Fifth Round A Struggle In Cardinals Draft History

The five-round major league amateur draft begins on Wednesday and the Cardinals have had notable success in the first round with the likes of Ted Simmons, Andy Van Slyke, J.D. Drew, Jack Flaherty, Garry Templeton, Matt Morris, Kolten Wong, Todd Worrell, Michael Wacha, Lance Lynn, Terry Kennedy, Brian Jordan, Stephen Piscotty, Dakota Hudson and a dozen or so others who had big-league success.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals' Top Five Right Fielders

No one loves a good debate quite like baseball fans, and with that in mind, we asked each of our beat reporters to rank the top five players by position in the history of their franchise, based on their career while playing for that club. These rankings are for fun and debate purposes only … if you don’t agree with the order, participate in the Twitter poll to vote for your favorite at this position.

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Better Than You Remember: J.D. Drew

While we’re waiting for baseball to come back, we are making do. So once a week, inspired by the late Deadspin’s “Let’s Remember Some Guys” series, we will take a look at one player in baseball history, why he was great, why he mattered, why we should hang on to him. Send me your suggestions at will.leitch@mlb.com

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The Cardinals' Most Disappointing Players Of The Bill DeWitt Jr. Era

Over the last two-plus weeks, I’ve been doing an “All-DeWitt” team as a way of looking back on the Cardinals’ first 24 seasons (1996-2019) under team chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.

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Cardinals Capsules, Vol.8: Adam Wainwright Does It All In First-Career MLB Start

Welcome back to Cards Capsules, the series in which we take a look back at memorable Cardinals games from the last 20 years in St. Louis baseball history. Without any baseball to watch in the present due to the spread of coronavirus, what better way to fill the time, eh?

KMOV

Cardinals Capsules, Vol.4: Jim Edmonds Clears The 'Monster' To Lift Cardinals Over Red Sox In 13 Innings, 2003

Welcome back to Cards Capsules, the series in which we take a look back at memorable Cardinals games from the last 20 years in St. Louis baseball history. Without any baseball to watch in the present due to the spread of coronavirus, what better way to fill the time, eh?

KMOV

How Cardinals Got Jim Edmonds From Angels

Convinced center fielder Jim Edmonds would depart for free agency, the Angels were willing to deal him for the right offer.

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Cardinals Capsules, Vol.3 : Edgar Renteria Caps Crazy Cardinals Walk-Off Over Cubs, 2002

Welcome back to Cards Capsules, the series in which we take a look back at memorable Cardinals games from the last 20 years in St. Louis baseball history. Without any baseball to watch in the present due to the spread of coronavirus, what better way to fill the time, eh?

KMOV

Matthew Liberatore Wants To Be The "Biggest, Baddest Dude Out There" When He Takes The Mound

Once the initial excitement of being traded to the Cardinals settled down last week, Matthew Liberatore’s thoughts drifted back to early last summer, and a telephone conversation with Nolan Gorman, his best friend.

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Cardinals Were Peristent In Pursuit Of Fernando Vina

The Cardinals tried for a year to acquire second baseman Fernando Vina and when they finally succeeded they were rewarded for their effort.

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How Cardinals Pursued Trade For Ken Griffey, Jr.

The Cardinals had visions of featuring a lineup of Ken Griffey Jr. and Mark McGwire.

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Cardinals & Adam Wainwright Agree To 2020 Contract

The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with free-agent pitcher Adam Wainwright on a one-year contract for the 2020 season. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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What Adam Wainwright felt pitching in October this year was a feeling that he wasn’t ready to walk away from.
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The preference, even as he hit free agency for the first time in his career and could field offers from other interested teams, was always to return for one more year, that last encore before the curtain, with the Cardinals.
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One of the things Adam Wainwright promised to give the young starters and wanted from them in return was honesty, and so here was Jack Flaherty, all of two years in the rotation, approaching Wainwright in the dugout this past August about to test that boundary.
Post-Dispatch

It's Another Game Five Showdown. Are You Ready For More Drama?

It’s been a great series, overloaded with intensity and passion and turbulent emotional swings. It’s everything you hope for in a competition. It’s an example of why we love sports.

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Shooting Stars

Jake Woodford is rising. The 22-year-old Memphis Redbirds pitcher will pull off a rare trifecta when he takes the mound for the Pacific Coast League in Wednesday's Triple-A All-Star Game in El Paso. It will be Woodford's third All-Star Game in four seasons, across all three primary levels of minor-league baseball. Woodford first earned All-Star recognition with the Class-A Peoria Chiefs (Midwest League) in 2016. He represented Double-A Springfield in last year's Texas League All-Star Game.

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Josh Donaldson Says Checkmate In SunTrust Slugfest

Josh Donaldson did what he’s paid to do and Luke Jackson did what nobody expected he’d be asked to do, as the Braves prevented a three-game series sweep with an 8-7 comeback win over the Rockies on Sunday afternoon at SunTrust Park.

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Mike Matheny Overshadowed Perfect Game For Todd Helton

Todd Helton had a flawless game at the plate for the Rockies against the Cardinals, but Mike Matheny produced the most important at-bat.

RetroSimba

How Cardinals Got Edgar Renteria Instead Of Barry Larkin

After making a pitch for Barry Larkin of the Reds, the Cardinals, shopping for a shortstop, turned to a younger, less expensive model, Edgar Renteria of the Marlins.

RetroSimba

Adam Wainwright Re-Signs For One Year To Remain A Cardinal

As he sat at his locker about four weeks ago, back with the big league club and counting the days until he returned to the rotation as a September reinforcement, Adam Wainwright outlined exactly what he hoped would happen in the coming weeks. He wanted to find some way, any way to “help this team win games,” to prove his health with every throw, and to provide “a bunch of quality innings.” He agreed that he was pitching that month to convince the Cardinals he could play for them next year.

Post-Dispatch

Sentiment Or Competitve Strategy? No Reason Adam Wainwright Signing Can't Be Both For Cardinals

One more year.

KMOV

The Career Of Adam Wainwright

In the Joe Mauer thread yesterday a reader asked me for a look at the career of St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright. Let’s do that.

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