Cardinals closer, Ryan Franklin, was off to an awful start this season and the Cardinals decided to remove him as the team’s closer. He is 0-3 with a 9.49 ERA in 12.1 innings with just one save.
The Cardinals then decided go to a “closer by committee.” According to Matthew Leach of MLB.com, Eduardo Sanchez has [...]
05/13/11
The Chicago Tribune’s Phil Rogers says that now that the St. Louis Cardinals’ coaching staff is in place with manager Tony La Russa, pitching coach Dave Duncan and batting coach Mark McGwire, the team is looking to upgrade their infield. The team now has Miguel Tejada on their radar. The addition of Tejada will improve [...]
10/31/10
According to FOXSports’s Jon Paul Morosi, the St. Louis Cardinals have announced that Mark McGwire will return as hitting coach.
Last week, McGwire was undecided about his coaching future. At the time McGwire was “really torn” because of family concerns. He recently rejoined his wife Stephanie and family in California.
McGwire agreed to be the team’s hitting [...]
10/25/10
The St. Louis Cardinals and pitching coach Dave Duncan have agreed to a two-year contract with a mutual option for 2013, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Joe Strauss.
Recently the Cardinals and manager Tony La Russa agreed to a one-year deal. Duncan and La Russa have been working together with the Cards since 1996, participating [...]
10/25/10
10/17 10:34: According to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post, Tony La Russa’s return to St. Louis is “almost certain” at this point. The only thing that is still unknown is what members of La Russa’s coaching staff will return.
There was speculation that if Sandy Alderson was chosen as the Mets new GM, that [...]
10/17/10
The umpires must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed on Tuesday. They had no problem throwing out a manager, coach, player and even a fan from the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals game. Home plate umpire Bob Davidson must have really been irked – he tossed out Cardinals’ pitching coach [...]
09/08/10
The Cincinnati Reds haven’t made the playoffs since 1995, and the only thing standing in the way of winning the National League Central outright are the St. Louis Cardinals. The two teams have a crucial three-game series this week and everybody knows it including Reds’ second baseman, Brandon Phillips.
“I’d play against these guys with one [...]
08/10/10
The MLB non-waiver Trade Deadline is getting closer, so rumors are everywhere. Check out these PRO Rumors as you get closer to clocking out for the day:
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The bench and bullpen are the priorities for the Yankees, but don’t rule out Oswalt, Haren or even Westbrook. (Ken Rosenthal, FOX Sports)
The Yankees have one [...]
07/23/10
7/22 09:29: Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated tweets, “oswalt to the #cardinals talks are “very real” according to a competing gm. mlb.com said oswalt wants to go to st. louis”
7/21 22:55: A source close to Matthew Leach of MLB.com says that the 2012 team option that Oswalt has been previously demanding to be picked up [...]
07/22/10
Troy E. Renck of The Denver Post suggests that free agent pitcher Chien-Ming Wang would be a good fit with the St. Louis Cardinals and their pitching coach Dave Duncan or the Los Angeles Dodgers with his former manager Joe Torre.
Last week, Wang’s agent Alan Nero said that “four or five teams” are now pursuing [...]
02/05/10