Cardinals NL Central

72-90

Projected record

Playoff odds

688 / 761

RS / RA projected

$34M

2026 payroll

Ten thousand simulated seasons. Marks: 5th, 50th, and 95th percentile win totals.

AAA: Memphis Redbirds AA: Springfield Cardinals High-A: Peoria Chiefs Single-A: Palm Beach Cardinals

Hitters

Player	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	K%	BB%	HIT+	NEXT+
Iván Herrera	584	14	7	0.241	0.356	0.378	18.2	10.8	116.7	126.8
JJ Wetherholt	568	17	14	0.244	0.347	0.377	16.2	10.9
Alec Burleson	550	21	3	0.291	0.356	0.489	16.7	8.4	133.8	136.2
Jordan Walker	545	27	17	0.288	0.347	0.508	24.0	7.7	134.2	129.7
Masyn Winn	490	5	10	0.238	0.314	0.326	21.4	9.0	80.3	95.1
Nathan Church	359	9	8	0.239	0.282	0.363	18.9	5.3	75.7	77.0
José Fermín	281	5	6	0.246	0.318	0.363	12.1	9.3	88.8	81.4
Nolan Gorman	229	7	0	0.194	0.279	0.318	32.3	10.9	67.5	64.1
Blaze Jordan	190	2	0	0.242	0.268	0.365	14.7	3.7
Pedro Pagés	188	4	2	0.212	0.261	0.318	26.6	5.3	56.8	81.6
Victor Scott II	184	2	9	0.194	0.276	0.258	23.9	8.7	55.7	71.6
Jimmy Crooks	140	4	0	0.175	0.250	0.310	32.1	6.4	65.5	98.2
Bryan Torres	132	4	1	0.235	0.298	0.378	19.7	7.6
Everson Pereira	111	5	1	0.235	0.309	0.439	33.3	5.4	108.2	103.9
Thomas Saggese	82	1	1	0.184	0.244	0.276	31.7	7.3	46.6	40.6
Ramón Urías	69	2	0	0.155	0.275	0.310	17.4	8.7	72.8	90.4
Joshua Báez	38	4	2	0.152	0.237	0.515	34.2	7.9
César Prieto	31	0	0	0.065	0.065	0.065	12.9	0.0

Pitchers

Player	BF	HR	K%	BB%	AVG	OPS	PITCH+
Andre Pallante	564	10	17.2	7.3	0.249	0.668	105.7
Michael McGreevy	558	18	17.0	6.5	0.251	0.713	102.1
Matthew Liberatore	541	21	23.1	8.1	0.280	0.802	89.9
Kyle Leahy	522	12	21.5	6.9	0.262	0.721	99.9
Justin Bruihl	281	3	14.9	8.5	0.260	0.691	101.9
Gordon Graceffo	253	5	15.0	11.9	0.190	0.603	113.2
George Soriano	239	9	23.8	10.9	0.216	0.700	102.3
Hunter Dobbins	231	7	22.5	10.4	0.240	0.723	98.6
Riley O'Brien	218	2	24.3	10.1	0.197	0.577	113.5
Ryne Stanek	217	9	24.0	12.4	0.243	0.775	91.7
Matt Svanson	207	5	19.8	10.1	0.306	0.829	85.5
JoJo Romero	186	5	23.1	8.6	0.244	0.710	100.6
Caleb Ferguson	135	4	20.0	13.3	0.276	0.810	86.8
Luis Gastelum	85	5	28.2	7.1	0.247	0.851
Ryan Fernandez	69	2	30.4	10.1	0.246	0.729	99.0
Quinn Mathews	66	1	19.7	10.6	0.316	0.800
Peter Strzelecki	54	1	13.0	9.3	0.191	0.597
Jared Shuster	44	1	9.1	13.6	0.289	0.834
Max Rajcic	39	1	20.5	15.4	0.182	0.702
Matt Pushard	31	0	19.4	12.9	0.240	0.635

Payroll

Player	Pos	Terms	2026 salary	Value
Andre Pallante	rhp-s	1 y/$4M (26)	$4,000,000	+$9.2M
Alec Burleson	1b	1 y/$3.3M (26)	$3,300,000	+$18.0M
Nolan Gorman	3b	1 y/$2.655M (26)	$2,655,000	+$1.4M
Ryne Stanek	rhp	1 y/$3.5M (26)+27 cl opt	$2,500,000	$-0.7M
Matthew Liberatore	lhp-s	1 y/$2.26M (26)	$2,262,500	+$10.2M
Ramón Urías	3b-2b	1 y/$2M (26)+27 m opt	$1,500,000	+$0.6M
Caleb Ferguson	lhp	1 y/$4.5M (26)	$1,323,529	+$1.2M
Justin Bruihl	lhp	1 y/$850,000 (26)	$850,000	+$0.3M
Masyn Winn	ss	1 y/$799,450 (26)	$799,450	+$13.8M
Jordan Walker	rf	1 y/$799,400 (26)	$799,400	+$14.2M
Iván Herrera	c-dh	1 y/$798,900 (26)	$798,900	+$26.0M
Pedro Pagés	c	1 y/$796,900 (26)	$796,900	+$6.7M
Kyle Leahy	rhp-s	1 y/$795,600 (26)	$795,600	+$1.9M
Riley O'Brien	rhp-c	1 y/$795,050 (26)	$795,050	+$1.1M
George Soriano	rhp	1 y/$793,350 (26)	$793,350	+$0.7M
José Fermín	ss	1 y/$792,350 (26)	$792,350	+$0.8M
Michael McGreevy	rhp-s	1 y/$784,550 (26)	$784,550	+$10.6M
Nathan Church	lf	1 y/$782,150 (26)	$782,150	+$4.4M
JJ Wetherholt	2b	1 y/$780,000 (26) 8 y/$112.5 (27-34)	$780,000
Gordon Graceffo	rhp	1 y/$784,550 (26)	$752,358	+$1.8M
Bryan Torres	inf-of	1 y/$780,000 (26)	$557,802
Jimmy Crooks	c	1 y/$781,550 (26)	$553,057	+$12.1M
Victor Scott II	cf	1 y/$792,750 (26)	$546,784	+$1.5M
Matt Svanson	rhp	1 y/$785,800 (26)	$539,228	+$2.6M
Hunter Dobbins	rhp-s	1 y/$787,600 (26)	$522,694	+$3.5M
Thomas Saggese	ss-2b	1 y/$787,200 (26)	$467,985	+$2.8M
Blaze Jordan	3b-1b	1 y (26)	$450,482
Ryan Fernandez	rhp	1 y/$793,100 (26)	$443,156	+$1.0M
Max Rajcic	rhp	1 y (26)	$425,455
Luis Gastelum	rhp	1 y (26)	$342,033

Season to date through August 23, 2026, players with 30 plate appearances or batters faced for the club. Payroll figures are public estimates from Cot's Baseball Contracts. Click a column to sort; click a name for the career page.