEX FV N/A
5. MI Alexander Albertus FV 40
6. MI Rayne Doncon MIN FV 45
7. MIF - Nick Loftin KC - PP/28: $500k
8. MI Austin Martin MIN FV 45
9. MI - Andruw Monasterio MIL - PP/27: $500k
10. MI Robert Moore MIL FV 40+
11. MI Yunior Severino MIN FV 35+
12. MI Braden Shewmake ATL PP28: Free
13. OF Homer Bush Jr. SD
14. OF Yeremi Cabrera TEX FV N/A
15. OF Luis Guanipa OF ATL FV 45
16. OF Jake Marsee SDP FV 40 
17. OF Yophery Rodriguez MIL
18. OF Cristhian Vaquero WAS FV 45+
19. SP Mitch Bratt TEX FV 40
20. SP Aidan Curry TEX
21. SP JJ Goss TBR FV 40
22. SP TK Roby STL FV 50
23. SP Carson Whisenhunt SF FV 45+
24. RP - Josh Winder MIN PP/26: $500k
25. SP Josh Wolf CLE FV N/A
26. SP Logan Henderson MIL
27. RP Bryan Hudson MIL PP/28: $500k
28. SP Brayan Perez SEA FV N/A
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Total: $2.5M

2024 Draft Picks

STL 1.16 Aidan Miller CI PHI
STL 2.16 Yophery Rodriguez OF MIL
STL 3.16 Traded to Mets
Comp 3.32 Homer Bush Jr.OF SD
Comp 3.36 (Giolito) - Aidan Curry SP TEX
STL 4.16 - Logan Henderson SP MIL
STL 5.16 Traded to Cubs
ARI 5.07 Alexander Albertus MI LAD

2025 Draft Picks

STL 1
STL 2
STL 3
STL 4
STL 5

2023 Expiring Contracts
CI - Evan Longoria ARI 2023 $7.5M
CI - Joey Votto CIN 2023 $7.5M
OF - Oscar Mercado STL $.5M
P - Kolby Allard ATL $.5M
P - Lucas Giolito CWS $10.4M
P - Sandy Alcantara MIA $.5M Franchise Tag
P - Jordan Romano TOR $4.3M Flex Tag
P - Chris Stratton TEX 
P - Ian Kennedy TEX $1M
P - Sean Reid-Foley NYM $.5M

2024 Expiring Contracts
CI - Gio Urshela LAA 23-24 $6.4M
CI - Jeimer Candelerio WAS 23-24 $4.5M
MI - Jonathan Schoop DET 23 $7M 24 $5M
OF - Kyle Schwarber PHI 23 $8M 24 $7M
OF - Austin Slater SFG 23-24 $1.5M
P - Brad Hand COL 23 $7M 24 $6M
P - Kris Bubic KC 23-24 $.5M
P - Adam Ottavino NYM 23-24 $4M

2025 Expiring Contracts
MI - Jorge Polanco MI MIN 23:$7.5M 24:$10.5M(CO) 25:$12M(CO)
OF - Jesus Sanchez MIA 23-25 $.5M
OF - Chas McCormick HOU 23-25 $3.5M
P - Luke Weaver CIN 23-24 $5M 25 $6M
P - Logan Gilbert SEA 23-25 $.5M
P - Logan Webb SFG 23-25 $.5M
P - Ryan Weathers SDP 23-25 $.5M

2026 Expiring Contracts


2027 Expiring Contracts
C - Gabriel Moreno ARI 23 Free 24-27 $.5M
P - Taijuan Walker PHI 23-27 $8M
C - Blake Sabol SFG 23: Free PP 24-27 $.5M
CI - Jonathan Aranda TB PP24-27 $.5M
MI - Andruw Monasterio MIL PP24-27 $.5M

2028 Expiring Contracts
MI - Nick Loftin KC PP28 (62 AB)
RP - Jordan Balazovic PP28 (24.1 IP)
RP - Juan Then SEA PP28 Free (14 IP)
MIF - Braden Shewmake PP28 Free (4 AB)

[Cardinals GM (Ian)]

Transactions:

Trades:

4/24/2023

Rangers trade: Jorge Polanco MI 23:$7.5M 24:$10.5M(CO) 25:$12M(CO)

Cardinals trade: Jacob Berry CI *Prospect

5/15/2023

Boston sends:

Jonathan Aranda CI TB (prospect)
Braden Shewmake MI ATL (prospect)

Cardinals send:

Hoby Milner RP 23/24: $1M
Adam Ottavino RP 23/24: $4M

7/12/2023

Orioles trade:

Nick Loftin MI KCR pp
Rayne Doncon MI LAD pp
Luis Guanipa OF ATL pp

Cardinals trade:

Luke Raley OF TBR pp

8/10/2023

Cardinals Get

Starling Marte OF NYM 23/24: $21M
Robert Moore MI MIL Prospect

Baltimore Gets

Evan Longoria ARI CI $7.5M
Joey Votto CIN CI $7.5M

1/26/2024

St. Louis Trades

Francisco Alvarez C NYM PP27
Emmanuel Rodriguez OF MIN
Cade Cavalli SP WAS
Bubba Chandler SP PIT

Texas Trades

Bobby Witt Jr. PP26


1/28/2024

Cardinals Trade:



AJ Vukovich ARI CI

Michael Rucker CHC $800k



Cubs Trade:



