TOWER GROVE – With the draft approaching, Cardinals vice president of player procurement and farm director Jeff Luhnow is a traveling man.

Constantly traveling.

There’s less than three weeks before the draft and soon the Cardinals will be holding scouting workouts at various sites around the country — and scout meetings at each place. While the Cardinals held a mock draft this past winter to help get more familiar with the amateur players available this June, and take…

DOWNTOWN — The arrival of signature Cardinal and St. Louis restaurateur Jim Edmonds at Wrigley Field as the new Cub has overheated many a message board and blog. The standards in Chicagoland have all weighed in:

• Chicago Tribune’s Paul Sullivan recalls a memorable trip around the bases with Edmonds.
• Chris De Luca calls it “a no-brainer” in the Chicago Sun-Times.
• Mizzou man Sullivan, again, with how Edmonds isn’t the only Cardinals import coming to Chicago — he’s…

GRAND CENTER — Both Chicago papers are reporting that Jim Edmonds could be a Cub shortly after he flies off waivers this week, having been released over the weekend by San Diego. A signature Cardinal — one of several members of the 2004 pennant-winning team to have a tough weekend (Julian Tavarez, for example) — is said to be attractive to the Cubs as an option other than youngster Felix Pie in Wrigley Field’s center…

DOWNTOWN — The promotion of Cardinals righthander Mike Parisi to the major leagues inspires a buzz of palace intrigue — Is Anthony Reyes on his way out of the organization by way of Triple-A? Will Joel Pineiro’s back spasms allow him to make his start as scheduled Monday in Colorado? But Parisi’s imminent debut with the Cardinals has a historic ring all its own.

The 2004 Draft Class, finally, has arrived.

The Cardinals much-maligned College…

TOWER GROVE — As detailed in Graham Watson’s article this morning, Mizzou starting pitcher Aaron Crow throws for a NCAA record this evening against the nationally ranked Texas Longhorns.

Or, so folks think.

Crow (7-0) has a run of 42 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, and he has yet to give up a run in conference play. This streak has prompted some good, old-fashioned gumshoe journalism, as detailed in Sam Miles’ column from the Columbia Missourian from…

JUPITER, Fla. — Say this about pitcher Anthony Reyes’ first time throwing to hitters this spring: He was able to put the ball over the plate.

“I felt pretty good,” he said. “I had some command I’m not really used to having.”

Reyes, who is trying to stick as a starter this season, threw 40 pitches Thursday, starting the next-to-last wave of starters throwing to batters. The righthander, just a few years removed from being the buzz of spring training, has…