2025 Winter Warm-Up Schedule Announced
2025 WINTER WARM-UP WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ANNOUNCED
FREE AUTOGRAPH TICKETS AVAILABLE FRIDAY
All Proceeds From Annual Cardinals Care Event To Support Local Children
ST. LOUIS, Mo., January 7, 2025 – The St. Louis Cardinals and Cardinals Care, the team’s charitable foundation, announced today that a limited number of free Autograph tickets redeemable at the 2025 Cardinals Care Winter Warm-Up will be available starting Friday, January 10 at 10 a.m. CT at cardinals.com/WWU. Fans can also find the weekend schedule of events there starting today. The 28th Winter Warm-Up fundraiser, taking place January 18-20, will feature three days full of family-friendly activities across Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village.
Recent additions to the paid Autograph Ticket schedule include Willson Contreras, Trevor Rosenthal, and Todd Stottlemyre. Tickets are also available for the new Red Jacket Photo opportunity where fans can pose with and take home a souvenir photo of a Cardinals Hall of Famer, decked out in the iconic Red Jacket. In total, more than 50 players, coaches, alumni, and front office members will be on hand for the event. Visit cardinals.com/WWU for a full list of available Autograph and Photo tickets.
New for 2025, access to the Main Stage at Ballpark Village will not require a Winter Warm-Up Admission Ticket. Fans will enjoy Main Stage entertainment featuring several Q&A sessions with current players including Ryan Helsley, Brendan Donovan, and Jordan Walker, plus conversations with Cardinals coaches and 2011 World Series Champions Daniel Descalso and Jon Jay, the Cardinals Magazine Kids-Only Player Press Conference with Alec Burleson, Masyn Winn & Pedro Pagés, and more. Exclusive live auction items will also be up for bid during the weekend, including an opportunity to throw an Honorary First pitch, and visits to the Cardinals broadcast booths during a 2025 Cardinals Home Game.
In addition to reserved seating at the Main Stage in Ballpark Village, fans who purchase a Winter Warm-Up Admission Ticket will enjoy a tour of the Cardinals Clubhouse and admission to the world-class Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum, special presentations in the Visitors Clubhouse, the Cardinals Care Store featuring value-priced team-issued apparel, photos and other unique collectibles, autograph stations, kids activities, an exhibit hall featuring a wide variety of sports memorabilia treasures, 20% off at Cardinals Nation Restaurant and more. Fans holding both free and paid Autograph Tickets and Photo Tickets must have a Winter Warm-Up Admission Ticket.
Proceeds from the three-day event fund Cardinals Care programs including Redbird Rookies and Cardinals Nike RBI baseball/softball programs for kids, the youth ballfield program and the grant program. Tickets are the sole responsibility of the ticket purchaser and cannot be reissued, or refunded, and are not for resale. The daily event schedules, including autograph and photo sessions, are subject to change. Fans can visit cardinals.com/WWU for the latest details.
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About Cardinals Care
Cardinals Care was established to give fans a way to team up with Cardinals players and the organization to help children in our community—both on and off the baseball field. Established in 1997, Cardinals Care has invested over $31 million to support St. Louis area children, built or renovated 25 youth ball fields in local under-resourced neighborhoods, and distributed over $17 million in grants to nonprofit organizations.
Since 2004, Cardinals Care has orchestrated the innovative Redbird Rookies program, a free co-ed baseball/softball league for kids who otherwise might not have the opportunity to play. In addition to providing all the uniforms and equipment needed for each team, Redbird Rookies also provides extensive off-field support in the areas of health, education, mentoring and the cultural arts for each of the nearly 2,500 kids who participate in the program each year.
In 2023, Cardinals Care launched the Cardinals Nike Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program in cooperation with Major League Baseball to provide greater baseball and softball opportunities for youth ages 14-18 in our community. To learn more about all of Cardinals Care’s programs visit cardinals.com/community and follow @CardinalsCare on X, Facebook and Instagram.
