The 2017 Cardinals & PECOTA Panic: Distribute The Oxygen Masks

Our dear baseball town was put into a tizzy the other day, when the august Baseball Prospectus rolled out its preseason PECOTA projections, which presented games-won forecasts for 2017. Based on the advanced calculations, the St. Louis baseball Cardinals will be a scrawny non-threat in the upcoming campaign … a sad little team that will stagger its way to 77 wins for the franchise’s lowest victory total since 1999.

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Randy Keisler Has A New Career As A Coach For Kids

Former Yankee pitcher Randy Keisler is getting into coaching now that his playing days are done. The southpaw, who pitched for the 2000 World Champs and started 10 games for the 2001 pennant winners, is starting the “Randy Keisler Baseball Club” in Texas. There will be one 11U and one 12U team with 12 players apiece.

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 10-16-13: Breyvic Valera Singles, Triples, & Drives In Two Runs; Stephen Piscotty Collects Two Singles; Richard Castillo & Scott McGregor Activated In Venezuela

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Former Cardinals On Atlantic League 2012 Opening Day Rosters

Brian Barton - Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 
Freddie Bynum - Somerset Patriots 
Brad Furnish - Bridgeport Bluefish
Shawn Garceau - York Revolution 
Richard Giannotti - Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 
Reid Gorecki - Long Island Ducks 
Randy Keisler - Long Island Ducks 
Blake King - Camden Riversharks 
Jeff Lyman - Long Island Ducks
Josh Pressley - Sugar Land Skeeters
Prentice Redman - Bridgeport Bluefish 
Rich Rundles - Lancaster Barnstormers
Ramon Vasquez - Bridgeport Bluefish
Les Walrond - Lancaster Barnstormers
Bob Zimmermann - Long Island Ducks

Randy Keisler Endures Difficult Road Back

The Albuquerque Isotopes’ Randy Keisler seemed to be on the path toward an ideal career 13 years ago.

Examiner

Randy Keisler Named PCL Pitcher Of The Week

Collin Cowgill of the Reno Aces and Randy Keisler of the Albuquerque Isotopes have been named Pacific Coast League Player and Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 6th-12th, the league office announced today.

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Randy Keisler Looks Stellar For Albuquerque

Randy Keisler's career path in professional baseball reads like a plate of spaghetti.

Sante Fe New Mexican

Memphis Comes Up Short In The Ninth

The Redbirds were unable to continue their winning streak as they tried to bring it back in the bottom of the ninth but came up short by one, losing to the Albuquerque Isotopes 5-4 in game three of the series.

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With the bases loaded and no one out in the seventh inning Thursday night, the Memphis Redbirds had the perfect opportunity to erase a three-run deficit and score a nice come-from-behind victory over Albuquerque.

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Former Cardinals In Action 3-30-11

Joe Mather (Braves) started in right field and batted seventh. 0-for-3 with one strikeout.

Twins beat Braves 2-0

Jason Isringhausen (Mets) entered in the sixth and pitched one inning. He allowed one hit and one unearned run. (g/f:4-0)

Mets beat Marlins 6-3

Placido Polanco (Phillies) started at third base and batted second. 0-for-3 at the plate.

Pirates beat Phillies 4-1

Mike McCoy (Blue Jays) entered late in the game in centerfield and batted leadoff. 0-for-2 with one strikeout.

Rays beat Blue Jays 5-3

J.D. Drew (Red Sox) started in right field and batted seventh. 0-for-2 with one RBI, one walk, and one strikeout.

Dennys Reyes (Red Sox) entered in the sixth and pitched one inning. He allowed one hit and no runs. (g/f:1-2)

Brett Wallace (Astros) started at first base and batted fifth. 1-for-3 at the plate.

Red Sox beat Astros 10-0

Iker Franco (Quintana Roo) started at first base and batted fourth. 1-for-3 with one double and one strikeout.

Diamondbacks beat Quintana Roo 10-2

Coco Crisp (Athletics) started in centerfield and batted leadoff. 0-for-1 with one walk, one stolen base, and one strikeout.

Mark DeRosa (Giants) started at third base and batted third. 1-for-2 with one walk and assisted in one double play.

Giants beat Athletics 2-1

Brendan Ryan (Mariners) started at shortstop and batted seventh. 1-for-2 at the plate.

Jack Wilson (Mariners) started at second base and batted eighth. 0-for-2 at the plate.

Adam Kennedy (Mariners) entered late in the game at second base and batted eighth. 0-for-1 with one strikeout and assisted in one double play.

Aaron Miles (Dodgers) entered late in the game at third base and batted fifth. 0-for-2 with one run, grounded into one double play, and one fielding error.

