Articles by: Chris Brown

UPDATED: Carpenter exits with left hip tightness as precaution

UPDATED: Carpenter exits with left hip tightness as precaution

September 26, 2015 at 9:31 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today Cardinals third baseman Matt Carpenter exited Saturday night’s game against the Brewers after just five innings due to left hip tightness, with Mark Reynolds taking over at third base. The team announced that his removal was precautionary. “Yeah, just tight,” Carpenter told BrianRead More

Carlos Martinez shut down for season with shoulder strain

Carlos Martinez shut down for season with shoulder strain

September 26, 2015 at 5:45 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today As the Cardinals get closer to activating ace Adam Wainwright from the disabled list more than five months after he tore his Achilles tendon, the team will now head into the postseason without the young breakout star who stepped up as a leaderRead More

Martinez exits Friday start with shoulder tightness, says he’s “not too, too concerned”

Martinez exits Friday start with shoulder tightness, says he’s “not too, too concerned”

September 26, 2015 at 11:07 am Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today The Cardinals are hoping that Carlos Martinez’s breakout season did not not come to a sudden end on Friday night, when the right-hander walked off the field into the dugout with his glove over his face just six pitches into his start againstRead More

Cards Notes: Holliday, Wainwright, Scruggs

Cards Notes: Holliday, Wainwright, Scruggs

September 25, 2015 at 1:05 am Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today After making his first start since July on Wednesday, Matt Holliday was not in the lineup Thursday night as the Cardinals kicked of a four game series against the Brewers. But as Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explains, the day ofRead More

St. Louis native, 10-time World Series Champion & Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra dies at age 90

St. Louis native, 10-time World Series Champion & Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra dies at age 90

September 23, 2015 at 9:17 am Comments are Disabled

  The following is a press release from the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center: LITTLE FALLS, N.J., September 22, 2015 —  It is with a profound sense of loss and heartfelt sorrow that the Board of Directors of the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center (YBMLC) shares the news thatRead More

Wainwright cleared for baseball activities, eyeing return to Cards’ bullpen in 2015

Wainwright cleared for baseball activities, eyeing return to Cards’ bullpen in 2015

September 21, 2015 at 11:45 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today Back on April 27, general manager John Mozeliak addressed the media concerning starter Adam Wainwright, who had just recently been diagnosed with a torn left Achilles tendon. “As far as this year goes, he’s done,” the Cards GM said. Less than five months later, afterRead More

Yadier Molina diagnosed with torn thumb ligament, team hopeful he’ll return before postseason

Yadier Molina diagnosed with torn thumb ligament, team hopeful he’ll return before postseason

September 21, 2015 at 5:28 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today Although general manager John Mozeliak described it as “the best news we could have helped for,” the report on Yadier Molina was not a good one, as the All-Star catcher will be sidelined indefinitely due to a “slight ligament tear” in his left thumb.Read More

Cardinals bring up catcher Tartamella, designate Xavier Scruggs for assignment

Cardinals bring up catcher Tartamella, designate Xavier Scruggs for assignment

September 21, 2015 at 5:15 pm Comments are Disabled

St. Louis (Team Release) – The St. Louis Cardinals announced prior to tonight’s series opener with Cincinnati that they have purchased rookie catcher Travis Tartamella from Memphis (AAA) and designated Memphis first baseman Xavier Scruggs for assignment to make room for Tartamella on the team’s 40-man roster. Tartamella, 27, played inRead More