Carlos Martinez
As much as I enjoy the lead-up to the MLB Rule 4 Draft, the honest truth is way too much misinformation comes out in the week before Ryan Franklin represents the Cardinals. It appears picking 19th serves St. Louis well in the first round, however, with the 2013 edition looking to score the third potential […]
Posted in: 2013 Cardinals Game Notes,Current Cardinals,MLB Draft
Tagged with: Carlos Martinez, John Gast, Keith Butler, Michael Blazek, Michael Wacha, Ryan Franklin, Seth Maness, Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal, Tyler Lyons
For the third straight season, the United Cardinal Bloggers were guests in St. Louis and in my opinion, the team may even invite us back! It is the least we can do since the win streak was snapped by Pittsburgh. Christi and I made the trip up Saturday to attend the dinner and brought with […]
[Ed. Note – Starting with today’s post, John Nagel of Cardinals Farm will be regularly updating you loyal four readers of PH8 on the goings on in the Cardinals minor league system (recently ranked best in all of MLB by Baseball America, mind you). Please welcome John, and we hope you enjoy reading more about […]
Posted in: Cardinals Farm,Minor League Cardinals
Tagged with: Anthony Garcia, Breyvic Valera, Cardinals Farm, Carlos Martinez, Colin Walsh, Kolten Wong, Lee Stoppelman, Matt Adams, Michael Wacha, Mike O'Neill, Oscar Taveras, Sam Tuivailala, Seth Maness, Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal
As part of our membership in the United Cardinal Bloggers, we frequently participate in various projects throughout the year. While the “Capture the Virtual Flag”, “Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock”, and the “Rhino in a Hula Hoop” projects aren’t our favorites, we go along with whatever our illustrious leader cooks up for us. This month […]
Posted in: Minor League Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Allen Craig, Cardinal, Carlos Martinez, Jason Motte, Kolten Wong, Matt Adams, Minor League Baseball, Oscar Taveras, Seth Maness, Shelby Miller, St Louis, Texas League, Trevor Rosenthal
For the first time all season, the defending World Champs may have finally showed their hand leading up to the dog days ahead. No one truly knows which direction the Cardinals will turn but if you can read between the rumors, a picture paints itself with only a couple shopping days left. How pretty the […]
Cardinals fans, even those on the realistic side, can’t help but hope – or perhaps even expect – that former first-round pick Shelby Miller will graduate to the majors by next April and become the next great St. Louis pitcher. Miller, who made his 2012 Spring Training debut Wednesday, is sculpted like the ideal right-handed […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,General PH8 Stuff,Major League Baseball,Minor League Cardinals,NL Central Division,Offseason
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Brett Tomko, Carlos Martinez, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Danny Cox, Donovan Osborne, Houston Astros, Jaime Garcia, Jeff Luhnow, Joe Magrane, John Mozeliak, Jordan Swagerty, Matt Morris, Milwaukee Brewers, Paul Maholm, Pittsburgh Pirates, Shelby Miller, St Louis Cardinals, Trevor Rosenthal, Tyrell Jenkins, Wade Miller, Walt Jocketty
Prospect ranking season continues leading up to the start of Spring Training, and today’s ranking of the Cardinals’ organization comes from former (and hopefully again, soon) PH8 Podcast guest, Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein. The full rankings are subscription only at BP, a subscription that is well worth it. Some player notes: KG ranks Shelby Miller, […]
Once a year, along with the rest of the United Cardinal Bloggers, we get to put this list together as a review of the Cardinals’ farm system. So far, pretty much every year has been an improvement over the previous. This year is no exception. The Cardinals have multiple prospects on the national radar, and […]
Posted in: Cardinals Front Office,Current Cardinals,Former Cardinals,Media,Minor League Cardinals,United Cardinal Bloggers
Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Brad Thompson, Brett Wallace, Carlos Martinez, Florida State League, Joe Strauss, John Mozeliak, Jordan Swagerty, Kevin Goldstein, Kolten Wong, Lance Berkman, Matt Adams, Memphis Redbirds, Midwest League, Oscar Taveras, Pacific Coast League, Palm Beach Cardinals, Quad Cities River Bandits, Shelby Miller, Springfield Cardinals, Texas League, Trevor Rosenthal, Tyrell Jenkins, Zack Cox
Daniel Shoptaw of C70 At The Bat joins us to discuss United Cardinal Bloggers, Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Cardinal baseball and Baby Birds. On the agenda for Ep 2.0 – Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Shelby Miller, Zack Cox, Carlos Martinez, Chris Carpenter, Ryan Franklin, Chris Duncan – AND OH SO MUCH MORE. […]
Posted in: Current Cardinals,Podcast
Tagged with: Carlos Martinez, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Kyle McClellan, Lance Lynn, Maikel Cleto, Matt Holliday, Ryan Franklin, Shelby Miller, Zack Cox