A chainsaw sound effect buzzes over the sound system at Goss Stadium in Corvallis each time an Oregon State pitcher records a strikeout. That was Quinn Mathews first impression of future teammate Cooper Hjerpe. Mathews picked up his first career save in Stanford’s 1-0...
Springfield’s team bus rumbled south on a 14-hour trek from the Ozarks to the Texas Gulf Coast and Cards’ southpaw Cooper Hjerpe passed time by texting with friend and former Oregon State teammate Jacob Melton, the Houston Astros’ second-round pick in 2022 and now...
Bright sunshine and 4,792 fans – most of them kids on summer camp field trips – burst into Hammons Field on Wednesday morning. With first-place Springfield clinging to a narrow lead over Arkansas in the Texas League North first-half race, the environment offered a...
St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak spoke with Bloggers & Podcasters covering the club for 45 minutes prior to Saturday’s game at Busch Stadium against Colorado. The interview covered a range of topics, including his future, a role...
Nathan Church stood underneath an oval “2012” plaque on the clubhouse façade that commemorates Springfield’s lone Texas League championship title, and an hour before Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Hammons Field, he pondered goals for 2024. Church’s play lately...
Bryan Torres watched the first two offerings from Midland Rockhounds reliever Wander Guante whiz by for called strikes. Springfield enjoyed a 4-1 lead in the seventh inning on Friday night, thanks to Torres’ two-RBI single with two out in the second inning when he...
Only two teams in all professional baseball entered play on Sunday unbeaten in 2024 – and one survived. Matt Lloyd smashed a 3-run homer in the eighth inning to rally Springfield past Wichita, 8-7, and – with the High-A Spokane Indians falling to Tri-City – the...
In Jupiter for spring training, Springfield Cardinals’ manager Jose Leger observed camp and he started counting. “I was doing the numbers – fourteen players that played (in Springfield) from 2021 when I started here – have gotten to the big leagues with us,” he said....
Victor Scott II made history with his legs in 2023. Scott II topped all Minor League Baseball with 95 steals – only two players since 2005 – Billy Hamilton and Delino DeShields – have bagged more loot in a single season. The son of two collegiate track stars, Scott II...
