MLB Considering Expanded Arizona, Florida Fall League

Although the possibility of a traditional minor league season grows slimmer by the day, there is good reason to believe every team’s prospects will get a chance to gain a large number of reps at some point this summer.

Baseball America

Catching Up Fast: About To Turn 20, Ivan Herrera's Potent Bat, Improving Defense Mask His Youth

It was only a sneak peek, a brief four-at-bat glimpse of Class AA’s rigors that the Cardinals offered catching prospect Ivan Herrera at the end of his first full summer playing in the United States. At 18, he was nearly six years younger than the average age in the Texas League, and the Cardinals didn’t hastily quantum-leap him four levels because of their need. They wanted to see what he learned.

Birdland

Arizona Says It Is Willing To Host MLB As League Cuts Pay From Senior Staff

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey says his state is willing to host all 30 major league teams if public health concerns allow it, which could lead to the start of the baseball season primarily in empty spring training ballparks.

Japan Times

MLB Facing 'Arizona Or Bust' Scenario For Starting Season

Major League Baseball might be facing the prospect of either beginning its season in Arizona or canceling it entirely due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

MassLive

MLB, Union Discuss Playing All Games In Arizona

Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area this season and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players’ association.

AP

Athletics' Webster Garrison On Ventilator Due To Coronavirus

Oakland Athletics minor league manager Webster Garrison is hospitalized in Louisiana and on a ventilator due to the coronavirus, according to his fiancee.

ESPN

John Nogowski Ready For Any Role In The Cards

John Nogowski tried hard to sleep in on his day off on Friday, but he still woke up at 7 a.m. -- a habit from the weeks of early report times that come with Spring Training. The early rise, though, allowed Nogowski to reflect on the first half of his first big-league camp, and to do that, all he had to do was open his journal.

St. Louis Official Site

All Games Of World Baseball Classic Qualifiers To Be Streamed For Free On YouTube

All WBC Qualifier games will be streamed live on MLB’s YouTube channel for free. Simply go to youtube.com/mlb or search for “MLB” in the YouTube app from any device. Germany and France will square up at 3.30am CET on March 14 to open the WBC Qualifier in Tucson. Great Britain, Spain and Czech Republic will play in a second WBCQ later this month.

Mister Baseball

Kodi Whitley's Fastball Making A Speedy Ascent Toward Cardinals' Bullpen

By the end of his first week at High-A Palm Beach last year, Kodi Whitley was gone, promoted, shipped swiftly to Class AA Springfield, where he got to find his footing for two months and then, before the Texas League became too familiar, he was on the go again, headed for Class AAA Memphis.

Birdland

Pipeline Q&A: Ivan Herrera

Catcher Ivan Herrera, the Cardinals’ No. 4 prospect, signed out of Panama in July 2016 for $200,000. He’s quickly established himself as one of the better catching prospects in baseball, one who carries a career .309/.397/.431 line into the 2020 season. Still a teenager, the Cardinals thought enough of him to send him to the Arizona Fall League in '19, where he more than held his own.

St. Louis Official Site

This Prospect May Be Dark Horse For Cardinals' Bullpen

The Cardinals’ bullpen was its strongest entity in 2019, something Junior Fernandez witnessed firsthand through a pair of late-season callups.

St. Louis Official Site

Dylan Carlson Humbled By Fans, Veteran Players Desire To Help

Dylan Carlson says he's the type of player who enjoys just watching veterans get their work in and says he has learned just by being in the presence of some St. Louis Cardinals veterans. But Paul Goldschmidt and Matt Carpenter have taken it a step further at Spring Training last season, spending time with Carlson at in the cages, at lunch and in the video room.
KMOX

When you are the number one prospect in the organization, a healthy amount of pressure comes with the territory as the media stands in front of you.
KSDK

Conner Capel Growing With The Cardinals

To reflect back on July 31, 2018, Cardinals fans will think of it as the day the team traded Tommy Pham to the Rays in a deal that is still hard to get behind more than a year later. On the same day, in a move that (in a sense, due to roster capacity) stemmed off the Pham trade, St. Louis sent Oscar Mercado to the Indians for prospects. One of those prospects is Conner Capel, and he has really settled in to his new organization.

Viva El Birdos

Cardinals Purchase The Contracts Of Elehuris Montero, Alvaro Seijas, & Jake Woodford, & Designate Dominic Leone For An Assignment

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have selected the contracts of infielder Elehuris Montero (pronounced eh-lay-rees), and right-handed pitchers Alvaro Seijas (say-hoss) and Jake Woodford. The team also announced that they designated for assignment right-handed pitcher Dominic Leone. Today’s transactions place the team’s 40-man Major League roster at 40 players.
St. Louis Official Site

The Cardinals shuffled their roster on Wednesday to protect three prospects from the Rule 5 Draft.
St. Louis Official Site

The Cardinals added three minor leaguers and designated veteran reliever Dominic Leone for assignment Wednesday as they placed their 40-man winter roster at 40 players a couple of weeks or so ahead of the winter meetings.
Cardinal Beat

The Cardinals added three minor leaguers and designated veteran reliever Dominic Leone for assignment Wednesday as they set their 40-man winter roster at 40 players a couple of weeks or so ahead of the winter meetings.
Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-11-19: Griffin Roberts Strikes Out Four & Allows One Run Over Four Innings

Cardinals Winter League

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-10-19: Carlos Peguero Singles Twice & Hits A Solo Home Run; Seth Elledge Strikes Out Two Of Three Batters Faced; Ivan Herrera Doubles & Walks Three Times

Cardinals Winter League

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-9-19: Carlos Peguero Hits A Solo Home Run; Seth Elledge & Ivan Herrera Named Fall Stars; Conner Capel Singles Twice, Doubles, & Drives In One Run

Cardinals Winter League

Cardinals Likely To Shift The Look Of Their Lineup; Michael Wacha & Jordan Hicks Updates; Tough Turf; Arizona All-Stars Named; Carpool, Etc

When the Braves sent righthander Mike Foltynewicz back to Class AAA Gwinnett for 10 starts in the middle of this season, they did so hoping their Game 5 starter would get a new look on the season and return with a new look to his slider.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-7-19: Elehuris Montero Singles & Drives In One Run; Yoshitomo Tsutsugo To Be Posted For MLB; Pedro Manuel Leon Defects From Cuba

Cardinals Winter League

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-6-19: Eliezer Alvarez Hits A Home Run & Walks Twice; Julio Rodriguez Collects Two Hits; Elehuris Montero Walks

Cardinals Winter League