Cardinals Released Matt Pearce & Austin Sexton; Giants Released Robert Calvano

Matt Pearce was selected in the 2014 amateur draft in the 13th round.  He spent five season in the St. Louis system, making stops at Rookie-Level Johnson City, Single-A Peoria, Double-A Springfield, and Triple-A Memphis.  The 25-year old right-hander was suspended 50 games last March for failing a second drug test.  He did hurl this past winter in the Venezuelan League for Caracas.  He compiled a 36-41 record, 3.50 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and struck out 377 over 570.2 career innings.

Austin Sexton was selected in the 2016 amateur draft in the 18th round.  He spent three seasons in the St. Louis system, making stops at Rookie-Level Johnson City, Single-A Peoria, A-Advanced Palm Beach, and Double-A Springfield.  The 24-year old right-hander compiled a 8-7 record, 3.57 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, struck out 118 over 126 career innings.

Robert Calvano spent three seasons in the St. Louis farm system before being released.  The 26-year old right-hander pitched for Kansas City in the independent American Association and signed a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants during the offseason.

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-16-18: Raul Valdes Strikes Out Three Over Seven Scoreless Innings For The Win; Williams Perez Strikes Out Three & Allows One Run Over Five Innings For The Win; Rainel Rosario Singles & Hits A Two-Run Homer

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-11-18: Chris Ellis Named LIDOM Pitcher Of The Week; Anthony Garcia To Participate In LBRPC Home Run Derby; Nestor Molina Strikes Out Three & Allows One Run Over Five Innings

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-4-18: Ivan Herrera Walks & Hits A Solo Home Run; Ramon Urias Named LMP Player Of The Week; Jose Martinez Participates In LVBP Home Run Derby

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-2-18: Yariel Gonzalez Collects Three Singles & Four RBIs; Evan MacLane Strikes Out Five Over Five Scoreless Innings; Matt Pearce Strikes Out Five Over Five Scoreless Innings For The Win

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-26-18: Matt Pearce Strikes Out Two Over Six Scoreless Innings; Dean Anna Collects Three Singles, One Triple, & Two RBIs; Hector Villalobos Strikes Out One Over One & A Third Scoreless Innings

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-20-18: John Nogowski Hit .256 With Two Doubles, One Home Run, & Nine RBIs In LMP; Matt Pearce Strikes Out One Over Three Scoreless Innings; Lino Rivera Leaves LIDOM MGR Position

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Cardinals Have Moves To Make, Prospects To Protect Before Tuesday's Deadline

If it seems that Christmas decorations arrive earlier and earlier every year, the same is true in baseball as transaction anxiety grips a fan base with a heaping helping plopping down well before Thanksgiving.

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-18-18: Pete Kozma Hits A Two-Run Homer; Ildemaro Vargas Collects Two Singles & Two RBIs; Rafael Ortega Doubles & Drives In Two Runs

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-17-18: Daric Barton Singles, Walks, Hits Two Home Runs, & Drives In Four Runs; Iker Franco Hits A Three-Run Homer; Will Changarotty Strikes Out Three Over Two Scoreless Innings

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-14-18: Arturo Reyes Strikes Out Three Over Four Scoreless Innings; Ildemaro Vargas Hits A Three-Run Homer; Donovan Solano Collects Three Singles, One Double, & Two RBIs

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-13-18: Cardinals Signed Williams Perez, Currently Pitching For Lara In LVBP; Rafael Ortega Singles, Doubles, & Drives In One Run; Rob Kaminsky Strikes Out One Over One & A Third Scoreless Innings For The Win

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Cardinals Players Eligible For 2018 Rule 5 Draft

