13 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION; FOUR FIRST-TIME CARDINALS MILWAUKEE, WI., March 27, 2019 – The St. Louis Cardinals will open their 128th season of play in the National League tomorrow afternoon when they visit the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:10 p.m. CDT. The Cardinals today announced their 25-man Opening Day roster that includes four first-time Cardinals [...]
After a way too long hiatus from recording, we are proud to re-introduce — and reboot — the Bird Law podcast. In this episode, we discuss the Goldschmidt Extension, the final roster makeup for Opening Day, and run through a fun little exercise of predicting things such as Team MVP, CY Young, etc. You can [...]
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 25, 2019 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have placed five players on the 10-day Injured List (I.L.). The team today placed pitchers Brett Cecil (left hand Carpal Tunnel syndrome), Carlos Martínez (right shoulder cuff strain) and Luke Gregerson (right shoulder impingement), infielder Jedd Gyorko (right calf strain) and outfielder Justin Williams (right hand 2nd metacarpal fracture) on the 10-day Injured [...]
As of this morning, most of the Cardinals have abandoned Jupiter and have winged their way to the land of the Delta blues, though not in the middle of a pouring rain. (Which, given the history of these Cardinals/minors exhibitions, is kind of a surprising thing.) While some went with the team to play in [...]
SIX-TIME ALL-STAR FIRST BASEMAN SIGNED THRU 2024 JUPITER, Fla., March 23, 2019 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have signed six-time National League All-Star first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to a five-year (2020-24) contract extension. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Goldschmidt was acquired by the Cardinals on December 5, 2018 in a four-player [...]
Every year since 2009, I’ve spent some time before the season starts trying to find out what fanbases are thinking about their team. It’s so easy to get myopic, especially with Twitter, so it’s a good chance for us (and by us, I mean me) to take a step back and remember there are 29 [...]
PITCHER CHASEN SHREVE DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT JUPITER, Fla., March 22, 2019 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have purchased the contract of catcher Matt Wieters and designated left-handed pitcher Chasen Shreve for assignment to make room for Wieters on the team’s 40-man Major League roster. The team currently has 39 players in Major League camp, including 31 [...]
Every year since 2009, I’ve spent some time before the season starts trying to find out what fanbases are thinking about their team. It’s so easy to get myopic, especially with Twitter, so it’s a good chance for us (and by us, I mean me) to take a step back and remember there are 29 [...]
It was quite the day for Cardinals news yesterday. Two games and a declaration of a fifth starter, not to mention the apparent fate of Alex Reyes. We’ll get to all that but it was all overshadowed by a report that came out yesterday afternoon, quickly confirmed, that Paul Goldschmidt would be signing an extension. [...]
Every year since 2009, I’ve spent some time before the season starts trying to find out what fanbases are thinking about their team. It’s so easy to get myopic, especially with Twitter, so it’s a good chance for us (and by us, I mean me) to take a step back and remember there are 29 [...]
Jason Isringhausen Kicks Off Saturday Signings Series presented by Heartland Coca-Cola ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 21, 2019– The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum has announced its 2019 programming schedule, which includes 14 Saturday Signings at the Museum and the return of its popular Flashback Fridays series from last season. Ozzie Smith, Ray [...]
Every year since 2009, I’ve spent some time before the season starts trying to find out what fanbases are thinking about their team. It’s so easy to get myopic, especially with Twitter, so it’s a good chance for us (and by us, I mean me) to take a step back and remember there are 29 [...]
