#Yadier Molina

In the long, glorious history of the New York Yankees, the most decorated franchise in professional sports, it's very difficult to argue for unfair treatment - except in areas where the personal biases of writers are allowed to intervene. The Yankees have been outright dominant over the course of the past century, which means they've created…

MLB odds series for our Cardinals Diamondbacks prediction and pick. Dakota Hudson gets the call for the Cardinals, while Madison Bumgarner will go to the bump for the Diamondbacks. Dakota Hudson had a 2.76 ERA on June 7. That ERA is now at 4.17. He has been going in the wrong direction over the past two months. In five starts from June 12 through…

We are less than two weeks into the 2023 calendar year, but we've got bold predictions of a litany of things that will go down in Major League Baseball over the course of the next 11.5 months. Most of our predictions are about things that will happen during the 2023 MLB season, of course. A breakout rookie. An unlikely MVP. A surprise AL West…

For all the talk about how division races supposedly don't matter as much as they used to -- and I can think of a couple No. 1 and No. 2 seeds who would very much disagree with you -- it still means something to be able to call yourself a champion. I guarantee you there are Guardians fans who have 2022 AL Central champs shirts. It might not be the…

The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals are beginning their 2022 seasons at Busch Stadium on Thursday. The Cardinals are seeking their first division title since 2019, while the rebuilding Pirates will simply hope to avoid having MLB's worst record. The pitching matchup will feature Pirates right-hander JT Brubaker and Cardinals veteran Adam…

Positioned midway between the two biggest turkey-feasting holidays of the year, baseball's Winter Meetings are timed perfectly as a reminder that there's never enough leftover bird to bridge the gap. That's why it's always a good idea for the true bird lovers of the season to get a second turkey after Thanksgiving, a tradition embraced and passed…

Welcome National League Central fans to an opening day matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals. With both squads looking to start off the 2022 season on the right foot, let's take a sneak peek at our MLB odds series, where our Pirates-Cardinals prediction and pick will be unveiled. The Pirates enter 2022 with a…

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the St. Louis Cardinals. Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and…

The Washington Nationals will finish a four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals as the teams meet at Busch Stadium. Now, it's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Nationals-Cardinals prediction and pick. On Wednesday, the Cardinals completed an insane ninth-inning comeback to stun the Nationals in front of an ecstatic crowd at Busch…

It's April and hope springs eternal at the beginning of the season, especially when the Colorado Rockies start out the season 8-4, meaning 11-3 isn't possible so the blunder of 2020 can't happen again. Life is good with small sample sizes! So let's go ahead and take a look at some early season stats and happenings and overreact to them because…

The St. Louis Cardinals send Miles Mikolas to the hill in Game 1 of today's doubleheader against the New York Mets. It gives them the immediate pitching advantage with Trevor Williams toeing the opposite rubber. The St. Louis Cardinals will be looking for their third win in a row when they take on the New York Mets at Citi Field on Tuesday. This is…

Over the past few seasons, MLB teams from across the league have been starting to lock up their young stars to long-term contracts earlier and earlier into their service time. In doing so, teams are avoiding going to arbitration with their top players and giving them guaranteed money through their prime years. Some players are receiving these deals…

For years, the Cardinals have been guided by past championships that set expectations for future contention. A new force steered them into the coming season: the present - and its demand to win. "We realize the importance of 2019," says John Mozeliak, president of baseball operations. "I've always been one for the longer-term decision making. But…

Thirty-three mostly uneventful days have passed on the Major League Baseball calendar since Ryan Pressly induced a Nick Castellanos popup to end the 2022 World Series. But as the baseball world descended on San Diego for the winter meetings this week, the transactions arrived in a flurry. So let's take stock of the first month of the offseason with…

Free-agent catcher Willson Contreras is signing a five-year deal with the Cardinals, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Wednesday. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal first reported news of the Cardinals closing in on an agreement with Contreras and ESPN's Jeff Passan first reported terms of the $87.5 million deal, which is pending a physical.…

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - As the Cardinals navigate the Winter Meetings this week in San Diego, the team has been consistently linked to one specific area of need more than any other. St. Louis is in the market for a catcher. With Yadier Molina retiring and the 2022 efforts by Andrew Knizner and prospect Ivan Herrera providing little confidence in…

The St. Louis Cardinals (58-51, first in NL Central) play the second of a mini two-game interleague set against the Oakland Athletics (63-48, second in AL West) Sunday at Ring Central Coliseum. First pitch is scheduled for 4:07 p.m. Eastern. Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook; for a full-set of today's sports betting odds, access them at USA TODAY…

The Giants began the 2021 season with little fanfare in a division that was supposed to be dominated by behemoths in Los Angeles and San Diego. All manager Gabe Kapler's team did was obliterate every projection system, win a franchise-record 107 games and stop the Dodgers' eight-year streak of NL West titles - and because the Dodgers won 106 games,…

