Brian Stull

As the St. Louis Cardinals continue to look at candidates to fill their vacancy at pitching coach, one of the hottest names on the market is Jim Hickey, formerly the pitching coach at Tampa the last 12 seasons. One reliever who’s pitched under Hickey and also in St. Louis is Randy Choate,...

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Five years ago today, the St. Louis Cardinals rallied in “epic” fashion to score four runs with two outs in the top of the 9th inning to defeat the Washington Nationals 9-7 and advance to the 2012 NLCS. Carlos Beltran led off the inning with a double off reliever Drew Storen and...

http://www.stlbaseballweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/17-10-4-Tommy-Pham-edit.mp3 There are a lot of numbers to look back on in 2017 for Tommy Pham. The St. Louis Cardinals finalist for the Hank Aaron Award , Tommy was among the team leaders in most offensive categories and in terms...

After a season in which he led the St. Louis Cardinals with a .306 batting average, .931 OPS, 95 runs, and 25 stolen bases, Tommy Pham is being recognized as the team’s candidate for the Hank Aaron Award. Established in 1999 to recognize the top offensive performer in each league, the Han...

As they prepared to head off for the off-season, St. Louis Cardinals Manager Mike Matheny provided rookie pitchers Jack Flaherty and Luke Weaver with a little parting advice. “You need to do whatever you need to this winter with the idea of pitching til November,” said Matheny. “It’...

As the St. Louis Cardinals embark on their search to replace pitching coach Derek Lilliquist and bullpen coach Blaise Ilsley, here are a few internal candidates that could be up for some consideration (in alphabetical order): Chris Carpenter Okay, so he’s not really a candidate. But...

http://www.stlbaseballweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/17-10-3-Randal-Grichuk.mp3 Last year as Randal Grichuk made the long drive from St. Louis to his home near Houston, he had to deal with thoughts of the St. Louis Cardinals declaring they would be seeking a defensive upgrade for centerfield...

After dealing with some patella tendinitis this season, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty has taken some steps to get the issue cleared up this off-season. “Did a little non-invasive procedure that is really going to help we think with some of that tendinitis, which should...

http://www.stlbaseballweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/17-10-1-Fowler.mp3 The smile was still there, but the 2017 season didn’t turn out quite the way Dexter Fowler had hoped when he signed as a free agent with the St. Louis Cardinals this past off-season. “Obviously w...