Jason Isringhausen To Represent Cardinals At Draft

Eighteen former Major League All-Stars — including three Hall of Famers, two Most Valuable Players, two batting champions and two Cy Young Award winners — are among the baseball luminaries scheduled to represent the 30 clubs at Major League Baseball’s 2019 Draft, it was announced Thursday. Amateur players who will attend the 2019 Draft will be forthcoming.

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Michael Wacha Shines Against Marlins; X-Ray Negative On Yairo Munoz's Wrist; Of Dexter Fowler, Marcell Ozuna; Catching Carousel; Daniel Ponce De Leon, Jack Flaherty To Start; Jim Kaat Visits

Michael Wacha knocked off the best performance by a Cardinals starting pitcher this spring when he threw three innings of hitless ball, striking out four, against the Miami Marlins Saturday in a 4-3 Cardinals exhibition victory.

Post-Dispatch

Ten Players You Forgot Were Cardinals

A recent article by MLB.com's Will Leitch highlighting 10 former Yankees who you may not remember as former Yankees got us thinking about what such a list might look like for other baseball franchises.

St. Louis Official Site

Joining Cardinals Was Dream ComeTrue For Darold Knowles

Darold Knowles was the first free-agent player signed by the Cardinals, the club he dreamed of playing for as a youth in Missouri.

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Jim Kaat On Scoops With Danny Mac 7-29-18

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Bob Costas Pays Tribute To KMOX & St. Louis In Hall Of Fame Speech

On a sun-kissed day in this peaceful upstate village, Bob Costas accepted the Ford C. Frick Award with a 32-minute speech that took attendees at Doubleday Field on a trip through baseball history.

KMOX

Tyler Lyons A Late-Inning Candidate; Marcell Ozuna A Bat Thief; Seung-Hwan Oh...No?; Just Stopping In

The Cardinals continue to spend significant time adding to their crowded bullpen picture from the outside, reuniting with Jason Motte on a Minor League deal Friday. That brings the number of (at least ostensible) late-inning options recruited since last season up to five, with newbies Luke Gregerson, Dominic Leone, Bud Norris and Connor Greene all offering their own strengths.

St. Louis Official Site

Red Schoendienst Still Watching

It appears that Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst will not be traveling down to Spring Training this year, but that hasn’t kept him from being in regular contact with the St. Louis Cardinals–specifically, Mike Matheny.

STL Baseball Weekly

Johan Santana Inducted Into Twins Hall Of Fame

The Minnesota Twins have added their 31st member to the organization’s Hall of Fame. The Twins formally announced on Friday that the club has now inducted former starting pitcher Johan Santana.

FanRags

Twins Add Jim Kaat As Special Assistant

Nearly a half century after being lost on waivers to the Chicago White Sox in August 1973, Jim Kaat is returning to the Twins as a special assistant.

Twin Cities

Gold Glove Eludes Yadier Molina

Driven last winter and into the season by the pursuit of a ninth Gold Glove Award and a chance to burnish his credentials as the best defensive catcher of his generation, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina had the sure-handed honor slip to a newcomer.

Post-Dispatch

Look What The Cat Dragged In - Hope

Somewhere in St. Louis, in the John Burroughs of burrows, the Rally Squirrel retired to a leisurely life of high-end acorns … when Wednesday he heard the news of his purring peer.

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Jim Kaat & Joe Sheehan On The Bernie Miklasz Show 5-16-17

It’s been easy at times to question Mike Matheny’s decision making, but the skipper also deserves credit when it’s due.

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Jim Kaat Preaches Baseball From The Mound In New Zealand

Ask Jim Kaat if he is resentful, or at least envious, of the mounds of money pitchers bank from Major League Baseball these days, he laughs because he figures he still struck it lucky.

Stuff

Junior Baseball Tournament Named After Visiting Jim Kaat

A newly established South Island baseball tournament will be named in honour of visiting pitching legend Jim Kaat.

The Press

Jim Kaat In Nelson To Preach The Gospel To Young Prospects

Baseball is continuing to gain genuine traction in Nelson following the arrival this week of former American Major League pitcher Jim Kaat.

Nelson Mail

Jim Kaat To Share Vast Knowledge On Visit To Nelson

Nelson is to host yet another Major League Baseball star, with pitching legend Jim Kaat heading to the region in January to help train young players.

Stuff

How Reggie Smith Played Mind Games With Cardinals

Mired in a slump, Reggie Smith got into the right frame of mind and snapped out of his funk, hitting three home runs, including the winning shot, for the Cardinals in a game against the Phillies.

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Jim Kaat A Guest Instructor In Phillies' Spring Camp

The Phillies will have a few familiar faces in Spring Training as guest instructors.

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Jamie Moyer: Short Stay With Cardinals In Long Career

When the Cardinals acquired Jamie Moyer, he was projected to pitch in their farm system. Moyer persevered and earned a spot in the Cardinals’ starting rotation, but instead of becoming a feel-good story, he went winless in seven starts. At 28, his big-league pitching career appeared near an end.

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