Juan Alvarez - Johnson City
Rayder Ascanio - Peoria
Starlin Balbuena - Gulf Coast League
Landon Beck - Memphis
Fabian Blanco - Peoria
Genesis Cabrera - Memphis
Franyel Casadilla - State College
Will Changarotty - State College
Chris Chinea - Springfield
Diego Cordero - State College
Imeldo Diaz - State College
Oneiver Diaz - Johnson City
Bryan Dobzanski - Palm Beach
Blake Drake - Springfield
Chris Ellis - Memphis
Junior Fernandez - Springfield
Edwin Figuera - State College
Luis Flores - Johnson City
Andres Luna - Peoria
Jose Godoy - Palm Beach
Dariel Gomez - Johnson City
Junior Gonzalez - Johnson City
Ryan Helsley - Memphis
Kevin Herget - Memphis
Jose Martinez - Springfield
Ryan McCarvel - Palm Beach
Yeison Medina - Palm Beach
Casey Meisner - Springfield
Johan Mieses - Springfield
Andrew Morales - Memphis
Winston Nicasio - State College
John Nogowski - Springfield
Brian O'Keefe - Palm Beach
Dennis Ortega - Peoria
Mitchell Osnowitz - Palm Beach
Matt Pearce - Springfield
Enrique Perez - Johnson City
Roel Ramirez - Springfield
Rangel Ravelo - Memphis
Ramon Santos - Springfield
Max Schrock - Memphis
Jean Selmo - Dominican Summer League
Lane Thomas - Memphis
Ramon Urias - Memphis
Ronnie Williams - Springfield
Alexis Wilson - State College
Juan Yepez - Palm Beach
Wadye Ynfante - State College
Ben Yokley - Peoria

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-4-18: Amaury Cazana Hit A Grand Slam; Will Changarotty Pitched Two & Two-Thirds Scoreless Innings; Evan Kruczynski Pitched Two Scoreless Innings In 2018 Fall Stars Game

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 11-3-18: Niko Vasquez Walks & Hits A Solo Home Run; Kevin Medrano Doubles, Walks, & Drives In One Run; Raul Valdes Strikes Out Eight & Allows Two Runs Over Six & Two-Thirds Innings

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-31-18: Lane Thomas Homers & Drives In Four Runs; Jayson Aquino Strikes Out One Over Ywo & Two-Thirds Scoreless Innings; John Nogowski Singles, Walks, & Knocks In Two Runs

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-24-18: Ramon Urias Singles Twice & Hits A Three-Run Homer; Evan MacLane Strikes Out Five & Allows One Run Over Six & A Third Innings; Leandro Cedeno Doubles & Drives In One Run

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Caracas Signed Matt Pearce For The 2018-19 LVBP Season

The Leones del Caracas finally reached an agreement to have pitcher Matt Pearce , who will be part of the first outpost of imported team from the capital, according to a press report released Thursday.  (Translated)

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Tulsa Beat Springfield 5-3: Connor Jones Strikes Out Two & Holds Two Inherited Runners On Base Over Two & A Third Scoreless Innings; Jose Martinez Singles & Drives In Two Runs; John Nogowski Knocks In One Run

Individual Highlights:
Evan Mendoza started at third base and batted second.  1-for-4 with one double, one run, and one strikeout.
John Nogowoski started at first base and batted fifth.  0-for-3 with one RBI and one strikeout.
Jeremy Martinez started at catcher and batted seventh.  1-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout.
Jose Martinez started at shortstop and batted eighth.  1-for-4 with two RBIs and two strikeouts.
Connor Jones entered in the seventh and pitched 2.1 innings.  He allowed two hits, no runs, two walks, and struck two out.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.  (p-s:52-31)(g/f:5-0)(ir-s:2-0)

Rough Outing:
Blake Drake started in centerfield and batted leadoff.  0-for-4 with one strikeout.
Andy Young started at second base and batted third.  0-for-4 at the plate.
Chris Chinea entered late in the game as a pinch hitter and batted ninth.  0-for-1 with one strikeout.
Matt Pearce started and pitched 6.2 innings.  He allowed ten hits, five earned runs, one home run, one walk, one missed catch error, and struck eight out for the losing decision (0-7).  0-for-1 with one walk.  (p-s:106-73)(g/f:5-7)

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