JUPITER, Fla. • The most likely roster allotment for the Cardinals this season would be 12 pitchers and five extra men to go with the eight regulars, equaling the 25-player limit. But, for the second season in succession, the Cardinals have a chance to employ 13 pitchers with five extra men or 12 pitchers with six bench players.
That would seem to add up to 26 players. This is where lefthanded-throwing, lefthanded-batting Jordan Schafer comes in. The speedy Schafer, who has 103 big-league stolen bases as an outfielder, converted to relief pitching in 2016 in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ system, largely because of his low .