The St. Louis Cardinals missed the postseason for the third straight year after going 78-84 and finishing in fourth place in the National League Central in 2025.
The article title may upset some of you who feel that Willson Contreras has been treated exactly as he should. I will say that I am probably one of the biggest Contreras and supporters of him on the Cardinals, but it was not always that way.
The St. Louis Cardinals are undergoing some massive changes after finishing 78-84 in 2025 and missing the postseason for the third straight year. The biggest change came with the front office as John Mozeliak stepped down as president of baseball operations and handed the reins over to Chaim Bloom.
The last three seasons haven't gone how the St. Louis Cardinals wanted them to go, but this organization has a bright future and it starts with No. 1 prospect JJ Wetherholt.
I started a project with a plan for three articles, one each for the biggest surprise in the category of defense, offense and pitching. I did pitchers and now I’m moving on to hitters.
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As the Major League Baseball offseason really picks up steam, the St. Louis Cardinals will be the team to watch on the trade block because there are so many veterans on the roster that realistically could get moved.
The St. Louis Cardinals are undergoing some very big changes this offseason after going 78-84 during the regular season and missing the playoffs for the third straight year.
Despite missing the playoffs for the third-straight season, the St. Louis Cardinals decided to retain manager Oli Marmol for the 2026 season. However, his the organization is still set to undergo plenty of changes entering their next campaign.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been gradually declining over the past decade. Once a gold standard of the National League, the Cardinals have now suffered two losing seasons in the last three years.
There are a handful of open manager jobs across Major League Baseball right now and St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols is a candidate for at least two of them.
The St. Louis Cardinals are bound to have quite an exciting offseason this winter. They're likely going to be active on the trade market, with players like Sonny Gray and Nolan Arenado making sense as trade chips.
The St. Louis Cardinals have one of baseball’s best third basemen in Nolan Arenado but both sides have made it clear that they are open to going in a different direction this offseason.
The St. Louis Cardinals made a shocking decision after the 2021 season when they fired then-manager Mike Shildt and subsequently replaced him with Oli Marmol.
The St. Louis Cardinals made the news for all the wrong reasons after the 2021 season when ex-manager Mike Shildt was fired. It came as a shock after the Cardinals had won 17 games in a row to clinch a postseason berth.
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The St. Louis Cardinals have work to do over the next few seasons if they want to get themselves back into postseason contention. Chaim Bloom has taken over for John Mozeliak and will initiate a rebuild after St.
The 2025 Major League Baseball season wasn't great for the St. Louis Cardinals, but there were a few bright spots that should have fans excited for 2026 and beyond.
The St. Louis Cardinals are headed for quite an exciting offseason this winter. They have a lot of potential trade candidates on their roster, and it wouldn't be surprising to see them make more than a handful of big moves.
Former St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols is getting plenty of love across the league right now. Pujols has made it clear that he would like to be a Major League Baseball manager.
Jon Heyman of the New York Post revealed that there was tension between Shildt and the Padres' coaching staff, and that similar issues arose when he was fired from the Cardinals in 2021.
For a franchise built on the bedrock of homegrown talent, the St. Louis Cardinals had, for a few years, seen their once-vaunted farm system slip into uncharacteristic mediocrity.
“Other teams have asked about” the many catchers in the Cardinals organization, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote as part of a lengthy chat with readers.
Chaim Bloom's track record of developing players and Oli Marmol's experience with the current crop of young Cardinals players could be a solid blend for St. Louis as they look to the future.