ST. LOUIS -- Whitey Herzog, whose keen eye for talent evaluation and unique creativity in building baseball rosters led to a Hall of Fame MLB managing career, died on Tuesday. He was 92 years old. Herzog won World Series titles in 1969 and 1982 -- first, with the Mets as

OAKLAND -- Sonny Gray recently got his first taste of pitching with the birds on the bat across his chest in front of his new home crowd at Busch Stadium, but he also savored the opportunity to pitch at the ballpark that he called home in the early days of

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OAKLAND -- Chris Caray stood inside the NBC Sports California broadcast booth delivering the introduction for Monday night’s game between the A’s and Cardinals. The voice of his father, Chip, who just two doors down was providing pregame commentary for Bally Sports Midwest, echoed through the booth. A new milestone

PHOENIX -- Locked in a scoreless duel with Arizona ace Zac Gallen through four innings, Cardinals veteran right-hander Miles Mikolas knew his margin for error was small on Sunday at Chase Field. Ultimately, the one-hitter Mikolas worked through the game's first four innings devolved into a forgettable 5-0 loss to

PHOENIX -- Unable to come to communicate what pitch would be next to D-backs slugger Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Cardinals veteran right-hander Kyle Gibson did the right thing and stepped off the rubber before what would become the decisive moment of Saturday’s sixth inning. However, when the pitch confusion continued, Gibson

PHOENIX -- The day the Cardinals broke camp in Florida and headed for Arizona and then Los Angeles, where they would open the regular season against the Dodgers, Lars Nootbaar admitted that he never felt more alone and abandoned in his life because he so dearly wanted to be on

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ST. LOUIS -- Long before the toughest day of Victor Scott II’s young MLB career came along and blindsided him on Wednesday afternoon, Cardinals superstar third baseman Nolan Arenado offered up a piece of advice that he knew the rookie would find pertinent at some point soon. “One thing that

ST. LOUIS -- Even though it had been 36 days since Sonny Gray had pitched in an official game and he could have eased into his Cardinals debut next week following a Triple-A start, the veteran right-hander knew the spotlight’s glare and the intensity of facing a stacked lineup like

ST. LOUIS -- The fact that Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol never once considered pinch-hitting for Masyn Winn in Monday’s ninth inning with St. Louis trailing by a run says plenty about just how much the rookie shortstop has improved at the plate from the end of last season. That point

All four full-season affiliates are in full swing now and there are many ways prospect fans can watch their favorite players in Minor League locales. Nothing beats going in person, of course. Be sure to check out our complete set of Minor League Ballpark Guides for good travel intel. Of

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ST. LOUIS -- Entering the series finale against the Marlins on Sunday, the Cardinals were looking to complete a sweep while also reveling in the fact that the pitching staff they spent much of the offseason revamping was looking up, and a reinforcement was on the way. Then, within an

ST. LOUIS -- In his past seven starts for the Cardinals, Steven Matz has allowed exactly six runs. That’s it, six. His ERA in that span is 1.37. Stellar stuff; elite production, even. So why has the veteran left-hander largely slipped under the radar? The biggest reason: That seven-start span

ST. LOUIS -- Everything Iván Herrera had been through in previous years -- the two MLB stints where he failed to stick, becoming the Cardinals’ Minor League hitter of the year in 2023, his promotion to the big leagues as Willson Contreras’ backup and his strong Caribbean World Series and

Major League Opening Day? Check. Triple-A Opening Day? Check. Next up? The rest of the Minors. Baseball fans get a three-for-one eruption of action on the diamond Friday when the Double-A, High-A and Single-A seasons get underway, signaling the official green light of an exhilarating summer ahead. While the players

With the Minor League season opening this week, here's where the Cardinals’ Top 30 prospects are projected to start: 1. Tink Hence (MLB No. 60), RHP -- Springfield (Double-A) 2. Tekoah Roby (MLB No. 94), RHP -- Springfield (Double-A) 3. Victor Scott II (MLB No. 95), OF -- St. Louis

SAN DIEGO -- The Cardinals headed back to St. Louis late on Wednesday for Thursday’s much-anticipated home opener with a 3-4 record in tow. While it wasn’t quite what they wanted after missing out on a chance to sweep the Padres, it’s still a respectable mark considering the level of

ST. LOUIS -- While the 2023 season was undoubtedly a forgettable one for the Cardinals, the aspect of it that might actually be memorable for years to come is the prospect haul the franchise got upon trading away five pitchers at the MLB Trade Deadline. By dealing Jordan Montgomery, Jack

We’re in the midst of multiple Opening Days at this stage of early April. The latest will come Friday when Double-A, High-A and Single-A leagues begin their regular seasons across the country in Minor League Baseball. But it’s never too early or too late to make a few fun predictions

It is all happening in Minor League Baseball. Every organization’s quest for a World Series title and every future star’s journey to big league greatness is built here. It’s where new fans are made and baseball lifers congregate in dugouts, front offices, press boxes and the stands. It’s where wild,