St. Louis Cardinals News

When the Baseball Writers Association of America announces the winner of its National League Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, it is anticipated Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols will get the call.

Teams send out feelers, check medical records and weigh their options. They might discuss parameters of a deal, but only rarely do they start sincere negotiations before Thanksgiving.

At 12:01 a.m., all 171 free agents, including six from the Red Sox, received the green light to begin negotiations with all 30 teams.

This is a June 29, 2009, file photo showing San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum throwing during the third inning of a baseball game against the St.

St. Louis Cardinals season ticket prices are increasing an average of 3 percent next year.

The season is over but kids in a St. Louis elementary school still had baseball fever Thursday.

Missouri has added four new members to exclusive Academy of Squires. New academy members added Thursday are civil rights leader Frankie Freeman, theme park owner Peter Herschend, university president Jack Magruder and St.

ESPN has just announced that Tim Lincecum has become the first MLB repeat winner of the Cy Young Award since Randy Johnson won four in succession from 1999-2002. Lincecum, in my opinion, won the award by default this season.

Starting pitcher Brad Thompson #48 of the St. Louis Cardinals throws against the Colorado Rockies on April 3, 2008 at Busch Stadium in St.

A new center for adults with Down syndrome in suburban St. Louis has been named for Cardinals star Albert Pujols.

The St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday purchased the contracts of eight players from their minor-league affiliates and added them to their 40-man protected roster.

Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum improved in almost every statistical category from his Cy Young Award-winning season in 2008, but he is not the favorite to repeat when the National League winner is announced Thursday.

The Cardinals see left fielder Matt Holliday as a unique talent within this year's free agent pool, and they apparently do not envision themselves as bidders for the market's presumptive second choice should Holliday defect.

The tradition in the last 20 years of Cardinals catchers winning Rawlings Gold Gloves continued Wednesday with the announcement that Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina had won his second straight defensive award.

It is most definitely not summer anymore. In fact, this weather is much like a lazy fly ball to St.

There's no doubting the brilliance of Scott Boras. It was on full display at last week's general managers meetings in Chicago, much to the dismay of John Mozeliak and the St.

After covering the 22 teams that did not make the playoffs, it is nice to start to take a look at the eight teams that did make the MLB playoffs and can consider themselves somewhat successful.

It looks as if free agent Matt Holliday is going to hit the open market. Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak says he spoke with Holliday's agent, Scott Boras, but they have not exchanged numbers.

One of the Pirates ' priorities this offseason is finding left-handed help in the bullpen.

So here we are again, stuck at the crossroads where frustration meets failure, where your wildest Baseball wishes clash with your worst nightmares.