Oscar Taveras
Oscar Francisco Taveras
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.
Born : June 19, 1992 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, DO
Prospect Ratings by Baseball America : Pre-2012: Rated #74 Prospect
Pre-2013: Rated #3 Prospect
Prospect Ratings by MLB.com : Pre-2013: Rated #3 Prospect
News -- May 2013
5/20 i70baseball.com: Patience pays off for Jon Jay, David Freese : Although short-sighted analysis would have suggested otherwise, St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Jon Jay and third baseman David ...
5/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Hart, Choo, Arroyo, Cardinals : Brewers GM Doug Melvin indirectly shed some light on the philosophical differences which led to trading Brett Lawrie to the Blue ...
5/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: David Ortiz, Brandon McCarthy, Kris Medlen : Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr. ...
5/18 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha: Why not Now? : The St. Louis Cardinals starting rotation has taken some hits in the last 2 days as it was announced that Jake Westbrook had a ...
5/18 El Maquino: WHAT NEXT AFTER JAIME GOES DOWN? : > The team announced this afternoon that Jaime Garcia has been placed on the disabled list after his rough start last night; ...
5/18 STLCardinalBaseball: The Beltran Problem : We’ve reached the quarter mark of the 2013 season, and, like last year, Carlos Beltran is leading another dynamic Cardinal ...
5/18 The Baseball Haven: Sizzlin’ Future Stars: Minor League Report, 5/18 : With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on ...
5/17 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Five Prospects Ready for Promotion – Part 2 : About a month ago we detailed five prospects that were ready for a promotion then. Our predictions weren’t too bad as two ...
5/16 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 5/16/13 :
Archie Bradley: Mandatory Credit - MILB.com
You know what I love about prospect rankings, is that they are tumultuous at ...
5/14 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 38: Blast From The Gast : For five spectacular innings, rookie John Gast (1-0) bewitched the Mets with precise off-speed stuff in his Major League debut. ...
5/14 CardinalsFarm.com: Scruggs and Cornelius lead teams to wins – 5/13 Farm Report : The Baby Birds split the games on Monday as Springfield and Palm Beach won, while Memphis and Peoria lost. The headliners for ...
5/13 CardinalsFarm.com: Wong, O’Neill, and Mejia lead teams to victories – 5/12 Farm Report : The Baby Birds finished Sunday with a 3-0 record as Palm Beach had the day off. The big news was that Oscar Taveras was removed ...
5/13 Seedlings to Stars: Oscar Taveras’ Injury Shouldn’t Slow his Race to the Big Leagues : St. Louis Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras was helped off the field on Sunday after injuring his ankle during a slide into second ...
5/13 MLB Injury News: Cardinals' prospect Oscar Taveras leaves game with ankle injury : St. Louis Cardinals fans everywhere got a major scare yesterday when Oscar Taveras had to be helped off the field during a minor ...
5/11 CardinalsFarm.com: Taveras, Wacha, Piscotty, and Pham have big nights – 5/10 Farm Report : Friday night was a big night for top 20 prospects. Oscar Taveras, Michael Wacha, Ryan Jackson, Thomas Pham, and Lee Stoppelman ...
5/10 The Baseball Haven: Sizzlin’ Future Stars: Minor League Report, 5/10 : With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on ...
5/10 CardinalsFarm.com: Jamie Romak and Patrick Wisdom homer in a down night : It was a rainy, rough night for the Baby Birds as Springfield and the second Peoria game were washed out. The three games that ...
5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Mark Reynolds, Patrick Corbin, Oscar Taveras : Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking ...
5/9 Redbird Rants: Matt Carpenter’s Emergence Presents Options for St. Louis : Matt Carpenter’s continued emergence is going to provide the Cardinals front office with a ton of flexibility going forward ...
5/9 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Updated Top 20 Prospects for May : Every month of the season, I am going to update the top 20 prospects list according to performances and general opinions. I also ...
5/8 CardinalsFarm.com: Wong and Taveras: Causing problems again – 5/8 Farm Report : It was another three game night as Springfield had the day off this time. Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras are really starting to ...
5/8 CardinalsFarm.com: Boone Whiting excellent in win, Tim Cooney excellent in loss : On Tuesday, the Baby Birds went 2-1 with Peoria off for the day. It was also a slow offensive day for the Cardinals affiliates ...
5/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: Prospectology: Christian Yelich And Gerit Cole Stock Rising : Each week Marisa Ingemi will rank the top 10 prospects in baseball, talk about what they did and also go over scores around the ...
5/7 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras and Kolten Wong lead Memphis to extra inning rout : The Cardinals affiliates split the games on Monday as Memphis and Peoria won while Springfield and Palm Beach lost. Matt Adams ...
5/6 CardinalsFarm.com: Tyrell Jenkins dominates, Michael Wacha solid again : Two of the Cardinals’ top pitching prospects were on display Sunday as Michael Wacha took the rubber for the Memphis Redbirds ...
5/5 CardinalsFarm.com: James Ramsey: St. Louis Cardinals Prospect Promoted : For the second time in a matter of a couple of weeks, a top 20 prospect has been promoted based off of performance. On April 20th, ...
5/4 The Baseball Haven: Sizzling Future Stars: Minor League Report, 5/4 : With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on ...
5/4 El Maquino: STAYING WARY OF CARLOS MARTINEZ : > For the second time this season, Shelby Miller out-dueled the ace he replaced in the rotation; giving up only one run in ...
5/3 Redbird Rants: John Mozeliak Has Finally Seen Enough: Boggs Demoted, Martinez Called Up : John Mozeliak has seen enough, and today he finally decided something about it. Mitchell Boggs has been sent down to AAA Memphis ...
5/3 WahoosOnFirst: Wahoo’s On First Podcast, Episode Two : We couldn’t stop at just one, so here’s Episode Two of the possibly named Wahoo’s on the Mic. We’re focus grouping it. ...
5/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Who Gets David Price? It Depends on How The Rays Do : The Tampa Bay Rays would love to hold on to David Price for a playoff run in 2013. But the team’s financial picture and his ...
5/2 STLCardinalBaseball: Down on the Farm: End of April One month of the season has already passed and though the Cardinals are looking pretty good (except the bullpen), many ......
5/2 CardinalsFarm.com: Jacob Wilson powers Peoria to victory – 5/1 Cardinals Farm Report : The St. Louis Cardinals affiliates went 2-2 on Wednesday which brings the organization’s combined winning percentage to ...
5/1 CardinalsFarm.com: Rough Night for the Baby Birds : The Cardinals’ affiliates had a rough night Tuesday and all found themselves on the losing end. In Albuquerque, a hitters ...
5/1 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers April Farm Report : With April wrapping up, it’s time to look back at the standouts, both positive and negative, through the first month of ...
News -- April 2013
4/30 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha solid again, Xavier Scruggs blasts two : A rough night for the Baby Birds as only Springfield came out victorious. In Albuquerque, Michael Wacha made his fifth start and ...
