St. Louis Cardinals Come to Agreements with All 7 Arbitration-Eligible Players

The St. Louis Cardinals have managed to avoid arbitration hearings with all 7 eligible players according to multiple reports today.

Derrick Gould of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shared the arbitration news regarding JoJo Romero, Matthew Liberatore and Brendan Donovan.

JoJo Romero and #stlcards reach agreement for $4.26 million on a one-year deal for 2026, per source.

This is the lefty reliever’s final year of arb eligibility before he can become a free agent next offseason.

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) January 8, 2026

All-Star Brendan Donovan and #stlcards avoid a hearing this year, agree to a $5.8-million deal for 2026, per source.

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) January 8, 2026

Matthew Liberatore and the #stlcards reach agreement at $2.26 million for 2026, per source.

This was the lefty’s first chance at arbitration, and he reached it as a Super-2 and as a starter due to the #Cardinals putting him in the rotation this past spring.

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) January 8, 2026

Robert Murray dropped an update on X on Lars Nootbaar.

Source: Lars Nootbaar and the Cardinals have agreed at $5.35 million to avoid arbitration.

— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) January 8, 2026

Katie Woo had the scoop on how arbitration deals for Nolan Gorman and Alec Burleson came together.

Nolan Gorman, Cardinals agree at $2,655,000, avoid arbitration.

— Katie Woo (@katiejwoo) January 8, 2026

Alec Burleson, Cardinals agree at $3.3 million, avoid arbitration. First year of arb eligibility for Burleson.

— Katie Woo (@katiejwoo) January 8, 2026

MLB Trade Rumors added that Andre Pallante came to an agreement with the St. Louis Cardinals for a cool $4 million dollars. The St. Louis Cardinals confirmed all of these reports without specifics on social media today, too.

St. Louis Cardinals Come to Agreements with All 7 Arbitration-Eligible Players

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