Proper-hander Andre Pallante received his arbitration listening to towards the Cardinals, studies Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. He’ll be paid the $2.1MM sum he and his reps at Wasserman requested somewhat than the $1.925MM determine submitted by the workforce. Pallante was certainly one of three Cardinals gamers to go to a listening to; the workforce received its listening to over utilityman Brendan Donovan and misplaced a listening to versus Lars Nootbaar. Each outcomes have been handed down yesterday.
Pallante, 26, labored his manner into the St. Louis rotation final 12 months and appears ticketed for a beginning function once more in 2025. The suitable-hander logged a 3.78 ERA with an 18.5% strikeout price, 9.4% stroll price and large 61.8% ground-ball price in 121 1/3 innings over 29 appearances (20 begins). That 3.78 earned run common is a lifeless match for his profession mark in what’s now a complete of 297 1/3 innings.
This was Pallante’s first journey by arbitration. He’s picked up 2.145 years of huge league service to date, making him a Tremendous Two participant who’ll be arb-eligible 4 occasions somewhat than the usual three. The Cardinals can management him for 4 extra years, during 2028. He nonetheless has one minor league choice remaining, although so long as he continues on the tempo he’s established in his first three MLB seasons, that’s not going to return into play anytime quickly.
Pallante figures to hitch Sonny Grey, Erick Fedde, Miles Mikolas and Steven Matz within the Playing cards’ Opening Day rotation — supplied all are wholesome. The Cardinals purchased out 2025 membership choices on Kyle Gibson and Lance Lynn however in any other case haven’t made any adjustments within the rotation — or actually to the broader roster at massive — regardless of a said objective of getting youthful and specializing in participant improvement this coming season.
With Pallante’s wage now set, the Cardinals’ payroll checks in simply shy of $148MM, per RosterResource. That’s a discount of about $35MM, all of which was completed by parting with Gibson and Lynn and letting Paul Goldschmidt, Andrew Kittredge and Keynan Middleton stroll as free brokers.
