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Here are the odds... We discussed this a little already, but the Major League Baseball Draft Lottery — the lottery that determines which of the 16 eligible teams this year will win a top-6 draft pick in the 2025 MLB Draft. Technically the St. Louis Cardinals have a shot at the number one draft pick through this lottery. It is large shot, but a shot nonetheless. In case you … [Read more...] about The MLB Draft Lottery is this afternoon

The best trade and extend player of the Mo era? | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images This looks at talent acquisition via trades and free agency, not draft-and-develop Earlier in the off-season, I published a study of how teams acquire players and how those acquisition strategies correlate with success. The original impetus of the study was to determine if “draft and development” … [Read more...] about How do the Cardinals compare to the league with talent acquisition?

The Cardinals acquired right-hander Bob Purkey to be their fifth starter. It turned out they got a whole lot more from him. Sixty years ago, on Dec. 14, 1964, the Cardinals traded Roger Craig and Charlie James to the Reds for Purkey, projecting him to join a starting rotation with Bob Gibson, Ray Sadecki, Curt Simmons and Tracy Stallard. Purkey, 35, … [Read more...] about Added value: How Bob Purkey did Bob Gibson a favor

With both St. Louis Cardinals center fielders having emerged as promising young players, how will they choose to manage the position in 2025? Both Michael Siani and Victor Scott II are superb defensively, having flashed their glove on numerous occasions throughout the 2024 season, but they have also both struggled at the plate in their young careers. As the Cardinals enter a … [Read more...] about Cardinals Face Conundrum in Center Field in 2025