2006 Transactions in the Cards Org (For Reference)

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Transactions:

10/13/05 - St Louis - Purchased the contract of Rick Ankiel and added him to the 40 man roster. Released P Evan Rust.

10/17/05 - St Louis - Announced the signing of minor league FA C Henry Guerrero

10/25/05 - St Louis - Announced the signing Free Agent players to minor league deals for the 2006 season: P Andy Cavazos, C Gabe Johnson, P Randy Leek, P Jose Garcia, OF Brian Martin, SS Milko Jaramillo and 1B Juan Diaz

10/26/05 - Released P Brian Miller

10/30/05 - St Louis - Players who became minor league free agents per Scout.com: Chad Allen, Oscar Alvarez, Alan Benes. Roberto Batista, Brandon Berger, Papo Bolivar, Robinson Cancel, Jeremy Cummings, Brad Cresse, Brian Falkenborg, Chris Gissell, Raul Gonzalez, Aaron Herr, Jimmy Journell, David Lee, Jose Mendez, Tyler Minges, Joe Nelson, Mark Nussbeck,
Josh Pearce, Reggie Taylor and Pete Zoccolillo.

10/30/05 - St Louis - Signed the following to a minor league contract for the 2006 season: P Victor Moreno.

10/30/05 - St Louis - Players who become major league free agents: P Cal Eldred, P Matt Morris, P Al Reyes, P Julian Tavarez, C Einar Diaz, 2B Mark Grudzielank, 3B/SS/2B Abraham Nunez, 1B/3B/OF John Mabry, OF Reggie Sanders. Announced the retirement of Larry Walker. Announced that his 2006 option had vested - Mark Mulder. Another player with a club option (that is expected to be exercised) - Jeff Suppan.

10/31/05 - St Louis - Released minor league pitcher Dennis Medina

10/31/05 - St Louis - Signed P's Josh Axelson and Jeremy Cook to minor league contracts.

11/1/05 - St Louis - Per the Birdhouse, the Cards have exercised the option on Jeff Suppan's contract.

11/2/05 - St Louis - Signed FA SS Jaime Landin to a minor league contract.

11/14/05 - St Louis - Announced the signing of the following players: C Michel Hernandez (added to 40 man roster), P Rich Rundles, P Brad Voyles, P Sam Walton, P John Webb, C Brent Cordell, C Brian Esposito, INF Ramon Nivar and OF Prentice Redman. All were signed to minor league contracts.

11/15/05 - St Louis - Announced the signing of free agent OF Drew Costanzo to a minor league contract.

11/20/05 - St Louis - Signed minor league FA P Brian Falkenborg.

11/22/05 - St Louis - Purchased the contracts of Travis Hanson & Brendan Ryan from the Springfield Cardinals and added both players to the 40 man roster.

11/25/05 - Per Baseball America, the Cards released the following minor league players - C Richard Cormier, OF's Sean Dobson, Tony McQuade, Eric Verbryke and RHP Alberto Guerrero.

11/29/05- St Louis - Signed FA P Dennis Tankersley to a minor league contract. Signed FA P Carlos Artiles to a minor league contract.

12/5/05 - St Louis - Signed FA's C Gary Bennett and INF Deivi Cruz to contracts and added them to the 40 man roster

12/7/05 - St Louis - Traded LHP Ray King to Colorado for INF Aaron Miles and OF Larry Bigbie.

12/7/05 - St Louis - Offered arbitration to P Matt Morris. Declined to offer arbitration to OF Reggie Sanders, P Julian Tavarez

12/8/05 - St Louis - Selected RHP Juan Mateo from the Chicago Cubs in the major league phase of the Rule 5 Draft.

12/8/05 - St Louis - Selected C Ike Franco from the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the AAA Rule 5 Draft. Selected 3B Vince Harrison of the Boston Red Sox in the second round of the AAA Rule 5 Draft. Lost 3B Tim Hummel in the first round of the AAA Rule 5 Draft to the Chicago White Sox.

12/13/05 - St Louis - Announced the signing of FA LHP Ricardo Rincon to a 2 year deal, valued at $2.9 million.

12/15/05 - St Louis - Announced the signing of FA RHP Braden Looper to a 3 year/$13.5M deal.

12/15/05 - St Louis - Signed FA P Talley Haines and FA P Blaine Neal to minor league contracts.

12/16/05 - St Louis - Signed MI Dave Berg to a minor league contract for the 2006 season.

12/19/05 - St Louis - Signed RHP Alan Benes to a minor league contract for the 2006 Season

12/21/05 - St Louis - Announced that FA 1B Brian Daubach had signed a split contract (major/minor league) with an invite to Spring Training (NRI). Announced that Larry Bigbie had agreed to a 1 yr $900K contract for 2006. Announced that the following players had been non-tendered, making them free agents - C Mike Mahoney, P Mike Lincoln, 2B Bo Hart, 3B Scott Seabol. Also announced that P Rhett Parrott had been outrighted to Memphis.

12/21/05 - St Louis - Signed FA RHP Sidney Ponson to a 1 year major league contract for $1 mil plus 1-1/2 in incentives. Signed RHP John Riedling to a minor league contract.

12/23/05 - St Louis - Signed FA OF Juan Encarnacion to a 3 year/$15 million deal.

12/23/05 - St Louis - Signed FA 2B Junior Spivey to a 1 year deal for $1.2 million.

12/23/05 - St Louis - Signed FA P Matt Smith to a minor league contract.

12/27/05 - St Louis - Signed FA OF Kit Pellow to a minor league contract.

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1/6/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America, signed minor league FA RHP Juan Araujo.

01/16/06 - St. Louis - Signed FA RHP Jeff Nelson to a minor league contract with a non-roster invitation to Spring Training. Contract has an $800,000 base w/an additional $200,000 in incentives if he makes the major league squad

01/17/06 - St. Louis - Agreed to a 1 year contract with RHP Jason Marquis for $5.15 million, plus $275,000 in performance bonuses: $25,000 for 200 innings, $75,000 each for 210 and 215 innings and $100,000 for 220 innings.

02/13/06 - St. Louis - Per Baseball America, signed LHP Troy Cate, 1B Jesse Hoorebelke, RHP Franklin Perez, RHP Billy Simon, 3B Rico Washington to minor league contracts

02/14/06 - St. Louis - Per Baseball America, released minor leaguers 2B Steward Chacin and LHP Bo Dickerson.

