On September 1, the Cardinals activated OF Victor Scott II from the IL and promoted RHP Chris Roycroft from Memphis as they expanded their active roster from 26 to 28 players.
Rosters have expanded across Major League Baseball with September now here. Rosters are able to expand from 26 players to 28 players. The St. Louis Cardinals responded with two moves on Monday, including the activation of a key piece off of the Injured List.
The St. Louis Cardinals certainly had a busy afternoon on Thursday. St. Louis announced a flurry of moves including the promotion of red-hot reliever Andre Granillo and outfielder Michael Siani, demotion of Chris Roycroft to Triple-A, and outfielder Ryan Vilade being designated for assignment.
Per a report Thursday, the St. Louis Cardinals have optioned right-handed reliever Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis and, in a corresponding move, called up right-handed reliever Roddery Muñoz. Roycroft, 27, made the Cardinals' Opening Day roster following an impressive spring with St.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
The St. Louis Cardinals are recuperating Thursday after dropping a crucial series to the National League Central rival Pittsburgh Pirates this week. Despite
Cardinals close out the homestand with a victory Top-line results Donovan and Goldy homer to pace Cardinals to 4-3 win. 4.2 innings of scoreless relief from bullpen nets Chris Roycroft first big league win.
The 6’8” reliever is at least interesting which can’t be said about most of the Memphis bullpen. Yesterday the Cardinals added Chris Roycroft to the 40-man roster and promoted him to St.