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Tristan H. Cockcroft offers up his hitter rankings and looks at the rather unimpressive crop of rookie hitters so far, but says the bigger bats are still on the way.

St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Motte had season-ending Tommy John surgery Tuesday.

The St. Louis Cardinals have run out of patience with Mitchell Boggs, demoting the reliever saddled with a 12.66 ERA to Triple-A Memphis on Friday.

With a month of the season in the books, rookies are making impacts on their teams across the majors. For some, their arrivals and performances were expected; others have been pleasant surprises. I'll be keeping track of this season's rookie class...

Blog | May 01, 2013

Matt Adams pounded the ball all the way through the Cardinals' minor league system, and now he's making a big impression in sporadic at-bats with the big club.

During spring training, it's not easy to recognize which performances and numbers are legit and which are merely mirages. Spring numbers are never a truly accurate barometer of what to expect from a player during the season. Likewise, early-season nu...

Blog | April 19, 2013

Once upon a recent time, Stephen Drew was one of the better shortstops in baseball. From 2007-10, he averaged 15 home runs, 63 RBIs and 7 steals for the Arizona Diamondbacks, annually teasing fantasy owners with the prospect of really significant num...

Blog | April 11, 2013

Eric Karabell lays out his notes from Wednesday's games, including his thoughts on Stephen Drew's return from a concussion.

Blog | Conversation | April 11, 2013

Steve Mitchell/USA TODAY Sports Matt Harvey limited St. Louis to two runs in 5 1/3 innings Monday. JUPITER, Fla. -- Matt Harvey allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings and Travis d'Arnaud went 2-for-3 and scored twice, including the tiebreaking run i...

JUPITER, Fla. -- Jordany Valdespin bounced an RBI single through a drawn-in infield in the eighth and Jamie Hoffmann tacked on a two-run double an inning later as the Mets blanked the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-0, Sunday at Roger Dean Stadium. Shaun M...

If there's one word that Micah Morel could use to describe his anticipation for the 2012 football season, it isn't excited or nervous or happy. Since Brockton lost to Bridgewater-Raynham last Thanksgiving to be kept out of the playoffs with a 5-6 ...

The St. Louis Cardinals have placed relief pitcher Brian Fuentes on the restricted list after the left-hander told the team he needed time off due to personal reasons. They're on the verge of getting left-handed starter Jaime Garcia back.

Kevin Goldstein updates his top 12 prospect rankings for the 2012 fantasy season, moving 20-year-old Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras up to No. 6 on the list.

Story | Conversation | August 03, 2012

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay and first baseman Matt Carpenter were activated from the disabled list Friday night, while Chris Carpenter threw to batters for the first time since March 18 because of a nerve condition in his shoulder.

For Matt Adams, baseball's amateur draft was going to be about confirmation of effort, about reward, for years of work that he had put in amid the hills of Philipsburg, Pa. Adams assumed that he would not get picked in the first three rounds...

Blog | June 03, 2012

Matt Adams knew he wouldn't be an elite pick, but he thought a team would call his name fairly early. But the rounds passed by, and Adams waited. The Cardinals finally called in the 23rd round and, as Buster Olney writes, Adams is now being rewarded.

Blog | Conversation | June 03, 2012