# Cardinals News Dump: TV Schedule, Roster Moves, Albert Pujols

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/cardinals-new-dump-tv-schedule-roster-moves-albert-pujols/
- Published: 2022-03-30T12:37:06-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

I’ve been away since last Thursday and there was a lot going on; the TV and radio
schedule has been announced, the camp size has been reduced (a few times), and an
icon is returning to St. Louis. Below is all the news from the Cardinals, along 
with a little commentary where applicable.

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**_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE 2022 REGULAR SEASON TV & RADIO BROADCAST SCHEDULE_**

_Bally Sports Midwest Serves as TV Home of Cardinals for 29th Season; 13 Games to
be Nationally Televised_

_Ricky Horton Joins John Rooney Full-Time For All Games on KMOX & Cardinals 
Radio Network_

_Spanish Radio Broadcasters Polo Ascencio & Bengie Molina Back for 7th Year to Call
All Home Games_

**ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 29, 2022 **– The St. Louis Cardinals today announced that
every 2022 regular season game will be televised locally or nationally as well as
broadcast on KMOX and the Cardinals Radio Network. Additionally, all 81 home games
will feature live Spanish radio broadcasts.

**Television**
**Bally Sports Midwest **will be the television home of the Cardinals
for the 29th season. The regional sports network will televise most Cardinals regular
season games. Coverage starts and ends with the _Cardinals Live_ pre- and postgame
shows, live from the network’s studio in Ballpark Village. **[Dan McLaughlin](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mclaug001dan&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**
enters his 25th season as the play-by-play voice of the Cardinals television broadcasts
and will be joined by Cardinals Hall of Famer **[Jim Edmonds](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edmonji01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**
and World Series Champion **[Brad Thompson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thompbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**
as analysts to call game action.

**[Jim Hayes](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hayesji01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**,**
Scott Warmann** and newcomer **Alexa Datt**, formerly of MLB Network, will serve
as reporters and hosts. Former Cardinals pitchers **[Al Hrabosky](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hraboal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**,
in his 39th season as part of the Cardinals TV team, and **[Ricky Horton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hortori01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**
will serve as pre- and postgame studio analysts, along with former Cardinals outfielder/
pitcher **[Rick Ankiel](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ankieri01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**,
Edmonds and Thompson.

Bally Sports Midwest will also continue to air new episodes of _Cardinals Insider_,
the Emmy-nominated 30-minute weekly television program hosted by Hall of Famer **
[Ozzie Smith](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithoz01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**
each Sunday, and the weekly _Cardinals Kids Show_ with Fredbird and Brad Thompson
on Saturdays.

Bally Sports Midwest’s regular season coverage kicks off on Opening Day, Thursday,
April 7, with an expanded _Cardinals Live_ pregame beginning at 1:30 PM CT.

Cardinals programming on Bally Sports Midwest also streams on the Bally Sports app
and on [BallySports.com](http://BallySports.com) for fans who authenticate through
their pay-TV service.

Currently, 11 regular season games will be carried exclusively on either FOX (5),
ESPN (3) or Apple TV+ (3) as part of Major League Baseball’s national television
packages, with another two games on FS1 co-existing with the local telecast. The
television schedule is subject to change.

**Radio**
In addition to televised game coverage, **KMOX 1120 AM**, the team’s flagship
radio station, and nearly all of the **Cardinals Radio Network **stations, will 
carry every regular season game. Cardinals games will also be simulcast locally 
on 98.7 FM and stream on KMOX.com.

2021 Missouri Sportscaster of the Year **[John Rooney](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rooney004joh&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**(
17th season) will be accompanied in the booth by **Ricky Horton**, who joins the
Cardinals radio team full-time after Cardinals Hall of Famer **[Mike Shannon](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=shannmi01,shanno000mik&search=Mike+Shannon&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**’
s retirement at the conclusion of 2021, for all Cardinals contests this year. **
Mike Claiborne** returns for his 16th year as part of the radio team to assist with
broadcasts while **[Tom Acker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ackerto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
man**, **Kevin Wheeler** and **Joe Pott** will serve as pre- and postgame hosts 
on KMOX.

This year marks KMOX’s 12th consecutive season as the flagship station and 65th 
year overall. The Cardinals Radio Network is the largest in MLB, consisting of 147
radio stations across eight states.

