Cardinals To Draft Seven, But Those Players May Have No Place To Go - Yet; 'Smal', Select Group'; Bill DeWitt Causes Stir

The Cardinals will make one pick on Wednesday night and six on Thursday night in the annual June amateur baseball draft. Historically, many of the picks from what ordinarily is a 40-round process sign quickly and jet off to Jupiter, Fla., for some workouts and then are assigned to teams in the minor-league system.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Brass Adjust Approach For Unique 2020 Draft

On the eve of the 2020 MLB Draft, Cardinals scouting director Randy Flores and his team have adapted to everything thrown their way while preparing for a shortened Draft during the coronavirus pandemic.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals Set To Draft Seven Players...But Then What?

The Cardinals will make one pick on Wednesday night and six more on Thursday night in the annual June amateur baseball draft. Historically, many of the draft picks from what ordinarily is a 40-round process, sign quickly and jet off to Jupiter, Fla., for some workouts and then are assigned to teams in the minor league system.

Cardinal Beat

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

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

Cardinals Pledge To Pay Employees Through June, Begin Controlled Reopening Of Jupiter, Busch Facilities To Players

Within a week at Busch Stadium, downtown’s empty reminder of a major-league absence, there will be baseball activities in limited, controlled migrations of players as the Cardinals move to ease open facilities and ready for the potential of a regular season.

Birdland

These NL Central Players Feel Need For Speed

When Draft time comes around, guys with elite speed tend to get first-round looks -- for good reason.

St. Louis Official Site

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

Which Players Might Benefit From The Proposed Plan Changes?

Apparently there is traction on a plan that would allow the MLB to restart on July 1st. In this plan is a proposal to expand rosters to 30 players while keeping backup roster of 20 players ready to go in case of injury.

Viva El Birdos

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

Audio: Harrison Bader On Offseason Workouts 5-8-2020

Workout partners come in all shapes and sizes.@Cardinals | #STLCards | @aybaybader pic.twitter.com/qYHtpoBevb

— MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM (@MLBNetworkRadio) May 8, 2020

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

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

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

Ever Heard Of The 'Cardinal Way?' We Asked Some Players To Explain

Is it about playing the game the right way? Does it mean carrying on a tradition? Or is the way a person acts both on and off the field? The 'Cardinal way' has been described as all that and more.

KMOX

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.

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