Posted on July 5, 2008 by erik
Hope you all had a Happy 4th. One thing I miss about living in St. Louis is celebrating the 4th of July. Cedar Rapids does a decent job with their fireworks I suppose, but I miss the barbecue pork steaks drenched in Maulls with some cole slaw on the side, the VP Fair, and all [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2008 by roarke49
In addition to the signing that Erik posted about earlier, Derrick Goold is reporting that the Cardinals are set to announce a total of six international signings. He has all the details about the players in this article.
Kyle Mura got the call up to Springfield to make the start tonight, all the details are below, [...]
Filed under: Bryan Anderson, Daily Farm Reports, Kyle Mura | 8 Comments »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by erik
Hoo-ray! It’s our first bit of international signing news.
Per Ben Badler of Baseball America:
The Cardinals signed Dominican righthander Santo Franco. International scouts indicated that Franco’s camp was seeking a $1 million bonus, but doubted that he would receive that much money. Franco, who is a lanky 6-foot-5 at around 185 pounds, has a fastball that [...]
Filed under: July 2 intn'l signing period, Santo Franco | Tagged: Santo Franco | 13 Comments »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by erik
It’s been a while since we had our latest 3 Up, 3 Down. Let’s get right into it.
Filed under: three up, three down | Tagged: Allen Craig, Daniel Descalso, Daryl Jones, Jess Todd, Jon Edwards, Xavier Scruggs | 11 Comments »
Posted on July 2, 2008 by roarke49
This chat roundup discusses the Cardinals interest in Brian Fuentes and Matt Holliday. This quote, in particular, caught my attention:
“Certainly the Rockies are fishing for prospects and names such as (OF Colby) Rasmus, (C Bryan) Anderson and (LHP Jaime) Garcia will be thrown around. John Mozeliak insists he is not going to trade Rasmus. I [...]
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Posted on July 2, 2008 by azruavatar
He caught my eye over a year ago when I stopped by the Quad Cities. Jones has often been noted as having the tools to be a tremendous player but the questions of whether it would ever turn into results. A year after being drafted, Kevin Goldstein ranked him as the 5th best [...]
Filed under: Daryl Jones | 8 Comments »
Posted on July 1, 2008 by erik
The big news of the day of course was Brett Wallace officially signing to a $1.84 M signing bonus. He practiced with the big club today and according to the official site he’ll play primarily at 3B, but could also see some time in the OF. He’s reporting to the QC, which means I’ll most [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2008 by erik
I’m a little pressed for time today, but I about fell out of my chair when I read the Cardinals may be interested in Matt Holliday and Brian Fuentes. Mozeliak may be serious about overtaking the Cubs, and why wouldn’t he? The NL has been surprisingly soft this year, and as good as the Cardinals have been, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Brian Fuentes, Matt Holliday, trades | 57 Comments »