St. Louis Cardinals News

Music has long been a part of Scott Spiezio’s life. Now it’s also part of his therapy. The St. Louis Cardinals’ utility player missed more than a month last season while receiving treatment for substance abuse. He poured the emotions from that ordeal and his team’s doomed follow-up to a World Series title into the [...]

   The Cardinals solved a potential arbitration struggle with catcher Yadier Molina by signing him to a four-year, $15.5 million contract that will take him through 2011. The deal includes a $7 million club option for 2012.
   ”He’s definitely a cornerstone of this club moving forward,” general manager John Mozeliak said.
   Molina, though out a month with a [...]

Pitcher Todd Wellemeyer and the St. Louis Cardinals avoided arbitration, agreeing to a $1 million, one-year contract. The deal includes performance bonuses that could be worth another $100,000. Wellemeyer was the last Cardinals player remaining in arbitration. He made $635,000 last season and was seeking $1,325,000.

As the St. Louis Cardinals ready for spring training, issues confront this healing/rebuilding team according…

With team and player $3 million apart and headed to salary arbitration, this is a crucial time in the Phillies’ relationship with slugger Ryan Howard.

Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is annoyed that second baseman Adam Kennedy skipped the team’s annual Winter Warmup fan fest. “I’m disappointed he’s not here,” La Russa said. “This is a statement we make to our fans: ‘Thanks for coming out,’ and he’s not here.” La Russa said Kennedy owed it to the team, especially [...]

There is a glut of players to pick through during MLB’s current free-agent sales spectacular.

Commissioner Bud Selig said baseball is now doing a good job of policing itself when it comes to steroids. “I am satisfied and I believe our fans are satisfied that we’re doing everything and have done everything we can possibly do,” Selig said Monday, speaking to more than 1,000 fans and media attending the St.

Albert Pujols, angry his name was incorrectly linked to the Mitchell Report on steroids last month, banned a St. Louis television station from participating in a news conference Monday. Pujols asked Cardinals media relations director Brian Bartow to make a reporter and cameraman from St. Louis Fox affiliate KTVI leave the room where Pujols’ news [...]

Cardinals teammates say Yadier Molina, one of the top defensive catchers in the major leagues, is a bargain at any price. “Yadier is the best catcher in the game, period,” pitcher Adam Wainwright said Monday after Molina agreed to a $15.5 million, four-year contact. “The fact he has never won a Gold Glove is a [...]