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Cardinals left-handed prospect mows down Pirates at spring training

The St. Louis Cardinals received an impressive performance during spring training Thursday as one of the organization’s rising pitching prospects dominated opposing hitters.

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Cardinals' Top Prospect JJ Wetherholt Comments on Mindset Heading Into 2026 Season

The St. Louis Cardinals aren't exactly expected to contend for a championship this year, especially after trading away multiple big-name players like Brendan Donovan, Willson Contreras, and Sonny Gray during the offseason.

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Forgotten Reliever May Have Chance at Breaking Camp with Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals completely stripped their roster of veteran players this past offseason and instead have chosen to trust their young players to take on those roles.

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Cardinals' Dustin May Gives St. Louis Fans Something to Believe In

The St. Louis Cardinals signed one of the more intriguing free agent starting pitchers in baseball this past offseason. St. Louis targeted 6'6'' flamethrower Dustin May early and landed him on a one-year, $12.5 million deal for the 2026 season with a $20 million mutual option for the 2027 campaign.

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Cardinals Unlikely Fan Favorite Could Have Shot at Opening Day Roster

The St. Louis Cardinals had a busy offseason unloading veterans from their roster and starting fresh with younger faces. There is a lot of competition at spring training as the Cardinals enter the final three weeks of trying to finalize their Opening Day roster.

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One storyline to follow for every MLB team in 2026

As Spring Training opens for 2026, all 30 teams have high hopes and big questions. These are the storylines to follow for each team heading into Opening Day.

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Cardinals 27-Year-Old Power Bat Projected to Lose MLB Roster Battle

The St. Louis Cardinals have a series of roster competitions playing out in spring training, and nowhere is more convoluted than the outfield. With Lars Nootbaar slated to start the year on the injured list, the only virtual locks to make the team as opening day outfielders are Victor Scott II and Jordan Walker.

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Cardinals Should Monitor Yankees' Jasson Domínguez After Brian Cashman's Comments

It's crunch time across Major League Baseball right now. There are just three weeks to go before Opening Day arrives. For the St. Louis Cardinals, that will be on March 26 at home against the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Cardinals 28-Year-Old 'Most at Risk' in Starting Rotation Battle

The St. Louis Cardinals fortunately have a handful of options to consider for the starting rotation with roughly three weeks to go until Opening Day. St.

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Cardinals Make Last-Minute Change to Thursday's Lineup, Per Insider

The St. Louis Cardinals are preparing for their game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday in Bradenton, Florida. They have kicked off their spring training schedule and will begin the regular season in three weeks.

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Cardinals Skipper Hints St. Louis Found Perfect Glue Guy in Free Agency

The St. Louis Cardinals had a quiet haul in free agency this winter, but they managed to add a couple of veterans to their pitching staff. Starter Dustin May could light up radar guns and become a major turnaround story after his rough year with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox.

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Cardinals 23-Year-Old Making Serious Push for Opening Day Roster

The St. Louis Cardinals won't look exceptionally different on Opening Day, as opposed to much of the rest of the roster. It was an offseason of change for St.

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25 MLB players that could be traded during the 2026 season

The 2026 MLB season is right around the corner, and it is never too early to start thinking about how it might unfold. Seemingly, every year, we have a decent handle on who should contend and who is likely to struggle, which makes looking ahead to the trade deadline inevitable.

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Ixan Henderson is your #16 St. Louis Cardinals prospect

After being relatively close to winning for the last few votes, Ixan Henderson won the vote for the 16th prospect pretty handily. Both polls I ran in fact weren’t really contests at all.

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Matthew Liberatore Approaches a Make-Or-Break Season

Matthew Liberatore is coming off a career-best season with the St. Louis Cardinals. As a full-time starting pitcher for the first time in his career, Liberatore set career highs in starts, wins, and innings pitched.

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Ex-Cardinals Slugger Makes Superstar JJ Wetherholt Comparison

The St. Louis Cardinals have embraced the youth movement for 2026 and are going to look completely different than they have in years. There are no superstars on the roster, so it may be a long year for them.

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Who’s Been Most Impressive in St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training So Far?

While there is still a relatively small sample size, we’ve played enough Spring Training games to begin to get an idea of what players are impressing and which ones aren’t.

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Cardinals 6-Year Veteran Rumored to Be Next On Chopping Block

Could Chaim Bloom strike once again in the trade market before Opening Day for the St. Louis Cardinals? The trades were the story of the offseason, but one of the guys who was in a chunk of rumors didn't get moved in JoJo Romero.

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3 Options for Cardinals as They Look for More Firepower

The St. Louis Cardinals might not be done looking for more help in the outfield. They wanted a right-handed bat with some power, and while they added Ramon Urias and committed to giving Thomas Saggese and Jose Fermin time in the outfield, Derrick Goold says they haven't completely ruled out another addition.

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Cardinals Fans Need to Pay Attention to George Soriano Right Now

The St. Louis Cardinals were busy throughout the offseason in the trade market, to say the least. While most of the headlines out there centered around Brendan Donovan, Willson Contreras, Sonny Gray and Nolan Arenado, the Cardinals made a few quiet moves as well.

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Former Cardinals Slugger Claps Back at Clayton Kershaw for 'Bush League' comments

Long before the Los Angeles Dodgers created their own "evil empire," the St. Louis Cardinals had their number in the postseason. In 2013, St. Louis dispatched the Dodgers in a six-game NLCS.

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Cardinals' Matthew Liberatore Teases New Weapon Thanks to Trey Yesavage

St. Louis Cardinals lefty Matthew Liberatore took a step in the right direction in 2025 and certainly could have more in the tank in 2026. Liberatore fully transitioned to the starting rotation in 2025 and logged a 4.21 ERA across 29 starts to go along with a 122-to-40 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 151 2/3 innings pitched.

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Cardinals' JJ Wetherholt Leads New-and-Improved Top 30 Prospects List

The St. Louis Cardinals may have it rough in 2026 in terms of on-field results, but that doesn't mean there aren't things to look forward to. By now, it's clear what their goals are for this season.

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Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar Pulls Back Curtain on Team Japan Decision

Anyone who watched the 2023 World Baseball Classic closely could guess that Lars Nootbaar wishes he could have played for Team Japan again. Nootbaar, the St.

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Cardinals May Have Another Pre-Opening Day Move Up Their Sleeve

The St. Louis Cardinals are just over three weeks away from kicking off the 162-game marathon that is the Major League Baseball regular season. We're at a point in the calendar in which Spring Training has been going on long enough to start to really think about what rosters could look like when Opening Day gets here.

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MLB Rumors: St. Louis Cardinals Could Trade The Perfect Candidate To Acquire Isaac Paredes

The stove has been hot in St. Louis for months, and Isaac Paredes was on and off. Having shipped out franchise pillars like Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan, Sonny Gray, and Willson Contreras, the St.