Adam Duvall FA 24-25: $3.8M



Cubs trade

P Josh Winder MIN 0.5 pp26

Cards trade

pick 5.16


The Brewers trade:

FYPD #3.32



The Cardinals trade:

OF - JJ Bleday, OAK - PP/26

1/31/2024

Rangers send: Seiya Suzuki: 2024 19.2m 2025 18.4m

Cardinals send: Ty Madden


Suzuki can be franchised in 26 for 500k

2/1/2024

The Houston Astros agree to trade:

P Kutter Crawford BOS 24: $0.5M PP-2026

to the St. Louis Cardinals for:

OF Samuel Zavala SDP (Prospect)

2/3/2024

Cardinals Get

CI Isaac Paredes TB PP/25

Pirates Get

MI Andres Gimenez CLE PP/25

2/24/2024

Cards get

Mitch Bratt SP TEX
Landon Knack SP LAD

Mets get

Pick 3.16

3/2/2023

Cardinals Trade

Pedro Leon OF HOU
Cole Winn SP TEX

Dbacks Trade

5.7 Pick OTC



Releases:

3/6/2023

Adrian Hernandez OF NYM

5/13/2023

Ian Kennedy RP FA $1M $500k Penalty 

6/1/2023

Jonathan School MI DET 23:$7M 24:$5M Buyout $6M penalty 2023

7/14/2023

Luke Weaver SP CIN 23/24:$5M 25:$6M Buyout $8M Penalty 2023

Robert Pauson MI OAK 

7/20/2023

Robbie Grossman OF TEX 23: $3.5M $1.75M penalty
Kolby Allard SP ATL PP23: $.5M .25M Penalty
Oscar Mercado OF SDP PP23: $5M .25M penalty
Sean Reid-Foley RP NYM PP/23: $.5M .25M Penalty

8/7/2023

Gio Urshela CI LAA 23/24:$6.4M 2023 Buyout Penalty $6.4M

8/8/2023

Diego Rincones OF FA

8/13/2023

Starling Marte OF NYM 23/24:$21M Total Buyout of 2023 $21M penalty 

8/17/2023

Brad Hand, COL - 23:$7M 24:$6M Total Buyout of 2023 $6.5M Penalty 

Tags:


Signings/Claims:

Week 1:

Robbie Grossman OF TEX 1yr/$3.5M 

Week 2:

SB $5M Total
Blake Sabol C SFG
Luke Raley OF TB

Week 7:

Michael Rucker RP CHC 2yr/$800k
Chris Stratton RP STL 1yr/$600k

Week 8:

Will Vest RP DET 3yr/$700k

MiLB Bid Week:

TK Roby SP STL $1.5M
Yeremi Cabrera PF TEX $.1M

2024 Season Transactions:

Franchise Tag - Sandy Alcantara SP MIA
RFA Tag - Lucas Giolito Declined Match
Flex Tag (TB) - Jordan Romano RP TOR Matched 24: $13M 25: $11M 26: $9M

Free Agents:

Chris Stratton RP TEX

Offseason:

10/7/2023 Release

Tyler Ivey RP FA (Prospect)
Yasel Antuna MI WAS (Prospect)

1/27/2024

Zach Littell 2 yr. $9M AAS
Phil Maton 2 yr. $6M AAS
Adrian Houser 2 yr. $6M AAS
Gregory Soto 2 yr. $5.5M AAS


Cody Bradford 3 yr 24-26: $900k 


2/29/2024

Release

Cristian Gonzalez MI HOU

3/2/2024

Andry Lara SP WAS

3/30/2024

Yoelkis Cespedes OF CWS

6/17/2024

Keoni Cavaco MI FA

2024 Transactions 

Trades:

STL trades

Jordan Westburg CI BAL PP/27

LAA trades

Jakob Marsee OF SD
Tyler Locklear CI SEA

Free Agent Bids:

4/6/2024

Kyle McCann C OAK SB $200k
Daniel Durate RP MIN SB $400k

8/6/2024
To MIA

Jonathan Aranda TB

For 

Chadd Green TOR 24: 3M 25: 2M 26: 1M

8/9/2024

Brewers get

Parker Messick P CLE Prospect 

for 

JD Martinez UTL NYM 24/25: $8M

Signings

Nick Mears RP MIL 2/$500k AAS

Jacob Stallings C COL 1/$500k AAS

8/10/2024

Austin Slater OF BAL 24: $1.5M $750k penalty.

8/12/2024

Release Adrian Houser P FA Buyout of $6M $3M Penalty for 24 & 25



8/27/2024

Release prospects

Matt Mikulski P SF
Juan Then P SF
Jordan Balazovic P Signed International
Hendry Chivilli MI MIN
Arol Vera MI LAA


End of 2024

2024 Tags : Not Final

Cardinals Franchise Tag - Kris Bubic RP KC

Cardinals Flex Tag - Kyle Schwarber OF PHI undecided

Cardinals RFA Tag - Jeimer Candelerio CI CIN



Options :

Jorge Polanco 2B SEA $10M - Undecided



Free Agents :

Jacob Stallings C COL





Graduated Prospects (PP28):

Nick Loftin MI KC

Austin Martin MI MIN

Landon Knack P LAD

Justin Slaten RP BOS

Bryan Hudson RP MIL

Kyle McCann C OAK