The puzzle pieces are starting to fit together on the St. Louis Cardinals' Brendan Donovan trade, which has been reported as close to final as of Monday evening, but not quite over the finish line.
The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.
The St. Louis Cardinals have opted to rebuild their roster over the past year. Rebuilding is one of the more difficult moves to pull off in baseball because the team has to commit to the future while it's largely unknown.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been rebuilding as aggressively as any team in the league this offseason, but they kicked this rebuild off a year ago. Last free agency, the Cardinals opted against adding any big name free agents.
The St. Louis Cardinals are clearly building towards the future. St. Louis has done a good job flipping veterans for pitching this offseason and the club will enter the 2026 season with a very young roster in hand.
We finally have solid details of how the St. Louis Cardinals plan to make their games available for streaming for the upcoming season. The team says that Major League Baseball will produce and distribute all in-market St.
The St. Louis Cardinals are in the middle of a huge rebuild which has already seen six big trades over the last calendar year. They're headed in the right direction, though it could result in them finishing in last place in the National League Central this year.
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 have been active this offseason, but for different reasons than usual. Instead of adding talent, they've been subtractinig it, and they sent Nolan Arenado, Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras out the door as part of their rebuild.
There are still a few days left to go until Spring Training kicks off for the St. Louis Cardinals. On Sunday afternoon, Cardinals president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom was asked about the possibility of Brendan Donovan being traded by Tom Ackerman on "Sports on a Sunday Morning" on KMOX Sports.
The St. Louis Cardinals appeared to be done making any more moves this offseason on Sunday, but that was until Eugenio Suarez signed a one-year, $15 million contract with the Cincinnati Reds.
With Spring Training just days away from kicking off across Major League Baseball, we should see a flurry of moves really start to pick up as players land last-second deals before camp.
I saw a little bit of surprise that Leonardo Bernal, voted as the sixth best prospect in the system, wasn’t voted in the top 5. I am not surprised. Doing this for three years, catchers usually end up lower than I expect, not higher.
The St. Louis Cardinals waited multiple years to begin their rebuild. They delayed it each year by bringing in aging veterans to fill out their roster in a lackluster attempt to win a World Series title, but each season for the past four or five years has fell short.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been working toward a rebuild for the last six to eight months. They kicked this rebuild off by trading Ryan Helsley, Phil Maton, and Steven Matz at the trade deadline last year.
With Chaim Bloom taking over as president of baseball operations, the St. Louis Cardinals have been having a fire sale. Most of their trades have come with the Boston Red Sox.
The St. Louis Cardinals are in the middle of a huge rebuild that's already seen six big trades over the last couple of months. They been able to land a slew of talented prospects, which will be crucial toward getting this team back to the postseason.
The St. Louis Cardinals have been actively rebuilding this offseason. They already traded Willson Contreras, Nolan Arenado and Sonny Gray and have also been looking into offers for All-Star second baseman Brendan Donovan.
The Cardinals have more firmly committed to a retool than they did last offseason. They treated last season primarily as an evaluation year but weren’t as aggressive in selling off veteran pieces as they’ve been this winter.
The St. Louis Cardinals got good news on Wednesday when it was announced that future Hall of Fame catcher Yadier Molina would be returning to the organization as a special assistant to president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom.