How Mike Elias Has Transformed Orioles In His First Year

When Mike Elias was pegged to lead the front office a year ago, it marked a new era of Orioles baseball. Elias soon unveiled his three-pronged approach to rebuilding the Orioles into a sustained winner, with plans to build an “elite talent pipeline” through scouting, analytics and player development. Coming off a franchise-worst 115-loss season, Elias did not run from how massive a task that seemed at the time, and has not since.

Baltimore Official Site

Jeff Albert Is "Going To Be A Star"

It wasn’t long after Jeff Luhnow took over running the Cardinals’ farm system that he told hitting coordinator Dan Radison he wanted to revamp the organization’s hitting program with the hiring of several new coaches.

STL Sports Page

Astros Fired Dan Radison

The firings continue for the Astros. Laid off in the latest round were minor league coaches Joel Chimelis and Dave Borkowski, scout Noel Gonzalez and coordinator Dan Radison, who’d been there for a long time. The Astros declined to confirm, just as they declined to say whether it was eight scouts or nine fired in the first round. One rival remarked, “Can you believe the Astros were this good with so many substandard employees?”

FanRags

Astros Name Doug White Pitching Coordinator, Jeff Albert Hitting Coordinator, Dan Radison Fundmentals Coordinator, Rachel Balkovec Latin American Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Ben Rosenthal Single-A Quad Cities Hitting Coach, Cesar Cedeno Short-Season Rookie-Level Greeneville Hitting Coach, & Jose Rada Short-Season Rookie-Level GCL Pitching Coach

The Houston Astros announced today their minor league staff for the 2017 season.

Houston Official Site

Run-Up To Warm-Up Begins With Jason Isringhausen, Ryan Ludwick 'Talkin' Baseball'

The harbingers of the baseball season, which bring flocks to St. Louis every January, begin Friday evening with a coaches’ convention in St. Charles that will feature the return of several former Cardinals coaches and Ryan Ludwick, perhaps a future one.

Bird Land

Sprignfield's Mike Ohlman, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Charlie Tilson, Kyle Barraclough, Joey Donofrio, Arturo Reyes, & Chris Thomas Along With Former Cardinals Luis Mateo, Colin Walsh, & Chad Oberacker All Named To 2015 Texas League All-Star Team

The Texas League All-Star Game will take place in Corpus Christi later this month, but it may feel more like a Midland home game once first pitch rolls around.
MiLB Official Site

A good day turned even better for the Springfield Cardinals on Monday night.
Springfield News-Leader

The Texas League announced on Monday the rosters for the 79th Annual Texas League All-Star Game, and the Springfield Cardinals will be represented by seven players on the North Division Team - RF Jeremy Hazelbaker, C Michael Ohlman, CF Charlie Tilson, RHP Kyle Barraclough, RHP Joey Donofrio, RHP Arturo Reyes and RHP Chris Thomas.
Springfield Official Site

Derrick May Tops In Cardinals Player Development

Hitting coordinator Derrick May received the George Kissell Award for excellence in player development in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

The Cardinal Nation

Dyar Miller, Jeff Albert, Doug White, Ace Adams, Jeff Murphy, Dan Radison, Tom Lawless, Ramon Vazquez, & Cesar Cedeno Receive Assignment For Astros' Minors

The Houston Astros announced today the minor league coordinators, medical staff and field staffs for the 2015 season.

Houston Official Site

Notes From Jupiter: Injury Updates, Astros This Afternoon

It’s an interesting day here in Jupiter with the Astros in for this afternoon’s game. We haven’t seen the roster that Houston brought with them for this game yet but they have former Cardinals Brett Wallace, Tyler Greene and Rick Ankiel in camp as position players and there are quite a few front office/coaching connections as well.

KMOX

Rick Ankiel Activated; Dan Radison Dismissed

The Nationals have placed infielder/outfielder Jerry Hairston Jr. on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured right wrist and activated outfielder Rick Ankiel.

Nationals Official Site

Tensions Flare Between Cardinals, Nationals

The Cardinals and Washington Nationals picked at an old scab Monday afternoon. When it was done, one pitcher was ejected, another admitted intentionally drilling a batter and a third had returned to the home dugout to challenge an opposing coach.

STL Today

The Cardinal Nation Blog Top Stories Of 2010 #19: New Farm Director & Minor League Improvement

The Cardinals promoted a new farm director and filled key open positions following a minor league season of improvement on the field.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

What Is Behind The Cardinals Minor League Issues?

Questioning reasons assigned to focus areas for the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cardinals beat writer Joe Strauss’ weekly Q&A sessions cover a wide variety of team-related topics and are a must-read for the team’s fans.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Dan Radison, Rick Eckstein Coming Back For Another Season With Nationals

Bullpen coach Jim Lett, bench coach John McLaren and first-base coach Dan Radison will return for a second season, while third-base coach Pat Listach and hitting coach Rick Eckstein will come back for a third season. Pitching coach Steve McCatty, who replaced Randy St. Claire in June 2009 will return for his second full season.

Nationals Official Site

Jeff Luhnow: Changes Were An Evolution

Cardinals vice-president of amateur scouting and player development Jeff Luhnow on Saturday described his move from day-to-day minor-league operations as more an evolution than an exit.

STL Today

Cardinals Hope Adam Wainwright Is Cure For What Ails Them

With the race in the National League Central heating up, the Cardinals can't afford to lose behind starting pitcher Adam Wainwright.

MLB Game Day

Cardinals Spring Training Camp Notes 3-10-10

Wednesday’s St. Louis Cardinals major and minor league camp news from Jupiter, Florida.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Keep Eye On Mark DeRosa; Mitchell Page Could Return To Organization

Back in June, when the Cardinals felt there wasn't enough momentum to pull off a trade for outfielder Matt Holliday, they pounced on a deal for infielder Mark DeRosa, seeing him as a suitable, affordable alternative.

STL Today

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-21-09

Ildemaro Vargas is the player of the day in our daily report on Cardinals prospects past and present in winter ball.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Lose Important Instructor Dan Radison

One of the downsides of ex-St. Louis Cardinals organization members taking on more responsibility elsewhere is the good people they invariably pull away with them.

The Cardinal Nation Blog