JUPITER, Fla. — The Cardinals’ minor-league camp begin games today, facing the Florida affiliates from across campus. And that means the first good look for us of first-round pick Peter Kozma and a peek at the layout of the organization’s minor-league rosters.
Cardinals official John Vuch said a goal this spring was to assign players to the team they probably will open with. That doesn’t necessarily mean the starting lineups for today’s games are representative, but the overall rosters do offer an idea of the plans for certain prospects (i.e., Bryan Anderson headed to Double-A Springfield.)
The lineups just passed out here to the media (all pitchers are not listed, just the ones scheduled to go today):
MEMPHIS (AAA)
- Reid Gorecki, CF
- Jose Martinez, SS
- David Freese, 3B
- Josh Phelps, 1B
- Brian Barden, DH
- Cody Haerther, RF
- Amaury Marti, LF
- Gabe Johnson, C
- Mike McCoy, 2B
Bench: Rico Washington, Matt Pagnozzi, Nick Stavinoha. Pitchers: Mitchell Boggs, Joe Rogers, Casey Rauschenberger, Dennis Dove, Ron Flores.
SPRINGFIELD (AA)
- Jon Jay, LF
- Dan Nelson, 2B
- A. J. Van Slyke, 1B
- Chris Grossman, C
- Mark Shorey, DH
- Luke Gorsett, RF
- Casey Rowlett, 3B
- Juan Lucena, SS
- Shane Robinson, CF
Bench: Allen Craig, Mark Hamilton, Bryan Anderson, Brandon Yarbrough, Tyler Greene, Ian Church. Pitchers: Adam Daniels, Nick Webber, Mark Worrell, Kris Honel, and Missouri State alum Bob Zimmermann.
PALM BEACH (HIGH-A)
- Tyler Henley, CF
- Brandon Johnson, 2B
- Isa Garcia, 3B
- Christian Reyes, 1B
- Scott Thomas, C
- Jose Ramirez, LF
- Steven Hill, DH
- Oliver Marmol, SS
- Tommy Pham, RF
Bench: James Rapoport, Daryl Jones, Daniel Descalso, Brandon Buckman, Arnoldi Cruz, Donovan Solano, Nathan Southard, Jose Salazar, Nick Derba, Jared Schweitzer, Jon Edwards. Pitchers: Fernando Salas, Brian Broderick, Jason Cairns, Marco Gonzalez, Armando Carrasco.
QUAD CITIES 1 (LOW-A)
- D’Marcus Ingram, CF
- Pete Kozma, SS
- Roberto Marquez, LF
- Carlos Pupo, 1B
- Ryde Rodriguez, DH
- Osvaldo Morales, 3B
- Brian Cartie, DH
- Justin Roberson, RF
- Casey Mulligan, C
- Mike Folli, 2B
Bench: Andrew Brown, Adron Chambers, Beau Riportella, Ivan Castro, Dave Carpenter, Luis de la Cruz, Paul Vazquez, Jose Garcia, Travis Mitchell. Pitchers: Wayne Daman, Julio Sanchez, Logan Collier, David Bilardello, Marcus Markray.
QUAD CITIES 2 (LOW-A)
- Collin Fanning, CF
- Ivan Bellazetin, 2B
- Domnit Bolivar, SS
- Nicholas Vera, 3B
- Charles Pelt, 1B
- Matthew Arburr, DH
- Charlie Kingrey, OF
- Joey Hage, RF
- Roberto Espinoza, C
- Gerard Haran, DH
Bench: Ross Oeder, Robert Sanzillo, and the Hungarian catcher De’nes Simonyi. Pitchers: Dylan Gonzalez, Jose Mateo, Ray Silva, David Riddle.
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And, yes, with minor-league games starting today that means the Vuch Report will make its much-anticipated return to Bird Land.
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