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Cardinals Rumors: Latest on Nolan Arenado & Brendan Donovan

As the Winter Meetings in December draw closer, we’re likely to learn the fate of Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan and maybe even Alec Burleson soon as the St. Louis Cardinals continue to reshape their roster for the 2026 season and beyond. Here’s the latest reports on which teams seem to be interested and what the […]

November Monthly Reader Mailbag/Open Thread

The Hot Stove is heating up, and the St. Louis Cardinals have already been plenty active as the calendar prepares to flip to December. Sonny Gray has already been traded to Boston, and more deals are on the horizon as the new President of Baseball Operations, Chaim Bloom, continues to re-imagine this roster and replenish […]

A look at the new Cardinals – Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke

On Tuesday, the Cardinals – to somewhat of a surprise – traded Sonny Gray. Most encouragingly, they traded Sonny Gray and picked up $20 million of the check. Well, I was wrong in two ways. I thought Gray had limited his trade pool more than he had and I did not expect Bill Dewitt to […]

St. Louis Cardinals Eye Marmol Extension, But Why?

I am mystified about a new report that the St. Louis Cardinals are already talking to manager Oli Marmol about an extension. I cannot come up with a good reason to explain the reason why. I just came across this article from MLB Trade Rumors that appears to be based off of a Derrick Goold […]

The Walker/Gorman Conundrum-Should Cards Hold Em or Fold Em?

An argument can be made that if Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman had lived up to their potential, the St. Louis Cardinals would not be in a rebuild now, but they haven’t so here we are. Is it time for the Cardinals to move on or should they hang on to these very talented players? […]

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Thinking of some St Louis Cardinals fair trades

It’s time to dream and warm up to the hot stove. Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone! I am about to go from fasting to feasting in record time. Although tonight I ate heartily: a bison burger with garlic, seasoning, havarti, stone ground mustard, chipotle mayo, a dash of ketchup, and some sauerkraut. But it will soon […]

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The St. Louis Cardinals Have a Hot Commodity to Trade!

It appears that the St. Louis Cardinals are going to be in a position this offseason to trade one of their best players and cash in on his value. Cardinals All-Star 2nd baseman/Outfielder Brendan Donovan is generating “massive” interest across the league from rival teams, according to reports. While personally, this bums me out to […]

St. Louis Cardinals Sign Yohel Pozo to Major League Contract

Many were expecting based on recent reports that Yohel Pozo would return to the St. Louis Cardinals organization for 2026, but not many would have guessed it would be for a major league contract which is what the club just announced. MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that Yohel Pozo’s contract is a split-deal which will […]

Meet the the new addition to the 40 man: Bryan Torres

In a surprise to some, the Cardinals added 28-year-old Bryan Torres to the 40 man roster on November 6th. This predated the 40-man deadline by a couple weeks, because unlike Cooper Hjerpe, Leonardo Bernal, and company, Torres had spent seven seasons in the minors, and thus would have qualified for free agency. They added him […]

Projecting the 2026 Cardinals offensive performance

The next full season projection for next year was recently released as FanGraphs published the Steamer projections for the 2026 season. The season is expected to be full of growing pains as Chaim Bloom begins the first year of a rebuild of unknown length. While there is plenty of time for the 26-man roster to […]

All Aboard the Wetherholt Hype Train: What Can Cards Expect?

There’s a sense that the St. Louis Cardinals have a special player in JJ Wetherholt. There’s no debating his talent, but can anyone possibly live up to the hype that is building around him? I found an all-star comp that provides an encouraging look at what the Cardinals can expect. When the St. Louis Cardinals […]

St. Louis Cardinals Just Non-Tendered 4 Players

The St. Louis Cardinals non-tendered 4 players today including pitcher John King and catcher Yohel Pozo reducing their 40-player roster to 37. John King ended 2025 with a 2-1 record, a 4.66 ERA over just over 48 games appearing in 51 games with a 1.63 WHIP. Yohel Pozo had a .231 batting average for the […]

Of prospect runways and when they take-off

I’m going to tell you a story about a young prospect.  An outfielder, no less.  Tall and rangy.  His most noticeable tool is his power, but he is not one-dimensional.  He isn’t the greatest right-fielder anyone has seen, but he is playable.  He was what the Cardinals needed, really had since Matt Holliday aged out.  […]

Big Changes for St. Louis Cardinals Caravan This Winter

If you look forward to the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan every winter, you would be wise to check the just-announced locations as there are some big changes and omissions compared to previous years. This was the share by the St. Louis Cardinals on their social media places today. The 2026 version of the St. Louis […]

Free Agent Profile: Michael Conforto

Rather quickly, there has been a growing assumption that Brendan Donovan will be traded. The stove is hot for Donovan, and it seems like it’s a fairly safe assumption to think he won’t be a Cardinal in 2026. A consequence of this is that the Cardinals’ outfield situation is rather bad next year to put […]

Two Rising Cardinals Prospects Win Top Minor League Awards

The St. Louis Cardinals are celebrating top minor league awards given to two of the organization’s top prospects. JJ Wetherholt was named the Minor League Player of the Year while Brycen Mautz received the Minor League Pitcher of the Year honors. It’s no secret that JJ Wetherholt had a monster year with a .306 average, […]

St Louis Cardinals Roster Rundown for mid-November

Today I’d simply like to take a look at who is still on the team so that I can compare further down the road what is happening to the Cardinals with Bloom at the helm, and to add any comments to what I think will happen to each player. I feel like this list of […]

Cardinals News: 4 Prospects Added to 40-Man Roster

The St. Louis Cardinals have added youth to the 40-man roster and designated a veteran reliever for assignment to make room. John Denton of MLB.com is reporting that catcher Leonardo Bernal, outfielder Joshua Baez along with left-handed pitchers Cooper Hjerpe and Brycen Mautz are now on the 40-man for protection from the upcoming Rule 5 […]

Why a Max Scherzer–Cardinals Deal Might Not Be So Crazy

The idea that the St. Louis Cardinals might be interested in signing a once-prolific free agent like Max Scherzer during a period of rebuild might seem insane, but I can at least make an argument that there could be some wisdom to a move like this. We know that Max Scherzer plans to pitch again […]

The St. Louis Cardinals and Their 40-Man roster decisions!

Today is another milestone on the offseason highway! All 30 clubs must make their decisions on who to keep and who to outright off the 40-man roster by 3 PM CST to protect them from the Rule 5 draft on December 10th at the conclusion of the 2025 Winter Meetings being held in Orlando, Florida! […]

Former Cardinals Star Carlos Beltrán Back on Hall of Fame Ballot

A former St. Louis Cardinals star is back on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot which means we’ll learn soon if this is the year when Carlos Beltrán finally gets above the required 75% threshold. The National Baseball Hall of Fame released the 2026 ballot today which revealed 27 candidates including 12 new ones who […]