The Cardinals and manager Oli Marmol have opened early extension conversations, writes Derrick Goold of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It seems likely that some kind of multi-year agreement will be reached this offseason.
The St. Louis Cardinals had a quietly busy day on Tuesday. The deadline came and went for teams to add prospects to the 40-man roster to protect them from being selected in the Rule 5 Draft.
The St. Louis Cardinals have a surplus of talented catchers in the system right now, which will lead to some tough decisions at some point. St. Louis had four catchers on the big league roster down the stretch, although Iván Herrera wasn't playing the position after dealing with injuries.
St. Louis Cardinals' catching prospect Leonardo Bernal was added to MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list at No. 100 on Tuesday after Chicago Cubs pitcher
Plus a chance to vote on the #9 prospect I’m going to momentarily put pause on the Winter Warmup material. I have an idea in mind for my next Winter Warmup related post, but it requires multiple interview snippets.