Your 2026 STL CARDINALS

[earp]

40‑Man
(From Baseball‑Reference & MLB.com 40‑man rosters)

Player Position
Brendan Donovan 2B/UTIL
Masyn Winn SS
Nolan Arenado 3B
Nolan Gorman 2B/DH
Willson Contreras C/1B
Iván Herrera C
Alec Burleson OF
Victor Scott II OF
José Fermín INF/OF

Fermín becomes the only remaining 40‑man position player with enough athleticism and glove reliability to survive in LF.

He has:

above‑average hands

solid reads on the ball

experience at multiple positions

[Shady]

I'd be very surprised if Wetherholt isn't a part of the '26 Cardinals.

[scoutyjones2]

40‑Man
(From Baseball‑Reference & MLB.com 40‑man rosters)

Player Position
Brendan Donovan 2B/UTIL
Masyn Winn SS
Nolan Arenado 3B
Nolan Gorman 2B/DH
Willson Contreras C/1B
Iván Herrera C
Alec Burleson OF
Victor Scott II OF
José Fermín INF/OF

Fermín becomes the only remaining 40‑man position player with enough athleticism and glove reliability to survive in LF.

He has:

above‑average hands

solid reads on the ball

experience at multiple positions

Dearp

[CNYFan]

There is a decent amount of activity re player transactions going on. The Cards are doing stuff, just not as much as was hyped. I suspect another move or two by CB before Spring Training.

[Absolut]

Contreras is catching.

[okcardfan]

Contreras is catching.

No he's not. Oli Marmol said on camera a few days ago that Contreras is not gonna play any catcher at all, none, nada. I saw him myself on my TV on a YouTube channel with the Cat Hayes saying that. He was as certain as possible. No doubt, no Contreras at catcher. Period.

[82birds]

Contreras is catching.

No he's not. Oli Marmol said on camera a few days ago that Contreras is not gonna play any catcher at all, none, nada. I saw him myself on my TV on a YouTube channel with the Cat Hayes saying that. He was as certain as possible. No doubt, no Contreras at catcher. Period.

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[tgharris]

Contreras is catching.

No he's not. Oli Marmol said on camera a few days ago that Contreras is not gonna play any catcher at all, none, nada. I saw him myself on my TV on a YouTube channel with the Cat Hayes saying that. He was as certain as possible. No doubt, no Contreras at catcher. Period.

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This. ^^^^^

[cardinalsfan27]

40‑Man
(From Baseball‑Reference & MLB.com 40‑man rosters)

Player Position
Brendan Donovan 2B/UTIL
Masyn Winn SS
Nolan Arenado 3B
Nolan Gorman 2B/DH
Willson Contreras C/1B
Iván Herrera C
Alec Burleson OF
Victor Scott II OF
José Fermín INF/OF

Fermín becomes the only remaining 40‑man position player with enough athleticism and glove reliability to survive in LF.

He has:

above‑average hands

solid reads on the ball

experience at multiple positions

Nah, Arenado, Contreras, Donny and or Noot are gone. Also, JJ will more than likely be there opening day.

[Cusecards]

I’m going to hold off on speculating about lineups and positions.
Too much time before the season.
Too many trade candidates and the resulting domino affects.
What I will say is that I can’t see the reasoning behind Herrera Catching??
With the prospect depth at Catcher emerging the next two seasons it makes no sense?
Couple that with this being a reset season and you have the perfect opportunity to experiment with him in the field.
His bat is too valuable to risk injury behind the plate also!