It is officially 2026 and the two most necessary players for the St. Louis Cardinals to trade remain in the organization as Spring Training is five short weeks away.
The St. Louis Cardinals still have a lot of work left to do this offseason. The calendar has flipped to 2026, and after trading Willson Contreras and Sonny Gray, more moves should be expected from Chaim Bloom in his first offseason as president of baseball operations.
The St. Louis Cardinals should be back to work at the start of next week as the holiday season officially wraps up. Entering 2026, they had already made some big trades, sending both Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox.
No matter what happens throughout the rest of the offseason, there are a few things to be very excited about for the 2026 Major League Baseball season when it comes to the St.
It has been quite an odd offseason across Major League Baseball. Things started off with a bang. The St. Louis Cardinals traded Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox before the winter meetings and other moves popped up around the league early on.
The St. Louis Cardinals have tried to buy, win, and contend each season for the past decade. While they've had a little bit of success at times, the overall state of the team has slowly declined.
The St. Louis Cardinals have shown this offseason already that they aren't afraid to make a move under Chaim Bloom. For St. Louis, that has meant multiple trades sending guys out of the organization, including Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras.
It feels like a long time since the St. Louis Cardinals won 93 games and the NL Central title in 2022. After largely standing pat last winter, the Cardinals have finally committed to a teardown under new president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom.
Much ink has been spilled over the last three seasons trying to diagnose and correct the errors that have led to the Cardinals unceremonious tumble from the top of the National League Central division.
The St. Louis Cardinals are seemingly entering a rebuild this offseason, which is the correct move for the team to make going forward. The Cardinals opened up the offseason by trading Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for some prospects.
America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.
The St. Louis Cardinals still have work left to do this offseason. Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras are gone, but there are still trades to make and possibly some players to sign.
January is here and with that, we should start to see more movement around the league in the very near future. The St. Louis Cardinals will have pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in 41 days, as of writing.
I am back with an annual update to my series on measuring how teams like the Cardinals do at draft-and-development. This will be a multi-part series. This first installment will essentially add the 2025 season to the numbers and comb out some interesting tidbits, focusing more on the Cardinals than the rest of the league.
The St. Louis Cardinals are expected to take a bit of a step back in 2026 as far as contending for a playoff spot goes. They’ve already traded two big pieces in Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras.
2026 has arrived. The St. Louis Cardinals have been busy this offseason, sending both Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox after going 78-84 in 2025 and missing the postseason for a third straight year.
2026 officially is here and that means we are not far away from the return of baseball. Spring Training will kick off in February and then Opening Day will be here in March.
The calendar has flipped to 2026, and the St. Louis Cardinals still have some important work left to do before spring training kicks off in just over a month.
Happy new year! May your 2026 be an improvement over your 2025, whether or not your 2025 was a good year or not. And if you got married, had a kid, and got a promotion last year, well you probably will not have a better year but may it come as close as possible.
The St. Louis Cardinals are sitting pretty right now. St. Louis has one of the most popular trade candidates in baseball right now in Brendan Donovan. Brandon Lowe, Donovan, and Ketel Marte have been the most talked-about trade candidates in the infield.
Earlier this week, former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Joe Kelly decided it was time to hang up his spikes and call it a career. The 37-year-old right-hander was drafted by the Cardinals back in 2009 and made his debut in 2012.
The Boston Red Sox were looking to fill their hole at first base. Their second trade of the offseason with the St. Louis Cardinals has provided an answer.