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Into the Cardinals Nest: Are the Cardinals Ready for the Regular Season?
Into the Cardinals Nest: Are the Cardinals Ready for the Regular Season?
The 2017 MLB season is drawing closer. With that comes a clean slate, new players and increased expectation as many fans are hoping for their team to improve leaps and bounds for the 162 games that lie ahead. After not making the playoffs last year, the St. Louis Cardinals came to spring training in hopes of making vast improvements to every aspect of their game.
So far, those improvements are…
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Into the Cardinals Nest: Are The Cardinals a Championship Team in 2016?
Into the Cardinals Nest: Are The Cardinals a Championship Team in 2016?
For the St. Louis Cardinals and their fans, the 2016 season has been rather tumultuous. While this year was not as bad injury wise for them, it is not what fans have come to expect from a team that has been a postseason regular for 5 years straight. Many players, old and new have taken advantage of their opportunities to shine but this team also has some glaring weaknesses to fix if they hope…
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SEATTLE -- A day after watching Trevor Rosenthal blow his third save of the season by allowing three ninth-inning runs, manager Mike Matheny met with the right-hander on Saturday to inform him that the team will be using him in a different role. The move will bump Rosenthal out of a closer's job that has been his since late in 2013. He led the Majors with 93 saves from 2014-15, but has had a jagged run through the first half of this season. Hurt by sporadic work early in the year, Rosenthal continues to grope for command. He has an ERA of 14.14 in June -- 5.63 for the season -- and has averaged 7.9 walks per nine innings.
Matheny has not named a replacement closer, but said he will instead consider Seung Hwan Oh, Kevin Siegrist and Jonathan Broxton as options for future save situations.
Though all three have saved games before, Oh is the most decorated closer of the bunch. Before signing with the Cardinals over the winter, Oh compiled 357 career saves pitching in Korea and Japan. He became the fastest pitcher to reach 100 saves in Korean history and is still the league's all-time saves leader.
Oh currently ranks among the top eight National League relievers in ERA (1.66), strikeouts (51), Holds (14) and WHIP (0.79).
Broxton was an All-Star closer for the Dodgers in 2009 and 2010. He has compiled 118 career saves, though none since 2014.
Siegrist is the only Cardinals reliever besides Rosenthal to close a game this season. He has tallied seven career saves and entered Saturday with a season ERA of 2.79.
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Mike Leake is among former Cincinnati Reds with St. Louis Cardinals
Mike Leake is among former Cincinnati Reds with St. Louis Cardinals
Former Cincinnati Reds players like Mike Leake are finding a new home with the St. Louis Cardinals. Once rivals in the NL Central, the two teams are now headed in opposite directions.
Leake is the most notable former Reds’ player to make his new home in St. Louis. The Reds traded Leake to the San Francisco Giantslast year before the non-waiver trade deadline. The Cardinals signed Leake to a…
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War games: comparing the upgrades by the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates
War games: comparing the upgrades by the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates
By Derek Helling
The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, arguably the two best teams in the National League this season, both hail from the NL’s Central division. St. Louis has held a semi-comfortable lead over Pittsburgh nearly all season, but the Pirates have played well enough to stay within striking distance of the Cardinals.
Both teams made multiple deals before Friday’s non-waiver…
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