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Roy Halladay's sons, Braden and Ryan, are throwing out the first pitch to Carlos Ruiz tonight. It's the 15th anniversary of Halladay's no-hitter.

Goold's chat: What role does manager play in Cardinals' enacting plans, mobilizing fans? A question about Chaim Bloom's choice to stick with Oli Marmol prompts an conversation in this week's chat about managers, their personalities, and more.

A question about the manager's role in enacting plans and mobilizing fans turns into an interesting, lengthy chat-long exchange about the different ways to view and judge a manager.

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Willson Contreras tells Chaim Bloom he'd 'like to be part of process,' remain with Cardinals First baseman, who leads the team with 20 home runs, has a full no-trade clause and said he would listen to options, but he wants to be a part of

Willson Contreras tells Chaim Bloom he'd 'like to be part of process,' remain with Cardinals

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Sonny Gray says he'll consider waiving no-trade clause given 'direction' Cardinals are going Veteran put the finishing touches Wednesday on 200-strikeout season that gives him confidence being a 'top five pitcher,' but at 36 wants to chase winning.

Sonny Gray says he'll consider waiving no-trade clause given 'direction' Cardinals are going

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Bring on the robo-umps: MLB officially adopts ball-strike challenges for 2026 season The competition committee votes to approve the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) system for the upcoming year and its postseason. Teams will get two challenges per game.

Gentlemen, tap your helmets.

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'Something good to remember': Nolan Arenado and Sonny Gray carry Cardinals in what-if win Two All-Stars, acquired to maintain Cardinals' October presence, combined in 7-1 win that could be their last home game together as club drifts into winter.

'Something good to remember': Nolan Arenado and Sonny Gray carry Cardinals in what-if win

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Masyn Winn's Gold-caliber season for Cardinals ends due to knee injury, will have surgery Shortstop Masyn Winn and the Cardinals elected Friday to bring an end to his season so that Winn can have surgery to alleviate the pain in his right knee.

Masyn Winn's season comes to an end. Knee injury puts shortstop on IL, will lead to cleanup surgery soon on damaged meniscus.

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Masyn Winn aims to play through knee injury that will require surgery, not lengthy recovery A last-minute scratch from Tuesday's lineup, Winn felt recurring pain due to a slight tear in the meniscus of his right new. Cardinals monitoring to make sure it cannot worsen.

"Obviously some stuff is going to have to be done this offseason to help me out. I want to finish this year, strong as possible. I hate not playing games."

-- Masyn Winn on playing through meniscus tear in right knee.

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From working finance in D.C. to pitching 7th for Cardinals, lefty takes 'path less traveled' Five years removed from leaving baseball to pursue his degree and a career in finance, Nick Raquet makes major-league debut with scoreless inning Monday.

Meet Nick Raquet.
Three seasons ago he was working finance in D.C.
On Monday he pitched the 7th for the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Yadier Molina will return to Cardinals' dugout for an encore weekend as guest coach A month after his first appearance in St. Louis in years, the all-time great catcher will be in the dugout for three-game series vs. San Francisco, working with catchers and

Coming back to Busch Stadium this weekend for a return engagement of three days. An encore from August's appearance, it's ...

Yadier Molina, the coach.

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How spring training has started in September for future-focused Cardinals, but with a twist Matthew Liberatore felt many of the things he's working on 'click' together in Cardinals' 5-1 win vs. Athletics, and he's not alone in a building-block approach that is similar to

How spring training has started in September for future-focused Cardinals, but with a twist

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Yadier Molina will return to Cardinals' dugout for an encore weekend as guest coach A month after his first appearance in St. Louis in years, the all-time great catcher will be in the dugout for three-game series vs. San Francisco, working with catchers and

Coming back to Busch Stadium this weekend for a return engagement of three days. An encore from August's appearance, it's ...

Yadier Molina, the coach.

