21 Former All-Stars Headline 2018 MLB Draft Club Reps

Twenty-one former Major League All-Stars -- including three Hall of Famers, five Most Valuable Players, four Rookies of the Year, three Managers of the Year, two batting champions and one Cy Young Award winner -- are among the baseball dignitaries scheduled to represent the 30 Clubs at Major League Baseball's 2018 Draft, it was announced today. Amateur players who will attend the 2018 Draft will be forthcoming.

St. Louis Official Site

How Cardinals, Royals Launched Regular-Season Rivalry

Twelve years after the Cardinals and Royals opposed one another in the World Series, the teams were matched for the first time in the regular season. Two constants linked those events: Willie McGee played and tempers flared.

RetroSimba

Lee Smith Has A Hall Of Fame Resume, But The Timing Of His Career May Keep Him Out

Leading up to the announcement of the 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame class on Jan. 18, we're examining each of the 34 candidates on this year's BBWAA ballot. By way of reminder, a candidate must be named on at least 75 percent of submitted BBWAA ballots in order to be elected into the Hall of Fame.

CBS Sports

Why Bernard Gilkey No Longer Fit Cardinals Plans

Deemed too expensive to be a reserve and not enough of a power hitter to remain the everyday left fielder, Bernard Gilkey no longer fit into the Cardinals’ plans.

RetroSimba

This Series Is For The 'Birds

This weekend the Cardinals make a rare appearance at Camden Yards to face the host Baltimore Orioles. The Cardinals have never played a World Series here. Neither of these modern clubs has any postseason clashes with each other to highlight. The Cardinals cannot count a remarkable moment in their history against the Orioles, outside of maybe a scorcher at Busch II when Sidney Ponson started against them in a throwback uni.

Bird Land

You Could Look It Up: Inglorious Bastards

In the following pitcher capsules, the numbers in parentheses show the pitcher's career Support-Neutral Lineup-adjusted Value Above Replacement (SNLVAR) or his WXRL if he was a reliever, followed by his peak SNLVAR or WXRL along with the corresponding year. The last 50 starting pitchers to win the Cy Young Award have averaged an SNLVAR of 8.2 in their winning campaigns.

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