The St. Louis Cardinals have completely defied expectations this season, despite fielding an entirely different-looking team than last season. The Cardinals began leaning into a full-scale rebuild last season before the trade deadline, dealing Ryan Helsley, Phil Maton and Steven Matz.
Ivan Herrera hit a solo home run, and right-hander Kyle Leahy pitched five effective innings Friday night for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 3-2 victory against the visiting Colorado Rockies.
Kyle Leahy has slowly established himself this season as one of the more reliable St. Louis Cardinals starters in this development year. He turned into something of a strikeout machine Friday night, but also gave up a ton of leadoff hits.
The St. Louis Cardinals' rotation has some questions right now and a potential long-term answer down in the minors starting to really show what he can do.
How many of the most recent players to record five hits in the same MLB game for each franchise can you name in five minutes?
The St. Louis Cardinals have a hole in the outfield after trading Lars Nootbaar away. The Cardinals also have a clear answer to replace him in Triple-A in No.
The MLB Draft doesn’t get the same attention as the NFL Draft…or the NBA Draft…or even the NHL Draft. There’s the element of a stay in a farm system, the general lack of immediate impact for MLB draft picks, and the fact that it’s tougher for one MLB player to turn a franchise’s fortunes around.
The St. Louis Cardinals recognized one of their brightest young players before Friday night's series opener against the Colorado Rockies. The club announced that rookie infielder JJ Wetherholt has been selected as the Cardinals' 2026 Heart and Hustle Award winner.
The St. Louis Cardinals aren't losing a former top overall prospect after all. St. Louis recently gave No. 7 overall prospect Quinn Mathews his first shot in the big leagues.
Welcome back to the third and final part of my analysis of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2026 MLB Draft! Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve covered the Cardinals’ Day 1 draft picks, along with a deep dive into their early Day 2 selections.
The St. Louis Cardinals made a very intriguing move on Thursday. St. Louis claimed young outfielder Everson Pereira off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
Pitcher Tink Hence had been a highly regarded prospect for the St. Louis Cardinals as recently as 2025. Those days appear to be over.
Even the most successful regular-season teams in Major League Baseball have failed to win it all. Here's our list of 20 such clubs that fall into that category.
The Cardinals announced that right-hander Tink Hence has cleared waivers and been sent outright to their Florida Complex League affiliate. He was designated for assignment last week when the club called up left-hander Quinn Mathews.
The return of slugger Jordan Walker might provide a boost for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Colorado Rockies, who could use some aid in their precarious position in the National League wild-card race.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone, and the St. Louis Cardinals made the smart decision to sell off some of their players to improve their farm system.
The St. Louis Cardinals traded two key pieces within the division in a surprise move ahead of the 2026 Major League Baseball trade deadline. The 2026 trade deadline was Chaim Bloom's first one leading the Cardinals as the team's president of baseball operations and the club did a very good job.
Andre Pallante pitched 5 1/3 solid innings and rookie JJ Wetherholt hit a two-run double with two outs in the fifth inning as the visiting St. Louis Cardinals withstood some rainy conditions and earned a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
The St. Louis Cardinals began the year as one of the biggest surprises of the MLB season. Many Cardinals fans were hopeful. The team was much better than
Yankees manager Aaron Boone is clearly hoping Lombard will provide a spark for the club and prove to be an upgrade over Anthony Volpe.
The St. Louis Cardinals spent Monday preparing for tomorrow while preserving just enough of today to create confusion. They traded two impending free-agent pitchers, moved a controllable outfielder for prospects, then acquired a veteran reliever who can test free agency after the season.
The St. Louis Cardinals scratched All-Star right fielder Jordan Walker from Tuesday's game against the host New York Yankees with right knee inflammation.
In a series opener between two of the most storied franchises, a visiting player made some history of his own on Monday night.
Just ahead of the trade deadline, the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals agreed on a trade that will provide Arizona with a much-needed left-handed-hitting outfielder.
The Cardinals have yet to participate in the trade deadline festivities, but they’re likely to be sellers after a rough week dropped them four games out of the final NL Wild Card spot.
The Brewers entered Monday with a 6.5-game lead in the National League Central.
The Cardinals announced that right-hander Tink Hence has been designated for assignment. The move opens up a 40-man roster space for Quinn Mathews, whose contract has now been officially selected from Triple-A (as reported two days ago). Righty Matt Svanson was optioned to Triple-A in the corresponding 26-man roster move for Mathews.
The St. Louis Cardinals were one of the more surprising stories in baseball over the first three months.
Walker has struggled to get going in the second half of the season.
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