The Cardinals got their catcher, Willson Contreras, who will provide offense at a deadwood spot that ranked near the bottom of the majors in production. How incapacitated were Yadier Molina and Andrew Knizner offensively? Consider this historical perspective: The...
Willson Contreras is a Cardinal, taking over at catcher for his friend and future Hall of Famer Yadier Molina. According to multiple media reports, the Cardinals sealed the deal with a five-year contract for $87.5 million. That computes to an average annual salary of...
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak wants to leave the Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego with a new catcher to succeed the retired Yadier Molina. Mo and crew can find a catcher. That isn’t the issue. Many are out there via trade or free-agent...
BIRD BYTES The annual MLB winter meetings open this weekend in San Diego, as high-ranking members of the 30 baseball front offices huddle with each other and player agents to explore options and weigh the risks and rewards of potential free-agent signings and trades....
Let’s get after it again with another 2022 performance review of individual Cardinal players. I’m making some progress, and this latest report card won’t take long for me or you. NEXT UP: Shortstop Paul DeJong. OVERVIEW: Pauly’s offense has been in decline for three...
Need a center fielder? Cody Bellinger, the 2019 National League MVP, is on the market and available after the Dodgers declined to tender a contract offer for 2023. According to agent Scott Boras, Bellinger prefers a one-year contract for 2023 to reestablish his value...
The Cardinals are in the market for a catcher. Hopefully they’ll be smart about this and view the opening as an opportunity to upgrade their offense. Defense must be a consideration, which doesn’t really need to be stated. But in this case the defensive requirement...
As of now, the Cardinals’ probable starting rotation for 2023 consists of Adam Wainwright, Miles Mikolas, Jack Flaherty, Jordan Montgomery and Steven Matz. Of the five, only Matz is under contract beyond next season. So what about 2024? Well, there’s Dakota Hudson....
For the most part, we anticipated good news on the Nolan Arenado opt-out drama. But until he made it official over the weekend, there was at least a little anxiety over his St. Louis future. No worries. Arenado is back. He’s staying for a long time. He really does...
