JUPITER, Fla. -- Victor Scott II caught the eye of the Cardinals last spring by combining his studious nature with some blinding speed -- tools he used to hit .317 with 10 RBIs and four stolen bases in 2024’s Spring Training, propelling him to the big leagues. This spring, Scott

JUPITER, Fla. -- Three days after getting a scare that Jordan Walker might have sustained a serious knee injury, the Cardinals were greeted with some positive progress regarding the 6-foot-6 outfielder. Walker, who jammed his left knee on Tuesday when he stepped on a sprinkler head while tracking a fly

JUPITER, Fla. -- A teammate can help you be the best on the field. A friend, the same in life. A roommate who can do both -- and cook or clean -- that’s a winning dynamic for two Major League starting pitchers. While Cardinals right-hander Erick Fedde and Nationals righty

JUPITER, Fla. -- Following a successful debut in 2024, MLB’s Spring Breakout is back in Florida and Arizona to showcase some of the best up-and-coming talent the game has to offer. This time around, when Spring Breakout games are played March 13-16, 72 of the top 100 prospects in baseball

It’s time to crown a new king. After a three-year run for the Orioles atop our preseason farm system rankings, they’ve stepped off the throne, making way for the Tigers. The O’s had slipped from the top spot in our 2024 midseason rankings as they’d graduated a number of prospects

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Jordan Walker, the former top prospect in the Cardinals' organization and the 6-foot-6, 260-pound outfield talent that the club hopes to build around in 2025 and beyond, appears to have avoided serious injury after jamming his left knee on Tuesday when he stepped on a

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Cardinals injury news and transactions.

The Cardinals have discussed setting themselves up for a transitional year in 2025, and even if much of the roster remains in place for now, we know which names will try to bang down the door to St. Louis in the coming months. Thirteen of St. Louis’ Top 30 prospects

JUPITER, Fla. -- As a pitcher for the Frontier League’s Joliet (Ill.) Slammers, Chris Roycroft used to regularly make the trip across the Mississippi River and into St. Louis for some off-night fun, and invariably he would find himself at Busch Stadium with his face pressed against the gates while

JUPITER, Fla. -- As impressed as the Cardinals were with Quinn Mathews’ fiery competitiveness and his electric stuff on the mound over the past three weeks, they were equally awestruck with the way the analytical left-hander thought about the game and how he had already formulated a plan to improve

Spring Training isn’t just a warm-up for established players, it’s also a chance for prospects to showcase their skills and see how they measure up in a big league setting.

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JUPITER, Fla. -- When he used the winter to get away from baseball -- and to get back to playing video games with Tampa-based buddies who teasingly called him “Big Shot,” -- Cardinals reliever Ryan Fernandez was finally hit with the magnitude of all he accomplished in 2024. As a

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The final outing of Ryan Helsley’s career year in 2024 -- a scoreless inning on Sept. 27 at San Francisco’s Oracle Park -- will always be memorable for the 30-year-old All-Star closer for a variety of reasons.

My focus right now is on prospect rankings and Spring Training, though I also can’t wait to immerse myself in the 2025 Draft. And defending College World Series champion Tennessee has caught my eye by getting off to an 8-0 start while outscoring opponents by an average of 11.1 runs

JUPITER, Fla. -- As the Cardinals prepared to break camp last season, Pedro Pagés gave Miles Mikolas a generic “see you soon” farewell. While Mikolas understood that Pagés likely wasn't making a prediction, the veteran pitcher decided to bust the Minor League-bound catcher's chops anyway. Mikolas asked whether Pagés was

TAMPA -- As much as his heart still swells with pride when he discusses playing with Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright and winning a National League Most Valuable Player Award in 2022, Paul Goldschmidt laments the struggles of the past two seasons that ultimately led to his painful

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The home run is the most efficient event in sports. It’s the maximum outcome a single batter can achieve, and all it takes is one swing. One very powerful, well-timed, well-coordinated swing. It’s why power is such an important tool in prospect development and evaluation. You can put the ball

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Whatever nerves Quinn Mathews expected to feel prior to his first start in an MLB Spring Training game got buried under a painfully early wakeup and a torturous commute across the state of Florida on Tuesday morning. As it turns out, those factors proved oddly calming for

JUPITER, Fla. -- The questions as to whether Sonny Gray thinks about how much longer he wants to pitch and can possibly pitch at a high level barely land before the 35-year-old right-hander responds with the speed of one of his fastballs. All that was missing was the grunt he

The Dodgers and Cubs will open the 2025 season with the two-game?Tokyo Series?on March 18-19. We’ll be counting down to that date with our annual preview series, with each story looking ahead to the coming season by breaking down a particular topic, division by division. Previously: The best

Spring Breakout will soon offer the opportunity for the majority of baseball's top prospects to face off against each other for the second straight year. Fearsome sluggers against hard-throwing pitchers. Speedy baserunners against cannon-armed catchers. Well-rounded shortstops battling to prove who should be ranked higher. Full rosters for all 30