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  It wasn’t certain what we’d get from the Cardinals and Mets on Sunday night. After all, they did just finish a 20-inning game the night before. Of course, the players were going to be tired, relievers overworked from the night before and everyone else pretty much mentally exhausted from six hour and 53 minute marathon. One big question was going to be about the availability of the relievers on both sides, as ...

The Cardinals’ spring as a whole was forgettable at best. But they’ve wasted no time in putting up solid offensive and pitching numbers in the first week of the season. In five games, they have outscored their opponents 30-16 and have seen four players (Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Yadier Molina, and Colby Rasmus) hit two home runs. The pitching has matched the offense's success. Chris Carpenter won his first start, going six innings and allowing ...

In the real world, a penny isn’t worth much at all. But when it comes to the potential success of the Cardinals’ 2010 pitching rotation, a Penny is actually worth a ton. Brad Penny is one of the newest faces to the Cardinals’ clubhouse, but he’s already being counted on as a key member of the rotation. Like last season, manager Tony La Russa has two starters this year that he ...

Third baseman Hank Blalock has signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays worth $925,000, plus an extra $400,000 in incentives, reports Jon Heyman . Blalock's contract is worth approximately $6 million less than what he was earning with the Texas Rangers last season.  Blalock had been in talks with the Florida Marlins and the Rays this off-season, but talks with Tampa Bay became much more serious in recent days. ...

  The St. Louis Cardinals will look to repeat as National League Central champions in 2010. But to do that, it won’t be easy. The Cardinals weren’t the only team in the Central to make moves acquire and key free agent signings this off-season. The Brewers, Cubs, Astros and even the Reds made noise this off-season, all in hopes of chasing the Cardinals for the top spot in the division. Below is how I ...

After an off-season full of speculation surrounding infielder Felipe Lopez signing with the St. Louis Cardinals, the deal finally became official on Friday. The club agreed with Lopez on a one-year, $2 million contract with incentives on Friday, despite recent reports that the Cardinals weren’t looking to add another infielder before Spring Training. Lopez played forty three games with the Cardinals in 2008 where he hit .385 with four home runs ...

Being inducted in to the Baseball Hall of Fame is undoubtedly the highest honor any baseball player could ever achieve in his career. Each year, baseball fans anxiously await to see who the newest inductees are, and if their favorites will finally take a place in baseball's promised land. But this year, only one playerù Andre Dawsonù was inducted in to Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers Association of America, the group that ...

Over the past week, talks between the Minnesota Twins and left-handed starting pitcher Jarrod Washburn have begun to heat up. Scott Miller of CBSSports.com áreported on Tuesday that the Twins made an offer to the lefty but the figures of the deal had not yet been disclosed.á But on Thursday, La Velle Neal of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune said several people close to the Twins said that they were not aware of a ...

Mark DeRosa has officially signed with the San Francisco Giants, and Troy Glaus and Joe Thurston both have signed with the Atlanta Braves.á Needless to say, the St. Louis Cardinals are now left with a hole to fill at third base. As Matt Holliday's status remains uncertain, GM John Mozeliak has other targets that he has been rumored to be pursuing. The hottest name linked to the Cardinals appears to be switch-hitting infielder ...

Mark DeRosa has officially signed with the San Francisco Giants, and Troy Glaus and Joe Thurston both have signed with the Atlanta Braves.á Needless to say, the St. Louis Cardinals are now left with a hole to fill at third base. As Matt Holliday's status remains uncertain, GM John Mozeliak has other targets that he has been rumored to be pursuing. The hottest name linked to the Cardinals appears to be switch-hitting infielder ...