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…

ST. LOUIS — Those “strong considerations” manager Tony La Russa said third baseman Troy Glaus was receiving for the postseason roster are actually relative certainties. The St. Louis Cardinals plan to put the former All-Star third baseman and World Series MVP…

DENVER — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is out with a bruised left knee and outfielder Matt Holliday was a late scratch with the same illness that sent him from Saturday’s game. Those absences left manager Tony La Russa…

HOUSTON — St. Louis Cardinals officials said that their (late) September callups were limited to four players because the amount of playing time and at-bats remaining for them in the season is significantly limited. Both lefty Royce Ring and left…

ST. LOUIS — The four players the St. Louis Cardinals plan to bring up from their Class AAA affiliate will join the team in Colorado by next Friday, manager Tony La Russa said this morning. That should give the minor…

ST. LOUIS — There are multiple reasons and a variety of philosophies that teams use when deciding September callups, and there was a time when St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was an advocate of the reward approach to…

Jarret Hoffpauir will be arriving late to his first big-league game.

With the news about DeRosa not coming in to the team until about 10:00 this morning, the 26-year-old is expected to be a mid-game arrival from Albequerque, where he’ll be…

ST. LOUIS — Minor-league third baseman David Freese had surgery on Tuesday to correct a nagging ankle injury that complicated his spring training and now delays his pursuit of a starting job at the big-league level.

Freese had arthroscopic surgery on…

ST. LOUIS — The same day he drove in the eventual winning run for the Class AAA Memphis Redbirds, St. Louis native David Freese will find his name on the Major League Baseball All-Star Game ballot which debuted Wednesday at…

MEMPHIS — The Cardinals are in transit from West Palm Beach for tonight’s exhibition at AutoZone Park against the Memphis Redbirds. The longest spring training in memory has produced a 25-man roster unlike any Tony La Russa has guided in…