The St. Louis Cardinals will look to stay on the winning track when they host the visiting Cincinnati Reds at 2:15pm ET Saturday in the middle game of a three-game series at Busch Stadium. The National League Central-leading Cardinals (33-26, 17-11 home) snapped a three-game losing streak by blanking the Reds 2-0 on Friday night in the series…

The St. Louis Cardinals have plenty of work - and winning - to do in the second half of the season if they are to make the postseason. Nevertheless, they seem to have what it takes to contend for at least the National League Central division title. This is why they are going to be fun to watch the rest of the way. With that said, here are three…

Is Trea Turner leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers this offseason to sign a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals? According to one MLB Network host, you can count on it happening. In an interview on 101 ESPN in St. Louis, Amsinger joined the show to talk about what the Cardinals might do in the offseason, including how St. Louis might improve at the…

The St. Louis Cardinals' season begins today! Jack Flaherty is set to take the mound at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. Once Luis Castillo delivers the first pitch to leadoff man Tommy Edman, the division race will be on. Opening Day is my favorite day of the year, so I hope everyone out there is able to take some time to enjoy a little…

Don't look now, but the St. Louis Cardinals are in first place in the National League Central for the first time since April 25. Part of it has to do with the Milwaukee Brewers going on a nine-game losing streak, of course. But the Cardinals have had some key contributions throughout the season, especially of late, that allowed them to close the…

To me, the St. Louis Cardinals are one of the 10 best teams in baseball entering the 2022 season. So it was surprising that their odds to win the World Series - 30/1 - are 13th in baseball as of January 18 on WynnBet. The teams ahead of the Cardinals are the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, New York Mets,…

Through 61 games, the St. Louis Cardinals are 34-27 and lead the National League Central by 0.5 games. The Milwaukee Brewers, meanwhile, trail by 0.5 games after going 2-8 in their last 10 games. The Pittsburgh Pirates are in third place (24-34) while the Chicago Cubs (23-36) and Cincinnati Reds (21-39) continue to fall out of contention. So what…

Why are the Milwaukee Brewers consensus favorites in the NL Central for 2022 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals? The St. Louis Cardinals, with a far superior every-day lineup, ought to be the preseason divisional favorites. For the record, they also ought to be getting substantial interest for winning the entire National League, and possibly the…

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me an arm, catch me a bat... Front-office executives won't be serenading potential free agents with bad baseball puns sung to the tune of the "Fiddler on the Roof" classic, but they'll all be trying to upgrade their respective rosters in the coming weeks and months. With that in mind, it's time for our…

First, the good news: The Rays finished the last week before the All-Star Break with a 6-1 record, completing a four game sweep of the Red Sox and taking two of three from the suddenly relevant Orioles. They hold the top Wild Card spot, and are 13 behind the Yankees in the AL East. In addition, Pete Fairbanks finally made his season debut. Though…

Today the focus is on Christian Vazquez, the 32-year-old veteran free agent who is gaining in popularity with St. Louis media and fans. THE OVERVIEW: Vazquez spent seven-plus seasons with Boston before being traded to Houston last summer, and he teamed with Martin Maldonado to form a catching tandem that was part of the Astros' run to the World…

Position: C Bats/Throws: R/R Age: August 21st, 1990 (32 years old) Traditional Stats: .274/.315/.399, 9 HR, 32 XBH, 52 RBI, 41 R, 69 K, 426 PA Advanced Stats: 16.2 K%, 5.2% BB%, 99 wRC+, .312 wOBA, 1.6 fWAR Christian Vásquez took the good with the bad in 2022. On one hand, he was dealt to the Houston Astros midseason and won a World Series title.…

Though the St. Louis Cardinals continue to hang out in the.500 neighborhood with playoff odds basically at a similar level - in other words, roughly 0.5% - there still are many reasons to follow the team over the last several weeks of this campaign. Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina is always a treat. Their performances - such as Wainwright's…

The Cardinals are in the market for a catcher. Hopefully they'll be smart about this and view the opening as an opportunity to upgrade their offense. Defense must be a consideration, which doesn't really need to be stated. But in this case the defensive requirement has been overstated, with too much attention being paid to the standard established…

LAS VEGAS - Perhaps the biggest question facing the Blue Jays this off-season is whether they'll trade from their enviable catching depth to address other needs. Thanks to Danny Jansen, Alejandro Kirk and Gabriel Moreno, Blue Jays catchers generated an MLB-best 7.3 WAR in 2022. They combined to lead MLB in batting average (.273) and on-base…

