Cardinals Notebook: Ryan Ludwick Passes Torch To Nick Stavinoha; P.J. Walters Returns To Memphis; Turning The (Mitchell) Page Again

When Ryan Ludwick signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals prior to the 2007 season, his 1999 second-round draft pick promise had long expired. He couldn’t stick in the majors with Texas or Cleveland, underwent hip surgery, had been struck by an errant bullet and spent the entire 2006 season in Triple A without a call to Detroit.

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