Bi-weekly news and notes on St. Louis Cardinals pitchers competing this winter across the globe. Our Pitcher of the Week is St. Louis right-hander Carlos Martinez, who logged six scoreless innings in a Dominican Republic league playoff contest. Scouting report and video included!
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Weekly news and notes on St. Louis Cardinals position players competing this winter across the globe. After a record-setting performance, recent Cardinals free agent signing Jose Rondon is our winter ball Hitter of the Week. Also included is a scouting report on shortstop Edmundo Sosa and some MVP talk for another.
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On the first business day of the “new December”, the St. Louis Cardinals remain quiet in terms of making roster additions for 2021. A former pitching prospect died at the age of 25. Our history feature focuses on a long-forgotten Cardinals catcher whose life came to a tragic end.
2020 left behind one more terrible event, as on Thursday, former St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect Derian Gonzalez died in a motorcycle accident in his native Venezuela. He was 25 years old.
The perseverance shown by the 2020 St. Louis Cardinals – coming back from numerous COVID cases and negotiating through an unprecedentedly compressed make up schedule to reach the post-season – is the top story of the year. And nothing else is even close.
In August, the St. Louis Cardinals brought up their top position player prospect, and in his second try, Dylan Carlson stuck. In fact, less than a month after his recall, the rookie was the team’s cleanup hitter in the playoffs.
The St. Louis Cardinals made a highly-visible statement about the state of their payroll by paying $1 million to their leadoff man and the best defender in the game at second base to take his skills to another team for 2021.
Weekly news and notes on St. Louis Cardinals position players competing this winter across the globe. As one of Venezuela’s hottest hitters, catcher Dennis Ortega repeats as our Cardinals winter ball Player of the Week.
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The St. Louis Cardinals remain quiet in terms of making roster additions at the major league level as a former Cardinal signs elsewhere. The conclusion of our history feature on Jose Oquendo focuses on his long years of coaching for St. Louis.
As part of a reduction of 43 teams across minor league baseball, St. Louis Cardinals affiliates in State College and Johnson City are no longer professional clubs.
At the top of The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect rankings for the second consecutive year is none other than Dylan Carlson. How should we set reasonable expectations for the switch-hitting outfielder in his first full major league season? FREE report!
At number 3 in The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect countdown for 2021 is the heir apparent at third base for the St. Louis Cardinals. What does Nolan Gorman need to show in 2021 and how soon may he make his St. Louis debut?
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At number 3 in The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect countdown for 2021 is the organization’s top pitching prospect – or is he? How high is Matthew Liberatore’s ceiling and what does he need to accomplish before reaching it? 2500 words of scouting reports, photos and video follow.
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Bi-weekly news and notes on St. Louis Cardinals pitchers competing this winter across the globe. Our repeat Pitcher of the Week is St. Louis left-hander Genesis Cabrera, who logged four scoreless outings in the Dominican Republic in the last two weeks and six overall. Scouting reports and video included!
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Number 4 in The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect countdown for 2021 is a 20-year old catcher who grew up in Panama as a fan of another number 4, Yadier Molina. Will Iván Herrera replace the future Hall of Famer one day – and if so, when will it be?
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Entering the final five of The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect countdown for 2021 with a very promising left-hander with the offerings to become a big league rotation regular. Are health concerns about Zack Thompson overblown? FREE report!
Weekly news and notes on St. Louis Cardinals position players competing this winter across the globe. Coming off an 18-game hitting streak, catcher Dennis Ortega is our Cardinals winter ball Hitter of the Week.
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Number six in The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect countdown for 2021 is the organization’s top pick from the 2020 draft who began his career in the alternate camp. Will Jordan Walker remain at third base and how quickly can he realize his considerable power potential?
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The St. Louis Cardinals made several minor league depth signings, but remain quiet at the major league level. Part 3 of our history feature on Jose Oquendo focuses on the final years of his playing days with St. Louis.
The Cardinal Nation’s Top 50 prospect countdown for 2021 continues with a very promising hitter who struggled with injury in 2019 and COVID in 2020, and as such, has become the most anonymous top prospect in the system.
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