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals, tied atop the NL Central with identical 56-49 records, open a three-game showdown at Busch Stadium Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. ET. Monday: Both clubs had the day off. The Cubs avoided a three-game sweep with an 11-4 win at the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, while the Cardinals lost 6-2 at the Houston Astros for a…

The 2022 MLB Postseason is upon us and there are four games that will be taking place this weekend. Let's continue our MLB playoffs odds series with a breakdown of everything you need to know heading into Wild Card Weekend and the rest of the postseason. The four matchups this weekend will be exciting to watch. First, The AL Central Division…

Just a few weeks ago, it was unclear when MLB's Opening Day may occur. The lockout was ongoing and there was seemingly no end in sight. But eventually, cooler heads prevailed and the two sides reached an agreement. Now, April 7 is here, and so is baseball. Now, gamblers will be able to bet on the sport almost every day for the duration of the…

The Cincinnati Reds (9-11) wrap up their three-game set with NL Central rival St. Louis Cardinals (10-10) Sunday at Busch Stadium with a 2:15 p.m. ET first pitch. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's lines around the Reds vs. Cardinals odds with MLB picks and predictions. St. Louis looks to complete a three-game sweep of Cincinnati Sunday after taking…

After winning last night's game in dramatic fashion, St. Louis has its eyes set on a sweep of this mini two-game series. Which flock of birds will prevail in Game 2? Find out in our MLB betting picks and predictions for Blue Jays vs. Cardinals. The Toronto Blue Jays and the St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their abbreviated two-game series at Busch…

The St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants will meet in the finale of a four-game series at Oracle Park. It's time to continue our MLB odds coverage with a Cardinals-Giants prediction and pick. The Giants routed the Cardinals 13-7 on Saturday to earn a win in the four-game series. They fell behind 1-0 early on a Nolan Arenado RBI single…

The bats of NL MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt, Tommy Edman, and Brendan Donovan make the Cardinals' offense a deadly one, and one that should do the heavy lifting in sending this game Over the 9.5-run total. The battle for first in the NL Central rages on this Thursday afternoon at American Family Field as the St. Louis Cardinals take on the…

A complete list of every St. Louis Cardinals free agent and predictions for where they will sign. The St. Louis Cardinals were a powerhouse in the NL Central all season, ultimately winning the division with a comfortable seven-game lead over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers. Things looked promising for this Cardinals club heading into the…

The second Wild Card Series round in MLB history has wrapped up, leaving eight teams in the 2022 postseason. The vaunted AL East, which sent three teams to the playoffs, saw both the Rays and Blue Jays eliminated by the Guardians and Mariners, respectively. Two of the biggest playoff underdogs will continue their postseason run. In the National…

The Major League Baseball wildcard round is behind us, and the final eight teams preparing to play in a more traditional playoff series. Meanwhile, the Baseball Writers' Association of America votes for league Cy Young and MVP awards are being tabulated behind the scenes, leaving the baseball world to speculate who will win what when the…

NEW YORK - Aaron Judge didn't get a ball out of the infield in his first game since his record-setting 62-homer regular season. Actually, No. 99 didn't even put a ball in play going 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts in Game 1 of the ALDS, a 4-1 Yankees win over the Guardians. His only contact was seven foul balls. Out in right field, Judge…

The season is over. Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina are heading to retirement. Will Adam Wainwright follow them? All season long Wainwright remained non-committal about his future plans. That didn't stop fans from speculating on his retirement. When he began to struggle late in the year, many began to wonder aloud if he was planning to join Molina…

SI's MLB staff takes a stab at picking the team that will win it all. The regular season is over and the expanded postseason begins Friday afternoon, so that means it's once again time for us to make some World Series picks. Sure, some of us (read: Martell) whiffed horribly on our preseason World Series predictions, but that's part of the fun!…

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants technically played just four meaningless games in 2022, but you would have a hard time making that case to the small crowds that filtered into Oracle Park during the last homestand. It felt like more of the same for a franchise that hasn't had much to cheer for in recent Octobers. Since Game 4 in the 2016 NLDS, the…

Adam Frazier hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the ninth inning, and the visiting Seattle Mariners erased a seven-run deficit and topped the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Saturday for a sweep of their American League wild-card series. It was the biggest road comeback win in playoff history and baseball's largest comeback victory to clinch a postseason…

The MLB playoffs begin on Friday with eight teams vying for a berth in the division series. The three-game series format is back from the shortened 2020 season. While the playoffs are expanded, there are a few clubs on display over the weekend that have a legitimate shot to win the World Series - like a New York Mets team that's produced a…

Four teams are one win away from advancing to the second round of the MLB Playoffs, and four teams are a loss away from ending their season. That's the duality of the short best-of-three series in baseball. One loss and you fall into win-or-go-home territory, but you're also only one win away from drawing even. Three of the four road teams won Game…