4/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Rockies @ Dodgers April 29, 2013: Welcome Back, Hanley : Hanley Ramirez is back! Sort of. Less than an hour prior to game time, Ramirez was activated from the disabled list and he’ll ...
4/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 4/29/13 :
Courtesy of Rant Sports
The first month of the 2013 Major League Baseball season is coming to a close and we're starting ...
4/28 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras goes deep, Mike O’Neill perfect at the plate : It was a busy day for the Baby Birds as both the Memphis Redbirds and Springfield Cardinals had double headers. Oscar Taveras ...
4/28 Redbird Rants: A lack of crack in the bats : Busch stadium was not the place to be this weekend. Three runs of offense and a bullpen that couldn’t stop blood ...
4/28 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals : A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week:
Charlie Wilmoth advocated for a rule change ...
4/27 CardinalsFarm.com: Stephen Piscotty stays hot, collects 3 more hits – 4/26 Cardinals Farm Report : I was lucky enough to attend the Memphis game tonight in Nashville. I am on my way up to St. Louis for the Cardinals game on Sunday. ...
4/26 CardinalsFarm.com: Patrick Wisdom, Charlie Tilson, and Tommy Pham stay hot : The Baby Birds went 1-3 on Thursday with Palm Beach the only victorious team. There were some positive notes from Thursday. Adron ...
4/25 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Does Matt Moore Make David Price Decision Easier For Rays? :
There is very little of more value in the baseball world than a 27-year-old former Cy Young winner that is still under team ...
4/24 The Baseball Haven: Sizzling Future Stars: Minor League Report, 4/24 : With the season underway and some fans already looking forward to next year, even this early, it is a good time to look down on ...
4/23 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha continues to impress – 4/23 Cardinals Farm Report : Tuesday was a light night for the Baby Birds as Springfield and Peoria were both rained out. The star of the night was Michael ...
4/23 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Rangers, Casper Wells : The Rangers and Athletics sit atop the AL West with about 88% of the season remaining; the Angels, Mariners, and Astros are currently ...
4/23 PaulLebowitz.com: The Jurickson Profar for Oscar Taveras Trade Talk : The concept of the Rangers trading top infield prospect Jurickson Profar to the Cardinals for top outfield prospect Oscar Taveras ...
4/22 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Links: Bullpen, Taveras : The Cardinals enter play Monday with the worst bullpen ERA in baseball following the early injury to closer Jason Motte. Here's ...
4/22 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Weekly farm system report - April 22 edition : Every Monday, John Nagel of CardinalsFarm.com will provide StlSportsMinute.com with a St. Louis Cardinals ...
4/22 Mets Merized: Jim Callis And His Baseball Prospect Dream Team : Jim Callis of Baseball America had little fun this morning with his mailbag piece and fielded the following interesting question: ...
4/21 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Should Rangers Trade Profar For Taveras? : The Rangers and Cardinals have not discussed the possibility of trading top shortstop prospect Jurickson Profar for top outfield ...
4/21 Redbird Rants: Taveras for Profar redux : St. Louis Post-Dispatch beat writer Derrick Goold responds to the idea that the St. Louis Cardinals would trade Oscar Taveras ...
4/21 CardinalsFarm.com: Seth Blair continues to struggle – 4/20 Cardinals Farm Report : The Cardinals affiliates finished Saturday with a 1-3 mark with Memphis winning, Palm Beach walking off (literally) a loser again, ...
4/20 mlbreports.com : Are The Cardinals Making Room For Young Stars Adams And Taveras? : Like us on Facebook here Saturday, April 20th, 2013 By Landen Crouch (Cardinals Correspondent) All of baseball remembers the day ...
4/20 CardinalsFarm.com: Kurt Heyer and Boone Whiting have strong starts – 4/19 Cardinals Farm Report : On Thursday, the Cardinals saw the debut of mega prospect Carlos Martinez and the continued hot hitting of Stephen Piscotty. The ...
4/19 TheLeadoffWalk: Cardinals vs. Phillies: Day 19 Observations :
Phillies 8, Cardinals 2
Roy Halladay: Gifted with a
rain-aided complete game, Halladay added his second win of the ...
4/19 CardinalsFarm.com: Friday Prospect Temperature Check – Who’s Hot/Who’s Cold : Every Friday, CardinalsFarm will bring you a temperature check where we look at a few players who are hot and cold in the past ...
4/18 El Maquino: WAINWRIGHT STARTS IT, JUMBLED BULLPEN ACTUALLY FINISHES IT : > It’s the ninth inning, and Edward Mujica heads back to the mound after getting the last out in the eighth; evidently ...
4/18 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Prospect Top 10 Power Rankings - 4/18/13 :
Photo: SI.com
In the last several seasons, the value of prospects in Major League Baseball has skyrocketed. Teams are becoming ...
4/18 Rays Colored Glasses: Will the Right Moment Ever Arise for the Rays to Trade David Price? : We were sure that it was inevitable. The Rays had been unable to sign B.J. Upton to an extension, and as he approached free agency, ...
4/18 CardinalsFarm.com: Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras lead Memphis to victory : Editors Note: Tonight’s farm report will look different from the previous days. I am looking at making changes while also ...
4/17 SocraticGadfly: #Stlcards fans: Taveras for Profar? : Grantland's Jonah Keri writes a very intriguing column about the possibility of a mutually beneficial trade between the Cards ...
4/17 Baseballhotcorner.com: Rookies Leading The St.Louis Cardinals, Future Very Bright : The St.Louis Cardinals sit perched atop the National League Central division with an 8-5 record to start the 2013 campaign. The ...
4/17 Baseballhotcorner.com: Jurickson Profar for Oscar Taveras Trade Rumor : Another day has come and gone and yet fans of both the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals are still talking about the possibility ...
4/17 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras falls into a mini-slump : A very solid night for the St. Louis Cardinals’ affiliates as Memphis, Springfield, and Peoria all win. Palm Beach falls ...
4/17 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras falls into a mini-slump – 4/16 Cardinals Farm Report : A very solid night for the St. Louis Cardinals’ affiliates as Memphis, Springfield, and Peoria all win. Palm Beach falls ...
4/16 El Maquino: WESTBROOK’S ROUGH OUTING ERASED BY RAIN : > The following is an account of a game that technically never happened. Jonathan Sanchez got rocked by the Cardinals right ...
4/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Scooping the Rangers: To trade or not to trade Jurickson Profar : The Texas Rangers say they’re going to hang on to minor league phenom Jurickson Profar. Yet they’re also doing their homework ...
4/16 CardinalsFarm.com: James Ramsey keeps hitting – 4/15 – Cardinals Farm Report : The Cards’ affiliates went 1-3 on Monday with the only victory a dominate Springfield win. The Memphis offense was uncharacteristically ...
4/16 On The Way Home: Will Jurickson Profar Get Traded By Texas Rangers? : Jurickson Profar has been chosen by many baseball analysts to be the breakout rookie in the American League this season. ... keep ...
4/15 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals Weekly Farm Report for 4/4 – 4/14 : Every Monday, I will provide a Weekly Farm Report that recaps the previous week’s action for all of the Cards’ farm ...
