A few managers and coaches through the years have checked when the Cardinals would go to Colorado and, fingers crossed, hope to find it in September, when rosters are bloated with pitching. Wish granted. For last time. As if one final farewell to the use of the 40-man roster as we know it, the Cardinals head to Coors Field with full access to as many players as they've promoted from the 40-man roster*.
* Next year the Cardinals visit Coors in April, and even if they came in September new rules will limit rosters with what's essentially baseball's equivalent of the healthy scratch.