By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Dec. 2, 2015, 10:00 am CT, updated 12/3 Two days after signing veteran backstop Brayan Pena to serve as Yadier Molina’s backup, the Cardinals have shipped catcher Tony Cruz to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for minor league infielder Jose Martinez.Read More
By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Dec. 1, 2015, 10:30 am CT, updated 12/2 As the calendar flips to December, a handful of news/notes/reads on the redbirds, who made their first sizable move of the offseason on Monday, signing veteran catcher Brayan Pena to a two-year, $5Read More
By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Nov. 30, 2015, 6:50 pm CT, updated 12/2 For the first time since the Cardinals’ last World Series Championship in 2011, someone other than Tony Cruz is slated to back up Gold-Glove backstop Yadier Molina in 2016, as the Cardinals announced onRead More
By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today | @cbrown_STLBBT | Oct. 13, 2015, 12:46 am CT UPDATE 10/13 @ 12:40pm: NLDS Game 4: Molina in lineup, Lackey gets the ball as Cards look to fend off elimination When John Lackey takes the mound for the redbirds in a do-or-die Game 4 on TuesdayRead More
By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today Just over one week after suffering a “slight ligament tear” in his left thumb, Yadier Molina will not be back behind the plate for the Cardinals before the postseason. After meeting with a doctor, the seven-time Gold Glove award winner was prescribed another weekRead More
The Cardinals officially announced on Thursday that they’ve avoided salary arbitration with right-hander Lance Lynn by coming to terms on a three-year contract which will keep Lynn in St. Louis through the 2017 season. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports was first to report the contract and that it’s worth $22Read More