4/15 Redbird Rants: Bowden talks Taveras for Profar : Former general manager Jim Bowden, now a radio host on Sirius XM, recently wrote about the possibility of the St. Louis Cardinals ...
4/15 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Weekly farm system report - April 15 edition :
Every Monday, John Nagel of CardinalsFarm.com will provide StlSportsMinute.com with a St. Louis Cardinals Weekly Farm report. ...
4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Cubs, Twins, Reds : The Cubs held a press conference today to discuss their $500MM plan to "save Wrigley Field and invest in the city." The deal ...
4/15 CardinalsFarm.com: Mike O’Neill: Baby Bird of the Day – 4/14 – Cardinals Farm Report : Mike O’Neill takes the honors of Baby Bird of the Night for Sunday night. O’Neill went 3-5 with 2 doubles, an RBI, ...
4/14 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha solid in second AAA start – 4/13 – Cardinals Farm Report : A mixed day down on the farm as Memphis holds on to win, Springfield falls, Palm Beach splits a double-header, and Peoria loses ...
4/14 Baseballhotcorner.com: Hot Corner Prospect Watch : A new feature to Baseball Hot Corner: A quick round-up of tomorrow’s superstars trek through the minor league ranks: Oscar Taveras: ...
4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Samardzija, Cubs, Cardinals, Rays, Price : Here's a look at this week's edition of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports..
One problem with figuring out a contract ...
4/13 StlSportsMinute.com: Analyzing the St. Louis Cardinals start of the season - Cruddy Show Episode #66 :
The St. Louis Cardinals have started the season with a 6-4 record following a 2-0 win on Friday night against the Milwaukee ...
4/13 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras and Ryan Jackson each get 4 hits – 4/12 – Cardinals Farm Report : All three Cardinals’ teams that played, won, which was completely opposite of Thursday where they all lost. Just some ...
4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Tigers, Harvey, Isringhausen, Int'l Money : The Yankees turned the first 4-6-5-6-5-3-4 triple play in Major League history tonight in the eighth inning of their 5-2 win over ...
4/12 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha and Oscar Taveras are among five Cards’ prospects ready for promotion : Yes, we are only a week into the minor league season and yes, it is way to early to determine if a player will have a successful ...
4/11 Redbird Rants: Early Season Overreaction Syndrome (ESOS) : The Redbirds major league season is 9 days old. That is younger than my last manicure. Yet, as is typical with Cardinals fans ...
4/11 CardinalsFarm.com: John Gast and Kyle Hald have solid outings – 4/10 – Cardinals Farm Report : With the Springfield Cardinals off preparing for their 2013 Hammons Field debut, the system was down to three games. Peoria’s ...
4/10 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras set to return to the lineup on Wednesday : On Wednesday, the Memphis Redbirds announced their starting lineup and there was a name on it that had not been on it yet this ...
4/10 El Maquino: WESTBROOKS THROWS A SHUTOUT; DISCUSSING MATT ADAMS AND THE DH : > The Cards brought the beating sticks to the yard today, busting up the Reds 10-0. Matt Carpenter, Carlos Beltran and Matt ...
4/10 CardinalsFarm.com: Kolten Wong collects 3 hits as all 4 teams lose – 4/9 – Cardinals Farm Report : For the first time in the year that I have been covering the Baby Birds, we will not have a Baby Bird of the Night. I thought ...
4/10 El Maquino: CARDS REWARD LYNN’S EFFORT; MOTTE IN QUESTION : > Lance Lynn laid waste to the Reds for six innings, striking out ten and only giving up one. His pitch count went up drastically ...
4/9 CardinalsFarm.com: Jamie Romak goes off – 4/8 – Cardinals Farm Report : Team R H E New Orleans 2 9 1 Memphis (2-3) 18 18 0 Player, Position H/AB 2B 3B HR RBI R SB AVG Justin Christian, ...
4/9 CardinalsFarm.com: Jamie Romak: Baby Bird of the Night for April 8 : Jamie Romak has been named Baby Bird of the Night for April 8th. On Monday, Romak led the Memphis Redbirds to an 18-2 win over ...
4/7 MLBTradeRumors: West Notes: Dodgers, Harang, Pujols, Profar : Yesterday, the Dodgers narrowed their starter surplus by one when they shipped Aaron Harang to the Rockies for catcher Ramon ...
4/5 CardinalsFarm.com: Cardinals Top 20 Prospect Projections – How did we do? : About two weeks ago, I projected where CardinalFarm’s top 20 prospects would begin the 2013 season. Here are the prospects, ...
4/4 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Andrus, Luhnow : Earlier today, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs explored a hypothetical swap of super-prospects: Rangers shortstop Jurickson Profar ...
4/4 Redbird Dugout: Memphis Redbirds begin play tonight : The Triple-A Memphis Redbirds will begin their 2013 season tonight at Auto Zone Park against the Oklahoma City Redhawks, an affiliate ...
4/4 Mets Merized: Mets Minors: Top 10 PCL Prospects To Watch In 2013 : With Pacific Coast League action kicking off tomorrow, April 4, MiLB.com has released their top ten prospects to watch from the ...
4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Taveras, Profar, Posey, Zimmerman : In an interview with MLB Network Radio's Casey Stern and Jim Bowden (audio link), Cardinals GM John Mozeliak said that he would ...
4/2 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras, Kolten Wong, and Michael Wacha lead the 2013 Memphis Redbirds : The Memphis Redbirds announced their preliminary 2013 opening day roster on Monday and it is full of veterans and top prospects. ...
4/2 Call to the Pen: Carlos Beltran Playing With Fractured Toe : In early March, Carlos Beltran was forced to miss one of the St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training games after he’d been hit by ...
4/1 Rontrarian Report: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments . . . → Read More: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments...
4/1 The Baseball Continuum: The 2013 Season Prediction Spectacular : Okay, so maybe it’s not so spectacular. But here’s my predictions for division winners, awards, etc.: American League: ...
4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB power rankings: Washington Nationals start season at top : Spring training has finally come to an end, and opening night features the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros, two teams headed ...
News -- March 2013
3/29 Venom Strikes: Vague Game 1 Preview : Well, it’s here. Almost. Hang on with me for three more days and then we will have baseball. The D’backs will host ...
3/28 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras and Tyler Scaggs lead the NL Central and West Prospect Predictions : Every March, each member of the United Cardinal Bloggers (UCB) makes predictions for the upcoming season. The UCB is a loose collection ...
3/27 Rontrarian Report: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments . . . → Read More: Top 100 MLB Prospects: 2013 Assignments...
3/27 Billy-Ball.com: Should teams add their best prospects to their rosters? : The LA Dodgers optioned Yasiel Puig, who was only hitting .526 this spring to Double-A Chattanooga. The 22-year old Cuban defector ...
3/26 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras leads a solid group at outfield – Outfield Depth Chart : Over the next few weeks, CardinalsFarm will bring you an Ultimate Depth Chart for each position. We will run through the players ...
