Here are 3 key storylines to follow in Spring Training
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After '24 breakout, 'more in there' for starter Pallante
JUPITER, Fla. -- When pitchers and catchers officially reported to the Cardinals' Spring Training headquarters on Tuesday, one notable exception was reliever-turned-starter Andre Pallante, who was engaged in a salary arbitration hearing with the club. In the season ahead, quite possibly no Cardinals player will have more of a chance
Projecting the new-look Cardinals' Opening Day roster
JUPITER, Fla. -- The Cardinals' roster this season will look dramatically different than any other in the previous three decades, with youth and inexperience dominating all corners of it. However, the Cards still feel like they have enough budding talent to remain competitive -- and possibly push for a playoff
MLB.TV is your ticket to all the action in 2025
After an exciting offseason of trades and signings, MLB.TV is back for 2025. With players reporting to camp around the league, this is your cue to subscribe to MLB.TV, where you can catch 250-plus live Spring Training games from Florida and Arizona. An MLB.TV All Teams Yearly subscription -- which
Cards' youth primed to rise to lofty expectations in 2025
JUPITER, Fla. -- As a member of the Cardinals' organization since 2007, manager Oliver Marmol has always marveled at and embraced the daily expectation of winning in St. Louis and the unwavering belief that seasons are measured in pennants and championship hardware without exception.
Every team's projected 2025 Opening Day lineup, rotation
The 2025 Major League Baseball season is upon us at long last. Though the Hot Stove flame still flickers while teams look to tweak their roster as Spring Training gets underway, the foundations and expectations for most squads are set. With help from MLB.com's 30 beat writers, here's how each
Cards add infield depth with Arenado trade up in the air
Working to add depth to an infield that could soon be without 10-time Gold Glove winner Nolan Arenado, the Cardinals dealt for third baseman/outfielder Michael Helman from the Twins on Thursday. The Cardinals sent back cash considerations for Helman, who had three hits in 10 at-bats over nine games with
Latest Cardinals injuries & transactions
This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Cardinals injury news and transactions.
The No. 1 Spring Training storyline for each team
Ladies and gentlemen, it's baseball season. Players are arriving at Spring Training complexes in Arizona and Florida, and every club will hold its first pitchers-and-catchers workout before the end of this week. Full-squad workouts will soon follow, Spring Training games are not too far beyond that, and regular-season action will
Everything to know ahead of Cards Spring Training
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7 hopeful predictions as we get set for Spring Training
The final week before pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training has been filled with all sorts of math. There are PECOTA projections and FanGraphs playoff odds -- whatever your favorite flavor of projection system, they’re all there for you, and they’re all extremely helpful. There’s so much to learn
Here is 2025's All-Underrated Team
As we reach the Spring Training portion of the program, it is time once again to salute a squad’s worth of guys who enter the year unheralded for their actions. Let’s unveil the annual All-Underrated Team, which, unlike many other discussions about who or what is “underrated,” actually has stipulations
Crooks among 10 who JUST missed the Top 100
The release of our Top 100 Prospects list is one of the most exciting times around MLB Pipeline. It's a moment to celebrate the best of the prospect world and project the future of the sport. MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra went through multiple iterations after
Predicting each club's No. 1 prospect in 2027
We’re all about gazing into the crystal ball here at MLB Pipeline. That’s basically what prospecting is, right? We’re in the midst of updating our organizational Top 30s for the 2025 season, but you can already see who will top each farm system’s list by diving into our already-released Top
Did you know a Cardinals affiliate played a season in the Superdome?
On Sunday, one of the world’s most-watched sporting events will take place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Believe it or not, decades before Super Bowl LIX came to town, the same building was home to a Minor League Baseball team for one season. The 1977 Triple-A New Orleans Pelicans
4 current Cardinals who could one day don red jacket
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Drafting teams from the '25 Top 10 Prospects by Position lists
MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list and Top 10 prospects by Position lists have generated a lot of buzz, and with a month to go until the release of our Top 30 lists by organization (coming March 3-5), this feels like a good time to have a little fun. Inspired
Get ready for spring in style with your team's 2025 Spring Training cap
If you’re headed to your favorite team’s Spring Training complex in Arizona or Florida this year, make sure you go there in style. MLB unveiled the 2025 Spring Training caps for every club on Monday. These caps, designed by New Era, will be worn only during Spring Training.
A full season of Nootbaar? Look out, Statcast
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12 players who have risen into the top 5 at their position
Now in its 15th year, the latest edition of MLB Network's "Top 10 Right Now" series wrapped up on Wednesday night. One takeaway from the 2025 position-by-position rankings produced by The Shredder? There are noticeable shakeups near the tops of many lists. Twelve players who did not rank inside the
These players could earn teams extra Draft picks this year
Since the Prospect Promotion Incentive (PPI) was implemented under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, four players have earned their clubs extra Draft picks.
- PPI FAQ The PPI rewards teams for promoting their best prospects to the big leagues at the start of the season, enabling them to earn a
'Memphis Mafia' to try to steer next generation of Cardinals stars
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30 of the best prospects who missed the Top 100 list -- 1 for each team
There just isn't enough room to fit all the worthy talents on MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list. We unveiled our latest rankings last Friday, and now we're going to spotlight the best prospect in each farm system who couldn't quite make the cut. We undertook the same exercise last
Cards brass fully committed to youth movement
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