St. Louis Cardinals Rumors & News

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The reason for his early exit Monday night was different, but the route rookie Shelby Miller took to a fifth-inning ending was familiar enough to frustrate him. A cramp in his right calf muscle forced Miller from the Cardinals’ 5-2 victory against the Cubs at Busch Stadium and left the bullpen to..." June 18

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "For a long time it has been said that Cardinals right fielder Carlos Beltran plays with class and acts in the same manner off the field. But, today, Beltran stands in a class by himself. With the New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez still sidelined after hip surgery, Beltran stands as the only..." June 17

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "After brilliant efforts in his first two big-league starts, lefthanded rookie Tyler Lyons has had increasingly diminshed returns in his last three outings for the Cardinals. That probably will give manager Mike Matheny and pitching coach Derek Lilliquist at least pause as to whether they will..." June 17

Boston Globe "Early this week, the Houston Astros will formulate a game plan as to how to approach their veteran assets. Teams are already calling about Bud Norris, a cheap ($3 million) solution to any contender’s rotation. Cheap in salary, but he won’t be cheap in acquisition cost. The Astros are willing..." June 17

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Matt Holliday is a .458 hitter against Miami’s Ricky Nolasco, but with the Cardinals in a run of playing 13 straight days, Holliday will be one of three regulars rested today for the series finale with the Marlins. Catcher Yadier Molina, who had started behind the plate for all but five games,..." June 16

Belleville News-Democrat "Lance Lynn was a better hitter than he was a pitcher today. And, given that he had knocked in only one run previously in his career, that hasn't been said very often. Lynn raised his record to 9-1 this season and 27-8 over the last two seasons by beating the Miami Marlins, 13-7. Staggering..." June 16

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Fresh out of Tampa Alonso High School and his first professional season, Jose Fernandez watched the St. Louis Cardinals win the 2011 World Series. Friday, he pitched against them. Whatever nervous angst he had to suppress didn’t come on the mound. It gripped him in the second inning when he..." June 15

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A duel between two potential All-Stars didn't disappoint as Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright and Mets crowd-pleaser Matt Harvey raced the rain with a crisp, quick and taut game at Citi Field. Wainwright (10-3) proved the victor — with a little help from his friends. Jon Jay had a catch at the..." June 14

Newark Star-Ledger "The time will come when Zack Wheeler’s promotion, set for Tuesday, bumps a pitcher out of the Mets’ starting rotation. And, barring injury, there are currently two candidates to become a reliever at the top prospect’s expense. Dillon Gee, Wednesday’s starter, is one. Jeremy Hefner is the..." June 13

New York Post "Just demote the whole damn team to Las Vegas. Ike Davis or no Ike Davis, the Mets are a sorry sight and fading fast. But at least they’re finished losing to the Marlins. Last night it was the NL Central-leading Cardinals putting the hurt on this miserable bunch, scoring seven unearned runs..." June 12

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The struggles in the first inning Tuesday for rookie Michael Wacha were so uncharacteristic and the Mets’ responses to his changeup so unusual that teammates, including Adam Wainwright, left the dugout to dissect video of the inning for an explanation. They studied to see if Wacha was tipping..." June 12

MLB.com "Carlos Beltran began his prolific career with the Royals, and now, nearly 16 years later, he continues to be a productive presence for the Cardinals. In between was a long stay with the Mets, bookended by brief stints with the Astros and Giants. There have been 2,131 hits, 348 home runs,..." June 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Sinkerballer Jake Westbrook completed what is expected to be his final rehab start Sunday evening with Class A Peoria. Westbrook breezed through seven innings at the Cardinals’ affiliate on 76 pitches. Westbrook was economical in his early innings and allowed one run on four hits. He struck out..." June 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Keyed by Matt Holliday’s grand slam, the Cardinals scored seven runs in the top of the 10th inning and surged for an 11-4 victory against Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. The overture of offense turned a close game into a thunderous rout for the Cardinals and a series win. Holliday..." June 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A couple years ago, Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright was working to change the pace of his delivery to throw off the timing of baserunners. He found, like other pitchers have, that it did the same to the hitter. That got him thinking that maybe the sequence of his pitches wasn’t the only thing..." June 09

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "When Yadier Molina still was a teenager, his father, Benjamin, placed him on an amateur team in Puerto Rico that pitted his youngest son against men 10 years older and 10 years more mature and forced him to find a way to make sure they weren’t also 10 years better. The team was the Hatillo..." June 09

Cincinnati Enquirer "When Walt Jocketty was shopping for another starter in 2011, the Reds general manager was cognizant of what kind of pitchers can pitch well in Great American Ball Park. To succeed, a pitcher needed to be able to strike out batters, keep his walks down and try to keep the ball out of the air...." June 09

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "One thing was for sure after the Cardinals completed the second day of baseball’s three-day amateur draft. Today, they will be taking some outfielders and catchers in the final 30 rounds. They took none of either the first two days. “We may have to take some of those shortstops we drafted and..." June 08

Cincinnati Enquirer "St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright went into Friday’s game with three losses in his last four appearances against the Reds. The right-hander put an end to that skid with seven innings of solid pitching as the Cardinals posted a 9-2 in at Great American Ball Park. Wainwright improved to 9-3, allowing..." June 08

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "With the 19th pick in the first round of the 2013 MLB Draft, the Cardinals selected lefthander Marco Gonzales out of Gonzaga University. Gonzales, who was 7-3 with a 2.80 ERA in his senior season, was rated No. 28 by Baseball America in their top 500 prospects. He features a fastball that..." June 06

