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Cardinals set rotation, final Opening Day roster decisions expected Sunday
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JUPITER, Fla. – The St. Louis Cardinals have set their five-man starting pitcher rotation to start the season and plan to finalize their Opening Day roster by the end of the weekend.
The rotation doesn’t come as too much of a surprise, aside from one key contributor (Adam Wainwright) starting the season on the injured list. The Cardinals will turn to veteran Miles Mikolas for Thursday’s home opener.
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Manger Oli Marmol confirmed Friday that St. Louis would roll with this five-man rotation, in order, to start the 2023 season:
Miles Mikolas
Jack Flaherty
Jordan Montgomery
Jake Woodford
Steven Matz
Barring any unexpected setbacks, Mikolas, Flaherty and Montgomery will all start in the first home series against the Blue Jays from March 30-April 2. Woodford and Matz will draw the mound in the next two home games against the Atlanta Braves from April 3-4, which lines up Mikolas to pitch in that series finale on April 5. The Cardinals then head to Milwaukee for their first road trip of the season.
Woodford is likely the biggest surprise of the rotation, and he might not have gotten the opportunity without Wainwright’s latest injury and Dakota Hudson’s option to the minors. That said, Woodford was conditioned for a starter’s workload while Mikolas and Wainwright were away from the World Baseball Classic. The 26-year-old fared well in his small sample size, winning one start, striking out 17 over five spring games and stretching out to five frames in his last spring start.
With the rotation set, it seems the Cardinals are getting closer to finalizing their 2023 Opening Day roster. Last week, Marmol said around 34 players were making a case for an Opening Day spot. On Friday, he told MLB.com writer John Denton that number is now at 28. The Cardinals can carry 26 players to start the season, so it seems as if two roster spots are still up for grabs.
St. Louis Post Dispatch’s Derrick Goold reports that the Cardinals hope to have their Opening Day roster finalized by the time they finish their final home spring game on Sunday. The Cardinals will have one more spring matchup in Sarasota, Florida against the Baltimore Orioles after that to wrap up their preseason slate.
The biggest situation worth monitoring is where the team places top prospects Jordan Walker and Masyn Winn. Walker, ranked the fourth-best prospect in baseball, would offer the team a little more power and perhaps some speed in the outfield. Winn makes for an intriguing roster possibility with veteran infielder Paul DeJong likely to start the year on the injured list, but will most likely start the year in Double-A or Triple-A if there’s not quite a path for regular big-league starts.
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There are still quite a handful of players who aren’t guaranteed a spot quite yet: For pitchers, Chris Stratton, Packy Naughton, Zack Thompson and JoJo Romero will all be close calls. For hitters, Juan Yepez, Alec Burleson, Kramer Robertson and Taylor Motter could be pushing to secure a platoon or backup role.
Check back for FOX 2 coverage on the Cardinals roster and more developments in the upcoming days leading up to the home opener.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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