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

'It Was Almost Like You've Returned Home,' Says Kolten Wong As A Few Cardinals Take The Field At Busch

At an acceptable distance from any of his teammates in the approved, small group of players present Wednesday afternoon, Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong took the field at Busch Stadium for the first time in 2020.

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

Kwang-Hyun Kim Adjusting During Strange First Year In USA

This wasn’t the rookie season Kwang-Hyun Kim thought he was going to have. After signing a two-year deal with the Cardinals in the offseason, the Korean lefty envisioned taking his solid spring performance and translating it to a full season on the mound for the Cardinals.

St. Louis Official Site

John Mozeliak Thinks Jordan Hicks Can Be 'Key Member' Of Cardinals Bullpen

Making it clear Thursday he didn’t think it prudent to discuss the many sensitive issues being talked about by owners and the players’ association relative to the start of a baseball season, Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak didn’t mind reviewing the progress of reliever Jordan Hicks

Cardinal Beat

Not Knowing Where They Will Be If Baseball Returns Leaves Players Like Rob Kaminsky In Limbo

These are anxious times for all professional baseball players but for some, like pitcher Rob Kaminsky, the current situation is particularly nerve-racking.

STL Sports Page

Debate Between Owners & Players Will Take A While

For those who are expecting a quick, magical solution to such issues as common economic ground for the baseball owners and players ... this is going to take a while.

Post-Dispatch

Adam Wainwright: 'I'm Not Done Yet...Love To Play Again next Year'

Two years ago Adam Wainwright was this close to calling it quits, as he's told KMOX in the past. But now it sounds like he's a long way from retirement.

KMOX

Cardinals Exploring Plans To Hold Second Spring Training At Busch Stadium

As discussions accelerate about how, when or if baseball will begin its 2020 season, the Cardinals are making internal plans and exploring the feasibility of holding preseason training at Busch Stadium, while also readying the Jupiter, Fla., complex as a site to hold "Camp 2.0."
Birdland

As the preparation and possibilities for how and when Major League Baseball returns to its 2020 season, among the kaleidoscope of questions awaiting teams in the coming months is what the game will look like.
Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Waiting, Planning For Present Unknowns Before Considering Next Season

Before the Cardinals can make moves to discuss future extensions or even consider what their 2021 roster might look like, there is a looming unknown in the way.

Post-Dispatch

Jordan Hicks Continues To Make Strides On Rehab, Readying For Return When Or If Games Do

While baseball waits and wonders about when games will resume, rehabs continue.

Birdland

Angel Rondon Could Be A Darkhorse In 2020

The St. Louis Cardinals will have a strong bullpen already in 2020 but Angel Rondon could be a player who comes out of nowhere to have an impact.

Redbird Rants

17 Venezuelan Cardinals Quarantined At Dominican Academy & Kwang-Hyun Kim Unable To Travel To Korea

Mark Saxon Twitter

Baseball's Comeback Seems Farther Away The More You Think About It

At a time when optimism can be harder to find than toilet paper, John Mozeliak is asking for it, and hoping it rolls.

BenFred

John Mozeliak Talks Shutdown, Kwang-Hyun Kim, Injured Cardinals

On Thursday, the day the Cardinals were to have played their home opener, Busch Stadium wasn’t filled with fans wearing Cardinal red, and the Clydesdales didn’t trot around the warning track to “Here Comes the King.” Instead the team urged fans to stay home and stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
St. Louis Official Site

When baseball spring training camps closed officially about three weeks ago, at least some players on every team stayed around a while to work out, as best they could. But when they strongly were advised to go home, most of them did, either taking their families with them or to see their families.
Post-Dispatch

On what should have been the Cardinals’ home opening day Thursday, John Mozeliak needed only four words to describe what he thinks will happen with the game this season – “We just don’t know.”
STL Sports Page

Kwang-Hyun Kim Will Leave Jupiter For St. Louis On Tuesday

Jeeho Yoo Twitter

Teamwork Of Kwang-Hyun Kim & Craig Choi Will Be Tested During Coronavirus Shutdown

Kwang Hyun Kim came to America to throw curveballs, not catch them.

BenFred

Carlos Martinez Dominates Competition

Because Miles Mikolas was not expected to be ready for the first day of the season due to injury, the competition for fifth place in the Cardinals' rotation could be different when baseball activities resume.  (Translated)

El Caribe