02/15/06 - St. Louis - Per Derrick Goold of the Post (in his blog) Cards signed RHP Luther Hackman to a minor league contract and he was given an invitation to Spring Training.

02/17/06 - St. Louis - Per Derrick Goold of the Post, Cards signed 1B/3B Scott Spiezio to a minor league contract and given an invitation to Spring Training,

02/17/06 - St. Louis - Per the Post Dispatch, Cards announced the contract signings of LHP Carmen Cali, OF Chris Duncan, LHP Randy Flores, OF John Gall, OF Reid Gorecki, 3B Travis Hanson, LHP Tyler Johnson, RHP Juan Mateo, LHP Chris Narveson, SS Brendan Ryan, OF Skip Schumaker and RHP Adam Wainwright. Only players remaining unsigned are INF Hector Luna, OF Rick Ankiel, C Yadier Molina OF John Rodriguez, INF Aaron Miles, P Anthony Reyes, P Brad Thompson and OF So Taguchi .

02/21/06 - St Louis - Signed RHP Josh Hancock to a minor league deal with an invite to the MLB camp.

02/23/06 - St Louis - Announced that RHP Brad Thompson, RHP Anthony Reyes and OF Rick Ankiel had agreed to 1 yr contracts for the 2006 season. 3 Down - 5 to Go.

02/25/06 - St Louis - Announced that INF's Hector Luna and Aaron Miles had agreed to 1 yr contracts for the 2006 season.

02/28/06 - St Louis - Announced that C Yadier Molina & OF John Rodriguez had agreed to 1 yr contracts for the 2006 season.

3/7/06 - St Louis - First moves of spring training camp was announced today. Per Derrick Goold of the Post - Optioned to Class AAA Memphis was lefty Chris Narveson and eight non-roster players were reassigned to the minor-league. They were: pitchers RHP Andy Cavazos, LHP Randy Leek, RHP Dennis Tankersley, and LHP Rich Rundles; catchers Bryan Anderson, Jason Motte, and Kit Pellow; and infielder David Berg.

3/10/06 - St Louis - Announced that OF So Taguchi had agreed to a 1 year contract.

3/11/06 - St Louis - Optioned OF Reid Gorecki to the minor league camp. Sent C Brian Esposito, C Iker Franco and OF Prentice Redman to the minor league camp.

3/12/06 - St Louis - Signed the following players to minor league contracts (dates unknown): RHP Eddie Candelario, RHP Roberto Batista, RHP Gary Hogan, C Jorge Hadad, 1B Jesus Perez, INF Juan Richardson, INF Ryan Dorsey.

3/15/06 - St Louis - Optioned SS Brendan Ryan and 3B Travis Hanson to the minor league camp. Assigned P Blaine Neal and P John Webb to the minor league camp.

3/16/06 - St Louis - Assigned P's John Riedling and Brad Voyles to the minor league camp.

3/21/06 - St Louis - Scout.com is reporting that the Cards have released the following minor leaguers: 1B Billy Becher, 2B Jamie Landin, U Kit Pellow, 1B John Santor, C Brent Cordell, C Scott Madden, C Cody Palmer, OF Tim Preston, P Jessen Grant and P Matt Weagle.

3/22/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com the Cards have optioned the following players to the minor league camp - P Anthony Reyes, P Tyler Johnson, P Carmen Cali and C Michel Hernandez.

3/23/06 - St Louis - Minor league P Eddie Candlario retired. C Jorge Hadad left camp to attend to family problems in Mexico.
Following are adjustments to the minor league team rosters: C Brady Toops transferred from Springfield to Palm Beach; INF Vince Harrison transferred from Memphis to Springfield; INF Rayner Laya transferred from Memphis to Springfield; INF Juan Richardson transferred from Memphis to Springfield; OF Reid Gorecki transferred from Memphis to Springfield; OF Wes Swackhamer transferred from Quad Cities to Palm Beach.

3/23/06 - St Louis - Returned Rule V draftee Juan Mateo back to the Chicago Cubs.

3/24/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com, the Cardinals released the following minor leaguers on Wed/Thur of this week: P Blaine Neal, INF Dave Berg, P Carlos Artiles, P Roberto Batista, P Jaymie Torres, P Chris Noonan, P Justin Brown, P Quinton Robertson, INF Ryan Dorsey, OF Rodney Medina, P Kevin Fitzgerald, INF Jose Delgado, 1B John Skorupski and 1B Geoff Desmond.

3/26/06 - St Louis - Released RHP Jeff Nelson. Assigned 1B Brian Daubach to the minor league camp.

3/27/06 - St Louis - From Lamar Boone (in Florida) comes word that Josh Axelson was not offered a contract by the Cardinals. No word on where he ended up at.

3/28/06 - St Louis - C Iker Franco has been reassigned from the Memphis Redbirds to the Springfield Cardinals.

3/31/06 - St Louis - The following minor league players were released: 1B Jess Hoorelbeke, P Buddy Blair, P Talley Haines, INF Milko Jaramillo. 1B Juan Diaz was moved from Memphis to Springfield.

3/31/06 - St Louis - Reading news reports, it looks like the following players have been reassigned: P Rich Rundles from Memphis to Springfield; P Mark Worrell from Memphis to Springfield; P Blake Hawksworth from Springfield to Palm Beach; P Eric Haberer from Springfield to Palm Beach; P Jordan Pals from Memphis to Springfield; P Mitchell Boggs from Springfield to Palm Beach; Dennis Dove from Springfield to Palm Beach; Jose Garcia from Springfield to Palm Beach; Mark Michael from Springfield to Palm Beach. Nick Webber from Springfield to Palm Beach; Cory Meacham from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; Mark McCormick from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; Philip Anderson from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; Adam Daniels from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; P Jason Cairns from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; P Matt Trent from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; Jeremy Zick from Palm Beach to Quad Cities; INF Calvin Hayes from Palm Beach to Quad Cities. Gabe Johnson from major league camp to Memphis. And headed to the DL - Vince Harrison - surgery on his quadriceps muscle.

3/31/06 - St Louis - Added P Josh Hancock to 40 man roster and 25 man roster. Sent Alan Benes and Brian Falkenborg to Memphis.