3/26 Red Sox Maineiacs: Deacon Art's 2013 Baseball Predictions : For a few years now I have made annual predictions for the upcoming baseball season. These were shared with mostly family ...
3/25 STLCardinalBaseball: The Rise Of Shelby Miller And The 2013 Cardinals : After weeks of ridiculous ”contests” between Shelby Miller and Joe Kelly, the team finally – FINALLY! – ...
3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: National League Award Predictions : Predictions are fun. In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason ...
3/24 CardinalsFarm.com: Cardinals Top 20 Prospects – Projecting Opening Day Placement : With minor league opening day now just 11 days away, I think it is a great time to make a final prediction on where the Cardinals ...
3/24 StlSportsMinute.com: UCB Roundtable: Cardinals' players most likely to see a drop-off in 2013 :
One of the reasons the game of baseball is so fantastic is because it is the most unpredictable game in the world. Anything ...
3/23 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Final Spring Choices Await Clubs :
In many ways, Spring Training is like a breaking down, brightening up the night that is the bleak winter months. It signals ...
3/21 i70baseball.com: Wigginton Should Be Next Cut : The St. Louis Cardinals sent home one unproductive veteran player Tuesday in their latest round of cuts, and they need to do the ...
3/20 StanGraphs: UCB March Roundtable: Nicknames, Please : Twice a year the good people in the United Cardinal Bloggers faction get together via electronic mail and answer questions for ...
3/20 StanGraphs: Rafael Furcal’s Elbow Hurts Because Of Course It Does : Just about anyone who has ever heard of the Cardinals being a baseball team was fully aware going into the 2013 season that the ...
3/20 El Maquino: VERDUCCI MAKES HIS OWN CASE AGAINST THE POSTGAME INTERVIEW : > The following is from Tom Verducci in an interview on interviewing players with Jeff Pearlman a couple months ago: “Patience ...
3/20 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: 4 prospects to watch in 2014 : Recently, I have released my top 20 Cardinals prospects for 2013 at my site, cardinalsfarm.com. The Cardinals are in a good spot ...
3/20 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Will Win Despite Lack Of Speed : The St. Louis Cardinals project to have an Opening Day lineup full of players who will regularly get on base and it also features ...
3/20 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Links: Taveras, Profar, Lohse, Tabata : Perhaps no player in the game brings as much focus and preparation to his at-bats as Joey Votto, ESPN's Buster Olney details ...
3/19 WasWatching: Vlady Grady Barry… : Buster Olney tweets: Podcast, Crasnick, Glanville talk about a prospect who is being compared to everyone from Vlad to Sizemore ...
3/19 CardinalsFarm.com: Ranking the St. Louis Cardinals Prospects for 2013: 11-20 : With my top 10 prospects revealed, I thought I would take a moment and look at the next 10 prospects in the Cardinals organization. ...
3/19 STLCardinalBaseball: Some Expectations of the 2013 Cardinals With the regular season just around the corner it is time for my favorite time of the year: predictions. Last ......
3/18 Rising Apple: 3/18 Game Recap: Mets Clip Cardinals 3-2 : In this afternoon’s game in Jupiter, the Mets opened the scoring in the top of the fourth. After Travis d’Arnaud ...
3/18 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Release Robert De La Cruz : We’ll track the latest minor moves here...
The Cardinals released corner infielder Robert De La Cruz, Derrick Goold of ...
3/17 StlSportsMinute.com: Ranking the St. Louis Cardinals top prospects: No. 1 Oscar Taveras :
There are just two weeks remaining until opening day and many of the St. Louis Cardinals' top prospects have flourished down ...
3/16 Baseball Press: 2013 Walk Years - Hitters :
Could 2013 be Jacoby Ellsbury's last season in Boston? (US Presswire)When a big league player has an expiring contract, it typically ...
3/15 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 7 Burning Questions For the 2013 MLB Season :
The 2013 Major League Baseball season is just weeks from first pitch. Teams are starting to make cuts in camp, pitchers are ...
3/14 Blog Red Machine: Billy Hamilton Ranked No. 30 by FanGraphs Top 100 Prospects : Apparently to the rest of the world, we Reds fans must be looking at Billy Hamilton through rose-colored glasses. At least FanGraphs ...
3/13 Mets Merized: Sickels’ Features Five Mets In Top 150 Prospects : Here is a list of Top 150 Prospects for 2013 by Minor League Ball’s John Sickels. Sickels explains that the rankings presents ...
3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: March 12, 2013 The Dear Mr. Fantasy Podcast has worked its way around the infield (The other episodes are here: C, 1B, 2B, More......
3/11 Mets Merized: Neeker’s 2013 National League Sleepers : Every team has them, one or two players who’ve had flashes of brilliance here and there but have never quite put it together. ...
3/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: 5-year deal good for Craig, Cardinals; no impact on Adams : Matt Adams had been blocked from everyday play at first base by Allen Craig for at least the next four years. Craig’s new contract ...
3/10 Rays Colored Glasses: Could the Rays’ Wil Myers Really Deliver a Mike Trout or Bryce Harper-Esque Rookie Year? : Before the 2012 MLB Season, if you asked someone about the top two outfield prospects in baseball, everyone would name the exact ...
3/9 El Maquino: THE GAME, GLOBALIZED : Late edition. From three AM, your Friday stories… > Might go deeper into this later, but during the WBC game between ...
3/8 Blog Red Machine: Top 10 NL Central Prospects: Cards, Cubs, Pirates Look Bright : With all of the season previews published on Blog Red Machine, prospect rankings may have the smallest amount of relevance to ...
3/8 CardinalsFarm.com: Weekly Farm Report: Spring Training Week 2 : This is the second installment of the Weekly Farm Report from CardinalsFarm.com. At the end of each week we will highlight a few ...
3/8 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #3 St. Louis Cardinals : It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball, ...
3/7 Marlin Maniac: St. Louis Cardinals Play Home Run Derby In Victory Over Miami Marlins, 7-2 : The St. Louis Cardinals delighted their fans with a splendid round of home run derby on Wednesday afternoon at Roger Dean Stadium. ...
3/6 We Talk Fantasy Sports: RotoBaller 2013 Impact Prospects, Part I : Here at RotoBaller, we’re all about providing you with the BEST fantasy baseball advice available ANYWHERE. That’s why we’re ...
3/6 Call to the Pen: Can the St. Louis Cardinals Swing Into A Third Straight Postseason : The St. Louis Cardinals followed their 2011 World Series victory with another postseason run in 2012. The Redbirds came up a bit ...
3/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Weekly Farm Report: Spring Training Week 1 : This will be the first installment of a Weekly Farm Report from CardinalsFarm.com. At the end of each week we will highlight a ...
3/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Just How Good is this Year’s Cardinals Farm System? : Several publications have rated the St. Louis Cardinals as having the best farm system in Major League Baseball. We also know ...
3/4 Baseball Press: Spring Training Stats Can Mean Something :
Did Chris Young miss his breakout season due to injury? (US Presswire)Spring training is in full swing, and fantasy owners everywhere ...
