Cardinals extend Spring Training invites to 55 players

ST. LOUIS, MO. - The St. Louis Cardinals announced its spring training roster as pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training in less than three weeks. The roster is comprised of 35 roster players and 20 non-roster invitees.

The Cardinals pitchers and catchers will hold their first workout on Saturday, Feb. 14 and their first full-squad workout will take place Tuesday, Feb. 17. This year marks the team's 12th year of training at their Jupiter, Fla. complex adjacent to Roger Dean Stadium.

The 2009 spring camp will feature nine players from the Cardinals minor league system participating in their first big-league camp. That list includes 2008 top draft pick Brett Wallace, who becomes the first Cardinals position player (non-catcher) since J.D. Drew in 1999 to get a big-league camp invite in his first spring. Drew, who had made his Major League debut the prior September, entered big-league camp as a rookie in 1999. Right-handed pitcher Jess Todd, recently honored at the St. Louis Baseball Writers Dinner as the Cardinals Minor League Pitcher of the Year, is also a non-roster invite. Others from this group include pitchers Fernando Salas and Francisco Samuel, catchers Tony Cruz, Steve Hill and Luis De La Cruz, infielder Allen Craig and outfielder Jon Jay. Young hurlers Tyler Herron, Clayton Mortensen, Adam Ottavino and P.J. Walters, as well as catchers Bryan Anderson and Matt Pagnozzi, outfielder Colby Rasmus and third baseman David Freese, have received Major League camp invites for the second straight year. Joe Thurston, Justin Knoedler and Ian Ostlund will wear the "birds on the bat" at camp after signing this off-season as minor league free agents.

The Cardinals complete 40-man roster and list of non-roster invitees follows:

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS SPRING TRAINING ROSTER

PITCHERS (18)
68 BOGGS, MITCHELL
29 CARPENTER, CHRIS
31 FRANKLIN, RYAN
64 GARCIA, JAIME
77 HAWKSWORTH, BLAKE
52 KINNEY, JOSH
26 LOHSE, KYLE
56 MANNING, CHARLIE
46 McCLELLAN, KYLE
43 MILLER, TREVER
60 MOTTE, JASON
34 PEREZ, CHRIS
35 PINEIRO, JOEL
40 RING, ROYCE
78 SCHERER, MATT
48 THOMPSON, BRAD
50 WAINWRIGHT, ADAM
37 WELLEMEYER, TODD

CATCHERS (2)
21 LaRUE, JASON
4 MOLINA, YADIER

INFIELDERS (8)
23 BARDEN, BRIAN
8 GLAUS, TROY
3 GREENE, KHALIL
67 GREENE, TYLER
70 HOFFPAUIR, JARRETT
7 KENNEDY, ADAM
5 PUJOLS, ALBERT
13 RYAN, BRENDAN

OUTFIELDERS (7)
24 ANKIEL, RICK
54 BARTON, BRIAN
16 DUNCAN, CHRIS
47 LUDWICK, RYAN
62 MATHER, JOE
55 SCHUMAKER, SKIP
61 STAVINOHA, NICK

NON-ROSTER INVITEES
PITCHERS (8)
71 HERRON, TYLER
74 MORTENSEN, CLAYTON
63 OSTLUND, IAN
75 OTTAVINO, ADAM
72 SALAS, FERNANDO
73 SAMUEL, FRANCISCO
76 TODD, JESS
79 WALTERS, P.J.

CATCHERS (6)
87 ANDERSON, BRYAN
80 CRUZ, TONY
81 DE LA CRUZ, LUIS
82 HILL, STEVEN
59 KNOEDLER, JUSTIN
83 PAGNOZZI, MATT

INFIELDERS (4)
86 CRAIG, ALLEN
66 FREESE, DAVID
65 THURSTON, JOE
84 WALLACE, BRETT

OUTFIELDERS (2)
88 JAY, JON
28 RASMUS, COLBY

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 2009 SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE
Date Time Opponent Place
February 25 12:05 p.m. vs. Florida Jupiter, FL
February 26 12:05 p.m. at Baltimore Ft. Lauderdale, FL
February 27 12:10 p.m. at New York (N) St. Luice, FL
February 28 12:05 p.m. vs. Washington Jupiter, FL
March 1 12:05 p.m. at Florida Jupiter, FL
March 2 12:05 p.m. vs. Tampa Bay Jupiter, FL
March 3 12:10 p.m. at New York (N) St. Luice, FL
March 5 1:05 p.m. vs. Domincan Jupiter, FL
March 6 12:05 p.m. vs. New York (N) Jupiter, FL
March 7 12:05 p.m. at Houston Kissimmee, FL
March 8 12:05 p.m. vs. Florida Jupiter, FL
March 10 12:05 p.m. vs. Detroit Jupiter, FL
March 11 12:05 p.m. at Florida Jupiter, FL
March 12 12:05 p.m. vs. Boston Jupiter, FL
March 13 12:05 p.m. at Baltimore (SS) Ft. Lauderdale, FL
6:05 p.m. vs. Baltimore (SS) Jupiter, FL
March 14 12:05 p.m. vs. Atlanta Jupiter, FL
March 15 12:05 p.m. at Philadelphia Clearwater, FL
March 16 12:05 p.m. at Detroit Lakeland, FL
March 18 12:05 p.m. vs. Baltimore (SS) Jupiter, FL
12:05 p.m. at Baltimore (SS) Ft. Lauderdale, FL
March 19 12:05 p.m. at Tampa Bay St. Petersburg, FL
March 20 12:05 p.m. vs. Philadelphia Jupiter, FL
March 21 12:05 p.m. at Washington Viera, FL
March 22 12:05 p.m. vs. Baltimore Jupiter, FL
March 23 12:05 p.m. vs. Washington Jupiter, FL
March 25 12:05 p.m. vs. Houston Jupiter, FL
March 26 12:05 p.m. vs. New York (N) Jupiter, FL
March 27 12:05 p.m. at Boston Ft. Myers, FL
March 28 12:05 p.m. vs. Baltimore Jupiter, FL
March 29 12:05 p.m. at Minnesota Ft. Myers, FL
March 30 12:05 p.m. vs. Florida Jupiter, FL
March 31 12:05 p.m. at Baltimore Ft. Lauderdale, FL
April 1 12:05 p.m. vs. New York (N) Jupiter, FL
April 2 12:05 p.m. vs. Florida Jupiter, FL
April 3 7:05 p.m. at Memphis Memphis, TN
April 4 1:05 p.m. at Memphis Memphis, TN