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.
The parameters have been set. The Cardinals and the agents for Ryan Ludwick and Rick Ankiel have a better idea of what they're working with. Now it's time to work something out. Players and teams exchanged arbitration figures on Tuesday, the latest step in the process by which salaries are determined for arbitration-eligible players. The [...]
ST. LOUIS — Skip Schumaker didn't get all the way to looking for a house in Denver. But when rumors swirled last fall that he was headed to Colorado, the Cardinals outfielder definitely took them seriously. Suggestions of playing second base for St. Louis, however, don't quite resonate in the same way. During the General [...]
ST. LOUIS — Kyle McClellan is open to pretty much any role the Cardinals choose to put him in. If he's back as a setup man, that's fine. If he gets a chance to start, that's great. He's still young enough that the main concern is being on the big league roster. "Based on what [...]
ST. LOUIS — Chris Carpenter stood behind the podium and answered question after question, many of them variants of the same question. And he kept giving the same answer. The Cardinals ace feels great. Better yet, he feels normal. Carpenter has begun a throwing program aimed toward a typical Spring Training and an appearance in [...]
ST. LOUIS — Todd Wellemeyer could have a new contract with the Cardinals finalized by the end of the holiday weekend. Wellemeyer and general manager John Mozeliak both said on Saturday that they expect to have something done soon. Wellemeyer is eligible for arbitration and one year away from free agency. Both sides said they [...]
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals reliever Chris Perez divulged Saturday that he has a bone spur in his left ankle, but he does not expect the condition to hamper him at all in the upcoming season. Perez, addressing reporters at the annual Cardinals Care Winter Warm-Up, said he began feeling some discomfort in his landing ankle [...]
ST. LOUIS — Chris Duncan expressed optimism and even excitement on Saturday regarding his recovery from an unusual operation he underwent last fall. Duncan had surgery to replace a disk in his neck with a titanium substitute. "It sounds like I'm good to go now," Duncan said before signing autographs for fans at the annual [...]
ST. LOUIS — Russ Springer has decided he wants to pitch another year — at least one more year. The Cardinals have decided that it won't happen in St. Louis. Springer, who entertained the thought of retiring as the 2008 season wound down, is energized once again and looking for a place to pitch. However, [...]
ST. LOUIS — All five of the Cardinals' eligible players formally filed for arbitration on Thursday. That begins the process which, one way or another, will determine their salaries for the 2009 season. The five are outfielders Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick and Chris Duncan and pitchers Brad Thompson and Todd Wellemeyer. The next step in [...]
ST. LOUIS — Barring a surprising development of some sort, the Cardinals' closer for 2009 is likely already on the club's roster. The situation at second base may be unclear, but odds are that most of the at-bats there will also be taken by players already in-house. One area where the Redbirds would still love [...]