STL depth chart 2027

PROJ71-91=TOTAL71-91

Total WAR +24.6

hWAR +16.6

pWAR +8.0

C+3.1

1B+2.1

2B+2.9

SS+2.1

3B+0.5

LF+0.9

CF+0.6

RF+1.6

DH+2.8

SP+3.7

BP+4.3

Depth chart data updated: October 28, 2026

Infield

CSO FAR +0.0

Leo Bernal B/SStarter+DH/1Bage 23

WAR+1.8

wRC+104

vL·vR104·104

BSR+0.0

FLD+1.2

PT328 PA

Iván HerreraStarter+DH wRC+124 vL·vR140·118 BSR+0.2 FLD-1.7 PT184 WAR+1.3

Pedro PagésReserve · vs L wRC+74 vL·vR80·71 BSR+0.1 FLD+1.6 PT136 WAR+0.4

NEXT UPRainiel Rodriguez (AA)PT166

Position TotalPA648wRC+99FLD+1.1PROJ+3.1TOTAL+3.1

1BSO FAR +0.0

Alec Burleson B/LStarter+LF/DHage 28

WAR+1.5

wRC+119

vL·vR97·128

BSR+0.4

FLD+0.2

PT434 PA

Leo BernalStarter+C/DH wRC+104 vL·vR104·104 BSR+0.0 FLD+0.3 PT87 WAR+0.5

Blaze JordanStarter+3B wRC+100 vL·vR109·97 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.1 PT57 WAR+0.1

José FermínReserve · vs L+3B/2B wRC+93 vL·vR95·93 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.0 PT31 WAR+0.0

Yohel PozoReserve wRC+87 vL·vR96·84 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.0 PT22 WAR+0.1

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT17WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+111FLD+0.4PROJ+2.1TOTAL+2.1

2BSO FAR +0.0

JJ Wetherholt B/LStarterage 24

WAR+3.5

wRC+117

vL·vR107·121

BSR+1.4

FLD+4.0

PT550 PA

Thomas SaggeseReserve+SS wRC+85 vL·vR92·82 BSR+0.2 FLD+0.3 PT96 WAR+0.0

José FermínReserve · vs L+3B wRC+93 vL·vR95·93 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.0 PT2 WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+104FLD+4.3PROJ+2.9TOTAL+2.9

SSSO FAR +0.0

Masyn Winn B/RStarterage 25

WAR+2.2

wRC+86

vL·vR93·84

BSR+2.7

FLD+6.1

PT540 PA

Thomas SaggeseReserve+2B wRC+85 vL·vR92·82 BSR+0.3 FLD+0.3 PT108 WAR+0.1

Position TotalPA648wRC+85FLD+6.4PROJ+2.1TOTAL+2.1

3BSO FAR +0.0

Blaze Jordan B/RStarter+1Bage 24

WAR+0.4

wRC+100

vL·vR109·97

BSR+0.5

FLD-0.5

PT360 PA

Nolan GormanPlatoon · vs R+DH wRC+81 vL·vR78·83 BSR+0.0 FLD-1.1 PT224 WAR+0.1

José FermínReserve · vs L+2B wRC+93 vL·vR95·93 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.1 PT57 WAR+0.1

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT7WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+93FLD-1.7PROJ+0.5TOTAL+0.5

