MLB Proposes 76-Game Season, Playoff Expansion, Salary Cuts

Major League Baseball has made another try to start the coronavirus-delayed season in early July, proposing a 76-game regular season, expanding the playoffs from 10 teams to as many as 16 and allowing players to earn about 75% of their prorated salaries.

Fox Sports Midwest

Ranking The Cardinals' 2020 Opponents Under The Reported MLB Scedule Modifications

The baseball world sits in a holding pattern as the players and team owners work to come to an agreement on a variety of issues that threaten the potential for a season getting underway. The health and safety concerns in firing up a professional sports league amid a global pandemic are substantial; friction between players and ownership over monetary issues have made clearing the health hurdles only part of the battle toward scoring the return of baseball.

KMOV

Cardinals Capsules, Vol. 20: Yadier Molina Drives In Tying & Winning Runs As Cardinals Force NLDS Game Five, 2019

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

Dallas Kuechel Feels 'Ahead Of Schedule' After Debut

Dallas Keuchel's introduction to baseball in 2020 has been dramatically different than what the left-hander experienced last season. Keuchel was a member of the slow-moving free-agent market of 2019, missing most of the first half before signing with the Braves in June.

Chicago-A Official Site

Dallas Keuchel Apologizes For Sign Stealing, Says Ex-Teammates Should As Well

About a week after some of his former Houston Astros teammates were mum on the subject of illegal sign stealing, Chicago White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel was both apologetic and surprised at the attention surrounding the biggest scandal to hit baseball since the steroid era.

ESPN

Get Ready To Welcome Back Marcell Ozuna

Reports from the free-agent Hot Stove, plus recent outfield moves by the St. Louis Cardinals, make it more likely than ever that Marcell Ozuna will return for at least one more year.

Redbird Rants

White Sox Still In On Nicholas Castellanos

Jon Morosi Twitter

White Sox Stoll Showing Interest In Edwin Encarnacion

With the White Sox's starting rotation in much better shape with the addition of veteran left-hander Dallas Keuchel, their focus has now turned to adding depth on the offensive side.

670 The Score

White Sox Signed Dallas Keuchel

Jeff Passan Twitter

Next Moves For NL Central Teams Are...

The Hot Stove season is past the halfway point, and all the clubs in the National League Central still have important offseason goals to accomplish before Spring Training. As has been the case several times in recent years, the division title could very well be another wide-open race to the end.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Make Safe Buy With Kim Kwang-Hyun, Didn't Splurge On Enticing Dallas Keuchel

Free agent pitcher Dallas Keuchel would’ve solved the problem.

Hochman

Cardinals Should Consider Insurance In The Form Of Dallas Keuchel

What are the chances Carlos Martinez is able to be in the Cardinals' rotation on opening day?

Hochman

Will The Cardinals Sign A Big-Time Free Agent? Here's What An ESPN Writer Thinks

Will the Cardinals land a significant free agent hitter or pitcher before spring training opens in February?

Belleville News Democrat

The Cardinals Can't Afford To Be Patient

The Cardinals are in the position of being a solid overall team, yet a team that needs to improve in order to be a true World Series contender. They are likely in good position to make the postseason in 2020 with their current roster, but they need improvements if they want anything more than that. Nonetheless, with an already good lineup and decent depth accompanied by a self-imposed budget limit, it appears that it will be challenging for the Cardinals to substantially improve.

Viva El Birdos

Padres Looking At Madison Bumgarner, Dallas Keuchel

Jon Heyman Twitter

'He Knows It's Time' Cardinals Hopeful A Change To Alex Reyes' Offseason Program Could Produce Long-Awaited Results

Though the winter meetings began Monday with the Cardinals detailing their wish to acquire a left-handed bat, their focus on that front had diminished considerably by the time the assembled media gathered in the team's executive suite on the 29th floor of the Manchester Grand Hyatt for the final time of the week.

KMOV

Plotting Or Plodding? Cardinals Were Spectators At Active Winter Meetings

During an active Winter Meetings which saw the three most prominent free agents sign contracts totaling in excess of $800 million, the Cardinals remained the calm center of the baseball storm.

Belleville News Democrat

As Winter Picks Up Pace With Scott Boras' Bonanza, Cardinals Still See A Payoff For The 'Patience'; Having A Ball; Minor Moves

Whether it was a rumored appearance at the downtown San Diego barbecue joint featured in “Top Gun,” a spotting in the wild of the lobby bar at the Winter Meetings hotel, appointments in front office suites around baseball, or standing before a backdrop branded with the Boras Corp. logo, superagent Scott Boras seemed to be everywhere this week.

Post-Dispatch

Market Is Begging Cardinals To Bolster Rotation With A Lefty

The “hottest” rumor about the Cardinals on the final day of the Winter Meetings said everything you needed to know.

BenFred

Focus Shifts For Cardinals After Winter Meetings: Biggest Remaining Needs, Rule 5 Draft, Rob Kaminsky Returns, & GM's Bottom Line

Cardinals officials left the Winter Meetings on Thursday without any changes to their roster, but more information was gathered in their pursuit of offense and rotation help.
St. Louis Official Site

The iPhone video taken of the broadcast of a game came from a scout the Cardinals had in Panama, and the 20-year-old pitcher they saw on the recording of a TV was intriguing enough for the Cardinals to take a low-risk move Thursday at the conclusion of the Winter Meetings.
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