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4/1/06 - St Louis - More re-assignments (not sure of the dates): P Anthony Rawson from Memphis to Palm Beach; Cody Haerther from Memphis to Springfield; Brian Martin from Memphis to Springfield; Brendan Ryan from Memphis to Springfield; Andy Cavzos from Memphis to Springfield; Cory Doyne from Memphis to Springfield; Sam Walton from Memphis to Springfield; Dan Moylan from Memphis to Springfield; Joe Mather from Springfield to Palm Beach; Matt Lemanczyk from Springfield to Palm Beach; Chris Patrick from Springfield to Palm Beach; Matt Pagnozzi from Springfield to Palm Beach; Jason Motte from Springfield to Palm Beach; Justin Garza from Springfield to Palm Beach; Andy Schutzenhofer from Springfield to Palm Beach.

4/1/06 - St Louis - Placed OF Rick Ankiel and OF Larry Bigbie on the 15 Day DL.

4/1/06 - Springfield - Placed SS Brendan Ryan on the DL.

4/3/06 - St Louis - Designated 2B Jr. Spivey for assignment to Memphis. He'll be placed on waivers and if he clears, has accepted the assignment to Memphis.

4/3/06 - Memphis - Placed the following on the 7 Day DL: P Chris Narveson, P John Riedling and 1B Brian Daubach. Recalled 1B Juan Diaz from Springfield.

4/3/06 - Memphis - Sent 3B Rico Washington to Springfield.

4/3/06 - Springfield - Sent OF Terry Evans and 1B/3B Matt Dryer to Palm Beach

4/3/06 - St Louis - Minor League INF Jake Mullinax has retired.

4/3/06 - Palm Beach - Sent the following players to Quad Cities: P Jon Mikrut, P Scott Vander Weg, 1B Adam Rodgers, INF Randy Roth.

4/4/06 - St Louis - All the minor league rosters have been updated. The following players were not on the roster and I don't know if any of them have been released. But, for now, I'll include them on the extended spring training rosters. P Luther Hackman, P Nick Webber, P Mike Sillman, P Billy Simon, P Victor Moreno, P Gary Hogan, C Spencer Wyman, 1B Andy Schutzenhofer, P Ryan Dixon, P John Powell, P Mike Repole, P Shaun Garceau, P Mike Schellinger, P Dan Stevens, P Josh Wilson, C Craig Newton, INF Donovan Solano, OF Carlos De La Cruz, OF Matt Wilkerson, P Ryan Campbell, P Tyler Herron, P Ashley Hooks, P Matt Lane, P Tyler Leach, P Mike Meagher (L), P Josh Schwartz (L), C Andrew Costanzo, C Steve Gonzalez, C Henry Guerrero, 1B Jesus Perez, INF, Brandon Garner, INF Christian Lopez, INF Jose Martinez, INF Adam Morris, OF Daryl Jones, OF Malcolm Owens and OF Wil Pujols.

4/4/06 - St Louis - Unconfirmed report from Scout.com that INF/OF Ramon Nivar was released.

4/4/06 - St Louis - Per John Mozeliak, Andy Schutzenhofer asked for and was given his release.

4/5/06 - Memphis - Junior Spivey was added to the Memphis roster today per MILB.com.

4/5/06 - Palm Beach - Adjustment today to the Roster. P Nick Webber was added from extended spring training camp and C Brady Toops was sent to extended spring training camp.

4/6/06 - St Louis - Per Derrick Goold in today's Post, Luther Hackman was released near the end of spring training so that he could try to get a ML job.

4/6/06 - Palm Beach - For the third day in a row, Palm Beach has adjusted their opening day roster. Add P Mike Sillman, sent P Tony Rawson to extended spring training. Sent INF Matt Dryer to Springfield. Signed INF Ryan Barthelemy.

4/6/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America (4/3/06), the following players were released: P Ryan Dixon, OF Carlos de la Cruz, P Gary Hogan, P Michael Meagher, P Josh Schwartz and INF Vince Harrison.

4/7/06 - St Louis - Even though it was reported he had signed a contract, Jeremy Cook did not report to spring training camp. It's believed that he has retired.

4/10/06 - St Louis - LHP Anthony Rawson was released (not sure of the date), but he signed today with the Coastal Bend Aviators.

4/14/06 - Memphis - Activated 1B Brian Daubach from the DL. Placed LHP Tyler Johnson on the DL.

4/15/06 - Springfield - Placed INF Juan Richardson on the DL - tendonitis in right tricep.

4/16/06 - Springfield - Activated OF Tyler Parker from the DL.

4/17/06 - St Louis - Sent OF Larry Bigbie on a rehab assignment to Memphis. He could be there upto 20 days.

4/17/06 - Springfield - Placed C Dan Moylan on the DL - took foul ball off the right hand and has a deep bone bruise. Called up C Jason Motte from Palm Beach.

4/17/06 - Palm Beach - Called up C Brady Toops from extended spring training camp.

4/18/06 - Quad Cities - Called up OF Matt Wilkerson from extended spring training to replace OF Yonathan Sivira, who was suspended by MLB. No explanation was given for the suspension, but I suspect he failed the drug/steroid testing.

4/19/06 - Springfield - Placed INF Rayner Laya on the DL (sprained left pinkie)

4/20/06 - Baseball America - Transactions happening between April 4 and April 12 - Placed C Jonathan Newton on voluntarily retired list. Placed LHP Troy Cate on restricted list.

4/21/06 - Springfield - Activated INF Juan Richardson from the DL.

4/21/06 - Memphis - Activated P Tyler Johnson from the DL.

4/22/06 - Memphis - Released 1B Juan Diaz

4/22/06 - Memphis - Sent C/1B Gabe Johnson to Springfield.

4/22/06 - St Louis - Purchased the contract of OF Timo Perez from Cincinnati and assigned him to Memphis.

4/23/06 – Springfield –Jason Motte sent to Palm Beach.

4/23/06 – St Louis – The Commercial Appeal reported that FA Desi Relaford had been signed and assigned to Memphis, but has not been activated yet. He joined the Memphis team at Omaha yesterday.

4/25/06 - Quad Cities - Placed P Phillip Anderson & P Cory Meacham on the DL. Called up INF Jose Martinez and P Ashley Hooks from Extended Spring Training Camp. P Josh Wilson was also called up, but will not be activated till Friday, at which point he'll take Meacham's spot in the rotation.

4/26/06 - Memphis - Activated Desi Relaford. Sent INF Kevin Estrada to Springfield

4/26/06 - Springfield - Place LHP Sam Walton on the DL, retroactive to 4/24/06.