Outfield

LFSO FAR +0.0

Joshua Báez B/RPart-timeage 24

WAR+0.9

wRC+98

vL·vR107·95

BSR+1.9

FLD+0.7

PT374 PA

Bryan TorresReserve · vs R wRC+92 vL·vR79·97 BSR+0.4 FLD+0.0 PT160 WAR+0.3

Nathan ChurchPlatoon · vs R+CF wRC+88 vL·vR75·94 BSR+0.3 FLD+0.2 PT68 WAR+0.1

Alec BurlesonStarter+1B/DH wRC+119 vL·vR97·128 BSR+0.0 FLD+0.0 PT46 WAR+0.2

Position TotalPA648wRC+92FLD+0.9PROJ+0.9TOTAL+0.9

CFSO FAR +0.0

Nathan Church B/LPlatoon · vs R+LFage 27

WAR+0.4

wRC+88

vL·vR75·94

BSR+1.4

FLD+1.0

PT332 PA

Victor Scott IIPart-time wRC+68 vL·vR58·72 BSR+2.9 FLD+2.6 PT283 WAR+0.4

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT33WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+76FLD+3.6PROJ+0.6TOTAL+0.6

RFSO FAR +0.0

Jordan Walker B/RStarterage 25

WAR+1.6

wRC+109

vL·vR120·104

BSR+2.9

FLD-2.3

PT528 PA

Everson PereiraReserve · vs L wRC+90 vL·vR98·87 BSR+0.1 FLD+0.4 PT101 WAR+0.1

Alec BurlesonStarter+1B/LF wRC+119 vL·vR97·128 BSR+0.0 FLD+0.0 PT19 WAR+0.1

Position TotalPA648wRC+104FLD-1.9PROJ+1.6TOTAL+1.6

DHSO FAR +0.0

Iván Herrera B/RStarter+Cage 27

WAR+2.8

wRC+124

vL·vR140·118

BSR+0.4

FLD-3.7

PT408 PA

Leo BernalStarter+C/1B wRC+104 vL·vR104·104 BSR+0.0 FLD+0.4 PT109 WAR+0.6

Nolan GormanPlatoon · vs R+3B wRC+81 vL·vR78·83 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.4 PT73 WAR+0.0

Alec BurlesonStarter+1B/LF wRC+119 vL·vR97·128 BSR+0.0 FLD+0.0 PT45 WAR+0.2

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT13WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+104FLD-3.7PROJ+2.8TOTAL+2.8

Bench

BENCHby expected PA

Jimmy CrooksReserve · vs R1B wRC+78 vL·vR65·83 BSR+0.1 FLD+0.0 PT51 WAR+0.1

César PrietoReserve1B wRC+96 vL·vR82·101 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.2 PT26 WAR+0.1

Rotation

ROTATIONSO FAR +0.0Starting Rotation

Kyle LeahySP1

WAR+0.8

ERA4.02

FIP4.03

K%21.9

WPA/GS-4.2%

PT148 IP

Outs/GS14.4

Avg Start50

Andre PallanteSP2

WAR+0.2

ERA4.38

FIP4.41

K%16.7

WPA/GS-0.3%

PT165 IP

Outs/GS16.4

Avg Start52

Quinn MathewsSP3

WAR+0.5

ERA4.30

FIP4.54

K%23.9

WPA/GS+2.2%

PT136 IP

Outs/GS16.2

Avg Start52

Michael McGreevySP4IP157GS29Outs/GS16.4ERA4.38K%16.2WPA/GS-5.5%WAR+1.1Avg Start46

Matthew LiberatoreSP5IP158GS29Outs/GS15.2ERA4.70K%21.5WPA/GS-5.6%WAR+1.0Avg Start49