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "You could say righthander Joe Kelly picked up where he left off last year, except for the fact that he was left in the bullpen for the first two months of the Cardinals’ 2013 season. In 2012, Kelly had 10 of his 16 starts last at least six innings and in each or those 10, he allowed three or..." June 06

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Sinkerballer Jake Westbrook began what is expected to be a two-start climb back to the major-league rotation with 60 pitches and 3 2/3 innings Tuesday night at Class AA Springfield. "I felt pretty good," Westbrook said from Springfield, Mo. "It was good to get up four times, get into the fourth..." June 05

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Michael Wacha got his second no decision in as many starts as the Cardinals fought back to get him off the hook for a loss but they couldn't pull out the win, losing to the Diamondbacks 7-6 in 14 innings on Tuesday night. After eight scoreless innings by the bullpen, the Cardinals brought in..." June 05

Belleville News-Democrat "Rehabilitating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter passed another test on his comeback trail Monday. Carpenter threw 40-plus pitches of live batting practice to teammates Shane Robinson and Matt Adams, both of whom said Carpenter appeared as nasty as ever. Carpenter also was pleased..." June 03

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "With Cards catcher Yadier Molina appealing his one-game suspension from Major League Baseball for making contact with an umpire on Sunday, he's in the starting lineup for the start of the four-game series with the Diamondbacks. Lance Lynn (7-1, 2.91) goes for the Cards against Trevor Cahill (3-5,..." June 03

San Francisco Chronicle "The Giants provided a lesson Sunday on why general managers and managers need to be flexible. Who would have thought on Opening Day that two months later Chad Gaudin would be starting for the Giants with Tim Lincecum providing backup in the bullpen? A twist of fate and scheduling made that happen..." June 03

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "In the hours leading up to and through a doubleheader, the worry for any manager, including Cardinals skipper Mike Matheny, is how to have enough pitching in the bullpen to keep from frying or fraying relievers for days to come. Plan in place, Matheny never had to face that question. His..." June 02

Belleville News-Democrat "Another miserable performance Thursday earned troubled St. Louis Cardinals reliever Mitchell Boggs another trip to Class AAA Memphis. Boggs, who allowed two ninth-inning runs Thursday in the Cardinals' 4-2 loss to Kansas City, was optioned Friday to Memphis and was replaced by Keith..." June 01

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Without a drop of rain, the Cardinals cruised to an 8-0 victory against the visiting Giants in the first game of today’s doubleheader. Shelby Miller got the win for the Cardinals, going seven innings, giving up six hits and striking out seven against the defending champs, who led the NL in..." June 01

Delaware Online "The story Friday night should have been Domonic Brown. The hottest hitter on the Phillies roster belted two more home runs in the team’s 8-5 loss to the Brewers, putting a stamp on the notion that he’s finally arrived. But the story Friday was Cole Hamels. There’s no question Hamels was not..." June 01

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals did a number on Royals reliever Aaron Crow, scoring four runs in the eighth inning to pull out a 5-3 win over the Royals on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium for their fourth straight win. The late-inning dramatics got Randy Choate his first win of the season after starter Lance..." May 30

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals would prefer to keep first-year pro Michael Wacha in the minors for a majority of this season, but a rash of injuries to starters has left them with no choice and one dazzling pitching prospect. He is their best available option. Only 11 months, 29 days removed from his final..." May 29

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The rookies may change but the Cardinals keep rolling. Tyler Lyons pitched a brisk and nearly flawless seven innings as he led the Cardinals to a 4-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium. The rookie lefty retired 17 in a row at one point and helped the Cardinals to their swiftest game of the season,..." May 29

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "One of the great privileges for any true baseball fan — particularly one worthy of the legendary rabid fanaticism of Cardinal Nation – is the daily anxiety of wondering what will happen next. Anticipation is both a joy and a curse for the die-hard baseball lover. You guess and you fret, you..." May 28

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The later in the game he pitched the better Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright got. The Cardinals' righty slogged through the early innings of the game. Kansas City tagged him for 10 hits before he was halfway through the game. He needed 72 pitches to get through five innings and wasn't out of the..." May 28

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals have reached to Class AA Springfield for yet another rookie pitcher. This makes five who have been brought up during the season to join rookies Shelby Miller and Trevor Rosenthal, who started the season with the Cardinals. And there could be one more, the crown jewel, on the..." May 27

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals promoted reliever Victor Marte from Memphis this morning and optioned righthander Carlos Martinez to the Triple-A club. Martinez, 21, made seven relief appearances for the Cardinals after his call-up from Double-A Springfield on May 3. He was 0-0 with a 4.50 earned-run average and..." May 27

L.A. Daily News "Sunday was a strange day at Dodger Stadium. Clayton Kershaw got plenty of run support and lost. The St. Louis Cardinals issued two intentional walks with the score close late in the game and got away with it. Matt Kemp pinch hit in the eighth inning and the at-bat was entirely..." May 27

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The first-place Cardinals had a .400 hitter sitting on the bench for the 11th time in 12 games Friday night. Manager Mike Matheny, who had pledged he would try to get lefthanded-hitting slugger Matt Adams at least a start a series, has revised that plan a bit, although there is a chance Adams..." May 25

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Third baseman David Freese was back in the Cardinals’ lineup Friday and righthander Jake Westbrook, on the disabled list with right elbow inflammation, was back in the field, too. But Westbrook did very little. After the Cardinals pushed the envelope a bit when they had Westbrook try a session..." May 25