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.

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Zack Thompson Works To Maximize Whatever Summer Lies Ahead

It’s a short drive from his parents’ home to where Cardinals prospect Zack Thompson went Wednesday to get in his throws. Already there waiting when he arrived stood the net he planned to meet, and his only company was the dozens of well-worn and scuffed baseballs he stuffed into a backpack.

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Why MLB Hitters Should Fear Daniel Ponce De Leon's Four-Seam Fastball

Wherever Daniel Ponce de Leon has pitched professionally, he's done pretty well.

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'It's A Strange Feeling' - Checking In With Adam Wainwright At Home, Waiting For The Return Of Baseball

Adam Wainwright is doing something that he hasn't been able to do since, well, maybe forever.

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Baseball's Future Is Now. Welcome To Virtual Spring Training

It would be another few hours before the clubhouse closed, a few days before he closed up his spring rental, and another week before Florida closed all gyms. Still, as a few teammates got in their final throws before vamoosing home, Cardinals pitcher Daniel Ponce de Leon stopped to consider how to maintain himself for the opportunities he forced open.

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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.

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Adam Wainwright Puts The Finishing Touch On Abbrviated Spring Schedule; Mike Shildt 'Couldn't Be More Pleased' With Spring; Dexter Fowler Gets To .100, Briefly

The Cardinals’ spring training schedule wound down a little sooner than expected Thursday but their final impression was a good one. And Adam Wainwright wanted to keep going.

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Cardinals Season Delayed: What We Know So Far

Major League Baseball has decided to cancel Spring Training games and to delay the start of the 2020 regular season by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic.
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A day that began with an uneasy air in the clubhouse and continued with a game pointless in the standings that felt pointless to some on the field brought the Cardinals to what they sensed was inevitable before first pitch — the abrupt end of spring training and the indefinite postponement of opening day.
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Opening Day Delayed At Least Two Weeks; Spring Training Games Cancelled

Major League Baseball has cancelled the remainder of its Spring Training games, also announcing that the start of the 2020 regular season will be delayed by at least two weeks due to the national emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Following the lead of other professional sports leagues around the world and their response to the spread of the novel coronavirus, Major League Baseball has delayed the opening of its regular season by at least two weeks and immediately canceled the remaining spring training games.
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Carlos Martinez Searches For Focus As Cardinals Try To Stick To Baseball

The ways to dissect a pitcher’s performance are endless.

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Adam Wainwright Approves Of Clubhouses Being Closed To Media During Coronavirus Scare

After joking that “everybody knows that the media is carrying the coronavirus,” Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright turned more serious when he discussed Major League Baseball’s “temporary” move to close clubhouses to non-essential personnel, i.e., media, in light of the spread of the virus.

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Kwang-Hyun Kim Is Making Cardinals Rotation Look Like Home

Baseball, sort of like fishing, tends to be more or less the same no matter where you go.

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Kwang-Hyun Kim (Groin) Scratched From Start; Genesi Cabrera Leaves With Injury; Brad Miller 'Feeeling Better' After Back Stiffness Scratch; Worth Noting; Up Next

Kwang-Hyun Kim did not make his scheduled start in Monday's 6-1 win over the Twins at Roger Dean Stadium because he’s dealing with mild groin soreness, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt said.

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After Taking The Tech Plunge, Daniel Ponce De Leon Aims To Earn A Permanent Address As 'Impact Pitcher'

Before heading home for the offseason, Daniel Ponce de Leon took a detour to Seattle, found a cheap hotel, rented a car, strapped on some cutting edge sensors, and charted a new direction for his career.

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With 'Right To Experiment,' Jack Flaherty Uses Second Spring Start To Tinker, Take Chances; Matt Caprenter Passes His Tests; Dylan Carlson Extends Streak; Extra Bases

Jack Flaherty’s ability to get through the first inning Thursday against Atlanta on eight pitches in vintage Jack Flaherty style with a feel for those signature Jack Flaherty pitches earned him something he and the Cardinals have wanted this spring.

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Kwang-Hyun Kim Breezing Right Along As He Adjusts To MLB

Of the 298 career games in which Kwang Hyun Kim appeared throughout his career in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), he served as his team’s starter for 276 of them. So it’s understandable that for Kim, his first exhibition outing as a member of the Cardinals put him in less familiar terrain.

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Kiddie Corps Of Dylan Carlson-Nolan Gorman Shines In Loss; Matt Carpenter 'Not Concerned'; Kwang-Hyun Kim Keeps It Moving; Giovanny Gallegos Struggles; Notable

Dylan Carlson didn’t start Wednesday’s game and Nolan Gorman wasn’t supposed to. But the hopes of the Cardinals’ future, perhaps sooner than we think, combined to account for three runs in the sixth and seventh innings to put their club ahead.

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Who Gets The Ninth? These Are The Cardinals' Options

With Jordan Hicks recovering from right elbow surgery and Carlos Martínez vying for a rotation spot, the Cardinals are in the market for a closer. A versatile group of relievers is largely returning, so St. Louis intends to rely on someone in-house to emerge as a ninth-inning protector. And it has a variety of options.

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Matt Carpenter 'Proactive' In Resting Tight Back; Paul Goldschmidt Returns To Field; Top Prospects Shine; Worth Noting; Up Next

The move to scratch Matt Carpenter from Wednesday’s split-squad game against the Marlins because of back tightness was “super precautionary,” the Cardinals' third baseman said.
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Matt Carpenter was scheduled to start for the Cardinals at third base Wednesday at Roger Dean Stadium. With the team slated for two split-squad games on the day, the benches were thinned relative to the typical number of reserves for a first-week-of-spring game.
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Tommy Edman Continues To Do The Little Things That Make Him A Big Favorite

Tommy Edman, programmed to play several positions for the Cardinals this spring and during the season, made his first start at second base Monday after opening at shortstop over the weekend. He wound up playing both Monday in a 6-3 exhibition loss to the Miami Marlins and, though, it wasn’t flashy, Edman was productive.

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