Cardinals Release Minor Leaguers Ross Smith, Miguel Tapia

The St. Louis Cardinals cut loose two A-ball players, outfielder Ross Smith and right-handed pitcher Miguel Tapia.

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Tony LaRussa On Jaime Garcia: "He's On An Upward Swing"; Cardinals Release Ross Smith & Miguel Tapia

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa isn't hiding from the garish spring numbers his young lefty starter Jaime Garcia has put up in a depressed-offensive spring this month. He just wants to underscore there's more to Garcia's starts than numbers.

STL Today

Quad Cities River Bandits Notebook 9-7-10

This week's report on the Cards Midwest League club includes a summary of home and road playoff schedules.

The Cardinal Nation

Batavia Muckdogs Notebook 9-4-10

Jonathan Rodriguez continues to swing a hot bat as the Muckdogs clinch their division and prepare for the playoffs.

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Ross Smith: Opening For Return

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Ross Smith Reassigned To Batavia

Both teams made a roster move ahead of Friday's game.

Quad-Cities outfielder Ross Smith, a .188 hitter through 25 games, was reassigned to short-season Batavia. Clinton outfielder Daniel Carroll, who hit .282 with nine doubles, five triples and nine homers this season, was promoted by the Mariners to high-A High Desert in the California League.

Quad-City Times

Ross Smith: Back To Batavia

Quad Cities Makes It Three In A Row, Sweep Doubleheader

The River Bandits swept the doubleheader with the Burlington Bees on Sunday afternoon at Community Field. The Bandits edged out game one 5-3 before exploding in the last two innings of game two to claim an 11-3 win.

Quad Cities River Bandits Official Site

Clinton Rallys Past Quad Cities

What started with a bang fizzled at the finish Wednesday for the Quad-Cities River Bandits.

Quad-City Times

Batavia Muckdogs Notebook 7-17-10

Second baseman Colin Walsh and reliever Jose Rada are hot for the 14-13 New York-Penn League club.

The Cardinal Nation

Ross Smith: Moving Back Up For Another Go

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Two In A Row: Batavia 5, Tri-City 4

For the first time all season, the Muckdogs finally won consecutive games. In a season full of win, loss, win, loss...etc, Batavia finally broke through with back-to-back wins against Tri-City by a score of 5-4. The contest took 11 innings to decide, with Batavia finally pushing the winning run across in the top half of the 11th. Batavia succeeded at the plate, putting 10 hits on the board. The hits, combined with 4 Tri-City errors added up to a Muckdogs' victory. The win pushes Batavia to 9-10 on the season and just 2 games out in the both the division and wild-card.

The Muckdog Blog

Palm Beach Cardinals Notebook 5-21-10

A roller coaster week ended with the Palm Beach Cardinals sitting a game out of first in the Florida State League South.

The Cardinal Nation

Minor League Notebook: Scott Schneider Shining On The Mound At Quad Cities

Scott Schneider is doing all he can to stand out from the roughly 140 other pitchers under contract in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system. In less than one season with the organization, the right-hander has already been named the Pitcher of the Month twice in just three opportunities.

STL Globe-Democrat

Palm Beach Cardinals Saturday Shuffle

Three players change uniforms while one gets his release on Saturday at the A-Advanced level for the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Cardinals Minor League News & Notes 5-7-10

Francisco Rivera: Disabled At Palm Beach

Ross Smith: Short But Long Trip

Devin Shepherd: Onto The DL

2009 Cardinals Draft Review: Hitters

During the final installment of a two-part series, Dustin Mattison reviews the professional debuts of the hitters selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in last June’s Drafts.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Minor League Notebook 8-28-09

Thursday’s standouts: Greene, G Brown, Glaus, Freese, Pham, Bradford, Delgado, R Smith, Munoz. The system went 3-4.
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Memphis Redbirds Official Site Post Game

Johnson City Cardinals Report 8-23-09

20-year-old catcher Audry Perez hit .462 this week in four games to further cement Johnson City (3-3 week, 31-25 overall) in second place of the Western Division of the Appalachian League.

The Cardinal Nation

Cardinals Minor League Notebook 8-18-09

Monday’s standouts: Allen Craig, Chuckie Fick, Adron Chambers and David Kopp. Johnson Cityans Ross Smith, Romulo Ruiz and Ted Obregon each homered in the ninth in a big comeback as the system went 4-3.

The Cardinal Nation

Johnson City Cardinals Report 7-26-09

21-year-old outfielder Ross Smith hit three home runs this week to help Johnson City (2-4 week, 16-15 overall) hold onto second place in the Western Division of the Appalachian League.

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