**Spanish Radio**
The Cardinals, in cooperation with **WIJR 880 AM** La Tremenda,
will once again produce 81 Spanish-language radio broadcasts for all St. Louis home
games during the 2022 regular season.

Play-by-play announcer **Polo Ascencio** and former MLB catcher **[Bengie Molina](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/molinbe01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)**
return for their seventh season to provide Hispanic and Latino fans with a way to
follow the Cardinals in their native language. All 81 broadcasts will air locally
on WIJR 880 AM and be streamed via [cardinals.com](http://cardinals.com) and the
MLB app.

For more information on the Cardinals broadcast partners, visit [cardinals.com/tv](http://www.cardinals.com/TV),
[cardinals.com/radio](http://www.cardinals.com/radio) and [cardinals.com/broadcasters](http://www.cardinals.com/broadcasters).
A complete 2022 regular season broadcast schedule follows.

**— STL —**

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**_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE ROSTER MOVES;_** **_BROOKS ADDED TO 40-PLAYER ROSTER, REYES
TO 60-DAY I.L.;_** **_VETERAN INF/OF CORY SPANGENBERG INVITED TO CAMP AS N.R.I._**

**JUPITER, Fla., March 25, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced today several
roster moves as they optioned pitchers **_[Packy Naughton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/naughpa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Johan Quezada](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quezajo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
Angel Rondón_** and **_[T.J. Zeuch](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeuchtj01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to the Memphis (AAA) roster and assigned pitcher **_[Zack Thompson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=thomps009zac&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to minor league camp. In addition, pitcher **_[Alex Reyes](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=reyesal02,reyes-001ale&search=Alex+Reyes&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**(
right shoulder) has been placed on the 60-day Injured List, and the team has selected
the contract of pitcher **_[Aaron Brooks](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=brookaa01,brooks002aar&search=Aaron+Brooks&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to the team’s 40-player Major League roster.

The team also announced that it has agreed to terms on a minor league contract with
veteran infielder/outfielder **_[Cory Spangenberg](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spangco01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,
and have invited him to join in the team’s Major League Spring Training Camp.

The left-handed hitting Spangenberg, 31, has compiled a career .256 batting mark
with 29 HR’s and 119 RBI in 419 games with San Diego (2014-18) and Milwaukee (2019).
The former 1^(st) round (10^(th) player overall) draft selection of the Padres in
2011 has seen extensive time at third base and second base, while also playing shortstop
and the outfield.

Spangenberg played in Japan from 2020-21 with Seibu of the Nippon Professional Baseball
league, homering 15 times in 111 games played for the Lions in 2020. Spangenberg
will wear uniform no. 18.

**— STL —**

_All of the players options didn’t seem to have much of a real shot at the 26-man
roster. Rondon might be on the Memphis shuttle this season though. Also Quezada 
has been removed from the 40-man roster, so he’ll probably end up back in Memphis
or with another team._

_Thompson is still considered a good prospect, but his time is dwindling as one.
He’ll need to be added to the 40-man after the season, so the team might not rush
him this year. I hope he takes a step forward and forces the team’s hand._

_Reyes is hitting that point where the frustrations are starting to take over the
potential. Reyes [had shoulder pain in the off-season](https://www.mlb.com/news/cardinals-alex-reyes-injury-update),
but since there was the lock-out, he couldn’t work with the team to start a rehab
plan. He’ll miss the first 6 weeks of the season, with [Giovanny Gallegos](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gallegi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
and [Genesis Cabrera](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cabrege01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
as the primary closers in his place; if they do well, we could see Reyes stretched
out to start._

_Spangenberg is minor league depth, and nothing more then that. It would be a real
issue with the team if he vaults over [Brendan Donovan](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=donova002bre&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
on the depth chart._

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**_CARDINALS ADD RHP BLAKE PARKER AS N.R.I.;_** **_NINE-YEAR VETERAN RELIEVER PITCHED
FOR CLEVELAND IN 2021_**

**JUPITER, Fla., March 26, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced this morning
that they have agreed to terms on a minor league contract with veteran right-handed
pitcher **_[Blake Parker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parkebl01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and invited him to join the team’s Major League Spring Training Camp.

