LOS ANGELES — By the time he stepped foot onto the Dodger Stadium grass and strolled toward its iconic bleachers and into center field as the Cardinals' starter there, Victor Scott II had been formally, officially, added to the roster.
The Cardinals finalized their 26-player roster for their 2024 season opener Thursday against the Dodgers.
The last of the moves made as the team reached California was to clear a spot on the major-league roster (or 40-player roster) for Scott, who zooms straight from finishing last year in Class AA to starting this year as the Cardinals' everyday center fielder. The Cardinals put infielder Jared Young on outright waivers to create a spot on the big-league roster for Scott.
The Cardinals also optioned infielder Jose Fermin to Class AAA Memphis to then finalize the active roster for an afternoon opener in LA.
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Here is the roster:
PITCHERS (13): Ryan Fernandez RHP, Giovanny Gallegos RHP, Kyle Gibson RHP, Ryan Helsley RHP, Andrew Kittredge RHP, Matthew Liberatore LHP, Lance Lynn RHP, Steven Matz LHP, Miles Mikolas RHP, Riley O’Brien RHP, Andre Pallante RHP, JoJo Romero LHP and Zack Thompson LHP.
CATCHERS (2): Willson Contreras and Iván Herrera.
INFIELDERS (7):Â 3B Nolan Arenado, 1B/DH Matt Carpenter, SS Brandon Crawford, 2B/LF/UT Brendan Donovan, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, 2B/DH Nolan Gorman, SS Masyn Winn.
OUTFIELDERS (4): Alec Burleson, Victor Scott II, Michael Siani, Jordan Walker.
INJURED LIST (6): Dylan Carlson, OF (shoulder), Tommy Edman OF/INF (wrist surgery), Sonny Gray RHP (hamstring), Lars Nootbaar OF (fractured ribs), Keynan Middleton RHP (forearm strain), Drew Rom (biceps inflammation).
All of the players except Carlson were backdated on the injury list to Monday. Carlson was injured Monday so his assignment to the 10-day IL began Tuesday. The pitchers are all on the 15-day IL as the 10-day IL is available only to position players.
Miles Mikolas will start opposite Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow in Thursday's game, which is set to start shortly after 3 p.m. ºüÀêÊÓƵ time. The Dodgers opened their season with a two-game series in Korea against San Diego and went 1-1.
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