Cardinals Minor League News & Notes 6-2-11

Hector Cardenas: 2009 Was The End

Andrew Brown: Wins Both May Top Player Awards

Kevin Thomas: May Organizational Pitcher Of The Month

Cardinals Minor League Medical Report 3-16-11

Status of 13 St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers out of action for injury or other medical reasons.

The Cardinal Nation

Interview: Cardinals Farm Director John Vuch

Brian Walton’s one-on-one interview with the leader of the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system plus bonus Winter Warm-Up presentation audio.

The Cardinal Nation

Hector Cardenas: Out For Season After Surgery

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Minor League Medical Report

15 St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers begin their 2010 regular season on the shelf. Names, teams and reasons follow.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Minors Spring Rosters Changes

Outlining recent changes among the ranks of St. Louis Cardinals minor leaguers, including retirement, rehab and position change.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-17-10

Francisco Rivera is the player of the day in our daily report on St. Louis Cardinals prospects past and present in winter ball.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-17-09

Our daily reports on Cards prospects in winter ball continue. Daniel Descalso is the Player of the Day.

The Cardinal Nation

Elvis Hernandez, Hector Cardenas, Miguel Tapia, & Osvaldo Morales Attend Gigantes del Cibao Camp

With an extensive integration of star players and rookies were started training in Los Gigantes del Cibao, who with a good amount of stellar and rookie practice for the ssus started baseball tournament that begins fall and winter the next day Oct. 16. (Translated)

Listin Diario
Google Translate

Cardinals Minor League Notebook 9-17-09

Adam Ottavino and Mark Hamilton led the Redbirds to a 3-2 game two win over Sacramento in the Pacific Coast League finals Wednesday night at AutoZone Park in Memphis.

The Cardinal Nation

Azucareros del Este & Gigantes del Cibao Send Out Invites For The Upcoming Dominican League Season

The leader of the Toros del Este, Dean Treanor will from the start of the test of its entire squad together for the first of October, beginning at 10 am at the Estadio Francisco Micheli. (Translated)
Listin Diario

Los Gigantes del Cibao convocaron a 83 jugadores a los entrenamientos, que iniciarán desde el próximo lunes 28 a las 9:00 de la mañana, en los terrenos del complejo Las Caobas de esta ciudad. Las prácticas serán dirigidas por el gerente general Candy Maldonado y el nuevo capataz Félix Fermín, quien estará acompañado por el cuerpo técnico que conforman Julio Bruno, Héctor-La Manta- de la Cruz, Julio César Paula, Bonny Castillo, Carlos Martínez, Luis García y Carlos Arroyo. (Translated)
Gigantes del Cibao Official Site


Google Translate

The Year That Was

The baseball season is a funny thing. You spend five months in a seemingly unending stretch of daily baseball games. Then you get to the end and wonder how it passed so quickly.

Bandits Banter

Quad Cities River Bandits Draw Crowds Despite Losing Season

There's an old adage among operators of minor-league baseball teams that what happens on the field has little relevance to what happens off it.

Quad-City Times

Meet The 2009 Quad Cities River Bandits: A-L

Photos of members of the 2009 edition of the St. Louis Cardinals’ Midwest League club.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Minor League News & Notes 8-29-09

Elvis Hernandez: Back In The Building

Hector Cardenas: Begins GCL Rehab Stint

Pablo Ortiz: Returned To Gulf Coast League

Edwin Gomez: Done For The Season

Dominican Winter Draft Takes Four Cardinals

Four Cardinals minor leaguers currently playing in Palm Beach and Quad Cities may be participating in the 2009 Dominican Winter League.

The Cardinal Nation

Hector Cardenas: Starter Heads Onto Disabled List

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Minor League Notebook 7-10-09

Mitchell Boggs’ arm and Brett Wallace’s bat led Memphis to a win, but the third base prospect also made two throwing errors. The system went 2-5 on Thursday.

The Birdhouse

Quad Cities Beat Kane County 10-2 In Game One: Osvaldo Morales 2-Run HR; Paul Cruz & Charles Cutler Each Double & 2 RBIs; Scott McGregor 1st Save

Individual Highlights:
Paul Cruz 3-for-4 with one double, two two-out RBIs, two runs, and one walk.
Jarred Bogany 0-for-3 with two runs and one walk.
Charles Cutler 2-for-3 with one double, two RBIs, two runs, and one walk.
Osvaldo Morales 1-for-4 with one home run, two RBIs, one run, and two strikeouts.
Jason Stidham 3-for-4 with one RBI, one run, and assisted in one double play.
Roberto Espinoza 1-for-3 with one RBI and one hit by pitch.
Brett Lilley 1-for-3 with one RBI, one run, one hit by pitch, and one strikeout.
Hector Cardenas Started, Win (5-4), five innings, four hits, two runs (one earned), three walks, one wild pitch, and four strikeouts. (g/f:5-5)
Scott McGregror Save (1), two innings, no hits or runs. (g/f:4-2)

Rough Outing:
Jose Garcia 0-for-3 with one hit by pitch, one strikeout, one throwing error, and assisted in one double play.

Boxscore

Cardinals Farm Director Jeff Luhnow On Hand To Watch Quad Cities River Bandits

In his role as the vice president of scouting and player development for the St. Louis Cardinals, Jeff Luhnow often wrestles with conflicting viewpoints.

Quad-City Times