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Arenado unwinding with wine venture

@JohnDenton555
March 18, 2024

This story was excerpted from John Denton’s Cardinals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Baez's towering blast (455 feet!) sets Spring Breakout mark

@JohnDenton555 and @SamDykstraMiLB
March 17, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Dedicated to the development of their top young stars, the Cardinals were one of just two MLB franchises to commit to playing two Spring Breakout games, and they were one of just five clubs to make all top 10 players available for the inaugural event showcasing the

Hence earns a spot on All-Spring Breakout First Team

March 18, 2024

The first Spring Breakout is in the books and if these four days of prospect spotlight showcases mean anything, the future of the game is in very good hands. On Monday, MLB announced the inaugural All-Spring Breakout Team, composed of 30 players across 18 organizations (six teams did not play

Scott leads deep outfield group in Cards' camp

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 18, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. – The Cardinals’ Top 30 ranking has a new look in 2024. Thirteen members of MLB Pipeline’s updated ranking weren’t in the organization at all at this time last year. Seven came from trades at last year’s Deadline, four were from the 2023 Draft, one was an international

1 player from each team making a big impression this spring

March 18, 2024

As we near the end of Spring Training, and with Opening Day right around the corner, it's time to check in on which players around baseball have made the biggest impression on each club during Cactus League and Grapefruit League play. With the help of all 30 MLB.com beat writers,

Mikolas replacing Gray as Cards' Opening Day starter

@JohnDenton555
March 17, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- A Cardinals club that was aggressive in the offseason to acquire proven and reliable pitching that they hoped would bring much-needed stability to their staff will have to open the 2024 season without injured ace Sonny Gray. What has looked likely since Gray suffered a strain to

These prospects stood out most in Spring Breakout

@SamDykstraMiLB
March 17, 2024

As the inaugural Spring Breakout weekend comes to a close, there was no shortage of talent on display. With dozens of Top 100 prospects and nearly two-thirds of the 900 players who make up the team Top 30 prospects lists taking part, each club was well represented … but a

Injuries & Moves: X-rays negative for Crawford; Nootbaar progressing

March 17, 2024

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These 12 teams won the MLB offseason

March 16, 2024

The Dodgers and Padres will play games that count in the 2024 Seoul Series this week, while prominent free agents are still available, while 28 teams are still in their camps in Florida and Arizona. So, the regular season, Hot Stove season and Spring Training season are ALL HAPPENING AT

Projecting the Cardinals' 2024 Opening Day roster

@JohnDenton555
March 16, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- In an effort to avoid the strategic pitfalls that befell their outfield during the 2023 season, the Cardinals eagerly named Tommy Edman, Lars Nootbaar and Jordan Walker as their starters three months before Spring Training even began. However, Murphy’s Law had something to say about the Cardinals’

Hence's electric stuff highlights Cards' Spring Breakout

@JohnDenton555
March 15, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- As one of five MLB clubs with each of their top 10 prospects participating in MLB’s inaugural Spring Breakout, the Cardinals offered fans at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium plenty of opportunities to see their potential stars of tomorrow shine on Friday afternoon. Tink Hence, the Cardinals' top

Marmol, Cards agree to extension through '26

@JohnDenton555
March 15, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- While they were quick to point to the stability that Oliver Marmol will continue to bring to the only MLB franchise that he’s ever been a part of, the Cardinals encountered a bevy of questions on Friday about the timing of the two-year extension awarded to their

Scott's speed to be on display in Spring Breakout

@JohnDenton555
March 14, 2024

This story was excerpted from John Denton's Cardinals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

Edman (wrist) ruled out for Opening Day

@JohnDenton555
March 14, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Still bothered by painful inflammation in a right wrist that needed surgery five months ago, Cardinals center fielder Tommy Edman was ruled out for Opening Day and will instead soon head to the 10-day injured list, manager Oliver Marmol confirmed on Thursday. Edman, a former Gold Glove

Here are the Cardinals' Spring Breakout rosters

@JohnDenton555
March 17, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- An organization that has leaned heavily on its “draft and develop” strategy for decades, the Cardinals are confident that their Minor League system can continue to pump out the kind of talent that will serve as the club’s lifeblood. The Cardinals' dedication to their farm system can

2 best friends, 1 rotation spot: Thompson, Liberatore compete

@Sportsgal25
March 13, 2024

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It’s 3 a.m. on June 23 in London, and rookie left-hander Matthew Liberatore is wide awake. But it isn’t a wild night out or even the excitement of traveling with the Cardinals for the London Series 2023 that’s kept him up. More than 4,000 miles and

After mashing his way through the Minors, Saggese's confidence sky-high

@JohnDenton555
March 12, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Dressed in board shorts and a rumpled T-shirt most days, always radiating an aw-shucks, go-with-the-flow aura, Thomas Saggese often gives off the vibes of a surfer dude breezing through life without a care in the world. With his sleepy eyes, three-day stubble and unspectacular build, Saggese could

Cards, O'Neill enjoy warm pregame reunion

@Sportsgal25
March 12, 2024

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Tyler O'Neill spent his entire six-year MLB career with the Cardinals before he was dealt to the Red Sox this past offseason, so it made sense that he wanted to leave an impression the first time he faced his former club. While late-game homers or diving

Gray's BP session a promising step in return to action

Cardinals will have a better idea of right-hander's readiness for Opening Day later this week
@JohnDenton555
March 11, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- Pitching off a mound for the first time since he strained his right hamstring seven days ago in a Spring Training game, Cardinals ace Sonny Gray said the best feeling he experienced on Monday was, well, nothing. “I guess the best answer that I can give you

Newlywed Burlesons face different kinds of work demands

@JohnDenton555
March 11, 2024

This story was excerpted from John Denton’s Cardinals Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.

1 under-the-radar Spring Breakout prospect for each club

@thevandalorian and @benweinrib and @jesus_cano88
March 13, 2024

Spring Breakout begins Thursday with a pair of the showcase event's 16 games set to kick things off. Headlined by the best and brightest prospects in the game, Spring Breakout will feature no shortage of household names: 72 of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects and 575 of the 900 players

Here are the prospects with the best tools in Spring Breakout

March 13, 2024

Spring Breakout will make for a fun weekend, with 16 games pitting many of the best prospects in one organization against many of the best in another. It's essentially 16 Futures Games at Spring Training sites, featuring 72 of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects and 575 of the 900 players

What will Cardinals' outfield look like to open 2024?

Burleson, Scott II pushing to earn starting jobs with Edman, Nootbaar sidelined by injuries
@JohnDenton555
March 10, 2024

JUPITER, Fla. -- As far back as November, some three months before the Cardinals convened in South Florida for Spring Training, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak declared that the club’s outfield alignment in the season ahead would be Jordan Walker in right field, Tommy Edman in center and Lars

1 position battle to watch for each team

March 11, 2024

With the first few rounds of cuts behind us, clubs are getting a clearer picture of what their rosters are going to look like to open the 2024 season. Even so, every team still has at least one key question mark -- a role that remains, for all intents and