Troy Glaus News

A California doctor who was accused in the Mitchell Report of prescribing steroids and human growth hormone to Major League Players was sentenced six months home detention.

They'll probably lose him butA it's aA good idea to accumulate draft picks. It was an easy call on Troy Glaus ; no one has any idea if he'll be fully healthy and viable and the Cardinals couldn't risk that he'd accept and stick them with a big salary for 2010.

The Cardinals offered arbitration Tuesday to three of their four rated free agents, left fielder Matt Holliday, utility starter Mark DeRosa and 15-game winner Joel Pineiro, while declining to extend the same offer to convalescing third baseman Troy Glaus.

The Cardinals finalized their first free-agent additions of the winter Monday, but the decisions looming today will determine whether the club wants to gamble on potential subtractions.

The St. Louis Cardinals' front office has many questions that need to be answered this year.

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Just because the Major League Baseball season ended after the New York Yankees won the World Series doesn't mean players will spend the winter hibernating.

THE Phillies are officially in the market for a third baseman, bringing a new level of intrigue to the offseason as members of the front office arrive in Chicago today for the start of Baseball's annual general managers meetings.

Forgive me, but I'm going to spend a few minutes crying about how unfair the game can be.

The offseason is officially under way. Seven members of the 2009 Cardinals filed for free agency on Thursday, the first day that potential free agents were able to file following the conclusion of the World Series.

It has been a while since Major League Baseball fans have enjoyed a Game 6 in a World Series -- six years, in fact, the longest such drought.

Chase Utley was off to a historic start in this World Series on Wednesday night, setting a Major League record by reaching base safely in his 26th consecutive postseason game and then joining Babe Ruth in the record books by hitting a pair of solo homers to lead the Phillies to a 6-1 victory over the Yankees.

Like many baseball fans, I spend the entire year waiting for playoff season. To me, the stretch from July to November is a nonstop crescendo of euphoria.

Who else besides Scott Rolen left the Cardinals because of Tony La Russa? We can argue all day about that one, and I'll continue to say that first off Rolen wasn't producing, so it was the right thing to do in benching him in that situation.

Cards' options at third will start with Freese GM Mozeliak says he will get shot to play every day.

The season ended with disappointment, but for much of the summer, the magic was back at Busch Stadium.

Orlando Hudson wants to say thanks. "I thank J.P. Ricciardi for trading me, he changed my career," Hudson said yesterday on a rainy workout day in Southern California.

When the Dodgers picked up Vicente Padilla in late August on the rebound from the Rangers, the often-voiced theme was that the right-hander would be on his best behavior for the remainder of the season.

DeWitt views '09 as winner Despite playoff disappointment, owner lauds team for division title.

John Smoltz expressed a strong interest in returning to the Cardinals for 2010, but many of his free-agent-to-be teammates were less sure about what the future may hold for them.