Table of Content
- Cardinals
- Paul Goldschmidt wins NL MVP
- MLB rumors: Carlos Rodón, Yankees 'far apart' on deal
- Cardinals' Juniel Querecuto: Minor-league deal with Cardinals
- Cardinals' Willson Contreras: Replacing Molina in St. Louis
- Cardinals Part Ways With Longtime Broadcaster
- Sean Kugler in filing: Cardinals firing him was ‘miscommunication’ or ‘mistaken identity’
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. It hasn’t been one long power trip for Pujols, an 11-time All-Star. He had more walks than strikeouts in 10 seasons and has never struck more than 93 times in a year. “It’s a number that Babe and Hank set way back when, a number of longevity, of stability, of greatness,” former Cardinals and Oakland Athletics slugger Mark McGwire, who hit 583 career homers, said of Pujols joining the exclusive 700 Club. He launched No. 699, a two-run blast that traveled 434 feet into the left-field pavilion, off Dodgers left-hander Andrew Heaney in the third inning.
19 years ago, the team traded for Adam Wainwright, who at the time was a top prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization. The St. Louis Cardinals made a splash last week in signing former Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras. It was long rumored that the Cardinals were simply going to make some smaller moves this offseason and head into next season with largely the same team. This afternoon, fans of the St. Louis Cardinals received some sad news. Dan McLaughlin, the team’s play-by-play announcer since 2000, and Bally Sports Midwest have mutually agreed to part ways. With such an emphasis on giving Kyler Murray options last offseason, let's dive into the games missed by Arizona's playmakers in 2022.
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St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright gave up four runs and eight hits over four-plus innings. Acquired from Oakland on Monday, the right-hander allowed six earned runs and five hits over three innings. With the drive in the final days of his last big league season, Pujols joined Barry Bonds , Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth in one of baseball's most exclusive clubs. Albert Pujols #5 of the St. Louis Cardinals takes a curtain call after hitting his 701st career home run while playing against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fourth inning at Busch Stadium on September 30, 2022, in St Louis, Missouri. "Hopefully, my last game is going to be in November in the World Series," Pujols said Friday. "So, I don’t think about [this final regular-season series] like that. Hopefully, we have a lot of games left."
Motter spent about half of the 2022 campaign with the Reds organization, going 1-for-6 in two games on the major-league roster. The 33-year-old will now get a shot to prove himself with the Cardinals in 2023. Veteran catcher Willson Contreras signed a five-year, $87.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals earlier this week. It was a deal he began dreaming of long before it was even a realistic possibility.
Paul Goldschmidt wins NL MVP
On this date in 2003, the St. Louis Cardinals pulled off a franchise-altering trade with the Atlanta Braves, dealing outfielder J.D. Drew and catcher Eli Marrero in exchange for pitchers Jason Marquis, Ray King, and Adam Wainwright. A payroll correction I have to make plus a look at all the ways the Cardinals are saving money.
St. Louis Cardinals legend Albert Pujols was moved to tears during a ceremony on Friday night for his 700th home run in MLB. Veteran catcher Willson Contreras has officially left the Chicago Cubs and is doing so for a record-setting contract . Yadier Molina was a rock behind the plate for the St. Louis Cardinals for almost two decades. The future Hall-of-Famer came up with the Cards in 2004 and took over the starting catcher job after Mike Matheny departed via free agency. The St. Louis Cardinals are an undeniably storied franchise. Each generation of fans has seen more than their fair share of team legends, as well as some pretty solid teams over the years.
MLB rumors: Carlos Rodón, Yankees 'far apart' on deal
The St. Louis Cardinals and Bally Sports have parted ways with longtime play-by-play announcer Dan McLaughlin. ST. LOUIS — Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 701st home run, connecting Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cardinals hired Kugler before head coach Kliff Kingsbury’s first season in 2019, and the assistant was promoted to run game coordinator in June 2021. Kugler was sent home before the Nov. 21 Monday Night Football game. "I was not in sync with my mechanics. I was missing my spots a lot," Montas said. "When you give that team a chance to hit those pitches, that's what's going to happen."
