In a year in which Major League Baseball is taking a serious drop in revenue, which teams are on the most solid financial footing? The Cardinal Nation presents our financial strength ranking of all 30 MLB organizations.
Brian Walton delves into the direct and indirect changes to both professional and amateur baseball on the horizon due to MLB’s decision to cut back on the 2020 draft.
We know seemingly every detail about how Major League Baseball wants to handle schedules, rosters and money in 2020. What we still don’t know is how they believe they can play games safely.
The conclusion of a two-part series includes the full history of results posted by the St. Louis Cardinals Rookie Complex level teams, currently the Gulf Coast League Cardinals, including the best players and teams over multiple decades of play.
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MLB ownership will try to sell its players a new proposal to begin the 2020 season. With seemingly less to lose, will the MLB Players Association get enough of what it wants? If not and they dig in their heels, could it backfire on them?
The first of a two-part series within a series detailing the St. Louis Cardinals’ participation in several Rookie Complex level leagues since 1964, currently the Gulf Coast League. The initial focus is on how the level stacks up against others in the system as well as the various leagues in which the Cardinals had teams.
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Separately, pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina have each stated their intent to play in 2021. Will they remain St. Louis Cardinals teammates for a 17th season?
MLB wants to cut the number of teams in Minor League Baseball starting in 2021. This is not the first time, as the game has worked its way through many different cycles of growth and decline.
Before participating an upcoming draft to select the St. Louis Cardinals’ top players of all time, Brian Walton set his list of draft candidates by position and enlisted reader help in devising a selection strategy.
The details behind why a particular pitcher and an outfielder may gain the most of any St. Louis Cardinals players because of the delay in opening the 2020 season.
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The two one-year, incentive-laden contracts pitcher Adam Wainwright has received from the St. Louis Cardinals can provide a guide as to what might be a fair offer for his battery-mate Yadier Molina in 2021.
The conclusion of a two-part series within a series detailing the history of the St. Louis Cardinals Rookie Advanced level franchise, the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League. This segment highlights the best players and teams over 45 years.
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As a lawyer, former Mizzou pitcher and minor leaguer Garrett Broshuis is both leading a suit over player salaries and is a founder of Advocates for Minor Leaguers, a new non-profit organization.
The St. Louis Cardinals’ full system view by position is updated to reflect rosters as they were heading into the 2020 season delay and transaction freeze.
Breaking down several dozen roster shifts across the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system made even though no players have played any games in 2020, even in spring training.
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The first of a two-part series within a series detailing the history St. Louis Cardinals Rookie Advanced level franchise, the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League. Part 2 will highlight the best players and teams over 45 years.
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Would it take the addition of players’ families inside the bubble to get full player buy-in to a start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season? Would MLB be willing to assume the associated increase in risk or let some players stay home?
First-hand news and commentary on the St. Louis Cardinals™ and their minor league system for 25 years