New Rules, Rich Returns: Hindsight From 2012's 'Michael Wacha Draft' Shows Cardinals Can Maximize Many Picks In 2020's Reduced Rounds

Even under the cloak of dark, cloudy skies and chilly conditions, the Cardinals’ brand new director of amateur scouting couldn’t hide his crew’s presence that February night eight years ago that would add to the club’s history within 20 months.

Post-Dispatch

Recent History Preps Cardinals For New-Look Draft

Randy Flores is no stranger to unusual circumstances with the MLB Draft. Hired as the Cardinals' director of scouting in 2016, his first Draft featured three of the first 34 picks -- which he used on Delvin Perez, Dakota Hudson and Dylan Carlson. The latter two will appear in the Majors when baseball returns. In '17, Flores dealt with the penalties from the Cardinals' hacking scandal and didn’t have the first pick until No. 94.

St. Louis Official Site

Three Cardinals Questions That Won't Be Answered If MLB Cancels Baseball Season

I’ve prepared myself for the likely development that there will no no major league baseball season in 2020 — and the even more likely development that if there is a season that I won’t be able to watch the St. Louis Cardinals play any games at Busch Stadium

Cheap Seats

Cornerstone: Cardinals Ready To Launch Nolan Gorman As Far & Fast As His Power Can Carry Him

With sensors strapped to his torso, hands, arms, and hips, Nolan Gorman had a feel this winter for what the gizmos were going to tell him about his swing. He had heard the tell-tale percentages and statistics from last season, too. But once he watched all that data uncoil from a knot of metrics into a digital model of his swing and what it could be, Gorman sensed what he had to do.

Birdland

Third In Line? Despite 'Lost Year,' Elehuris Montero Can Establish Bat First, Position Later

The only member of the hitting group not expected to contribute in the majors this season, Elehuris Montero stepped into the batting shell on the field farthest from the Cardinals’ spring clubhouse and had one swing to do what the others could not.

Birdland

From Imminent To Impact, Cardinals Have Dylan Carlson On Deck & Duo With 'Raw' Potential For Future Outfield

The first time Trejyn Fletcher took the field as a suddenly draft-eligible senior was only the third time Deering High’s club had been outside all spring. The 21 scouts who gathered to scrutinize Maine’s top talent were one more than the runs Fletcher’s team allowed.

Birdland

No Easy Answers As MLB Negotiates A Start

Well, that didn’t take long.

BenFred

Still Mad About The Idea Of A Universal DH? Cardinals Fans Should Consider The Advantages

I received a predictable email from a frustrated Cardinals fan this morning. “I bet you're just ecstatic now that the greedy agents and players' association has used the pandemic to blackmail the National League into accepting the designated hitter,” it read. “Who cares if it's just another step in destroying the purest game ever invented by mankind?”

BenFred

Cardinals' DH Candidates Ranked

Nolan Arenado would not make a good DH, no. He's way too valuable as a third baseman.

KMOX

What Would The Universal DH Mean For The Cardinals In 2020?

Before baseball can begin again, the players and team owners have a ways to go in negotiations for what a truncated 2020 campaign would look like. Issues involving safety and financial compensation are important roadblocks upon which common ground must be found before any dreams of 'Play ball!' can come to fruition.

KMOV

Dylan Carlson Debuts, Homers Off Jacob DeGrom In A (Simulated) Doozy Of A Win For Cardinals

By the time he came to the plate for his second at-bat after the fanfare of his arrival, the buzz created by Dylan Carlson’s presence in the Cardinals’ lineup for the first time on May 8, 2020, had likely subsided, rocked to sleep like the lineup itself by Jacob deGrom.

Birdland

With No Games To Scout, Randy Flores & Cardinals Continue 'Full Throttle' Prep For Draft

On the clock and forced to choose between another four hours on hold with Delta Airlines or stealing a few hours of sleep, Cardinals assistant general manager and draft helmsman Randy Flores made the call, electing to keep his rental car and deal with canceling his flight later.

Post-Dispatch

How Worried Should The Cardinals Be About Paul Goldschmidt?

The Cardinals reached the 2019 NLCS on the strength of their pitching and defense, as the team’s offensive efforts could best be described as middle of the pack. After letting Marcell Ozuna leave in free agency and trading Jose Martinez to the Rays, St. Louis did more to subtract than add from the lineup during the offseason, as Brad Miller and the re-signed Matt Wieters were the only position players inked to Major League contracts.

MLB Trade Rumors

Willie McGee Incorporates Boxing Training Into Coronavirus Down Time

So what has Willie McGee done on his spring break?

Post-Dispatch

Here's Each Team's Best Pure Hitting Prospect

Though home runs and strikeouts may be on the rise across Major League Baseball, teams will always value players who just can flat-out hit.

St. Louis Official Site

Lost Month Of Cardinals Baseball Means Countless Moments Missed

The 30th game of the Cardinals’ season was supposed to have happened Tuesday night in San Diego.

BenFred

Video Dylan Carlson Interview With Jonathan Mayo 4-27-2020

What has Dylan Carlson been up to these days? @JonathanMayo caught up with the #STLCards No. 1 prospect and discussed video games, puzzles, baseball and more.

Complete interview: https://t.co/16qfnAM7Ov pic.twitter.com/dLvSwOQz6k

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) April 27, 2020

Dylan Carlson, A Quarantined Comet, Checks Out Footage Of Mentor Willie McGee

You know how you can tell that someone on the phone is smiling, just from their voice? That was Dylan Carlson on Monday afternoon.

Hochman

Matt Carpenter Takes Control Of Cardinals As Player-Manager In Big Leagues' Online Tournament

When the union accepted Matt Carpenter’s offer to represent the Cardinals in a video game tournament against other big leaguers — if, he said, no one else would — the third baseman turned player-manager didn’t waste any time before making a bold, decisive acquisition that will be pivotal to his team’s success.

Post-Dispatch

Coronavirus Could Stick The Cardinals With An Extra Year Of Matt Carpenter & Dexter Fowler

I mentioned a few days ago that playing a short season with few off days might be to the advantage of the St. Louis Cardinals because of their depth of pitching.

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