3/4 StanGraphs: Rafael Furcal’s Elbow Hurts Because Of Course It Does : Just about anyone who has ever heard of the Cardinals being a baseball team was fully aware going into the 2013 season that the ...
3/3 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: St. Louis Cardinals : To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season ...
3/3 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals could win with Pete Kozma, Oscar Tavares in lineup : Spring training is generally the time of the year to focus on prospects that might have a shot to help the club in the future, ...
3/3 StlSportsMinute.com: Ranking the St. Louis Cardinals top prospects of 2013: No. 3 Carlos Martinez :
Many of the St. Louis Cardinals' top prospects have made plenty of noise already this spring. Kolten Wong, Michael Wacha ...
3/2 Call to the Pen: Beltran Scratched from Lineup : Carlos Beltran won’t be in the Cardinal lineup today thanks to being struck in the toe by a pitch earlier in the week. The ...
3/2 District On Deck: Preview And Lineups: Spring Training Game 8 | Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals : Finally, today is the first game against a non-NL East team and it just so happens to be a rematch of the National League Division ...
3/1 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013 : All of a Sudden – The St. Louis Cardinals have a bona fide “battle” going on for starting second baseman. Matt Carpenter, ...
News -- February 2013
2/28 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Injuries are already becoming a problem for Cardinals :
For the second consecutive day, the St. Louis Cardinals' offense pounded the baseball all over the yard in route to ...
2/28 El Maquino: OSCAR TAVERAS IS WORTH WAITING FOR : THE BIG PIECE > Sorry that I have to be the buzzkill two days in a row, but nobody else is writing these columns. By now I ...
2/28 The Cardinal Nation Blog: When does rooting for prospects cross the line? A prospect-related question for fans of Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Washington, Texas, etc…...
2/27 STLCardinalBaseball: THE TIME IS NOW : The Cardinals are a conservative club. They prefer shorter contracts, smaller dollars amounts, tempered personalities, and moderate ...
2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Hunter, Carrera, Morneau, Taveras : Some links pertaining to baseball's two Central divisions...
New Tigers right fielder Torii Hunter told ESPN's Jayson Stark ...
2/24 StlSportsMinute.com: Which St. Louis Cardinals' prospect has the most exciting future? :
The St. Louis Cardinals have recently received numerous accolades for the outstanding minor league system general manager ...
2/24 STLCardinalBaseball: SPRING TRAINING GAME 2: All Hands On Deck With the bats still in warm-up mode, Mike Matheny decided to throw everybody out against Jon Lester and the Boston ......
2/24 Redbird Rants: The Coming of Oscar : It’s a no-brainer that Oscar Taveras will be in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform sooner rather than later. The common consensus ...
2/23 STLCardinalBaseball: SPRING TRAINING GAME 1: Fish That Got Away : Baseball officially returned today, as the Cardinals stretched out in their first exhibition game against their Roger Dean Stadium roommates ...
2/22 MLBTradeRumors: Oscar Taveras Returns To MDR Sports : Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras has returned to MDR Sports and longtime agent Melvin Roman, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com ...
2/22 BoSox Injection: The Case For Keeping Andrew Bailey : It’s safe to say that Andrew Bailey‘s first impression in 2012 wasn’t the best. In fact it was forgettable. ...
2/20 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training Games Mean Little But Should Be Fun : The St. Louis Cardinals will open their exhibition schedule at 12:05 p.m. Saturday against the Miami Marlins at Roger Dean Stadium ...
2/19 Obstructed View: Baseball America Top 100 Prospects : Don't forget to check out the OV Bunt Tournament Contest if you haven't already entered. The Baseball America top 100 ...
2/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Looking Ahead At Oscar Taveras In the past few years, the St. Louis Cardinals have proven that grooming a solid amount of homegrown talent sprinkled ......
2/16 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013 : Cardinal GM and Manager extended – The St. Louis Cardinals made a great move by extending the contracts of Joe Mozeliak and ...
2/15 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: In John Mozelaik we trust :
The St. Louis Cardinals just inked a three year contract extension with general manager John Mozeliak on Thursday. This ...
2/13 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Prospects that will have fantasy value as early as 2013 Every fantasy baseball player is itching for the next Mike Trout or Bryce Harper ever since Trout had a season More......
2/12 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Top 100 Prospects: A Rebuttal To The MLB.com’s Top 100 : Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February.12, 2013 By Jordan Gluck (Prospects/Baseball Operations Correspondent) Before I show ...
2/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Top Prospects Ready to Make An Impact :
Major League Baseball released its 2013 Top Prospects
list on Tuesday night showcasing the best and brightest of what baseball’s ...
2/5 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Prospects, Yankees, Okajima, Carpenter : Jurickson Profar of the Rangers, Oscar Taveras of the Cardinals and Dylan Bundy of the Orioles top Keith Law's list of the ...
2/5 El Maquino: KEITH LAW’S TOP 100 PROSPECTS : 1. Jurickson Profar (RGRS SS) 2. Oscar Taveras (CRDS OF) 3. Dylan Bundy (ORLS PR) 4. Wil Myers (RAYS OF) 5. Xander Bogaerts (RDSX ...
2/4 StlSportsMinute.com: Ranking the St. Louis Cardinals' top prospects in 2013: No. 7 Matt Adams :
As we continue the countdown of the St. Louis Cardinals top prospects of the 2013, the list starts to become more difficult ...
2/3 Behind the Plate: 2013 Right Field Rankings [...] ...
2/1 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: MLB Top Prospects Ready to Make An Impact :
Major League Baseball released its 2013 Top Prospects
list on Tuesday night showcasing the best and brightest of what baseball’s ...
News -- January 2013
1/30 StlSportsMinute.com: The 3 biggest weaknesses in the St. Louis Cardinals' farm system :
Check out more Cardinals' minor league information over
at CardinalsFarm.com!
On Tuesday, MLB.com released ...
1/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees Land Three Top Prospects On MLB.com’s Top 100 : Prospects season is creeping up on us, and yesterday Jonathon Mayo of MLB.com released his top 100 overall prospects of 2013. ...
1/30 KC Kingdom: Royals Place Three on MLB.com Top-100 Prospect List : MLB.com revealed their Top-100 prospect list today and three current and two recently traded Royals made the list. Of the current ...
1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Oscar Taveras Switches Agents : One of the best prospects in baseball has new representation. Cardinals outfield prospect Oscar Taveras has dropped agent Melvin ...
1/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Oscar Taveras tops OF prospectsSt. Louis Cardinals OF Oscar Taveras was named Major League Baseball's top outfield prospect in 2013....[+]
St. Louis Cardinals OF Oscar Taveras was named Major League Baseball's top outfield prospect in 2013.
1/28 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak might be best in MLB : In just four years, St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak has done just about everything an organization could ask ...
1/28 Baseball Press: Prospect Press: Oscar Taveras, St. Louis Cardinals :
Oscar Taverazs' major league career will start no later than 2014. (US Presswire)From young minor league prospects to rookie ...
