The St. Louis Cardinals trimmed their spring roster down, and among those cuts were former Stanford Cardinal Quinn Mathews.

The St. Louis Cardinals announced the team has reduced its Spring Training roster to 58 players today, with eight players moving to minor league camp. The team optioned left-handed pitcher Bailey Horn to the Memphis (AAA) roster,

In the history of Major League Baseball, only 10 times has a grandson played for the same team his grandfather did, per Baseball Reference. Reliever Riley O’Brien pitched in eight games for St. Louis last year — he’s trying to make the 2025 team with an arsenal that includes a “gross” sweeper, manager Oliver Marmol said as a compliment.

After a potential Nolan Arenado trade with the Houston Astros got stymied at the last moment, St. Louis president John Mozeliak more or less sat on his hands, refusing to get off of any of the team's veterans while also refusing to add any talent (or payroll) that might help the team contend in the short term.

Spring is coming in fast, which means baseball fans are flocking to Florida to catch MLB spring training. That includes Jupiter, where the St. Louis Cardinals play their preseason games.

Jarlin Susana's fastball clocked in at 100 MPH four times against the Cardinals on Saturday, helping the Nationals prospect string together a scoreless inning.

Indications are left-hander Quinn Mathews will be making his major league debut with the Cardinals sooner rather than later, however.