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Palm Beach Cardinals minor league roundup

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    • This article is an update on the prospects at the low Class A Palm Beach Cardinals and the rookie level Complex League Cardinals.

    Gary Kendall, the manager of the Palm Beach Cardinals also talked about the renovations of Roger Dean Stadium. Check back for that article.

    Last year, (2024) Kendall won the George Kissell Award for excellence in player development. He is shown in the photo with Cardinals President of Baseball Operations, John Mozeliak after the team won the Florida State League championship.

    Kendall has managed 59 players who contributed to Palm Beach’s franchise-best 83-47 record, tops among any full season affiliate in the minors en route to the club’s third Florida State League championship.

    It’s always fun to see former players who are now scouts, and this week while we were in Jupiter we ran into Tyler Greene, who is scouting for the Yankees. .

    While we were in Palm Beach  Rob Rains was working on a story on catcher Rainiel Rodriguez, #41 in the photo, right, who was promoted to the level despite being only 18 years old. That story will be posted within the next few days.

    Even though he spent some time living in Philadelphia, Rodriguez returned to his native Dominican Republic when he was 17 and signed with the Cardinals as an international free agent when he was 17.

    If he had remained in the U.S. he would have been eligible for this year’s draft.

    Lefthanded pitcher Braden Davis, (shown in photo, left)  pitched one of the nights we were there, and he was throwing to Rodriguez, shown in the photo, above. Davis was named the Florida State League Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 10-15 2025.

    Davis is in his first season with the Cardinals organization after being drafted in the 5th round last year out of Oklahoma. e looks like he has a promising future. We got to see him pitch three hit-less innings but his outing was interrupted by a brief rainstorm so they ended up taking him out after the rain.

    Other players to watch at Palm Beach include right-handed pitchers Leonel Sequera, just 19, Nolan Sparks and Brandt Thompson, who both were selected in last year’s draft. Position players include third baseman Deniel Ortiz, who leads the team with seven homers, infielder Jonathan Mejia and outfielders Luis Pino and Yordalin Pena/

    At the Complex League level, the top prospects are 17-year-old shortstop Yairo Padilla and right-handed pitcher Keiverson Ramirez.

    Roster for Palm Beach Cardinals

    Cardinals Roster & Staff

    Pitchers B/T HT WT DOB Status MLB 40-man
    		Sam Brodersen 47 R/R 6′ 1″ 195 05/17/2002
    Active
    		 No
    		Angel Cuenca 34 R/R 6′ 1″ 160 07/10/2001
    Active
    		 No
    		Braden Davis 29 L/L 5′ 11″ 180 04/09/2003
    Active
    		 No
    		Ernie Day 31 R/R 6′ 4″ 230 10/24/2001
    Active
    		 No
    		Andrew Dutkanych IV R/R 6′ 3″ 230 07/31/2003
    Injured 60-Day
    		 No
    		Jack Findlay 32 L/L 6′ 3″ 220 08/18/2002
    Active
    		 No
    		Charles Harrison 12 R/R 6′ 1″ 195 12/23/2001
    Active
    		 No
    		Yordy Herrera 28 L/L 6′ 2″ 150 12/02/2004
    Active
    		 No
    		Aaron Holiday 33 R/R 6′ 3″ 205 05/28/2000
    Injured 7-Day
    		 No
    		Jacob Odle 36 R/R 6′ 5″ 210 11/30/2003
    Active
    		 No
    		Domenic Picone 18 R/R 5′ 9″ 185 10/16/2000
    Active
    		 No
    		Leonel Sequera 46 R/R 6′ 0″ 190 08/06/2005
    Active
    		 No
    		Nolan Sparks 15 R/R 5′ 10″ 195 08/12/2002
    Active
    		 No
    		Conor Steinbaugh 39 R/R 6′ 0″ 205 05/22/1999
    Active
    		 No
    		Brandt Thompson 44 R/R 5′ 9″ 180 07/04/2002
    Active
    		 No
    		Zeke Wood 38 R/R 6′ 4″ 205 03/02/2000
    Active
    		 No
    		Christian Worley 19 R/R 6′ 1″ 170 06/14/2002
    Active
    		 No
    		Nelfy Ynfante 43 R/R 6′ 3″ 168 02/01/2005
    Active
    		 No
    Catchers B/T HT WT DOB Status MLB 40-man
    		Maikel Hernandez 49 S/R 6′ 1″ 163 02/20/2003
    Active
    		 No
    		Sammy Hernandez 4 R/R 5′ 9″ 185 06/01/2004
    Active
    		 No
    Infielders B/T HT WT DOB Status MLB 40-man
    		Anyelo Encarnacion 16 R/R 6′ 0″ 164 01/02/2004
    Active
    		 No
    		Christian Martin 3 L/R 5′ 10″ 185 01/16/2003
    Active
    		 No
    		Cade McGee 8 R/R 6′ 1″ 195 01/12/2003
    Active
    		 No
    		Jonathan Mejia 13 S/R 6′ 0″ 185 04/12/2005
    Active
    		 No
    		Deniel Ortiz 21 R/R 6′ 1″ 230 08/24/2004
    Active
    		 No
    		Rainiel Rodriguez 41 R/R 5′ 10″ 197 01/04/2007
    Active
    		 No
    		Johnfrank Salazar 11 R/R 6′ 1″ 159 08/05/2003
    Active
    		 No
    Outfielders B/T HT WT DOB Status MLB 40-man
    		Jose Cordoba 27 R/R 5′ 11″ 165 01/03/2003
    Active
    		 No
    		Bryce Madron 48 L/L 5′ 8″ 175 07/01/2001
    Active
    		 No
    		Yordalin Pena 25 R/R 6′ 3″ 177 09/17/2004
    Active
    		 No
    		Luis Pino 22 R/R 5′ 11″ 175 02/07/2004
    Active
    		 No
    		Jose Suarez 5 R/R 6′ 3″ 200 08/09/2004
    Active
    		 No

    Coaching Staff

    Manager/Coach Position
    		Gary Kendall 35 Manager
    		Yucary De La Cruz 7 Bench Coach
    		Paul Benoit 26 Hitting Coach
    		Michael Oh 30 Pitching Coach

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