For most of the summer of 2021, the Cardinals were an average team, treading water in their pursuit of the playoffs. Then, fueled by a bolstered pitching staff and a power-packed offense, they reeled off a franchise-record 17-game win streak to earn their place in October. The Cardinals had led the National League Central Division […]
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After 15 ½ seasons and 196 victories with the Red Sox, Athletics, Cubs, and Nationals, Jon Lester won the 200th game of his career as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals. The five-time all-star and three-time World Series champion had been in St. Louis for less than two months when he reached the milestone.
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The Cardinals had been out of the pennant race for months, but on September 18, 2023, they came to the ballpark with history on the line. As franchise icon Adam Wainwright pursued his 200th career win, everyone – fans, players, and even Wainwright himself – had a little extra adrenaline flowing as they arrived at
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Less than six months after they signed him to a five-year, $87.5 million contract to replace Yadier Molina as the franchise’s starting catcher, the Cardinals stunned everyone by announcing that Willson Contreras was changing positions. The move came just 23 starts into Contreras’s tenure as the team’s catcher. With Contreras batting third and serving as
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As someone who had grown up in Wildwood, Missouri, just outside St. Louis, David Freese knew more than most the honor bestowed upon Cardinals Hall of Famers. On June 17, 2023, the Cardinals announced that the hero of the 2011 World Series, who just a month earlier had been elected to the Cardinals Hall of
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The moments after Scott Rolen learned that he had been elected to the Hall of Fame were like a scene from the movie Field of Dreams. “Everybody cried,” Rolen said. “We’re an emotional family. When we get happy or whatever, that’s how it comes out. My son, it caught him a little off guard and
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When the Cardinals traded outfielder Randy Arozarena, Jose Martinez, and a supplemental first-round pick for pitching prospect Matthew Liberatore, catching prospect Edgardo Rodriguez, and a supplemental second-round pick on January 9, 2020, it looked like a no-lose scenario for St. Louis. Given the rumors swirling around the possible availability of Rockies all-star third baseman Nolan
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In a 2022 season that saw Albert Pujols eclipse 700 home runs and the Cardinals win the National League Central Division, nothing surpassed the image of Pujols, Yadier Molina, and Adam Wainwright walking side by side as they left the playing field at Busch Stadium together for the final time in their careers. The Cardinals’
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It was fitting that Adam Wainwright’s 2,000th career strikeout came on a 3-and-2 curveball. On September 23, 2021, Wainwright joined the 2,000-strikeout club, whiffing Brewers infielder Luis Urias to reach the milestone in his 16th major league season. Paul Goldschmidt homered twice and the Cardinals won their 12th consecutive game in a streak that would
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One day after hitting for the cycle, Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals did their best to do something even more impressive. On July 2, 2022, Arenado followed his cycle with two home runs, a first-inning blast that was the first of four consecutive Cardinal home runs and a ninth-inning shot that proved to be the