1/26 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Six Cardinals Prospects You May Not Know : [Ed. Note - Starting with today's post, John Nagel of Cardinals Farm will be regularly updating you loyal four readers of PH8 ...
1/25 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013 : The Passing of a Great – Stan “The Man” Musial died this past week. He was 92 years old and considered by many in baseball ...
1/24 i70baseball.com: Matheny, Freese and Molina: Cardinals Winter Warm-Up wrap The final day of the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up brought on a few heavy hitters, with some highlight topic as well. ...
1/23 StanGraphs: Carlos, Don’t Let It Go To Your Head : So Carlos Beltran wants to come back to St. Louis next year, eh? That’s the impression he left in an article by Jennifer ...
1/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Top prospects could see plenty of ABs: St. Louis Cardinals OF Oscar Taveras and 2B Kolten Wong might receive ample playing time with extended spring and veterans away ...[+]
at the World Baseball Classic. However, general manager John Mozeliak downplayed the idea of either prospect breaking camp unless a regular sustained a significant injury.
1/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Mabry Drives Cards Caravan Home : Sporting the 2013 alternate home jersey, Al Hrabosky welcomed fans with his usual style for this year’s Cardinals Caravan. ...
1/17 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Hot prospect Oscar Taveras named Dominican Winter League Rookie of the Year :
Just days after Baseball America rated him the top prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, Oscar Taveras took home ...
1/13 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals better equipped to absorb injuries in 2013 : The 2012 Cardinals fought through much of May and June without the likes of Jon Jay, Skip Schumaker, Lance Berkman and Matt Carpenter. ...
1/13 mlbreports.com : Notable Performances from the Dominican Winter League : Sunday, January 13th, 2013 Like us on Facebook here Sam Evans (Baseball Writer): The Dominican Winter League had much more ...
1/7 Baseball News Source: 2013 Top 10 Major League Prospects – Baseball News Source : Jurickson Profar heads the list of Top 10 Prospects for 2013 In 2012, Major League Baseball experienced a memorable year for young ...
1/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: ESPN offers yet another bad Cardinals trade idea : Two weeks bring two ridiculously one-sided trade ideas from the world-wide leader in which the St. Louis Cardinals would play ...
News -- December 2012
12/30 Redbird Rants: Issues to Address in 2013 : As we approach the New Year, in my opinion, there are many issues that should be looked at and “fixed” with Major League Baseball ...
12/28 StlSportsMinute.com: 3 reasons the CarGo to Cardinals rumor is crazy :
As January of 2013 approaches and most of the MLB free agent frenzy over, baseball writers and pundits often find themselves ...
12/28 The Cardinal Nation Blog: ESPN’s Bowden wants Cards to pay heavy CarGo fee : Former general manager Jim Bowden thinks the St. Louis Cardinals should trade their two best pitching prospects plus Jon Jay to ...
12/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Will Mo play the prospect market this winter? The St. Louis Cardinals are well-stocked in an in-demand commodity this off-season, but will they exploit their advantage?...
12/21 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan : Dear Santa, Before I submit my Christmas list, let me remind you, I’ve been good this year. Not only did I spread St. Louis ...
12/20 The Baseball Haven: Top 100 MLB Prospects for 2013 : Below you’ll find the top 100 prospects in baseball. The top 25 have a short write-up and their career minor league statistics. ...
12/14 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #19: Texas League Champs in Springfield The St. Louis Cardinals’ Double-A affiliate in Springfield, MO took home its first Texas League title....
12/14 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan : Cards obtain utility man – The St. Louis Cardinals signed Ty Wigginton to a two year contract today. If you recall, Wigginton ...
12/10 MLBRandomFandom: Royals-Rays Trade Analysis : By Nick CesareYesterday I worked all day, got home in time to watch the 2nd half of the Giants win, caught a good portion of the ...
News -- November 2012
11/27 Redbird Rants: Cardinals Prospects: Three to watch : Let’s assume that Shelby Miller will start 2013 in the Cardinals rotation, thus essentially removing the prospect status ...
11/14 Redbird Rants: Skip Schumaker’s future in St. Louis : Skip Schumaker‘s future in St. Louis is looking a bit shaky. The emergence if Daniel Descalso, Pete Kozma, and prospects ...
News -- October 2012
10/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire : Cardinals | Oscar Taveras could be up next year: St. Louis Cardinals OF Oscar Taveras could be in center field by next season. The team is excited with his five-tool potential. ...[+]
10/8 Seedlings to Stars: Reviewing Our 2012 Top-100: #21-30 (Delgado to A.J. Cole) : Today we’re back with a look at the next group of ten from Nathaniel’s 2012 S2S Top-100 list. If you’d like to check out ...
10/2 Through The Fence Baseball: These top prospects could be grabbing headlines in 2013 : Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes sure gave us a serious look at the next generation of ballplayers this ...
News -- September 2012
9/30 El Maquino: CARDS DECIMATE NL’S BEST–AGAIN : THE POSTGAME For the second time in three days, the Cardinals took the best team in the National League for a ride, beating the ...
9/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Lucky Number 7 : As part of our membership in the United Cardinal Bloggers, we frequently parti**** in various projects throughout the year. ...
9/28 StanGraphs: The Top Seven St. Louis Cardinals Prospects : Now a full-fledged, power-wielding member of the United Cardinal Bloggers faction, it’s time for StanGraphs to parti**** ...
9/21 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Dodgers, Davis, Montero : On this date four years ago, the Yankees played their final game in the old Yankee Stadium. The Bronx Bombers won the game over ...
9/16 El Maquino: CARDS TAKE DODGERS IN TWELVE; CARP RETURNS FRIDAY : THE POSTGAME Given how badly the Cardinals and Dodgers have been in spite of their lineups lately, it’s no surprise that ...
9/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Down On The Farm: Fun With Major League Equivalencies : A look at Major League Equivalents, a translation of what a player with numbers A-B-C at level XYZ would have looked like at the ...
9/7 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 8-2012 : The next 25 games – So, here we are Cardinal Nation; another 25 games and the St. Louis Cardinals are in the playoffs again. ...
9/6 El Maquino: OFFDAY STUFF : THE NEWS > Additional cartilage damage is expected in Lance Berkman‘s knee. ”It’s not an old man’s ...
9/4 The Baseball Haven: 2013 MLB Top 50 Prospects : Below you’ll find the top 50 prospects for 2013. Some players may make a big impact (Machado, Profar, Olt) and lose rookie ...
9/4 MLB Dirt: The Sounds Of Silence : All the context you need to know is that culture is highly correlated to the pulse of the baseball environment. Baseball is but ...
9/3 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Shelby Miller : It is not everyday that a team calls up their top prospect but with the September call-up’s in effect teams are taking advantage ...
9/2 The Cardinal Nation Blog: On Shelby Miller, major leaguer Reversing field, the St. Louis Cardinals reportedly plan to have Shelby Miller make his major league debut in September....
9/2 STLCardinalBaseball: The Final Month – A Few Questions : One of the most frustrating and tumultuous seasons in Cardinal history has come down to its final month. Due to a variety of factors, ...
