Florida Complex League Cardinals

The Florida Complex League Cardinals or FCL Cardinals are a rookie league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. Prior to 2021, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Cardinals. The team plays its home games in Jupiter, Florida, at Roger Dean Stadium, which is also the spring training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Miami Marlins. The team is mainly composed of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents.

Florida Complex League Cardinals
(1966–1976, 2007–present) Jupiter, Florida
Minor league affiliations
Class	Rookie
League	Florida Complex League
Division	East Division
Previous leagues	Gulf Coast League (1966–1976, 2007–2020) Florida Rookie League (1965) Sarasota Rookie League (1964)
Major league affiliations
Team	St. Louis Cardinals
Minor league titles
League titles (1)	2016
Division titles (4)	2012 2014 2016 2018
Team data
Name	FCL Cardinals
Previous names	GCL Cardinals (1966–1976, 2007–2020) FRL Cardinals (1965) SRL Cardinals (1964)
Ballpark	Roger Dean Stadium
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	St. Louis Cardinals
Manager	Willi Martin

History

The team first competed in the Sarasota Rookie League in 1964 and the Florida Rookie League in 1965, predecessors of the Gulf Coast League (GCL), which began play in 1966. The team competed until 1976, then was absent from the league for 30 years.

In 2007, the team returned to the GCL, and has operated continuously since then. The team claimed its first league championship in 2016. Prior to the start of the 2021 season, the Gulf Coast League was renamed as the Florida Complex League.

The FCL Cardinals play in the FCL Southeast division against rookie league affiliates of the Mets, Astros, Marlins, and Nationals.^[1]

Season by season

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
SRL Cardinals (1964)
1964	30-30	2nd	Fred Koenig	No playoffs
FRL Cardinals (1965)
1965	27-31	5th	George Kissell	No playoffs
GCL Cardinals (1966–76)
1966	20-28	5th	George Kissell	No playoffs until 1983
1967	25-32	6th	George Kissell
1968	34-27	2nd	George Kissell/Ray Hathaway
1969	21-33	7th	Tom Burgess
1970	32-28	5th	Tom Burgess
1971	20-33	7th	Tom Burgess
1972	27-32	5th	Bobby Dews
1973	25-30	7th	Ken Boyer
1974	27-21	5th	Bobby Dews/Tom Burgess
1975	17-37	7th	Fred Koenig
1976	27-24	4th	Dave Ricketts
GCL Cardinals (2007–2020)
2007	24-30	12th	Eude Brito
2008	17-38	15th	Eude Brito
2009	25-31	12th	Steve Turco
2010	28-28	8th	Steve Turco
2011	31-24	5th	Steve Turco
2012	34-24	3rd	Steve Turco	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Pirates (1 game to 0)
2013	24-35	15th	Steve Turco
2014	37-23	2nd	Steve Turco	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Red Sox (1 game to 0)
2015	34-25	5th (t)	Steve Turco	Lost in 1st round vs. GCL Red Sox (1 game to 0)
2016	33-21	1st	Steve Turco	League Champs vs. GCL Red Sox (1 game to 0) Won in first round vs. GCL Phillies (2 games to 1)
2017	26-29	11th	Steve Turco
2018	40-16	1st	Erick Almonte	Won in first round vs. GCL Phillies East (1 game to 0) Lost in League Finals vs. GCL Tigers East (2 games to 1)
2019	20-34	16th	Josh Lopez	Playoffs cancelled due to Hurricane Dorian
2020	No Season due to pandemic[2]
FCL Cardinals (2021–present)
2021	24-29		Roberto Espinoza[3]
2022	25-29		Roberto Espinoza
2023	17-33		Roberto Espinoza
2024	20-33[4]		Roberto Espinoza[4]

Roster

Florida Complex League Cardinals roster

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Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers -- Liam Best 32 Andrew Bolivar -- Alex Breckheimer -- Cade Crossland -- Antoni Cuello -- Liam Doyle -- Dylan Driessen -- Kaden Echeman -- Tanner Franklin 51 Jovi Galvez -- Payton Graham 38 Bruno Lopez 15 Bernard Mack -- Ruben Menes 41 Brailyn Paulino -- Keiverson Ramirez -- Owen Rice -- Jake Shelagowski 49 Giovanni Vargas -- Anthony Watts 56 Alec Willis -- Ethan Young		Catchers 22 Paulo Asprilla -- Alex Birge -- Heriberto Caraballo 37 Alejandro Loaiza 26 Chris Lopez Infielders -- Michael Dattalo  8 Yancel Guerrero -- Trevor Haskins 47 Yoerny Junco  7 Yairo Padilla 12 Daniel Rojas -- Johnfrank Salazar -- Bracewell Taveras Outfielders 33 Andru Arthur  3 Romtres Cabrera -- Ryan Mitchell -- Cameron Nickens 53 Facundo Velasquez		Manager 25 Willi Martin Coaches 55 Erick Almonte (hitting) 44 Rich Benjamin (bench) 62 Dernier Orozco (pitching) 30 Will Peterson (bench) 60-day injured list -- Brian Holiday (full season) 54 Jefferson Moran (full season) 7-day injured list * On St. Louis Cardinals 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated August 12, 2025 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Florida Complex League → St. Louis Cardinals minor league players