Cardinals and Jason Motte agree on 2012 contract
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with pitcher Jason Motte on a one-year contract for the upcoming 2012 season, thus avoiding salary arbitration.
Motte, 29, went 5-2 with a 2.25 ERA (10th amongst N.L. relievers) and nine saves in his 78 appearances last season, establishing a Cardinals single-season record for games pitched by a...
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19 days ago
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St. Louis Cardinals Might Have Long-term Closer In Jason Motte
St. Louis Cardinals closer Jason Motte has seen a lot of ups and downs in the early stages of his career, but he might now be set to have many more ups than downs in the foreseeable future.
The Cardinals agreed to a one-year, $1.95 million contract Wednesday with the man who closed out the franchise’s 11th World Series title.
Although the deal is only for one year, Motte looks...
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15 days ago
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15 days ago
Cardinals, Motte agree on 2012 contract
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to terms with pitcher Jason Motte on a one-year contract for the upcoming 2012 season, thus avoiding salary arbitration.
Motte, 29, went 5-2 with a 2.25 ERA (10th amongst N.L. relievers) and nine saves in his 78 appearances last season, establishing a Cardinals single-season record for games pitched by a...
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19 days ago
Jason Motte and Cardinals agree at $1.95 million
Cardinals closer Jason Motte has agreed to a $1.95 million, one-year contract after helping St. Louis win the World Series.
The 29-year-old was 5-2 with a 2.25 ERA and nine saves last season, earning the closer's role in late August and getting five saves in the postseason.
Motte made $435,000 last year. He had asked for $2.4 million in arbitration and had been offered $1.5...
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19 days ago
Cardinals Pitcher Jason Motte's Vision So Bad He Struggles to See Plate Despite Throwing Close to 100 MPH
Jason Motte has emerged as the Cardinals' closer this postseason and has been lights out. And he's been doing it all despite terrible vision, which often leads to him being unable to see where he's throwing the ball. The 29-year-old reliever's nearsightedness is bad enough that he often squints on the mound because he can't see catcher Yadier Molina's signals, accroding to Yahoo...
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October 19, 2011
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October 19, 2011
CARDINALS, MOTTE SIGN ONE YEAR DEAL
St. Louis, Mo – The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a one year, $1.95 million contract with closer Jason Motte, according to CBSsports.com. The Cardinals have confirmed the length of Motte’s contract via Twitter; he made $435,000 last year.
The 29 year old pitcher was drafted in the 19th round by the Cardinals in 2003. Motte made his debut with the Cardinals in 2008, racking...
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19 days ago
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19 days ago
Motte says he wasn't trying to hit Braun
Cardinals pitcher Jason Motte said Wednesday that he was not trying to hit Milwaukee's Ryan Braun in St. Louis' 8-7 win the night before, however it may have looked.
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August 03, 2011
Motte an obvious choice to close games
World Series champion isn't the only title Jason Motte is set to shoulder in 2012. There's this new closer tag now attached to his name, too.
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29 days ago
Performer of the game: Cards closer Motte
Jason Motte's dominant outing put a tidy bow on the Cardinals' 5-4 comeback victory on a night when the Phillies' dangerous lineup was essentially reduced to rubble by St. Louis' revamped bullpen.
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October 03, 2011
Motte gets chance to close
ST. LOUIS -- Jason Motte had done just about everything else the past two months so it was only fitting that he record his first save of the season Sunday.
Motte pitched a perfect ninth inning to protect the Cardinals 7-4 over the Pittsburgh Pirates, earning his first save in more than a year to continue a run of dominance that is becoming historic.
The right-hander hasn't allowed...
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August 29, 2011
Motte putting together historic streak
ST. LOUIS - In the midst of one of the most impressive scoreless streaks in Cardinals history, reliever Jason Motte would rather talk about keeping his teammate's runs from scoring.
Motte, who hasn't allowed an earned run in his past 24 appearances, has allowed just three of the 24 runners on base when he entered to score during the span. The right-hander has kept his last 14 inherited...
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August 19, 2011
Motte finds success as battery's other half
Jason Motte began his professional career as a catcher, but he was converted to a pitcher in 2006, and he rocketed up to the Majors. Today, he serves as the Cardinals' de-facto closer.