9/1 StanGraphs: Cardboard Chronicles: The Grand Return : My history with baseball cards is a history that was once passionate and now rests lovingly in the recesses of my memory, but ...
News -- August 2012
8/31 StanGraphs: Michael Wacha, Demon Hurler : Well, well, well. Well. Another month is concluding, Adam Wainwright is officially a year older, and the parent club is in the ...
8/31 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: August 31 : Top stories Empire State clinches division: Just days after punching their playoff ticket, the Empire State Yankees clinched the ...
8/29 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: August 29 : Top stories Miley leads International League All-Stars: Although they aren’t represented by any players on the All-Star ...
8/28 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: 08/28/2012 :
The Rangers and Nationals flip back this week and the Cardinals make ...
8/27 Redbird Dugout: The Monday Musial – August 26th : The St. Louis Cardinals just completed their series victory against the Cincinnati Reds with a 8-2 drubbing behind Adam Wainwright. ...
8/23 StanGraphs: Jon Singleton Homers, Michael Wacha Walks Around Intriguingly : Thanks to the wonderful and talented Danny Byrd, I was able to catch some Springfield Cardinals action at Hammons Field on Monday ...
8/22 Baseball News Source: Top Five Outfield Prospects In Baseball : Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore has a peculiar allegiance to 28-year-old right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Though ...
8/21 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: 08/20/2012 :
Back to back weeks of the Top 5, but we do have a new team at the #29 ...
8/21 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Jay Has CF Covered : Despite playing only 77 games so far this season, Jon Jay ranks 3rd among all NL center fielders with 3.1 WAR, and he trails only ...
8/20 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of August 20 :
Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as ...
8/16 StanGraphs: Shelby Miller Rediscovers His Form, Michael Wacha Dominates : Hello and welcome to the mid-August edition of StanGraphs’ minor league reports! The amateur season is winding up fast — ...
8/14 STLCardinalBaseball: A Few Suggestions To Help Save The 2012 Cardinals : We’ve all been nauseated and confounded by what we’ve seen so far in a truly bizarre 2012 season. The best team in ...
8/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Daily minor league curtain call: Albert Amora on a tear : Among the highlights from around the minors Monday was the Mariners’ 2012 first-round draft pick, Mike Zunino, getting promoted ...
8/10 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Ryan Jackson : With the news of the Tyler Greene to Houston trade, that brought tears of joy and happiness to nearly all of Cardinal Nation was ...
8/10 Roto Think Tank: Manny Machado : There were two rapid-fire, knee-jerk reactions to Manny Machado's promotion yesterday on - where else - Twitter, that went something ...
8/7 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings :
We have a new number one this week; that’s the 3rd in 3 weeks after ...
8/5 Redbird Rants: September Call-Up Candidate: Bryan Anderson : Today, we will start looking at the minor leaguers who could be considered for the major league roster when teams expand in September. ...
8/2 StanGraphs: Zack Cox is Gone, Oscar Taveras Makes Us Swoon : It’s safe to say we have no reason to talk about Zack Cox anymore when we do our fortnightly minor league updates. Now in ...
8/1 StanGraphs: There Goes Another First Rounder : If you’ve ever been here before, you know we were never big fans of Zack Cox. Well, you have proof that we didn’t ...
8/1 Redbird Dugout: Cards add RHP Mujica at the deadline : On a Tuesday afternoon where it seemed the like the St. Louis Cardinals were going to quietly let the deadline pass them by without ...
News -- July 2012
7/30 StanGraphs: Cards Should Stand Pat : It’s starting to look less and less likely your 2012 St. Louis Cardinals are ever going to mount that post-April run required ...
7/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Sunday Special: Watch the Bouncing Ball : For the first time all season, the defending World Champs may have finally showed their hand leading up to the dog days ahead. ...
7/28 Redbird Rants: Joe Kelly – Another Tough Luck Loss : Joe Kelly has had the most rotten luck of any St. Louis Cardinals starter this year. The Redbirds offense seems to sputter ...
7/24 Redbird Rants: His Name is Oscar : Last offseason, the Cardinals lost their franchise player. A player who had put up record numbers during his first eleven seasons ...
7/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Could Jon Jay be traded? : Wondering out loud if the St. Louis Cardinals would consider a trade of their centerfielder for pitching for the second consecutive ...
7/23 StanGraphs: Allen Craig is Looking at Me : If you read Friday night’s live blog, you should already know that I, Spencer Hendricks of the amazing StanGraphs, was in ...
7/17 StanGraphs: Oscar Taveras Continues to Bash Baseballs, Many Baby Birds Get the Call : Yes, lovelies, it’s that time of the month again. No, not that time; it’s time to check in on the eight active minor ...
7/15 StlSportsMinute.com: Baby Birds: Top ten Cardinals prospects, a mid-season review :
John Nagel of @stlbabybirds ranks the St. Louis Cardinals top ten prospects at mid-season. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The ...
7/13 Roto Think Tank: Midseason Prospect Risers : Earlier this month, John Sickels posted his mid-season Top 120 prospect rankings. Tonight I'll look at some of the biggest ...
7/12 StlSportsMinute.com: Baby Birds: A look at some undercover Cardinals prospects :
John Nagel of @stlbabybirds takes a close look at some undercover prospects in the St. Louis Cardinals organizatoin. - ...
7/12 StanGraphs: My 2012 All-Star Week : It’s been a wild week, my little Sutt-on chops! As it does each and every season, Major League Baseball invited me to attend ...
7/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me : With MLB nearing the end of the midsummer night’s bad dream, some members of Cardinal Nation have turned their respective ...
7/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Minor League midseason team provides a peek at the future : With the Future’s Game being played this past week, and minor league All Star games being held, it’s time to take a look at ...
7/10 Jays Journal: International Free Agency 2012: A Review of July 2 : The amateur draft gets most of the publicity, but the July 2nd international free agent signing period can be just as important ...
7/9 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Future Prospects Take Advantage of Big Stage :
Major League Baseball showcases their annual Futures Game as part of their All-Star Game festivities, and it receives ...
7/9 StlSportsMinute.com: Baby Birds: Oscar Taveras and Kolten Wong impress at Futures Game :
The Springfield Cardinals, the Double AA affiliate for the St. Louis Cardinals, had two prospects playing in the Futures Game ...
7/9 Seedlings to Stars: Hitters Dominate 2012 MLB Futures Game : If the 2012 MLB Futures is indicative at all of the future of Major League Baseball, you can expect a lot of offense in the future. ...
7/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals “minor league guy” is a Canuck, eh? The St. Louis Cardinals top position player prospect, outfielder Oscar Taveras, carries a Canadian passport....
7/9 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: July 9 : Top stories Futures Game notes U.S. defeats World 17-5: In a game expected to be dominated by top pitching, offense ruled the ...
7/8 Baseball Reality Tour: Stars Shine Brightly in MLB Futures Game : The greatest part of the MLB All-Star break in recent seasons has been the Future's Game. With the boredom of Home Run Derby, ...