Randy Keisler (Dodgers) entered in the sixth and pitched 1.1 innings. He allowed no hits or runs, and struck two out. (g/f:0-1)

Dodgers beat Mariners 8-1

Mike MacDougal May Get Another Shot

The professional baseball career of Mike MacDougal has seen better days. Much better days, in fact. Like when he was an All-Star closer for the Kansas City Royals eight years ago. Like when he fell on hard times the next season, but bounced back a year later to not only reclaim the role he had lost, but to once again excel in it.

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Dodgers Sign Randy Keisler To Minor League Deal

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-15-11

Spring invite Amaury Cazana was the only Cardinal to play and went 0-for-4, former MiLB Dan Serafini pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in the LMP. Timo Perez collected four hits and rove in one run, ex-MiLB Javier Brito knocked in one run, and former MiLB Jody Davis was named Manager of the Year in the LVBP. Ex-MiLB Julio Manon earns his second save in the Dominican.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-10-11

Raul Valdes strikes out six over six scoreless innings for his third win in the Dominican League Round Robin and earns Player of the Day honors. Former MiLB Renyel Pinto K's two in one inning for a hold and ex-MiLB Javier Brito collects two hits and one RBI all in the LVBP. Former MiLB Robinson Cancel connects for four hits in Puerto Rico. Ex-MiLB Chad Gabriel drives in one run in the ABL.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-8-11

Rich Rundles strikes out two over 1 1/3 innings for the winning decision and Player of the Day honors and former MiLB Renyel Pinto pitches a scoreless frame both in the LVBP. Francisco Samuel tosses one scoreless inning in the Dominican. Ricky Martinez K's two and gets two double plays in the LNBP. Former spring invite Carlos Baerga is elected to Caribbean Series Hall of Fame.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-4-11

Raul Valdes allows one run over five innings for his second win for Player of the Day honors and former Cardinal Fernando Tatis drives in one run in the Dominican. Tyler Greene knocks in one run and Renyel Pinto strikes out two over an inning in the LVBP. Luis Mateo is activated in Puerto Rico.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-3-10

Amaury Cazana collects one hit for Player of the Day honors and former MiLB Iker Franco knocks in three runs in the LMP. Rich Rundles and Tyler Greene are activated in the LVBP, while Eduardo Sanchez hits the shelf. Former Cardinal Randy Keisler moves from LMP to Dominican. Ex-MiLB Juan Gonzalez hits grand slam in Puerto Rico. Ricky Martinez joins the LNBP.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-29-10

Hector Hernandez pitches six scoreless innings, inducing ten ground outs for Player of the Day honors and Antonio DeJesus triples and scores two runs, both in Puerto Rico. Jose Rada tosses two relief innings without allowing a hit in the LVBP. Former Memphis Redbird Raul Gonzalez singles, triples, homers, and drives in three runs in the LMP.

The Cardinal Nation

Playing Free Agency, In The Minor Key

A smaller eddy curling off the free agent pool that the St. Louis Cardinals like to wade into each offseason is the one clogged with minor-league free agents. In order to open up more opportunities for in-house players, the Cardinals have purposefully pulled fewer and fewer six-year and minor-league free agents from those waters.

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Former Cardinals Independent Transactions August 2-13

Aug 2: The Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League placed Rico Washington on the inactive list.

Aug 2: The Rio Grande Valley White Wings of the Untied League Baseball activated Juan Cabrera.

Aug 3: The Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League activated Ivan Maldonado.

Aug 3: The Rockford River Hawks of the Northern League released Ian Church.

Aug 4: The Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League placed Kip Wells on the inactive list and signed Randy Keisler for the remainder of the 2010 season.

Aug 5: The Newark Bears of the Atlantic League signed Will Cunnane to a contract for the remainder of the 2010 season.

Aug 7: The Wichita Wingnuts of the American Association signed Raul Gonzalez to a contract for the remainder of the 2010 season.

Aug 9: The Newark Bears of the Atlantic League placed Pablo Ozuna on the inactive list.

Aug 9: The Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League placed Mike Rose on the suspended list.

Aug 9: The Edmonton Capials of the Golden Baseball League placed Larry Bigbie on the inactive list.

Aug 9: The Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League activated Rico Washington.

Aug 10: The Grand Prairie Air Hogs of the American Association released Ryan Riddle.

Aug 10: The Rockford River Hawks of the Northern League released Kevin House.

Aug 10: The Rio Grande Valley White Wings of the United League Baseball placed Juan Cabrera on the inactive list.

Aug 11: The Rio Grande Valley White Wings of the United League Baseball traded Juan Cabrera to the Coastal Bend Thunder.

Aug 12: The Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League released Eric Ackerman.

Aug 12: The Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League activated Mike Rose from the suspended list.

Aug 13: The Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League traded Eric Ackerman to the York Revolution.

Long Island Of the Atlantic League Signs Randy Keisler

Long Island Ducks team officials today announced the signing of pitcher Randy Keisler. He will begin his second year in the Atlantic League and is playing in his 12th season of professional baseball.

Atlantic League Official Site