stltoday.com - 12/16/2008
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TOWER GROVE — Now where were we before being so completely interrupted by Las Vegas, the winter meetings, and enough blogging to this trusty, rusty laptop spewing consonants?
Oh, right, closing the polls on No. 18.
The St. Louis Cardinals tipped their hands with the club’s ...
St. Louis Cardinals Community Top 30: Vote for No. 12
stltoday.com 11/26/2008 — TOWER GROVE — There’s a certain amount of hesitation here to close the voting for the No. 11 prospect because it is so close between the rising comet Niko Vasquez and blue-chip sinkerballer Clayton Mortensen . Both have received about 25 ...
Cardinals Community Top 30 (Nos. 3-5)
stltoday.com 11/8/2008 — TOWER GROVE — When the St. Louis Cardinals selected Brett Wallace with the 13th pick overall in this past June’s draft, he was billed as a hitter and he’s been every bit the bat they advertised. Earmarked to end this year in High-A ...
St. Louis Cardinals Top 20+ Prospects for 2009
minorleagueball.com 1/5/2009 — Tools galore. . .
St. Louis Cardinals Top 20 Prospects for 2009
All grades are EXTREMELY PRELIMINARY and subject to change. Don’t get too worried about exact rankings at this point, especially once you get out of the top ...
Future Redbirds Top 20
futureredbirds.net 1/6/2009 — Place holder post for the entire top 20 list. No new content.
#20 - Adam Ottavino - Age: 23
Rank : erik - #19, roarke - N/A, azruavatar - #20
2008 : (AA) 115.1 IP, 95K/52BB, 45% GB, 5.10 FIP
Player Comment: Well that was rough. We’re ...
St. Louis Cardinals Community Top 30: Pick Nos. 9 and 10
stltoday.com 11/15/2008 — SOUTH GRAND — The first runoff of the Community Top 30 poll provided a clear-cut No. 7 prospect, outfielder Daryl Jones , but also made it clear that the runner-up, RHP Jess Todd , should be the No. 8 prospect. So after the threat of a ...
Risk vs. Reward
vivaelbirdos.com 12/4/2008 — WARNING: Lots of numbers forthcoming!!!!!!!
I want to thank both Joe Sheehan (subscription required) and Derrick Goold for providing primers for today’s discussion, which is not all that different, BTW, from the discussions of the last couple of ...
St. Louis Cardinals mourn death of longtime Scouting Director
stltoday.com 11/24/2008 — TOWER GROVE — This unfortunate news from St. Louis Cardinals media relations director Brian Bartow :
The St. Louis Cardinals organization was deeply saddened (Sunday) when it learned of the passing of Fred McAlister , the team’s ...
Brett Wallace will go as high as bat takes him
stltoday.com 12/20/2008 — LAS VEGAS — Besides top prospect Colby Rasmus , the name the St. Louis Cardinals have heard most in their meetings so far with other clubs has been a player they, by rule, cannot trade: first-round pick Brett Wallace . The big bat who has hit ...
St. Louis Cardinals Community Top 30: Players of the Year Runoff
stltoday.com 11/14/2008 — SOUTH GRAND — The risk of running two polls at a time is that the second poll does not offer up a definite winner because the candidates are muddled by the first vote. The benefit is a showdown.
In yesterday’s polls for the Nos. 6 and 7 ...
Braden Looper’s worth to the St. Louis Cardinals
stltoday.com 12/4/2008 — WEST COUNTY — The St. Louis Cardinals decision not to offer Braden Looper arbitration by this week’s deadline can be measured in the innings they have to prove they can fill, the dollars they may have saved, and the years of security he ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 12/16/2008
Being in Arkansas, it's fairly rare that I have to spend an hour trying to get my car drivable, but yesterday's sleet/freezing rain combo lasted well into the nighttime hours, so that was how I spent my morning. How you Northerners do it all the time ...