Parker, 36, has spent nine years in the majors since debuting in 2012 with the Chicago
Cubs, posting a career mark of 16-11 with a 3.47 ERA in 350 games, primarily as 
a reliever. The 6-3, 225-pound Arkansas native went 2-1 with a 3.09 ERA in 47 relief
outings with Cleveland last season. He logged 60 or more relief innings for three
consecutive seasons from 2017-19 with the Angels, Twins and Phillies. Parker has
been assigned uniform no. 26.

**— STL —**

_Much like Spangenberg, this is a depth signing. Only this one could be beneficial
to the team. Parker could be a solid reliever once he’s caught up to the rest of
the team. As we’ve seen in the past, you can never have enough pitching and if the
young guys like Rondon can’t get outs at the MLB level._

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**_CARDINALS & ALBERT PUJOLS RE-UNITED;_** **_2-TIME REDBIRDS WORLD SERIES CHAMPION&
3-TIME MVP RETURNS TO_** **_ST. LOUIS FOR 2022 SEASON AS HE APPROACHES 700 CAREER
HOME RUNS_**

**ST. LOUIS, MO., March 28, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
they have reached an agreement with **_[Albert Pujols](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pujolal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
on a one-year contract for 2022, re-uniting the franchise with one of its most decorated
players of all-time. Pujols, 42, was drafted by St. Louis in 1999 (13^(th) round)
and played his first 11 seasons with the Cardinals, nine of those as a National 
League All-Star.

“We are pleased and excited to have Albert return to the Cardinals for the upcoming
season,” stated Cardinals Chairman **_Bill DeWitt, Jr._** “This reunion with Albert
is a wonderful opportunity for not only him and the Cardinals, but also for our 
great fans, the St. Louis community, our players and staff, and everyone connected
to the St. Louis Cardinals organization. “We look forward to seeing Albert in the“
Birds on the Bat” once again, and wearing his familiar uniform number 5.”

A member of the Cardinals 2006 and 2011 World Series Champions, Pujols compiled 
a .328 batting mark, 445 home runs and 1,329 RBI in his 11 seasons (2001-11) with
the Cardinals, earning National League MVP honors in 2005, 2008 and 2009.

“Seldom does one get to share in watching or being a part of ‘living’ history,” 
said Cardinals’ President of Baseball Operations **_John Mozeliak_**. “From the 
day we called Albert’s name in the draft room back in 1999, to now, as we set our
sights on 2022, this reunion just makes sense in so many ways. We are all looking
forward to reuniting Albert with his Cardinals family, and for the fan in all of
us, including myself, this feels like looking through the pages of a favorite scrapbook
or baseball card album and seeing those images and memories jump off the pages.”

Pujols currently ranks among the top-10 in Major League Baseball’s all-time career
leaders in RBI (2,150, 3^(rd)), home runs (679, 5^(th)), doubles (672, 5^(th)), 
extra base hits (1,367, 4^(th)), total bases (6,042, 4^(th)) and at-bats (11,114,
8^(th)) and his 3,301 career hits rank 12^(th).

In his 11 seasons with the Cardinals, “El Hombre” posted franchise career top-10
totals for slugging pct. (.617, 1^(st)), on-base pct. (.420, 2^(nd)) home runs (
445, 2^(nd)), RBI (1,329, 2^(nd)), doubles (455, 2^(nd)), walks (975, 2^(nd)), games(
1,705, 8^(th)), runs (1,291, 3^(rd)) and batting average (.328, 6^(th)).

Albert is a 10-time All-Star, six-time Silver Slugger, two-time _Rawlings_ Gold 
Glover, 2001 N.L. Rookie of the Year, 2004 N.L. National League Championship Series
MVP, 2003 National League batting champion (.359), and 2008 [Roberto Clemente](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)
Award honoree.

Pujols led the National League in runs scored five times, hits once (212 in 2003),
home runs twice, and RBI once (118 in 2010). He holds the 2000s decade (2000-09)
National League “Triple Crown” for batting (.334), home runs (366) and RBI (1,112)
despite the fact he didn’t debut until 2001.

Pujols has appeared in 74 career postseason games for the Cardinals, hitting a franchise
postseason record 18 home runs with 52 RBI, including a World Series record-tying
3 HR’s in Game 3 of the 2011 Fall Classic.