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Birthday boy Adam Wainwright and Rick Ankiel power Cardinals over Cubs, Yankees in HRDX In a 3-on-3 Home Run Derby X tournament held over the weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, 'pitcher who rakes' won MVP on 44th birthday to send Cardinals trio to finals

Birthday boy Adam Wainwright and Rick Ankiel power Cardinals over Cubs, Yankees in HRDX

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Who catches on for 2026? Pedro Pages' takes swing at being an answer: Cardinals Extra The catcher hit .351 in August, with five homers and a .684 slugging percentage after an adjustment to his swing.

Who catches on for 2026? Pedro Pages' takes swing at being an answer: Cardinals Extra
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Cardinals' Andre Pallante walks the edge in strikeout search: A tale of 2 at-bats, 1 loss Pallante struck out six, showed he can tease hitters out of the zone with spin but also walked four.

Cardinals' Andre Pallante walks the edge in strikeout search: A tale of 2 at-bats, 1 loss
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Who catches on for 2026? Pedro Pages' takes swing at being an answer: Cardinals Extra The catcher hit .351 in August, with five homers and a .684 slugging percentage after an adjustment to his swing.

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Cardinals promoting catcher Jimmy Crooks, infielder Cesar Prieto on Friday for MLB debuts The Cardinals will promote catcher Jimmy Crooks and infielder Cesar Prieto to the majors, and both players are set to join the club Friday afternoon.

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Cardinals welcome Rays for opening day 2026 and will face challenging, road-weary finish The 2026 regular-season schedule, released Thursday, puts Cardinals with two lengthy road trips to finish the year, no holidays at home, only 21 games at Busch after Aug. 1.

#Cardinals 2026 schedule is out, and it's a doozy. Some real curious twists and turns to it -- and not all of them favorable for the local nine ...

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After pinch-hit winner, Brendan Donovan doubles-down on what Cardinals haven't lost: 'Belief' Absent for two days to recover from a groin injury that traces back to his toe injury and compromised his swing, All-Star's pinch-hit double downs Rockies, 3-2.

After pinch-hit winner, Brendan Donovan doubles-down on what Cardinals haven't lost: 'Belief'

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High socks, loose swings, and a clever play: How sandlot Cardinals edged Cubs, took series Sonny Gray authored seven sterling innings against the Chicago Cubs in a 3-2 victory.

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How waiver claim Jorge Alcala illustrates a Cardinals' pitching priority — accumulating stuff Alcala sports a fastball, sinker, slider, and curveball that all leave his fingertips with impressive velocity. Can Cardinals give him command to be effective?

Able to focus on the future and all that after the trade deadline, Cardinals appear to be moving in this direction with acquisitions:

Stuff accumulation.
Not necessarily stats.
But stuff ...

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Yadier Molina returns to Cardinals uniform, invited by Oliver Marmol to join dugout vs. Cubs Manager extended the invitation to Molina to be around staff and players during visit to St. Louis, says former catcher can leave a "real impact on our young players."

No. 4 will be in the Cardinals dugout, sitting beside the manager, who invited the all-time Cardinals great to return to the dugout "for our players, for our staff, and for our fan base."

Yadier Molina -- back in uniform.

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Lars Nootbaar's return adds to lineup riddle Oliver Marmol asked to solve: Cardinals Extra With 50 games remaining, Cardinals want to provide "runway" and "opportunity" but overlapping spots of the roster limit playing time. Nootbaar's return from IL adds another layer.

Lars Nootbaar's return from IL creates another roster riddle for manager Oliver Marmol to solve with his lineups:

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Cardinals rally from 4-run deficit, then rely on new-look bullpen to save win vs. Padres Pedro Pages' three-run homer and Masyn Winn's two-run double complete comeback, but an 8-5 win in San Diego took the first post-Helsley save, too.

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#FantasticFour director Matt Shakman confirmed with Jack Kirby's son that The Thing would be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan ⚾️

"In this universe ... the Dodgers don't go to LA ... in the comics ... they made him a Yankees fan — and it didn't sit right with me"

(via Phase Hero)