Section TotalIP763GS139PROJ+3.7TOTAL+3.7

Bullpen

BULLPENSO FAR +0.0Bullpen

Riley O'BrienCLHI-LEV

WAR+0.5

ERA3.94

FIP3.89

K%25.3

WPA/App-0.1%

PT66 IP

Outs/App3.1

George SorianoSUHI-LEVIP68Outs/App3.1ERA5.11K%23.9WPA/App-1.7%WAR+0.0

Ryne StanekSUHI-LEVIP59Outs/App2.7ERA4.55K%25.8WPA/App-0.9%WAR+0.0

Luis GastelumHLIP50Outs/App3.2ERA3.86K%27.6WPA/App+0.0%WAR+0.4

Gordon GraceffoHLIP77Outs/App3.9ERA4.23K%19.7WPA/App-0.5%WAR+0.1

Justin BruihlHLIP68Outs/App3.2ERA4.02K%16.9WPA/App-0.2%WAR+0.4

Ryan FernandezMIDIP39Outs/App3.4ERA4.18K%26.4WPA/App-0.4%WAR+0.3

Cade WinquestMIDIP35Outs/App3.5ERA4.08K%25.1WPA/App-0.3%WAR+0.2

Max RajcicMIDILIP33Outs/App3.8ERA4.91K%18.3WPA/App-1.4%WAR+0.0

Matt SvansonMIDIP51Outs/App3.5ERA3.98K%22.9WPA/App-0.1%WAR+0.4

Brycen MautzLONGIP47Outs/App5.8ERA4.60K%20.3WPA/App-1.0%WAR+0.0

Hancel RinconMOPIP25Outs/App3.2ERA4.07K%25.3WPA/App-0.3%WAR+1.0

Cooper HjerpeMOPIP29Outs/App5.1ERA4.36K%29.3WPA/App-0.7%WAR+0.6

Bruce ZimmermannMRIP48ERA4.67K%17.4WPA/App-1.1%WAR+0.4

NEXT UPMason MolinaSP · AAAIP45

NEXT UPJurrangelo CijntjeSP · AAAIP35

NEXT UPBrandt ThompsonSP · AAAIP36

Section TotalIP695PROJ+4.3TOTAL+4.3

Future Depth Chart — STL

Click a year tab for the projected lineup, rotation, and team WAR

PEAK 2027 · 67W · 19.7 WAR OFF-BOOKS 7YR $82M AGE 25.6 ↗ 26.9 WINDOW no projected contention years

NL Central · 2027

#1MIL104#2CHC93#3STL84#4PIT84#5CIN75

Projected: 67–95 Team WAR: 19.7 Avg Age: 25.6 Est. Payroll: $32M FA Budget Room: $206M (CBT $238M) REBUILD

Position Players

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Iván Herrera (27)	3.0	$5.4M
	Rainiel Rodriguez (20)	0.2	$0.0M
1B	Alec Burleson (28)	1.5	$5.3M
	Bligh Madris (31)	0.0	$1.0M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (24)	3.6	$5.0M
	César Prieto (28)	0.0	$0.8M
SS	Masyn Winn (25)	2.0	$4.0M
	Jesús Báez (22)	0.1	$0.0M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (22)	0.7	$0.0M
	Noah Mendlinger (26)	0.1	$0.0M
LF	José Fermín (28)	0.8	$0.8M
	Nathan Church (27)	0.1	$0.8M
CF	Victor Scott II (26)	0.3	$0.8M
	Trevor Condon (19)	0.0	$0.0M
RF	Jordan Walker (25)	1.5	$3.0M
	Joshua Báez (24)	0.1	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pitchers

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	2.0	$0.8M
	Richard Fitts (prospect)	1.1	$0.8M
	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.9	$0.8M
RP	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
	José Davila (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Sandro Santana (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M