4/26/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America the Cardinals have made the following minor league moves: Placed INF Kevin Richmond on the voluntarily retired list. Released C Andrew Costanzo & C Spencer Wyman. Signed P Brian Stitt & C Craig Lewis. I'm assuming the 2 signees were sent to extended spring training camp.

4/28/06 - St Louis - Placed LHP Ricardo Rincon on the 15 Day DL. Called up OF John Gall from Memphis to replace him on the 25 man roster.

4/28/06 - Memphis - Called up INF Kevin Estrada from Springfield.

4/28/06 - Quad Cities - Activated P Josh Wilson. Placed INF Calvin Hayes on the Restricted List.

4/29/06 - Quad Cities - Sent OF Charles Carter to the extended spring training camp and called up OF Chad Gabriel from the extended spring training camp.

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5/1/06 - Quad Cities - Placed P Adam Daniels on the DL with a pulled hamstring. Signed INF Luis Cotto.

5/2/06 - St Louis - Purchased the contract of RHP Brian Falkenborg from Memphis and added him to the 40 man roster. He'll be activated for today's game at Cincinnati per the PressPass at MLB.com and a corresponding move will be made.

5/2/06 - St Louis - Optioned Skip Schumaker to Memphis.

5/2/06 - Memphis - Place P Brad Voyles on the DL. Activated P John Riedling from the DL.

5/5/06 - Quad Cities - Activated P Cory Meacham from the DL. Sent OF Wes Swackhamer to Palm Beach.

5/5/06 - Palm Beach - Released INF Chris Patrick.

5/5/06 - Springfield - Activated P Sam Webb from the DL and gave him his release.

5/6/06 - Springfield - Placed OF Nick Stavinoha on the DL (Retroactive to 5/4/06). Called up P Justin Garza from Palm Beach.

5/7/06 - Springfield - Signed 1B Josh Pressley.

5/7/06 - Memphis - Larry Bigbie completed his 20 day rehab assignment and was sent to St Louis to meet with Walt Jocketty & Tony LaRussa to decide on his status with the ballclub.

5/8/06 - Springfield - Sent 1B Matt Dryer to Palm Beach.

5/8/06 - Palm Beach - Activated LHP Troy Cate from the Restricted List.

5/8/06 - Quad Cities - Released P Jeremy Zick. Called up P Brian Stitt from extended spring training camp.

5/8/06 - Springfield - Activated INF Rayner Laya off the DL. Placed P Cory Doyne on the DL (retroactive to 5/5/06)

5/8/06 - St Louis - Activated Larry Bigbie from the DL. Optioned OF John Gall to Memphis.

5/8/06 - Palm Beach - Sent Jason Motte to the Extended Spring Training Camp per Jason Scott at Scout.com

5/9/06 - St Louis - Place P Sidney Ponson on the DL. Called up Tyler Johnson from Memphis.

5/9/06 - Memphis - Signed P Will Cunnane of the Bridgeport Bluefish. Placed Desi Relaford on the DL, retroactive to 5/8/06.

5/10/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com, signed the following minor league FA's and assigned them to the extended spring training camp - OF Rich Gionnotti and C Chris Torres.

5/11/06 - Memphis - Signed FA LHP Matt Perisho. Traded P Matt Smith to Milwaukee for a PTBNL and he was assigned to AA Huntsville Stars.

5/14/06 - Quad Cities - Activated P Adam Daniels from the DL. Sent P Josh Wilson to the extended spring training camp.

5/17/06 - Springfield - Activated Nick Stavinohoa off the DL. Sent Tyler Parker to Palm Beach.

5/17/06 - Memphis - Activated INF Desi Relaford from the DL.

5/20/06 - Springfield - Sent P Andy Cavazos to Memphis. Activated P Cory Doyne from the DL.

5/20/06 - St Louis - Called up P Anthony Reyes. Optioned P Brian Falkenborg to Memphis.

5/20/06 - Memphis - Placed SS John Nelson on the DL, retroactive back to 5/16/06.

5/20/06 - Palm Beach - Placed OF Wes Swackhamer on the DL, retroactive to 5/19/06.

5/21/06 - St Louis - Optioned P Anthony Reyes to Memphis. Called up OF Chris Duncan.

5/21/06 - Springfield - Sent SS Brendan Ryan to extended spring training camp on a rehab assignment.

5/22/06 - Quad Cities - Sent C Brandon Yarbrough to Palm Beach. Called up C Henry Guerrero from extended spring training camp. Sent OF Matt Wilkerson to extended spring training camp.

5/22/06 - Palm Beach - Sent OF Simon Williams to Quad Cities.

5/23/06 - Palm Beach - Released C Brady Toops

5/23/06 - Memphis - Sent P Chris Narveson to Palm Beach on a rehab assignment. Activated John Nelson from the DL. Placed Jr Spivey on the DL

5/25/06 - Memphis - Released OF Prentice Redman. (Not sure of the exact date per Coop). Released P Franklin Perez. Activated Brad Voyles off the DL and released him. Signed C Mike Rose

5/27/06 - St Louis - Activated P Sidney Ponson from the DL. Optioned OF Chris Duncan to Memphis.

5/28/06 - Memphis - Released INF Desi Relaford. Signed P Travis Smith.

5/29/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America (5/24), released P Chris Clem, who was at the extended spring training camp.

5/29/06 - St Louis - Transfered the following players earlier from the Dominican Academy team to the VSL Cardinals: P Jose Carpio, P Eleazar Jimenez, P Wladimir Medndoza, P Ivan Brizuela, INF Quincy Martina, INF Dario Mijares, INF Leonardo Unda, OF Edwin Conde, OF Cristofher Dumont, OF Jose Ramirez and OF Carlos Schoenenber. Signed the following players and assigned to the VSL Cardinals: P Reynier Gonzalez, P Julio Maza, P Carlos Noguera, P Pablo Ortiz, P Jose Rada, P Geney Rios, P Eduardo Sanchez, P Kleininger Teran, P David Brito, P Omar Diza, P Yonathan Gonzalez, C Edgard Montiel, C Roberto Espinoza, INF Billy Bolivar, INF Dognnt Bolivar, INF Marcos Chavez and INF Jose Garcia.

5/30/06 - St Louis - Placed P Chris Carpenter on the 15 day DL retroactive to May 20th. Called up P Anthony Reyes from Memphis.

5/31/06 - St Louis - Announced the signings of two 2005 draft picks (draft & follow) - pitchers Armando Carrasco (36th round) and Blake King (44th round), both righthanders who spent the past year in junior college.

