St. Louis Cardinals Transactions - 2012
| MAY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| May 27, 2012 | Recalled RHP Chuckie Fick from Memphis (IL). Optioned RHP Fernando Salas to Memphis. |
| May 23, 2012 | Placed INF/OF Matt Carpenter on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of C Steven Hill from Memphis (PCL). |
| May 20, 2012 | Placed 1B Lance Berkman on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of 1B Matt Adams from Memphis (PCL). |
| May 18, 2012 | Placed RHP Kyle McClellan on the 15-day DL and OF-1B Allen Craig and on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 17. Recalled OF Adron Chambers and RHP Brandon Dickson from Memphis (PCL). |
| May 16, 2012 | Placed OF Jon Jay on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Shane Robinson from Memphis (PCL). |
| May 14, 2012 | Released LHP J.C. Romero. Recalled RHP Eduardo Sanchez from Memphis (PCL). |
| May 13, 2012 | Activated 1B Lance Berkman off the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Shane Robinson to Memphis (PCL). |
| May 1, 2012 | Activated INF-OF Allen Craig from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Erik Komatsu for assignment. |
| APRIL | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| April 20, 2012 | Placed 1B Lance Berkman on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 19. Activated OF-INF Skip Schumaker from the 15-day DL. |
| April 6, 2012 | Placed RHP Scott Linebrink on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 30. Selected the contract of RHP Victor Marte from Memphis (PCL). |
| April 2, 2012 | Optioned C Bryan Anderson to Memphis (PCL). Placed RHP Chris Carpenter, OF Allen Craig and 2B Skip Schumaker on the 15-day DL. |
| MARCH | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| March 29, 2012 | Selected the contract of RHP Scott Linebrink from Memphis (PCL). |
| March 26, 2012 | Reassigned OF Adron Chambers to their minor league camp. |
| March 25, 2012 | Released INF Alex Cora and C Koyie Hill unconditionally. Optioned 1B Mark Hamilton and RHP Eduardo Sanchez to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned 1B Matt Adams to minor league camp. |
| March 20, 2012 | Optioned RHP Chuckie Fick, LHP Sam Freeman and RHP Adam Ottavino to Memphis (PCL). Reassigned RHP Trevor Rosenthal, LHP R.J. Swindle, INF Ryan Jackson and C Steven Hill to minor league camp. |
| March 14, 2012 | Optioned RHP Maikel Cleto, RHP Brandon Dickson and INF Pete Kozma to Memphis (PCL) and INF Zack Cox to Springfield (Texas). Reassigned RHP Joe Kelly, RHP Shelby Miller and LHP Kevin Siegrist to their minor league camp. |
| March 1, 2012 | Agreed to terms with C Yadier Molina on a six-year contract. |
| FEBRUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| February 29, 2012 | Agreed to terms with C Bryan Anderson, RHP Mitchell Boggs, 3B Matt Carpenter, OF Adron Chambers, RHP Maikel Cleto, OF Allen Craig, C Tony Cruz, 2B Daniel Descalso, RHP Brandon Dickson, RHP Chuckie Fick, LHP Sam Freeman, 3B David Freese, 2B Tyler Greene, 1B Mark Hamilton, OF Jon Jay, OF Erik Komatsu, 2B Pete Kozma, RHP Lance Lynn, RHP Adam Ottavino, RHP Adam Reifer, OF Shane Robinson, LHP Marc Rzepczynski, RHP Fernando Salas and RHP Eduardo Sanchez on one-year contracts. |
| February 10, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Linebrink on a minor league contract. |
| February 6, 2012 | Agreed to terms with INF Alex Cora on a minor league contract. |
| JANUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| January 25, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Motte on a one-year contract. |
| January 18, 2012 | Agreed to terms with LHP R.J. Swindle, C Koyie Hill and INF Eugenio Velez on minor league contracts. |
| January 17, 2012 | Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle McClellan on a one-year contract. |
| January 6, 2012 | Named Derek Lilliquist pitching coach, Dyer Miller bullpen coach, Brent Strom minor league pitching coordinator, Jamie Pogue bullpen catcher, Dan Kantrovitz director of scouting, Cesar Geronimo Jr. international scouting cross checker and Angel Ovalles Dominican Republic scouting supervisor. Promoted Matt Slater to director of player personnel, Tony Ferreira to baseball operations assistant/player development and Jared Odom to baseball operations assistant/scouting. |
| January 5, 2012 | Announced pitching coach Dave Duncan will take a leave of absence. |