Cardinal Beat

Holliday, six other Cardinals file for free agency

Derrick Goold — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:03:56 +0000

ST. LOUIS — Outfielders Matt Holliday and Rick Ankiel and five other St. Louis Cardinals were among the 79 players who filed for baseball’s free agency on Thursday, the first day of the 15-day window for players to declare their…

Spark the Stove: Holliday, Others Poised as Free Agency Opens

Derrick Goold — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:08:12 +0000

ST. LOUIS — With the 2009 World Series over, let the opening salvos of 2010 begin.

The day after the final game of the World Series is the annual opening of free agency for Major League Baseball and its eligible players.…

Cardinals’ minor-league staff moves includes rotating pitching coaches

Derrick Goold — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:07 +0000

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals finalized most of their minor-league coaching staffs Wednesday with a rotation of pitching coaches and a new position for in-house favorite Mark DeJohn. The affiliates are announcing the moves throughout the afternoon, with…

Cardinals release Brad Thompson, make roster trims

Derrick Goold — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:38:49 +0000

ST. LOUIS — In an attempt to cleanup their 40-man roster for the offseason, the St. Louis Cardinals made a series of moves this morning that included releasing reliever Brad Thompson.

The roster moves started last night with Jarrett Hoffpauir being…

Cardinals once stole four at once

Rick Hummel — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:18:39 +0000

PHILADELPHIA _ The two steals on one play by alert New York Yankees runner Johnny Damon in the ninth inning of the fourth game of the World Series Sunday night, pales by comparison to what the Cardinals’ Vince Coleman and…

Pujols, Jeter win Hank Aaron Award

Rick Hummel — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:10:06 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who figures to win his third National League Most Valuable Player award next month, won a second Hank Aaron award Sunday night.

Pujols and the New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter (American League) were announced…

Pujols wins Player of the Year award from MLBPA

Derrick Goold — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:15:38 +0000

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols continued his annual award spree by winning the Players Choice Player of the Year award, which is given each year after a vote of the members of the players’ union.

The award was…

Pujols wins peers vote as NL’s Outstanding Player

Derrick Goold — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:41:41 +0000

ST. LOUIS — Cardinals first baseman and presumptive National League MVP Albert Pujols continued his annual award haul Thursday morning with the announcement that he’s the Players Choice winner as the NL’s Outstanding Player. The award is voted on by…

Agent: DeRosa has wrist surgery, set for spring

Derrick Goold — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:19:25 +0000

ST. LOUIS — Mark DeRosa, the super-utility fielder who became the St. Louis Cardinals starting third baseman this past season, underwent wrist surgery Monday to repair a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist, an official with DeRosa’s agent’s office…

Wainwright wins Outstanding Pitcher award from peers

Derrick Goold — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:49:48 +0000

ST. LOUIS — When it came to the pitchers who had been among the most consistent, most steady and, at times, most dominant in the National League for the past two seasons, St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright lacked the…