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6/2/06 - St Louis - Purchased the contract of Timo Perez from Memphis and then called him up to St Louis. Optioned P Anthony Reyes to Memphis.

6/2/06 - Memphis - Activated Junior Spivey from the DL.

6/4/06 - St Louis - Placed 1B Albert Pujols on the DL. Recalled OF Chris Duncan from Memphis.

6/5/06 - Quad Cities - Placed P Mark McCormick (retroactive to 6/2/06) on the DL. Called up Rich Giannotti from the Extended Spring Training Camp.

6/6/06 - Memphis - Released P Will Cunnane. Called up OF Brian Martin from Springfield.

6/6/06 - St Louis - Activated P Chris Carpenter from DL. Placed OF Larry Bigbie on the DL.

6/8/06 - St Louis - Acquired 2B Derek Wathan from the Texas Rangers (Oklhoma RedHawks) for a PTBNL. Wathan was assigned to Memphis.

6/9/06 - Springfield - Called up OF Terry Evans from Palm Beach.

6/9/06 - Memphis - Placed C Michel Hernandez on the DL.

6/10/06 - Palm Beach - Activated OF Wes Swackhamer from the DL.

6/12/06 - Memphis - Recalled P Chris Narveson from his rehab assignment from Palm Beach. He'll be activated on Tuesday. Randy Leek will move to the BP to make room for Narvy in the starting rotation.

6/12/06 - St Louis - Signed 22nd round draft pick, C Casey Mulligan and assigned him to Johnson City.

6/12/06 - St Louis - Signed 18th round draft pick, OF Amaury Marti and assigned him to Palm Beach.

6/12/06 - Quad Cities - Placed P Brian Stitt on the DL (retroactive to 6/8/06). Called up RHP Victor Moreno from the extended spring training camp.

6/12/06 - St Louis - Per the Post Dispatch, Cards have signed the following draft picks and sent them to the extended spring training camp from which they'll be assigned to teams later this week (18th?): #2 P Brad Furnish, #13 OF Travis Mitchell, #12 C David Carpenter, #30 3B Jared Schwitzer, #31 OF Mark Shorey, #34 2B Isaias Garcia, #37 P Logan Collier and #39 P Matt Michael. Additional players signed per the Cardinals this afternoon - #2A 1B Mark Hamilton, #3 P Gary Daley, #6 P Tyler Norrick (L), #7 OF Luke Gossett, #8 SS Allen Craig, #11 P Phillip Walters, #14 OF Jonathan Edwards,
#17 OF Nathan Southard, #19 1B Brandon Burkman, #26 C Garrett Bussiere, #27 C Christian Reyes, #28 P Luke Gregerson and #42 P Kyle Mura.

6/13/06 - Springfield - Activated C Dan Moylan from the DL. Placed C/1B Gabe Johnson on the Inactive List.

6/14/06 - Memphis - Signed FA OF Jason Conti. Placed 1B Brian Daubach on the DL.

6/15/06 - Quad Cities - Announced that 1B Adam Rodgers has retired and been placed on the voluntary retired list. Activated P Brian Stitt from the DL to replace Rodgers.

6/16/06 - St Louis - Signed #1 draft pick RHP Adam Ottavino and assigned him to State College. Signed FA college players, LHP Ryan Hodinka (Furman) and RHP Lance Marcum (McKendree) and assigned both to State College.

6/16/06 - Palm Beach - Released OF Tyler Parker.

6/17/06 - State College - According to the Centre Daily Times, the Cards have assigned the following players to State College: P Donnie Shaw, P Brad Funish, P Gary Daley, P Tyler Norrick, P P J Walters, P Michael Repole, P Jason Motte, C David Carpenter, SS Allen Craig, 1B Mark Hamilton, SS Donovan Solano, 1B Adam Morris, 3B Jared Schweitzer, OF Matt Wilkerson, OF Nathan Southard and OF Yonathan Sivira. A final list should be furnished by State College tomorrow.

6/17/06 - State College - The Spikes have reported that the add'l following players were assigned to their team from the extended spring training camp: P Matt Lane, P Kenny Maiques, P Kyle Mura, P Rhett Parrott, OF Charles Carter, C Steve Gonzalez, C Christian Reyes.

6/17/06 - St Louis - Signed the following draft choices and assigned them to State College - # 33 LHP Brian Schroeder and #38 C Scott Thomas. Signed recently Texas A&M graduate INF Jose Salazar and assigned him to State College. Signed FA LHP Matt Saucedo from TSU and assigned him to State College.

6/17/06 - St Louis - Not sure of the date, but the Cards have assigned the following players from the extended spring training camp to DSL Cardinals of the Dominican Summer League: P Jose De La Rosa and OF Edgar Lara. Signed the following players (not sure of date) and assigned them to the DSL Cardinals - P Joel Pichardo and OF Oswaldo Morales.

6/18/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America (6/12/06 Edition), the Cards signed FA P Orber Moreno sometime between May 25-June 11, 2006. He was assigned to the extended spring training camp. He was recalled to Memphis on 6/17/06 to replace John Webb, who is going to the DL. Moreno will be assigned to the BP with Randy Leek going back into the rotation.

6/18/06 - Memphis - The Commercial Appeal reports that Alan Benes has been put on the DL. No date given, but he's ready to come off of it. So I'm assuming he went on about June 11.

6/18/06 - Springfield - Gabe Johnson returned from the inactive list. Placed C Iker Franco on the DL.

6/18/06 - St Louis - Signed draft pick OF Shane Robinson and assigned him to Quad Cities.

6/18/06 - Quad Cities - Released OF Rich Giannotti.

6/19/06 - Memphis - Placed 2B Junior Spivey on the DL. Activated C Michel Hernandez from the DL.

6/20/06 - St Louis - Signed FA OF Keith Naylor out of NJ City University College and assigned him to Johnson City.

6/20/06 - St Louis - (not sure of date) Signed 16th round draft pick SS Tommie Pham. Signed FA P Fabian Marquez.

6/20/06 - Johnson City - Roster adjustment - added INF William Sandoval and P Senger Peralta from the DSL Cardinals. The following players were assigned to JC from the extended spring training camp - P Logan Collier, P Brandon Garner, P Matt Michael, 1B Brandon Buckman, OF Matt Shorey, OF Jonathon Edwards, OF Wil Pujols.