New York manager Aaron Boone was ejected by plate umpire Ed Hickox in the fifth for apparently arguing balls and strikes. It was the 23rd ejection for Boone and his sixth this season. St. Louis won its season-high seventh straight in a slugfest that took 4 hours, 25 minutes — the longest nine-inning game in the majors this season. The Dominican Republic native hit at least .300 with at least 30 homers and 100 RBIs in each of his first 10 seasons.
Chris Stratton (6-4) picked up the win, allowing two runs over 1 2/3 innings of relief. The Cardinals scored three times in the fifth to break a 6-all tie. Tommy Edman followed DeJong’s double with a run-scoring hit. DeJong was originally called out at the plate on the play, but the call was reversed after a replay review.
There will be a ballpark downgrade for Contreras, but Busch Stadium is more favorable for right-handed batters than it is lefties. The Cardinals added 5 players to the organization and lost 1. I think it’s one of the more underrated events too and even though coverage of it has been on the rise, I still feel like it’s not covered enough. Arenado, who launched a three-run homer in the second inning, had three hits and leads the majors with 18 RBIs in interleague games this season.
Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals will have a chance to see two of their new stars up close in January. Willson Contreras, who recently signed a five-year, $87.5 million deal with the team, and top prospect Jordan Walker will be signing autographs for fans at Winter Warm-Up. The offseason is in full swing and teams are making key additions to their roster before the 2023 season. The St. Louis Cardinals will have a new television play-by-play voice in 2023 after making a significant change to the booth on Thursday. The team announced that it is parting ways with broadcaster Dan McLaughlin by mutual decision after 24 seasons. The St. Louis star hadn’t homered in a week since hitting No. 699 and 700 at Dodger Stadium last Friday.
But the three-time NL MVP started to find his stroke in August, swatting seven homers in one 10-game stretch that helped St. Louis pull away in the division race. The Cardinals have two more games with the Pirates at home before heading to Pittsburgh for the final three-game series of the regular season. While the next two games with be the final two regular season games at home for the Cardinals, St. Louis will still have a chance to watch Pujols in the postseason. Pujols’ 701st home run came in the bottom of the fourth inning on a 1-2 pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Johan Oveido in the final regular season home stand of Pujols’ career. His sluggish start to 2022 gave little indication he would hit the 21 homers needed to reach 700 — Pujols was batting .189 with a .601 OPS, four homers and 17 RBIs on July 4.
The need for consistency and accuracy in reporting has forced me to break out the spreadsheet and deal with the Cardinals’ payroll one more time. Dan McLaughlin, the longtime St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster who was arrested this month on a DWI charge, said he will not return after more than two decades in the booth. Pujols is fourth on the career home run list behind Barry Bonds , Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth . Cardinals TE Trey McBride is heading back to where his football dream began when Arizona travels to Colorado to take on the Denver Broncos.
Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. However, the real story happened prior to the start of the contest, when Pujols received a standing ovation and golden bat from the organization. For a man who has kept his cool throughout this final season, Pujols finally let out some emotion in front of the St. Louis faithful after a video tribute. Mercado will return to the team that drafted him back in 2013. The outfielder spent time with the Guardians and Phillies in 2022, producing a disappointing .207 average with four homers, 16 RBI, 17 runs and two stolen bases in 121 at-bats over 55 games.
The second baseman played in 108 games with Triple-A Louisville last season as a member of the Reds organization, batting .256 with 11 homers, 34 RBI, 52 runs and 10 stolen bases over 398 at-bats. “You don’t think of someone hitting 700 homers as a complete player, but he was,” McGwire said. “We’re basically witnessing another Hank Aaron, a line-drive hitter with gap-to-gap power who also never hit 50 homers in a season. Contreras has big shoes to fill in replacing future Hall of Famer Yadier Molina, whose 19-year reign as the Cards' catcher has come to an end due to retirement. Contreras will undoubtedly be a downgrade defensively, especially in the framing department, but it's difficult to overstate how much more offense Contreras is likely to bring. His OPS over the last four seasons sits at .816, a number Molina reached only twice in his career and not since 2013.
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