Elbow Injury Behind Him, Marco Gonzales Shaping Back Into Form

here was never a pop. There was no excruciating pain or traumatic experience. Instead, Marco Gonzales was tired of dealing with soreness in his prized left arm and met with a doctor during 2016 Spring Training. The diagnosis was clear. One of the Cardinals’ top pitching prospects needed Tommy John surgery.

Blogging In Memphis

'Department Of Performance' Helps Cardinals Take New Approach To Training

When Dr. Robert Butler joined the Cardinals to help steer them into baseball’s next frontier, one of the priority things his staff wanted to change wasn’t physical, medical, or even habitual, but architectural.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Have High Hopes For Performance Department

A little more than a year ago, Dr. Robert Butler left his position as a clinical scientist and assistant professor at Duke University to accept the task of reshaping how the Cardinals organize their medical and strength/conditioning operations.

St. Louis Official Site

Cardinals See 'Performance Department' As Next Evolution In Player Health

When Cardinals lefty Tim Cooney experienced an unsettling sensation in his shoulder earlier this spring, the club’s newly reorganized medical staff diagnosed what was wrong but also asked the question that has become their focus: Why?

Post-Dispatch

Tommy Pham Now Can See New Role

With the moves the Cardinals made this offseason—and one they didn’t—late-bloomer Tommy Pham can clearly see the opportunity presented him this spring. It helps that he has new contacts.

Baseball America

Cardinals Are Spending Money Wisely

Each time a veteran ballplayer signs a monstrous nine-digit contract, the same question arises:

Post-Dispatch

Universal Truth? Executives Talk NL DH Possibility

Baseball's most divisive debate returned to the forefront of the national conversation on Saturday, with questions arising as to whether the National League is looking to implement the designated hitter at some point in the near future.
St. Louis Official Site

An annual question Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak faces from the fans at Winter Warm-Up is whether the designated hitter is about to intrude on the National League. He usually dismisses the notion as a “non-starter,” and his answer hadn’t changed in his nine previous Warm-Ups as GM.
Post-Dispatch

It might not be long before the National League sees the incorporation of the designated hitter if the recent spike in conversations by general managers and ownership groups is an indication of the league’s willingness to budge on the hot button issue.
KMOV

Cardinals Reshape Medical Team, Set To Add 'Performance' Department

As the Cardinals reconsider and reshape their medical staff for the coming year the club will add what general manager John Mozeliak called a "performance department" to oversee recovery and treatment at all levels, including the major-league club.
Bird Land

General manager John Mozeliak announced on Saturday that the Cardinals are restructuring their medical department by adding a performance department that will be headed by Dr. Robert Butler. Butler joins the organization following his time working as a clinical scientist and educator in Duke University's physical therapy department.
St. Louis Official Site