Off The Books for 2027

No major contracts expired entering this year

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Iván Herrera (28)	2.5	$8.7M
	Rainiel Rodriguez (21)	0.3	$0.8M
1B	Alec Burleson (29)	1.3	$5.9M
	Blaze Jordan (25)	0.0	$0.8M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (25)	3.3	$10.0M
	César Prieto (29)	0.0	$0.8M
SS	Masyn Winn (26)	1.6	$7.3M
	Jesús Báez (23)	0.1	$0.8M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (23)	0.5	$0.0M
	Noah Mendlinger (27)	0.0	$0.0M
LF	Won-Bin Cho (24)	0.1	$0.8M
	Ian Petrutz (25)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Victor Scott II (27)	0.1	$1.4M
	Trevor Condon (20)	0.0	$0.0M
RF	Jordan Walker (26)	1.4	$5.5M
	Joshua Báez (25)	0.1	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	1.0	$0.8M
	Richard Fitts (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
RP	Tink Hence (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
	Leonel Sequera (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Rainiel Rodriguez (22)	2.5	$0.8M
	Iván Herrera (29)	0.3	$11.8M
1B	Blaze Jordan (26)	0.2	$0.8M
	Jack Gurevitch (25)	0.0	$0.8M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (26)	3.3	$14.0M
	César Prieto (30)	0.0	$0.8M
SS	Jesús Báez (24)	1.6	$0.8M
	Masyn Winn (27)	0.2	$10.5M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (24)	0.8	$0.0M
	Noah Mendlinger (28)	0.0	$0.8M
LF	Won-Bin Cho (25)	0.2	$0.8M
	Ian Petrutz (26)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Trevor Condon (21)	0.1	$0.0M
	Victor Scott II (28)	0.0	$1.8M
RF	Jordan Walker (27)	1.3	$7.9M
	Joshua Báez (26)	0.1	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M
	Leonel Sequera (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
RP	Tink Hence (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Sandro Santana (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Rainiel Rodriguez (23)	2.9	$0.8M
	Leo Bernal (26)	0.3	$5.3M
1B	Blaze Jordan (27)	0.1	$1.1M
	Jack Gurevitch (26)	0.0	$0.8M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (27)	3.2	$17.0M
	César Prieto (31)	-0.0	$0.7M
SS	Jesús Báez (25)	2.0	$0.8M
	Sebastian Dos Santos (22)	0.2	$0.0M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (25)	1.0	$0.8M
	Michael Dattalo (26)	0.0	$0.0M
LF	Won-Bin Cho (26)	0.3	$0.8M
	Alexander Frias (22)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Trevor Condon (22)	0.3	$0.0M
	Jose Cordoba (27)	0.0	$0.0M
RF	Joshua Báez (27)	0.6	$3.1M
	Everson Pereira (29)	0.0	$1.1M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M
	Leonel Sequera (prospect)	1.1	$0.8M
	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
RP	Tink Hence (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Sandro Santana (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Rainiel Rodriguez (24)	2.9	$7.6M
	Leo Bernal (27)	0.3	$9.2M
1B	Blaze Jordan (28)	0.1	$1.2M
	Jack Gurevitch (27)	0.0	$0.9M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (28)	2.9	$19.0M
	César Prieto (32)	0.0	$1.1M
SS	Jesús Báez (26)	2.1	$6.4M
	Sebastian Dos Santos (23)	0.2	$0.9M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (26)	1.0	$0.9M
	Michael Dattalo (27)	0.0	$0.9M
LF	Alexander Frias (23)	0.5	$0.9M
	Won-Bin Cho (27)	0.0	$1.6M
CF	Trevor Condon (23)	0.5	$0.0M
	Jose Cordoba (28)	0.0	$0.9M
RF	Joshua Báez (28)	0.5	$4.5M
	Everson Pereira (30)	0.0	$1.7M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	1.1	$0.8M
	Leonel Sequera (prospect)	1.0	$0.8M
	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
RP	Tink Hence (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Sandro Santana (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Rainiel Rodriguez (25)	3.0	$12.8M
	Leo Bernal (28)	0.3	$12.4M
1B	Blaze Jordan (29)	-0.0	$1.2M
	Jack Gurevitch (28)	0.0	$3.0M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (29)	2.6	$21.0M
	César Prieto (33)	0.0	$1.7M
SS	Jesús Báez (27)	2.0	$10.4M
	Sebastian Dos Santos (24)	0.3	$0.9M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (27)	1.0	$0.9M
	Michael Dattalo (28)	0.0	$0.9M
LF	Alexander Frias (24)	0.7	$0.9M
	Won-Bin Cho (28)	0.0	$2.4M
CF	Trevor Condon (24)	0.6	$0.9M
	Jose Cordoba (29)	0.0	$0.9M
RF	Joshua Báez (29)	0.3	$5.2M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Leonel Sequera (prospect)	1.1	$0.8M
	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	0.8	$0.8M
	Sandro Santana (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
RP	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Tink Hence (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Rainiel Rodriguez (26)	2.9	$18.9M
	Eduardo Mirabal (25)	0.1	$0.9M
1B	Jack Gurevitch (29)	0.0	$5.0M
2B	JJ Wetherholt (30)	2.2	$24.5M
	Brayden Smith (29)	-0.0	$0.9M
SS	Sebastian Dos Santos (25)	2.0	$0.9M
	Jesús Báez (28)	0.3	$14.4M
3B	Deniel Ortiz (28)	0.8	$3.2M
	Noah Mendlinger (32)	0.0	$5.0M
LF	Alexander Frias (25)	0.8	$0.9M
	Ryan Mitchell (26)	0.0	$2.7M
CF	Trevor Condon (25)	0.8	$0.9M
	Jose Cordoba (30)	0.0	$0.9M
RF	FA — replacement level	0.0	—
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Leonel Sequera (prospect)	1.1	$0.8M
	Tekoah Roby (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Sandro Santana (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
RP	Mason Molina (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
	Tink Hence (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
	Daniel Eagen (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M