Pujols ranks among the all-time Busch Stadium III leaders in games played (462, 
5^(th)), home runs (112, 1^(st)), RBI (358, 2^(nd)), runs scored (314, 3^(rd)) and
hits (544, 2rd).

The St. Louis fan-favorite spent the 2012-21 seasons in Los Angeles with the Angels
and Dodgers, earning an All-Star selection in 2015 with the Halos. Pujols had six
seasons with 20 or more homers for the Angels and four 100-plus RBI seasons. He 
batted .254 with 12 HR’s and 38 RBI in 85 games with the Dodgers last season, and
hit .294 with 13 HR’s and 34 RBI with a .939 OPS in his 146 plate appearances versus
left-handed pitching in 2021.

Pujols will wear his iconic uniform no. 5, which the team never re-issued after 
its 2011 World Series Championship season.

**— STL —**

_It took a while for it to happen, but Pujols is back with the team. It’s really
a low risk deal; he’s making $2.5M for 2022 and will retire after the season. For
that amount, it would be easy to release him if he’s not hitting (because, let’s
face it, he won’t be playing much in the field). Granted, the organization won’t
want to cut him if he’s struggling because they want him to go out a Cardinal._

_Pujols can still hit right handers, so he’ll be a platoon DH for the team. He’ll
hit for power, which is all the team needs from him. If this were a station to station
hitting team (if those are left in baseball), he’d be an issue because he can’t 
run. He’s 21 homer away from 700, which would be a nice milestone to see; I give
him a 45% shot of doing it._

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**_CARDINALS OPTION THREE TO MEMPHIS (AAA) ROSTER;_** **_CAMP ROSTER NOW STANDS 
AT 49 PLAYERS_**

**JUPITER, Fla., March 28, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced this afternoon
that they have optioned pitchers **_[Junior Fernandez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?pid=fernaju01,fernan001jun&search=Junior+Fernandez&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,**_
[Johan Oviedo](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oviedjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and **_[Freddy Pacheco](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=pachec000fre&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to the Memphis (AAA) roster. The moves leave the Cardinals Spring Training Roster
at 49 players, including 16 active pitchers.

**— STL —**

_Again, I’m not surprised about any of these demotions. Oviedo is rotation depth
and will be on the Memphis shuttle if/when a starter goes down. _

_I hate to say this, but it’s probably time to cut Fernandez. The once promising
pitcher hasn’t been able to succeed at the MLB level yet, and he’s getting to the
point where he’s not worth hanging onto anymore._

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**_CARDINALS RE-ASSIGN NINE PLAYERS TO MINORS;_** **_SPRING TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
NOW STANDS AT 40 PLAYERS_**

**JUPITER, Fla., March 30, 2022 – **The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that
they have re-assigned pitchers **_[James Naile](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=naile-002jam&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,**_
[Zach McAllister](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcallza01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and **_[Kyle Ryan](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanky01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,
catcher **_[Clint Coulter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=coulte000cli&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,
infielders **_[Nolan Gorman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gorman000nol&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**,**_
[Kramer Robertson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=robert000kra&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and **_[Anderson Tejeda](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tejedan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),_**
and outfielders **_[Alec Burleson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=burles000ale&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
and **_[Conner Capel](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=capel-000con&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral)_**
to minor league camp.

Today’s moves leave the Cardinals Spring Training camp roster at 40 players.

**— STL —**

_The disappointing name here is Gorman. There was hope that he could see time at
second and DH, but with the addition of Albert, he became expendable for now. If
we see [Tommy Edman](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/edmanto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Edmundo Sosa](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sosaed01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
[Juan Yepez](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=yepez-000jua&utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral),
or Donovan struggle, Gorman could be one of the first guys we see._

_Robertson, Burleson, and Capel still have potential to be future players for this
team; all are young and will need someone in front of them to really struggle or
get hurt to be considered this season. Burleson is probably the closest and has 
the highest ceiling of the bunch._

_All of the rest are roster depth and probably won’t get the call this season; if
they do, something is seriously wrong._

---

All the transactions above have been added to both the [Salary Matrix](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2021/10/2021-22-cardinal-off-season-salary-matrix/)
and the [Transaction Tracker](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2021/11/the-2021-22-cardinals-transaction-page/)
for the team.

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