7/8 StanGraphs: An Argument for Zack Greinke, St. Louis Cardinal : Along with Cole Hamels, Zack Greinkehas to be the most sought-after player possibly available on this summer’s trading block. ...
7/6 Seedlings to Stars: Breaking Down the World Team for the Futures Game: Part 5, The Outfielders : We keep our discussion of the players on the World Team’s roster for the 2012 MLB Futures Game going with the outfielders. ...
7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Baby Birds: Oscar Taveras shines in this week's farm update :
John Nagel of @stlbabybirds takes a quick look around the St. Louis Cardinals minor league farm system. - ...
7/5 Redbird Rants: Just Before the Break : Just 4 games remain before the 2012 All-Star break for the St. Louis Cardinals. All 4 are home games, which should bode well ...
7/2 StanGraphs: Interesting Cardinal Trade Targets : You may have noticed something about the 2012 edition of the Cardinals: they can’t pitch. True, it’s partially due ...
News -- June 2012
6/29 StanGraphs: Old Mozeliak Had a Farm (System)! : We’ve been busy here at StanGraphs lately. Not only have we added a third (albeit a Dodger fan on something of a part-time ...
6/29 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 29 : Top stories PCL announces All-Stars: A day after the International League announced their All-Stars for next month’s AAA ...
6/25 The Baseball Page: 10 Players to Watch For in the Futures Game : Ten Players to Watch for in Futures Game Every year during the All Star break, selected minor league players flock to the city ...
6/25 The Baseball Page: 10 Players to Watch For in the Futures Game :
Ten Players to Watch for in Futures Game
Every year during the All Star ...
6/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Midseason Minor League Player of the Year candidates : With most leagues on break for their respective All-Star games, it’s time to take a look at players who are putting up gaudy ...
6/15 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 15 : My College World Series picks for the first round: Stony Brook, FSU, Kent State and Florida win. I’ll say Florida defeats ...
6/12 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: June 12 : Top stories Congratulations to the Jackson Generals for clinching the first half championship in the Southern League’s north ...
6/10 Release Points: Prospect Watch: Jonathan Singleton : Coming into the season, Houston minor league first baseman Jonathan Singleton was one of the more celebrated power-hitting prospects ...
News -- May 2012
5/30 STLCardinalBaseball: Down on the Farm: End of May : The Cardinals farm system really is proving its worth so far in the young season. Matt Adams has already been promoted and is ...
News -- April 2012
4/21 Redbird Rants: Cardinals Minor League Report : While the big league team is off to a great start, it’s important to keep track of the kids on the farm. Heading ...
4/9 FanSided: Redbirds Week in Review---4/2/12 to 4/8/12. Opening Week. :
O Frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy. I don't know if Lewis Carroll was a baseball fan, but if he ...
4/4 Redbird Rants: St Louis Cardinals Opening Day Preview : It’s finally here! Opening Day has finally arrived! For many, including myself, this is a holiday on par with Christmas. ...
4/3 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Edges Springfield 3-2 10,079 Cram into Hammons Field...
4/3 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals Win, Cardinals Lose :
You know, when you drop into the middle of one of these games on the radio, it's a bit confusing to figure out who is ...
News -- March 2012
3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Latest Dominican wave led by Rymer Liriano : Rymer Liriano started playing baseball at the age of six on the streets and sandlots of Santo Domingo. Obviously, this is not ...
3/22 i70baseball.com: Next Cardinals’ crop could be quite the harvest : For many years the Cardinals built their major league club through trades or free agency rather than with players the team drafted ...
3/20 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Center Field : If you’d told Cardinals’ fans in March of last year that Colby Rasmus would be traded and Jon Jay would be our everyday ...
3/15 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Left Field : One of three 2011 Opening Day starters expected to take the field in the same position in this year’s Opening Day game, ...
3/7 MLB Dirt: 2012 St. Louis Cardinals Top 16 Prospects : The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the best systems in the game thanks to a scouting group that has nabbed a handful of late ...
News -- February 2012
2/28 Seedlings to Stars: Greg Garcia Walks Into Sleeperdom : The Cardinals system, arguably the worst in baseball as recently as 2009, has improved to the point where it’s now one of ...
2/27 Release Points: Prospect Watch: Matt Adams : By most accounts the St. Louis Cardinals have one of the top farm systems in baseball. ESPN’s Keith Law placed six Cardinal ...
2/21 MLBTradeRumors: Top 100 Prospects Lists : With the release of Baseball America's top 100 prospects list today, my three preferred prospect sources have all published their ...
2/10 The "Mc" Effect: N.L. Central Top Prospects - St. Louis Cardinals (via @Cody_Elias) : I've been slowly going through the Pirates N.L. Central competition and their farm systems. Here's the rest of the series:Houston ...
News -- January 2012
1/24 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals announce non-roster invites : In addition to the 40 man roster, major league teams typically invite other players in their organization to parti**** in Spring ...
News -- December 2011
12/28 Through The Fence Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals Oscar Taveras Scouting Report : Oscar Taveras (St. Louis Cardinals outfielder) Height: 6’-2” Weight: 180 lbs DOB: 6/19/1992 (He’s 19, so you don’t have ...
12/20 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 16: Matt Purke : Outfielder Oscar Taveras was the subject of yesterday’s Prospect A-Z. His breakout season helps strengthening a Cardinals ...
12/19 Bus League Baseball: Prospect A-Z Day 15: Oscar Taveras : Yesterday, Prospect A-Z returned with Washington catcher Derek Norris. He has the power and defensive skills to potentially be ...
12/10 Seedlings to Stars: The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #28: Oscar Taveras : Name: Oscar Taveras DOB: 6/19/92 Organization: Cardinals Position: Outfield Notable 2011 Stats: .386/.444/.584 with 27 2B, 5 3B, ...
News -- November 2011
11/22 El Maquino: SMEAR PACKAGE SENT DIRT ON PUJOLS’ AGENT : > Back in September, Albert Pujols’ agent, Dan Lozano, told Bob Nightengale, “I know there’s a target on ...
11/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Walton with Rains radio duo on AFL and managerial search Replay of Brian Walton’s St. Louis Cardinals segment with Rob and B.J. Rains on St. Louis Sports Radio 1380. ...
News -- September 2011
9/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cardinals’ 2011 Top 7 Prospects – UCB September : Once a year, along with the rest of the United Cardinal Bloggers, we get to put this list together as a review of the Cardinals’ ...
News -- July 2011
7/24 Redbird Dugout: MLB Trade Deadline Decision : It's this time of year that trade rumors are flying left and right and rarely do any of them get executed. GM's all across ...
News -- June 2011
6/27 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Walton joins Rains duo on radio Monday St. Louis Cardinals minor league talk on St. Louis Sports Radio 1380 at 2 P.M. CDT Monday...
6/25 Redbird Dugout: Cards Young Pups Reports - Thru Late June : Does Carlos Martinez give us 2 legit aces in our systemAfter a lot of dedication to the MLB Draft I am back to give an update ...