By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today Cardinals starter John Lackey told ESPN’s Buster Olney on Sunday night that he intends to pitch “for a couple more years” after talking with his family. The soon to be 37-year-old currently holds a 2.90 ERA and 1.22 WHIP this year while leadingRead More
By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today Acquired this past offseason from the Braves along with Jason Heyward to deepen the bullpen and provide insurance behind Trevor Rosenthal, Jordan Walden will end the 2015 season with just over 10 innings pitched for the Cardinals. General manager John Mozeliak told reportersRead More
By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today In a bit of a surprising move, the Cardinals activated outfielder Randal Grichuk from the 15-day disabled list prior to Sunday night’s series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Grichuk has been sidelined since mid-August due to a muscle strain and low-grade ligament sprainRead More
By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today Working his way back from his second quad strain of the season, Matt Holliday went through some reduced-speed running workouts on Saturday, with manager Mike Matheny telling the Post-Dispatch afterward that the left fielder “looked like the exact speed for a home runRead More
By Chris Brown – STL Baseball Today After hitting just .217 in his first month wearing the birds on the bat back in April, Jason Heyward heated up with the St. Louis weather this summer, and headed into Friday’s game against the Pirates, the 26-year-old had brought his season averageRead More
By Chris Brown & Team Release – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have activated outfielder Jon Jay from the 15-day disabled list. Jay, 30, who was placed on the D.L. for a second time this season on July 1, most-recently missed 57 games due to a left wristRead More
By Chris Brown | @cbrown398 – Update: Jay was activated from the disabled list prior to Friday’s series opener against the Pirates… Sidelined since the end of June with a stress reaction in his surgically-repaired left wrist, outfielder Jon Jay is “expected” to be activated from the disabled list on FridayRead More
By Chris Brown | @cbrown398 – STL Baseball Today Update 9/3: Just nine hours after being recalled to provide insurance for Wednesday starter Tyler Lyons, the Cardinals optioned LHP Nick Greenwood to AAA Memphis after last night’s game …… The much anticipated Max Scherzer – Michael Wacha matchup will have toRead More