MLB Exec Believes At Least A Month Of Workouts Will Be Needed Before Games Resume

With no sign of when training camps can resume, Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro says he thinks Major League Baseball would need at least a month of workouts and exhibition games before regular season play can begin.

Fox Sports Midwest

Dreams For The Majors, Kia, & Olympics - Yang Hyeon-Jong

Until the 2012 season, the KBO had three dominant left-handed Korean pitchers — Ryu Hyun-jin, formerly of the Hanwha Eagles, Kim Kwang-hyun formerly of the SK Wyverns and Yang Hyeon-jong of the Kia Tigers.

Korea Joongang Daily

Kwang-Hyun Kim Comes Out Firing In First Session

Kwang-Hyun Kim admitted he was a little nervous for his first bullpen session of the spring, which is why he threw his pitches with a little more strength Tuesday morning as his teammates -- and the crowd of reporters and photographers, most of them Korean-based -- got their first look of the Korean lefty on the mound.
St. Louis Official Site

The crowd of reporters and photographers, most of them Korean-based, that surrounded Kwang-Hyun “KK” Kim intensified Tuesday — if that's possible — after the new Cardinals lefthander threw his first bullpen session. This came one day after he merely had played catch.
Cardinal Beat

Kwang-Hyun Kim Open To 'Any Role' With Cardinals

More than a dozen pitchers have arrived at the Cardinals’ Spring Training facility ahead of Tuesday’s report date, and Monday consisted of informal workouts on the practice field and the mound. Jack Flaherty, Dakota Hudson, John Brebbia and others threw bullpen sessions, while veteran Adam Wainwright warmed up with the Cardinals’ No. 12 prospect, Johan Oviedo.
St. Louis Official Site

The dozen or so journalists who traveled from South Korea to South Florida flocked toward the rock star, the photographers hoping to get an angle the others couldn’t, the writers hoping to get an angle the others couldn’t, either.
Hochman

Mookie Betts Deal More Likel As Dodgers' Francisco Lindor Talks Cool

The possibility of Francisco Lindor joining the Dodgers has tantalized the baseball industry for the past few months, as observers wonder how emotionally -- or logically -- the Dodgers will respond to their latest October disappointment.

MLB Official Site

Blue Jays Signed Hyun-Jin Ryu To Four-Year/$80M Deal

Jon Heyman 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 In Talks With Kwang-Hyun Kim

The Cardinals, who have been linked to ace Los Angeles Dodgers Hyun-jin Ryu, a 32-year-old Korean-born lefthander, on Monday were reported deep in contract talks with Korean lefthander Kwang-hyun Kim, who has been pitching for the SK Wyverns in the Korean Baseball Organization for the past 13 seasons. Korean news agency Yonhap News reported that Kim was in St. Louis for a physical on Monday.

Post-Dispatch

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

Blue Jays Serious About Signing Hyun-Jin Ryu

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

Let's Hope Rumors About Hyun-Jin Ryu, David Price, & The Cardinals Are Wrong

The offseason used to be a lot of fun, with trade rumors flying about, it was interesting to read about all the rumors about who the St. Louis Cardinals might trade for or sign as a free agent.

Cheap Seats

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

Cardinals Have Met With Reps Of Dallas Keuchel & Hyun-Jin Ryu

Jon Morosi Twitter

MLB Advent Calendar May Leave No Goodies Behind Its Doors For 'Patient' Cardinals

An indication of the level of roster activity for the St. Louis Cardinals at this year’s MLB Winter Meetings is that a significant portion of Wednesday’s media availability with President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak covered the status of Alex Reyes, the long-time prospect pitcher who has missed almost all of the last three seasons with various injuries.

Belleville News Democrat

Cardinals Showing Interest In Hyun-Jin Ryu

Jon Morosi Twitter