6/20/06 - Memphis - Called up 3B Rico Washington from Springfield per the Commercial Appeal.

6/21/06 - St Louis (not sure of date) Signed draftee Matt North. Signed 2005 draftee INF Jesse Schoendienst and signed P Kris Bakey. All 3 were assigned to Johnson City.

6/21/06 - Johnson City - Announced their roster today. Promoted the following from the VSL Cardinals OF Jose Ramirez. Promoted the following from the DSL Cardinals - P Elvis Hernandez, P Oscar Lara, P Henderson Lugo, P Frank G Oliveros, C/INF Wilmer Alvarado, C Ciro Caldera, INF Nelson Lugo, OF Melvin Puello. Transferred the following from the extended spring training camp roster - P Armando Carrasco, P Shaun Garceau, P Luke Gregerson, P Tyler Herron, P Blake King, P Tyler Leach, P David Phillips, C Garrett Bussiere, INF Isaia Garcia, INF Christian Lopez, OF Darryl Jones, OF Travis Mitchell. Added Clubhouse Mgr to the roster - Pat Kramer.

6/21/06 - Memphis - Called up P Rich Scalamandre from Springfield. Activated Brian Daubach from the DL. Sent OF Shaun Boyd, 3B Travis Hanson and P Carmen Cali to Springfield.

6/21/06 - Springfield - Released 1B Josh Pressley.

6/21/06 - St Louis - Signed draft pick OF Jim Rapoport of Stanford. Assigned him to State College.

6/21/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com (not sure of release date), Cardinals released 1B Jesus Perez. He was listed on the extended springing training camp roster.

6/22/06 - St Louis - Called up P Anthony Reyes from Memphis. Optioned OF/1B Chris Duncan to Memphis. Activated Albert Pujols from the DL. Placed P Mark Mulder on the DL.

6/22/06 - Quad Cities - Announced that Jamie Garcia was being promoted to PalmBeach.

6/22/06 - State College - Called up 2B William Sandoval from Johnson City.

6/23/06 - VSL Cardinals - In checking out their roster today, they've added (not sure of dates) a couple of players to their roster - INF Bernando Garay (1B)(19 Years old), INF Ramon Ito (3B)(17 y/o) and OF Jahir Montilla (17 y/o).

6/23/06 - DSL Cardinals - I have not been able to locate a roster for them, but I did run across some stat info at the Dominican Summer League site. As of today, here are the new players for the team (not sure of their signing dates) - P Carlos Gonzalez, P Omar Javier, P Jose Mateo, P Hector Cardenas, P Edwin Grullon, P Juan Jaquez, P Jose Rosario and P Angel Tapia. The next group are position players (not sure of what position) - Juan Cabrera, Luis De La Cruz, Braulio Hiraldo, Herman Medina, Jair Montilla, Rainel Rosario and Guillermo Toribio.

6/23/06 - Springfield - Called up P Blake Hawksworth from Palm Beach to replace Rich Rundles who has been traded to the NY Mets.

6/23/06 - Memphis - Activated P John Webb from the DL. Gave John Riedling his release. Placed OF Brian Martin on the DL. Activated Jr Spivey from the DL.

6/24/06 - Quad Cities - Called up P Tyler Norrick from State College and he will start on Sunday night against Peoria.

6/24/06 - State College - Sent C Christian Reyes to Johnson CIty.

6/24/06 - Memphis - Announced the signing of FA INF Bo Hart. Placed C Michel Hernandez back on the DL after he reinjured himself.

6/27/06 - Memphis - Activated P Alan Benes from the DL. Sent INF Kevin Estrada to Springfield.

6/27/06 - Springfield - Placed Reid Gorecki on the DL, retroactive to 6/19/06.

6/29/06 - St Louis - The Post Dispatch is reporting that the Cards have signed 2 draftees - P Chris Perez and OF Jon Jay. Both players will be assigned to Quad Cities. No report on when they will be activated.

6/30/06 - Quad Cities - Activated Jon Jay for Friday's game. Sent P Kyle Sadlowski to State College.

6/30/06 - Springfield - Activated C Iker Franco from the DL. Sent INF Rayner Laya to Palm Beach.

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7/1/06 - Palm Beach - Sent SS Tyler Greene to Quad Cities.

7/1/06 - Quad Cites - Activated P Chris Perez. Put SS Luis Cotto on the DL(backdated to 6/24). Released OF Simon Williams.

7/1/06 - Springfield - Placed P Stu Pomeranz on the DL.

7/2/06 - St Louis - Purchased the contract of P Josh Kinney from Memphis and added him to the 25/40 man roster. Called him up to St Louis. Timo Perez was optioned to Memphis.

7/3/06 - Palm Beach - Called up OF Colby Rasmus from Quad Cities.

7/3/06 - St Louis - Optioned P Brad Thompson to Memphis. Recalled OF Chris Duncan.

7/3/06 - Springfield - Activated Reid Gorecki from the DL. Placed C Gabe Johnson on the DL - sprained left wrist.

7/4/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America (6/20), the Cards have released the following minor leaguers: P Ryan Campbell, P Jackson Paz, C Chris Lewis and C Chris Torres. All were listed on the extended spring training camp roster.

7/4/06 - VSL Cardinals - New players on their roster as of today. P Jorge Rondon (17 y/o). Transferred Jahir Montilla from the DSL Cardinal Roster to the VSL Cardinals roster. Transferred C Wilmer Alvarado (18 y/o) from the Johnson City roster to the VSL Cardinals.

7/4/06 - DSL Cardinals - New players on their roster as of today. P Jose Arredondo, P Francisco Samuel and inf/of(?) Juan Mosquera.

7/5/06 - Quad Cities - Activated Luis Cotto from the DL.

7/5/06 - St Louis - Acquired P Jeff Weaver and cash for OF Terry Evans. When the Cards activate Weaver they'll have to make a roster move at that time. Weaver puts the Cards over the limit on the 40 man and either Rincon or Ankiel will have to be moved to the 60 day DL to accomodate the move.

7/6/06 - Springfield - Called up P Jose Garcia from Palm Beach.

7/6/06 - Memphis - Activated OF Brian Martin from the DL. Placed P Randy Leek on the DL.

7/6/06 - St Louis - Moved Rick Ankiel to 60 Day DL to free up a spot on the 40 man roster.

7/7/06 - Springfield - Called up P Eric Haberer from Palm Beach. Sent P Jose Garcia back down to Palm Beach.

