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Cardinals Slugger Apologizes For Hurtful Comments Made Toward Hated Cubs

The St. Louis Cardinals and National League Central rival Chicago Cubs have one of baseball's most bitter rivalries, dating back centuries. The well-respected franchises are neck-and-neck on NL pennants -- the Cardinals have the upper hand with 19, while the Cubs hold 17.

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Cardinals Slugger 'About To Make' First All-Star Game Appearance This Summer

The St. Louis Cardinals are a much better offensive team than they were a year ago, despite making few roster changes over the offseason. Other than losing seven-time All-Star Paul Goldschmidt and moving Willson Contreras from catcher to first base, this year's Cardinals lineup looks similar to last season's.

St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 16

How Much Should Cardinals Fans Be Concerned With Willson Contreras' Slump?

The St. Louis Cardinals currently have one of the league's most prolific offenses but not every player in their red-hot lineup is heating up. Cardinals

MLB News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 14

Yankees Helped Cardinals All-Star Without Even Knowing

The 2025 Major League Baseball season is still young but there have already been some pretty big storylines. It only took one series this year for the New York Yankees to make headlines and start a craze.

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St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 14

Cardinals 3-Time All-Star Has Clear Message For St. Louis Fans

The St. Louis Cardinals have had an up-and-down start to the 2025 Major League Baseball season, to say the least. St. Louis started the season 3-0 and has since gone 4-8.

St. Louis Cardinals News / Field Level Media / April 13

Willson Contreras, Jordan Walker helps Cardinals beat Phillies

Willson Contreras and Jordan Walker hit two-run homers to power the St. Louis Cardinals past the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 Sunday. Nolan Arenado scored twice and drove in two runs as the Cardinals won their first series against the Phillies since the 2017 season.

St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 13

MLB Writer Ready To Panic Over Cardinals' $87.5 Million Slugger

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Willson Contreras has gotten off to a horrendous start this season. He's worth -0.8 WAR with an OPS well below .400. It's stretched from a cold start to a concerning stretch of 13 games.

St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 10

Should Cardinals Demote $87.5 Million Star To Minors Amid Horrific Batting Slump?

The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the league's hottest lineups but not every slugger on their roster is feeling the heat as the club sits with a lackluster 5-7 record.

MLB News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 10

Cardinals All-Star Called 'Gettable' Trade Candidate For Red Sox

We are just about two weeks into the Major League Baseball season and yet trade speculation has already picked up although there really isn't much of a basis for much of it yet.

MLB News / Milwaukee Brewers on SI / April 10

Brewers-Red Sox Surprising Trade Idea Involves 2-Time All-Star

The Milwaukee Brewers have no reason to blow up their roster right now. Milwaukee hasn't won fewer than 86 games in a season over the last four years and the team currently is just a 1/2 game out of first place in the National League Central at 7-5.

St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 10

Cardinals Star Confident Change Is Coming After Rough Start

The St. Louis Cardinals' offense has been among the top in the league so far this season but the campaign hasn't gone as planned for first baseman Willson Contreras.

St. Louis Cardinals News / Just Baseball / April 3

Could the Cardinals Compete in the NL Central?

If you’re an early-season standings watcher, the National League Central just one week into the season could cause you to question your sanity. The St.

St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 3

Cardinals Star Predicted To Reach Milestone For 1st Time In Career

The St. Louis Cardinals obviously didn't make any big changes this offseason. St. Louis' roster looks pretty similar to how it did at the end of the 2024 season aside from the fact that Kyle Gibson, Lance Lynn, Paul Goldschmidt, and Andrew Kittredge are no longer with the team.

St. Louis Cardinals News / St. Louis Cardinals on SI / April 2

Cardinals Fans Can Finally Let Out Breath For St. Louis Duo

The St. Louis Cardinals have had an up-and-down start to the 2025 Major League Baseball season but Wednesday was at least a positive day for two of the team's most important offensive pieces.

Chicago Cubs News / ChiCitySports / March 23

Chicago Cubs former star looking to energize Cubs NL Central rivals from new position

The Chicago Cubs parted ways with Willson Contreras at the end of the 2022 season. By many accounts, they made the decision to move on from their World Series catcher well before they let him walk out the proverbial door as a free agent and into the arms of the division rival St.

St. Louis Cardinals News / LWOSports.com / March 12

2025 St. Louis Cardinals O/U: Why the Cardinals Will Hit the OVER

Over the past couple of seasons the St. Louis Cardinals have failed to make the postseason, something rarely seen from the franchise. They also had a historically bad 71 wins in 2023 but had a bounce back of sorts in 2024, posting a winning record of 83-79.

St. Louis Cardinals News / Field Level Media / February 19

Cardinals' muscled-up Willson Contreras swinging for fences

Willson Contreras is casting a broader shadow in St. Louis Cardinals' camp this spring, physical modifications resulting from a weight-room regimen he adopted to bulk up for a move to first base.

St. Louis Cardinals News / Last Word On Sports / December 16

Cardinals Set for Two-Way Competition at Catcher in 2025

With Willson Contreras moving positions, a pair of young St. Louis Cardinals will compete for the starting role at catcher in 2025. The players in question, Iván Herrera and Pedro Pagés, are 24 and 26, respectively, with only a combined 164 games of major-league experience between them.

St. Louis Cardinals News / Yardbarker / November 7

Three biggest offseason questions facing Cardinals

With John Mozeliak in the final year of his general manager duties and Chaim Bloom waiting in the wings to take over the role, there should be plenty of roster reshaping this offseason.

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St. Louis Cardinals News / MLB Trade Rumors / November 6

Cardinals moving catcher Willson Contreras to first base: Outlook, what it means for team and player

As he heads into the third season of his five-year, $87.5M contract, Willson Contreras is headed for a position change.

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St. Louis Cardinals News / Larry Brown Sports / November 6

Cardinals make big move with Willson Contreras

Two years after making a big splash by signing Willson Contreras, the St. Louis Cardinals are admitting that at least one aspect of that move has not worked out for them.

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St. Louis Cardinals News / Yardbarker / June 24

Red-hot Cardinals get huge boost in return of star catcher

St. Louis has become one of the hottest teams in baseball, and the club's starting backstop will be returning to action on Monday.

Cardinals star exits injured amid season-long struggles

Cardinals pitcher suffers setback in rehab, out for at least another month

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MLB News / Yardbarker / May 8

$Mets' J.D. Martinez gives graphic description after accidentally fracturing Cardinals' catcher's arm$

Mets' J.D. Martinez gives graphic description after accidentally fracturing Cardinals' catcher's arm

J.D. Martinez didn't mince details on his involvement in accidentally breaking Willson Contreras' arm.

Cardinals' Willson Contreras suffers broken arm after being hit by swing

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St. Louis Cardinals News / Larry Brown Sports / May 7

Cardinals' Contreras suffers broken arm after being hit by swing

Cardinals' Willson Contreras suffers broken arm after being hit by swing

Willson Contreras suffered some awful luck on Tuesday night. The Cardinals catcher was hit around his lower left wrist by J.D. Martinez’s bat on a swing during the top of the second inning of St. Louis’ game against the Mets at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

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St. Louis Cardinals News / MLB Trade Rumors / May 7

$Cardinals three-time All-Star suffers fractured arm$