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October 15, 2011
Did Jason Motte Just Blow the World Series?
ESPN - Jason Motte stood in front of his locker in the quiet Cardinals clubhouse and said the same thing over and over: "I didn't do my job."
Three outs from taking a 2-0 World Series lead to Texas, St. Louis instead finds itself tied with the Rangers at a game apiece.
Motte allowed consecutive singles to open the ninth inning, and sacrifice flies by Josh Hamilton...
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October 21, 2011
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October 21, 2011
KMac Signed; Arb Figures Exchanged with Motte
One St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, Kyle McClellan, comes to terms with the club while another, Jason Motte, moves closer to a 2012 contract as arbitration amounts were exchanged Monday.
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27 days ago
Motte his night: Cards closer can't shut door
Twelve pitches, one blooper, one stolen base, one liner, one mishandled cutoff throw. That's all it took for Cardinals closer Jason Motte to come out of Thursday night's game, to suffer his first setback on the big stage, to answer an onslaught of questions about not coming through -- to finally look human.
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October 21, 2011
Mottephobia
I learned a new word during a discussion recently.
I would think that the word, among Cardinal fans, would suggest that opposing players were developing a fear of the non-closer, Jason Motte. Who could blame them? The once-catcher-turned-pitcher has a live fastball and a reckless abandon towards the mound. Motte seemed to find his footing throughout 2011 and became a solid...
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December 22, 2011
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December 22, 2011
Jason Motte, Cardinals agree to $1.95 million deal
Cardinals closer Jason Motte has agreed to a $1.95 million, one-year contract after helping St. Louis win the World Series.
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19 days ago
A World Series Poem
This was written by Jason Motte's glove, SirGloveAWilson:Twas the night before the World Series, when all through the clubhouseNot a player was stirring, not even a Lohse.The championships were hung by the flagpoles with care,In hopes that Bud Selig will soon put another one there.The mascots were nestled all snug in their beds,While visions of 3 run homers danced in their heads...
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October 18, 2011
Cardinals sign Motte to one-year contract
Jason Motte and the Cardinals reached agreement Wednesday on a one-year contract for 2012, avoiding arbitration.
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19 days ago
Did You Say Motte or Lynn? Ah, Screw It.
With the telephone, you make the call!
If you look at it one way, sure, it’s a little too important to let crowd noise impede you from hearing the manager during the World Series. But, at the same time, there’s only like, what?, two, three games left? Who cares, amirite? I mean, everyone phones it in on the last day of work, school, and life, right?
Well, the St. Louis Cardinals...
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October 25, 2011
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October 25, 2011
Motte Pushes Scoreless Appearance Streak To 19
St. Louis Cardinals reliever Jason Motte is often compared to former Cardinals reliever Chris Perez. Both power relievers came up through the Cardinals organization together and were at one point the future of Cardinals bullpen.
The Cardinals traded Perez in 2009 in a deal that brought over utility infielder Mark DeRosa. Since, Perez has become a stallwart in the ninth inning...
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August 07, 2011
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August 07, 2011
Performer of the game: Cardinals' Motte
Cardinals right-hander Jason Motte continued his dominance in the postseason, retiring all four batters he faced -- three via strikeout -- to help preserve a 4-3 victory over the Brewers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.
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October 13, 2011
Motte on a dominating roll for Cardinals
Jason Motte is, for the time being, too valuable to be confined to one role. So he's filling a few. Mostly, though, Motte is just getting zeros. The right-hander made his 21st consecutive scoreless appearance on Saturday, getting the last five outs of the Cardinals' 6-4 win against the Reds.
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September 04, 2011
Bullpen Could Be A Strength For St. Louis Cardinals In 2012
The St. Louis Cardinals’ bullpen came a long way in 2011, beginning with Ryan Franklin’s blown save on Opening Day and ending with Jason Motte’s final pitch to win Game Seven of the World Series.
The squad battled through major ups and downs throughout the season, and the final roster hardly resembled the Opening Day roster. All of those changes turned out to be a blessing...
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22 days ago
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22 days ago
Motte: Settles Contract at Midpoint
Hot News for RP Jason Motte
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