7/7/06 - St Louis - P Sidney Ponson was put on Designated for Assignment. The Cards have 10 days to either trade him, outright him to the minors or release him. If he's outrighted to the minors he can refuse the assignment and become a free agent.

7/8/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America updates of 7/5/06, P Michael Gross was placed on the restricted list. (See extended spring training camp roster.)

7/8/06 - Johnson City - Signed FA P Marco Gonzalez.

7/9/06 - Memphis - P Randy Leek broke his right wrist on Friday and is out 8-12 weeks

7/9/06 - Springfield - Called up OF Amaury Marti from Palm Beach.

7/10/06 - Quad Cities - Activated P Mark McCormick from the DL. Sent P Brian Stitt to Palm Beach.

7/10/06 - Palm Beach - Signed FA OF Kevin Collins

7/10/06 - St Louis - Signed 4th round draft pick, P Eddie Degerman and will assign him to State College. He'll be activated on July 12th.

7/10/06 - Johnson City - P John Powell was moved from the extended spring training camp to Johnson City. Not sure of the date.

7/10/06 - Springfield - Placed OF Reid Gorecki on the DL and activated Gabe Johnson from the DL.

7/11/06 - St Louis - The following were listed on the extended spring training camp roster, but to the best of my knowledge they are no longer with the organization: P Miguel Aguero, P Juan Araujo, C Sandy Diaz, C Jorge Hadad and OF Mike Miller.

7/12/06 - Quad Cities - Sent AJ VanSlyke to State College.

7/12/06 - State College - Released OF Charles Carter and INF Adam Morris. P Rhett Parrott assigned to the Palm Beach Cardinals.

7/12/06 - St Louis - Sent Larry Bigbie to Quad Cities for 6 games as part of his 20 day rehab assignment.

7/13/06 - Memphis - Placed 1B Brian Daubach on the DL. Activated C Michel Hernandez from the DL.

7/13/06 - State College - INF Donovan Solano was activated from the DL.

7/13/06 - St Louis - Released P Sidney Ponson after they were unable to get his agent to waive his blanket no-trade clause. Sidney then signed a contract with the Yankees for the remainder of the year.

7/15/06 - Palm Beach. Gave OF Wes Swackhamer his unconditional release.

7/16/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com, St Louis signed the following FA players and said they will participate in the Development League in October and the VSL in 2007: P Fernand Cedeno, P Jose Calero, C Yorbel Alcala, SS Romulo Ruiz and CF Peter Jasber. Signed P P Jose Penaloza and assigned him to VSL Cardinals.

7/17/06 - St Louis - Recalled John Gall and then waived him to give him his release. Word is that he'll finish the year out in Korea.

7/17/06 - Memphis - Signed FA Shawn Garrett.

7/18/06 - Palm Beach - Called up P Cory Meacham from Quad Cities.

7/18/06 - Quad Cities - Called up P Donnie Smith from State College. Sent OF Larry Bigbie to Springfield to continue his rehab assignement.

7/18/06 - Palm Beach - Placed P Mark Michael on the DL.

7/20/06 - Springfield - Sent P Chris Lambert to Memphis.

7/20/06 - Memphis - Placed Derek Watham on the DL.

7/20/06 - Palm Beach - Released P Rhett Parrott.

7/21/06 - Johnson City - Per Baseball America - INF Jesse Schoendienst was released during the following period - 7/6/06-7/20/06.

7/21/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America - P Daniel Stevens was released during the following period - 7/6/06-7/20/06. He was being carried on the extended spring training/misc. roster.

7/24/06 - Springfield - Sent SS Brendan Ryan to State College on a rehab assignment

7/24/06 - Quad Cities - Called up P Adam Ottavino and 1B Mark Hamilton from State College. Placed P Mark McCormick on the DL.

7/24/06 - Palm Beach - Called up 1B/3B Randy Roth from Quad Cities. Placed INF Matt Dryer on the DL

7/25/06 - Johnson City - Removed P John Powell from roster. He is no longer listed on their website roster. Release date unknown.

7/25/06 - Johnson City - Moved P Kyle McClellan from extended spring training roster to Johnson City. Mac is still rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and may get into some game action around the middle of August. Placed OF Jose Ramirez on the DL.

7/25/06 - DSL Cardinals - Signed SS Samuel Lance.

7/25/06 - Memphis - Suspended Junior Spivey for 3 games and fined him $250.

7/26/06 - Springfield - Sends P Justin Garza to Palm Beach. Brings up P Dennis Dove from Palm Beach.

7/26/06 - Memphis - Sends P Chris Lambert down to Springfield. Activated Derek Wathan from the DL.

7/26/06 - Palm Beach - Announced the retirement of INF Matt Shepherd. Called up Luis Cotto from Quad Cities.

7/26/06 - Johnson City - Sent OF Daryl Jones to Quad Cities. Placed P Senger Peralta on the DL.

7/26/06 - Memphis - Announced the signing of FA P Ricardo Rodriguez, most recently with the Atlanta Braves organization.

7/26/06 - St Louis - Signed 29th round draftee, 2B William Groff to a 2007 contract. He'll report to the Florida Instructional League. On the Misc. Roster for now.

7/28/06 - State College - P Marco Gonzalez was assigned to State College from Johnson City.

7/28/06 - St Louis - John Mozeliak announced that OF Larry Bigbie's rehab assignement at Springfield has been halted.

7/28/06 - Quad Cities - Announced the signing of FA 1B C J Smith.

7/28/06 - Springfield - Activated Reid Gorecki from the DL. Placed C Iker Franco on the DL.

7/28/06 - Memphis - Placed P Chris Narveson on the DL. May be backdated since he has missed 2 turns in the rotation. Activated Junior Spivey from the Suspended List.

7/28/06 - Johnson City - Signed FA's P Jason Adams, P Frank Pol and P Yuery Valera. Brought up OF Malcolm Owens from extended spring training.
7/28/06 - Palm Beach - Released OF Kevin Collins.

7/30/06 - St Louis - Traded Hector Luna to the Cleveland Indians for Ronnie Belliard.

7/31/06 - St Louis - Traded minor league P Rich Scalamandre to the Atlanta Braves for P Jorge Sosa.

7/31/06 - Palm Beach - Activated INF Matt Dryer from the DL.

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8/1/06 - St Louis - Optioned P Josh Kinney to Memphis.

