The hot-hitting starting catcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, Yadier Molina, has been placed on the injured list. In the interim, Andrew Knizner will start, with Ali Sanchez promoted as the top reserve.
What would be a fair offer to free agent catcher Yadier Molina to reflect the market plus his legacy value to the St. Louis Cardinals? Using this week’s Jason Castro deal with the Astros as a base, would 40% to 50% over market value be a “ridiculous” offer?
Brian Walton tries to walk a mile in free agent Yadier Molina’s shoes by prioritizing and analyzing the factors that may be most important to the catcher’s decision where to play in 2021.
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St. Louis Cardinals star Yadier Molina moves up from 12th to fourth in all-time hits when sorting out hits accrued playing elsewhere in the field from results as a catcher only – but still has 22 to go to reach 2000.
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.
Yadier Molina’s agent is interested in negotiating a one-or-two year contract extension for his client. The St. Louis Cardinals would be taking a significant risk in agreeing.
The St. Louis Cardinals are promoting prospect outfielder Randy Arozarena from Memphis, activating catcher Yadier Molina from the injured list, placing outfielder Jose Martinez on the IL and optioning catcher Andrew Knizner to Memphis.
All-Star catcher recognized for exemplary humanitarian efforts, including establishing Founation4 and relief efforts in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.
Link to all Yadier Molina news at The Cardinal Nation Became a Cardinal Selected in the fourth round (113th overall) of the June, 2000 First-Year Player Draft. Received a $325,000 signing bonus. Retired in October 2022. 2011 Season Led the team in batting at .305, eighth in the NL. First among NL catchers in average … Continue reading Yadier Molina→
Followers of the St. Louis Cardinals had differing views of catcher Yadier Molina’s update on his contract situation upon his reporting to spring training.
What might we learn from a time in history when the St. Louis Cardinals got rid of the best catcher in the National League instead of paying him what he deserved?
Three St. Louis Cardinals took part in the championship clinching game in Panama but Venezuela's Juniel Querecuto is our Player of the Week after the non-roster spring camp infield invitee clubbed his seventh home run of the winter and tallied an OBP of .353.
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The St. Louis may not have had much turnover this off-season, but 40% of the uniformed personnel from 2022 spring training are not coming to the 2023 camp.
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Irving Lopez was the top performer of the week as he reached base 14 times and tallied a .636 OBP for the top team in Mexico. Juniel Querecuto also had a strong week with 4 extra base hits while Wilking Rodriguez tallied saves in his past two outings.
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The best pitcher in the Caribbean this week was Guillermo Zuniga who fanned 4 in a pair of scoreless outings for the top team in Colombia. Also detailed are the results of other arms in their playoffs series and a pair of late-season roster additions.
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Weekly news and notes on past and present St. Louis Cardinals players competing this winter across the globe. Our Player of the Week is infielder Juniel Querecuto, who has a current five-game hitting streak in the Venezuelan playoffs.
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The list of St. Louis Cardinals planning to play in the World Baseball Classic this March has increased by two with decisions from Tommy Edman and Lars Nootbaar to compete for Korea and Japan, respectively. Our weekly history feature looks at the five best catchers in team history.
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