The St. Louis Cardinals, based in St. Louis, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Cardinals were founded in 1892.
ST. LOUIS — If the most over-told story of the 2009 Cardinals is Chris Carpenter's return from a shoulder injury and elbow surgery, the most under-told may involve Carpenter's No. 1 protege. Right-hander Adam Wainwright started and finished the 2008 season healthy, but in between he missed nearly 11 weeks. He's fully healthy and reporting [...]
Albert Pujols would like to see Manny Ramirez in a Cardinals uniform in 2009, but if St. Louis general manager John Mozeliak has anything to say about it — and, as a general rule, GMs do have most of the say in such decisions — the proposal is going nowhere. "The answer is no," Mozeliak [...]
ST. LOUIS — Manager Tony La Russa loves competition in Spring Training, and he's going to have plenty on his hands when he gets to Jupiter, Fla., next month. This year's Cardinals camp will feature battles for playing time in the outfield, middle infield and third base. And then, there's the topic that had La [...]
ST. LOUIS — Kyle Lohse has watched a bizarre and puzzling baseball offseason with interest, curiosity, empathy and sympathy. Mostly, though, he's just glad it isn't him. Once was more than enough. As the winter drags on and numerous prominent players remain unsigned, Lohse can't help thinking back a year, when he was in their [...]
ST. LOUIS — Having achieved two glamorous career goals in 2008, Yadier Molina has set his sights on a more prosaic one for 2009. Molina, who won his first Gold Glove Award and hit .300 for the first time in 2008, just wants to stay healthy for the upcoming season. In each of the past [...]
The Cardinals weren't given much of a chance against the mighty Tigers in the 2006 World Series. After all, the Tigers were 12 games better than the Cardinals in the regular season and had breezed past the A's and Yankees to get into the Fall Classic. Meanwhile, the Cardinals had been just five games over [...]
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals do not expect to look outside their organization for fill-ins at third base while Troy Glaus is unavailable, and the truth is there's no real reason for them to. With the exceptions of the outfield and possibly right-handed relief, no position is deeper in the upper levels of the St. [...]
ST. LOUIS — If you're into omens, you have to like Colby Rasmus' chances of making the Cardinals' Opening Day roster — not to mention Brett Wallace's long-term prognosis. Rasmus and Wallace were the top names on the Cardinals' list of non-roster invitees to Major League Spring Training, which the club released on Friday. In [...]
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals surprised just about everyone on Thursday when they announced that third baseman Troy Glaus has undergone right shoulder surgery that will sideline him for 12 weeks. Glaus underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right shoulder on Wednesday. According to general manager John Mozeliak, Glaus had a debridement — or cleaning [...]
ST. LOUIS — Troy Glaus takes note of the raft of young third basemen the Cardinals have assembled behind him. He's happy to work with them in the spring. He is not, however, interested in ceding his job just yet. "They seem to be some good players," said Glaus. "I wish them all the luck [...]