Minor-league depth by level — STL

Top projected players at each affiliate level, ranked by 2027 projected WAR. Click a header to sort.

AAA · 8 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Noah Mendlinger	3B	26	2028	+0.4	0.9
Bligh Madris	1B	31	—	+0.2	-0.2
Colton Ledbetter	CF	25	2028	-0.3	-0.3
PITCHERS
Tekoah Roby	P	25	2028	+2.0	5.0
Richard Fitts	P	27	2027	+1.1	1.2
Mason Molina	P	24	2029	+0.9	2.9
Sandro Santana	P	22	2028	+0.5	2.4
Tink Hence	P	24	2028	+0.4	2.1

AA · 13 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Rainiel Rodriguez	C	20	2028	+1.4	24.1
Jesús Báez	SS	22	2028	+1.0	12.3
Deniel Ortiz	3B	22	2028	+0.7	6.3
Ryan Campos	C	24	2028	+0.4	1.5
Jon Jon Gazdar	SS	25	2028	+0.4	1.4
Tre Richardson III	SS	25	2028	+0.3	0.9
PITCHERS
Daniel Eagen	P	24	2028	+0.7	2.5
José Davila	P	24	2028	+0.5	1.7
Braden Davis	P	24	2028	+0.0	0.9

A+ · 18 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Sammy Hernandez	C	23	2028	+0.3	2.1
Michael Dattalo	3B	23	2028	+0.2	1.6
Josh Kross	C	24	2028	+0.2	1.1
Ian Petrutz	OF	24	2028	+0.2	0.9
Cade McGee	3B	24	2028	+0.2	0.7
Won-Bin Cho	OF	23	2028	+0.0	1.8
PITCHERS
Leonel Sequera	P	21	2029	+0.4	4.9

A · 16 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Sebastian Dos Santos	SS	19	2028	+0.6	13.9
Ryan Weingartner	SS	23	2028	+0.2	1.9
Yairo Padilla	SS	20	2028	+0.1	6.8
Trevor Condon	CF	19	2028	+0.1	6.4
Owen Henne	IF	22	2028	+0.1	2.1
Dee Kennedy	SS	22	2028	+0.0	1.5

ROK · 5 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Miguel Hernández	SS	19	2029	+0.4	10.9
Eduardo Mirabal	C	19	2028	+0.1	5.5
J.P. Cabrera	C	20	2028	+0.1	3.0
Yaxson Lucena	OF	20	2028	-0.1	0.5
Juan Rujano	SS	19	2034	-0.1	-0.1