8/2/06 - St Louis - Sent OF Larry Bigbie to Springfield for a new 20 day rehab assignment (abdominal strain)

8/2/06 - State College - Called up P Luke Gregerson from Johnson City.

8/3/06 - Memphis Activated P Chris Narveson from the DL. Released P Orber Moreno and OF Jason Conti.

8/3/06 - St Louis - Announced 50 game suspensions to 2 minor leaguers on the VSL Cardinals for performance enhancing drugs - Marcos Chavez and Jonathan Gonzalez. Suspension will carry over into the 2007 season.

8/4/06 - Memphis - Signed FA 1B Jorge Toca.

8/5/06 - State College - Sent INF Jose Salazer to Quad Cities. Called up OF Luke Gorsett from extended spring training camp.

8/6/06 - St Louis - Sent P Mark Mulder to Quad Cities to begin a rehab assignment.

8/6/06 - Quad Cities - Placed INF Jose Martinez on the DL.

8/6/06 - Johnson City - Activated P Kyle McClellan from the DL.

8/8/06 - Springfield - Activated C Iker Franco from the DL and sent C Dan Moylan to Palm Beach.

8/8/06 - Quad Cities - Sends P Ashley Hooks to State College and calls up P Jason Motte from State College

8/9/06 - St Louis - Optioned OF John Rodriguez to Memphis. Recalled P Brad Thompson.

8/9/06 - St Louis - Signed FA P Brandon Dickson and assigned him to Johnson City.

8/10/06 - Johnson City - Placed C Garrett Bussiere and OF Malcolm Owens on the DL. Signed FA P A J Montano.

8/12/06 - Springfield - Placed P Chris Lambert on the DL. Called up P Troy Cate from Palm Beach.

8/13/06 - Springfield - Activated P Stuart Pomeranz from the DL.

8/13/06 - State College - Announced that 3B Allen Craig, OF Nathan Southard and 1B A J Van Slyke were named to the NY-Penn League All-Star Team.

8/13/06 - State College - Announced that SS Brendan Ryan had completed his 20 day rehab assignment and was being sent to Palm Beach.

8/14/06 - Memphis - Announced that OF Skip Schumaker was leaving the team to join the US Olympic team. Skip will miss the remainder of the PCL regular season.

8/15/06 - St Louis - Recalled OF Timo Perez from Memphis. Sent P Brad Thompson down to Memphis.

8/15/06 - Memphis - Called up OF Reid Gorecki from Springfield.

8/18/06 - St Louis - Announced the sigining of OF Preston Wilson to a major league contract and activated him for today's game in Chicago. P Anthony Reyes was optioned to Memphis.

8/18/06 - Springfield - Called up SS Brendan Ryan from Palm Beach.

8/19/06 - Springfield - Placed Stuart Pomeranz on the DL.

8/20/06 - Memphis - Placed P Travis Smith on the DL (bone chips of right elbow).

8/23/06 - St Louis - Signed FA SS Jose Vizcaino to a major league contract and activated him on the 25 man roster. Designated OF Timo Perez for reassignment. Placed SS David Eckstein on the DL (retroactive to 8/19/06). Activated P Mark Mulder from the DL.

8/23/06 - Quad Cities - Activated P Mark McCormick from the DL and sent him to Palm Beach.

8/25/06 - Memphis - From Baseball America's roster moves of 8/4/06-8/17/06, released 1B Brian Daubach.

8/25/06 - VSL Cardinals - Released C Wilmer Avarado (date unknown).

8/25/06 - Quad Cities - Activated 2B Jose Martinez from the DL. Sent 2B Jose Salazar to State College.

8/28/06 - Springfield - Called up P Jose Garcia from Palm Beach.

08/28/06 - State College - Called up P Tyler Herron from Johnson City. Placed INF Allen Craig on the DL (through for the year)

08/29/06 - Memphis - Called up SS Brendan Ryan from Springfield. Placed 2B Jr. Spivey on the DL.

8/31/06 - St Louis - Placed P Mark Mulder on the DL. Moved P Ricardo Rincon to the 60 day DL. Purchased the contract of C Mike Rose from Memphis and recalled him to St Louis.

9/1/06 - St Louis - As rosters expand on this date, St Louis called up P Anthony Reyes, P Brad Thompson and OF John Rodriguez. More moves are expected on Tuesday.

9/1/06 - Memphis - Called up P Cory Doyne from Springfield.

9/5/06 - St Louis - Called up P Chris Narveson and P Josh Kinney to St Louis. Purchased the contract of SS John Nelson from Memphis and called him up to St Louis. Called up Skip Schumaker from Memphis and he'll join the team on Friday in Arizona.

9/15/06 - St Louis - Activated SS David Eckstein from the DL.

9/15/06 - St Louis - Announced that the contracts of Memphis Manager, Danny Sheaffer, and hitting coach, Tommy Gregg, would not be renewed for the 2007 season.

9/28/06 - St Louis - Per Baseball America, the Cards signed P Matt Hirsh and P Alex Pena to minor league contracts.

9/28/06 - State College - Per Baseball America, the Cards released OF Yonathan Sivira.

9/28/06 - Johnson City - Per Baseball America, the Cards released the following players: C Ciro Caldera, P Frank Oliveros, P Oscar Lara, P Henderson Lugo and OF Nelson Lugo.

10/12/06 - Memphis - Junior Spivey elected for free agency.

10/16/06 - St Louis - Purchased the contract of RHP Andy Cavazos from Memphis and added him to the 40 man roster. INF John Nelson and C Mike Rose were removed from the 40 man roster. Nelson was assigned to Memphis and Rose was given his free agency.

10/16/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com the following minor leaguers did not sign a contract for the 2007 season by Oct 15th and were made free agents: INF Ryan Barthelemy, RHP Alan Benes, OF Shaun Boyd, INF Luis Cotto, RHP Cory Doyne, C Brian Esposito, C Iker Franco, OF Shawn Garrett, INF Bo Hart, C Gabe Johnson, LHP Randy Leek, OF Brian Martin, C Dan Moylan, LHP Matt Perisho, INF Juan Richardson, RHP Ricardo Rodriguez, RHP Travis Smith, RHP Dennis Tankersley, INF Jorge Toca, INF Derek Wathan and RHP John Webb.

10/17/06 - St Louis - Per Scout.com the following were signed to minor league contracts for the 2007 season: LHP Troy Cate, RHP Jose Garcia and INF Rico Washington.