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Report: Veteran starter, St. Louis native Mark Buehrle will sign with Cardinals or retire

Report: Veteran starter, St. Louis native Mark Buehrle will sign with Cardinals or retire

November 14, 2015 at 10:39 am Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 14, 2015, 10:39 am CT After 16 years in the majors and nearly $140 million earned, veteran starter and current free agent Mark Buehrle can afford to be selective on what teams he would want to sign with if he choosesRead More

Heyward, Lackey reject Cardinals’ qualifying offers, becoming free agents

Heyward, Lackey reject Cardinals’ qualifying offers, becoming free agents

November 13, 2015 at 10:02 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 13, 2015, 10:02 pm CT Jason Heyward and John Lackey are ready to test the open market, as Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was first to report that both have rejected the Cardinals’ one-year, $15.8 million qualifying offers, officiallyRead More

Report: Cardinals among teams interested in free agent INF/OF Ben Zobrist

Report: Cardinals among teams interested in free agent INF/OF Ben Zobrist

November 12, 2015 at 2:48 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 12, 2015, 2:48 pm CT, updated 11/15 While John Mozeliak has said he hopes to bring back Jason Heyward, a “tremendous fit,” on a multi-year contract, the Cardinals GM certainly isn’t letting it get in the way of considering other optionsRead More

Cardinals sign catcher Fryer, righty Gonzalez to minor league deals

Cardinals sign catcher Fryer, righty Gonzalez to minor league deals

November 12, 2015 at 12:48 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 12, 2015, 12:48 pm CT The Cardinals announced on Thursday the signings of catcher Eric Fryer and right-handed pitcher Juan Gonzalez to minor league contracts with invitations to Major League Spring Training. Fryer, 30, has a career .243 batting average inRead More

Report: Cardinals plan to non-tender reliever Steve Cishek

Report: Cardinals plan to non-tender reliever Steve Cishek

November 12, 2015 at 9:37 am Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 12, 2015, 9:37 am CT Acquired from the Marlins prior to the July 31 trade deadline, former closer Steve Cishek pitched well for the redbirds down the stretch, posting a 2.31 ERA and 20/13 strikeout/walk ratio over 23 1/3 innings. Nonetheless,Read More

Lance Lynn to miss entire 2016 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery

Lance Lynn to miss entire 2016 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery

November 10, 2015 at 4:35 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 10, 2015, 4:35 pm CT The Cardinals will be without one of their most reliable starters over the past few years when they kick off the 2016 season, as the team announced Tuesday afternoon that right-hander Lance Lynn will miss theRead More

Speed Bump: Cards top prospect Reyes suspended 50 games for marijuana use

Speed Bump: Cards top prospect Reyes suspended 50 games for marijuana use

November 9, 2015 at 5:06 pm Comments are Disabled

By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 9, 2015, 5:06 pm CT The road to the majors for Cardinals top prospect Alex Reyes has hit a speed bump. The 21-year-old, widely considered one of the best pitching prospects in the minors, has been suspended 50 games withoutRead More

Cardinals exercise Jaime Garcia’s 2015 option, decline Broxton; Kozma among three outrighted

Cardinals exercise Jaime Garcia’s 2015 option, decline Broxton; Kozma among three outrighted

November 2, 2015 at 3:03 pm Comments are Disabled

By Cardinals Press Release & Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | Nov. 2, 2015, 3:03 pm The Cardinals announced on Monday that they have exercised their 2016 club option on left-handed pitcher Jaime Garcia and declined their 2016 club option on right-handed pitcher Jonathan Broxton. The team also announced that infielderRead More