Here are all of the St. Louis Cardinal salary obligations, including option buyouts, as they are guaranteed. Under the table, there will be some comments about options, bonuses, and other financial information. This will be updated constantly throughout the season. All figures in Millions Contract notes: Carpenter: $18.500 club option…$0.500 bonus for All Star selection… Cecil: Undisclosed…
I am one of the most patient Cardinal fans out there. I don’t want them to spend just to spend; I’m very particular about who they add and the contracts they add to the payroll. But after this weekend, the Cardinals need to start making moves. With the Brewers trading for Christian Yelich on Thursday…
Every season, I break down where the Cardinals got their players and how much value they got by each transaction type. The Cardinals used 48 players this season and their Baseball Reference WAR was 36.2 between hitting/fielding and pitching. The Cardinals acquired players by 6 different means: the draft, amateur free agency (aka International Free…
The 2016 Cardinals has a total WAR of 40.1 arrocding to Baseball Reference. That, unsurprisingly, is down from 2015 at 49.8. I was curious to see where the changes came from and why. In 2016, the Cardinals received 15.4 Wins from the draft, 3.0 wins from free agency, 0.5 wins from the Rule V draft,…
ST. LOUIS, June 24, 2015 – Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is once again joining forces with teammates, celebrities and fans to raise money for charity during his 3rd annual Big League Impact fantasy football live draft at Busch Stadium on September 4, 2015. As part of the event, participating fans will draft their own fantasy…
With 2014 coming to a close, here are the top 5 Cardinal stories of the year. Some are good stories, some are stories that we wish were not real; all impacted 2014 or will impact 2015. 1. The Rise and Fall of Oscar Taveras: Coming into 2015, everyone expected Taveras to be on the team…
