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  • • Cub Tracks keeps it real
    Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Recent #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news, four days a week. Not much happening in the Cubiverse. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits from Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Shoulda walked Pujols. I was flabber...2022
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  • • Cub Tracks is already waiting for next year
    Photo by Scott Kane/Getty Images Recent #Cubs,#MLB, and #MiLB news, four days a week. The Cubs scored early. The Cardinals scored often. I have a sad. Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits from Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, and cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Sunday’s articles are always a...2022
  • • Latest On Cardinals’ Talks With Molina, Wainwright
    It feels odd even to contemplate different uniforms for longtime Cardinals Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright, but it’s far from certain either or both will remain in St. Louis. Mark Saxon of The Athletic provides an update on the state of ongoing talks between the club and these grizzled veterans. While both players are pushing…...2020
  • • Mozeliak On Cardinals’ Payroll Outlook
    The Cardinals front office is preparing for some austerity in the 2020-21 offseason, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak indicated to reporters including Mark Saxon of The Athletic (Twitter link). Details remain unclear, but Mozeliak left no doubt that payroll will decline. The St. Louis organization already passed on a chance to retain second baseman Kolten Wong…...2020
  • • NL Notes: Mozeliak, Cards, Pina, Gausman, Bumgarner
    While the Cardinals are still going to explore trade deadline opportunities, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak told The Athletic’s Mark Saxon and other reporters that his club faces something of a unique roster crunch due to the coronavirus outbreak that ravaged the Cards earlier this month.  “I think that’s the biggest issue at hand…...2020
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  • • Cardinals Not Ready To Return, Likely To Cancel Series With Pirates
    The St. Louis Cardinals have been told that they won’t be coming together again as a team for at least 3-5 days, per The Athletic’s Mark Saxon (via Twitter). Obviously, the implication here is that their upcoming series with the Pittsburgh Pirates will be canceled. Major League Baseball has not made an official announcement as…...2020

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  • • Miles Mikolas To Undergo Season-Ending Surgery
    Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas will undergo surgery to repair his right flexor tendon and miss the remainder of the 2020 season, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak announced to reporters Tuesday (Twitter link via The Athletic’s Mark Saxon). He’s been placed on the injured list, and right-hander Jake Woodford has been recalled from the club’s…...2020
  • • Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas to receive platelet-rich plasma injection
    Cardinals righty Miles Mikolas is due to receive a platelet-rich plasma injection, skipper Mike Shildt tells reporters including Mark Saxon of The Athletic (via Twitter). That doesn’t come as a surprise, but does come with clear consequences for the defending NL Central champs. Mikolas has been diagnosed with a flexor tendon strain. He previously underwent PRP treatment but evidently hasn’t respon...2020
  • • Report: Cardinals to re-sign Francisco Pena
    The Cardinals have agreed to a minor league contract to bring catcher Francisco Pena back to the organization, tweets Mark Saxon of The Athletic. Although Pena won’t be immediately added to the 40-man roster, Saxon suggests that Pena is being re-signed to serve as Yadier Molina’s backup in 2019. Pena, 29, logged a career-high 142 plate appearances with the Cardinals in 2018 while Molina missed tim...2018
  • • Cardinals’ Jordan Hicks refutes report of tension with teammate
    Jordan Hicks is coming out firing at the media almost as hard as he does on the mound.A feature this week by Mark Saxon of The Athletic discussed the supposed relationship between the St. Louis Cardinals rookie and fellow Cards reliever Bud Norris. The report said that the veteran Norris, who is 12 years older than Hicks, has been riding the 21-year-old “mercilessly” since spring training — remind...2018
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  • • Cardinals in Good Shape to Keep MLB's Longest Active Playoff Streak Alive
    2016
  • • Cardinals Out On Carlos Gomez
    While the Cardinals initially kicked the tires on Carlos Gomez after he was designated for assignment by the Astros, ESPN’s Mark Saxon now reports that there’s “nothing doing on the Carlos Gomez front” for St. Louis (Twitter link). The injury to Matt Holliday prompted the Cards to check in on Gomez, but Randal Grichuk is…...2016
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  • • Matt Holliday, Seth Maness Headed For Surgery
    The Cardinals are sending two significant players in for surgical procedures, as ESPN.com’s Mark Saxon reports (Twitter links). Outfielder Matt Holliday needs to go under the knife to repair his recently fractured thumb, while reliever Seth Maness requires Tommy John surgery for his elbow injury. Though neither result is particularly surprising at this point, they will…...2016
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  • • Trevor Rosenthal Injury: Updates on Cardinals RP's Shoulder and Return
    2016
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Mark Saxon lifestyle

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  • 2020
    "The Cardinals are working to extend the contract of longtime catcher Yadier Molina for at least one more year and “probably” two more seasons, reports The Athletic’s Mark Saxon (subscription required)."

  • 2019
    "The Cardinals haven’t checked in on Dallas Keuchel since initially showing interest in the veteran lefty near the start of the offseason, The Athletic’s Mark Saxon reports (subscription required)."

  • 2018
    "10:25am: Mark Saxon of The Athletic reports that the two sides have agreed to terms on a deal (Twitter link)."

  • 2016
    "com’s Mark Saxon (via Twitter), and includes a sixth-year option, per SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo (in a tweet)."

  • 2015
    "    "I want to make sure I understand all of the details of the Dowd Report and Commissioner [Bart] Giamatti's decision and the agreement that was ultimately reached," Manfred said, per Mark Saxon of ESPN."

  • 2014
    ""The season is long, and it wears you down," Mattingly said to Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles at the end of August."

Mark Saxon trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

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    2022
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  • • NL Notes: Mozeliak, Cards, Pina, Gausman, Bumgarner
    2020
  • • Cardinals Sign First-Rounder Jordan Walker
    The Cardinals have announced the signing of first-round draft selection Jordan Walker (h/t Mark Saxon of The Athletic, on Twitter). He’ll forego his commitment to Duke University. The Georgia high school third baseman will receive a $2.9MM bonus, per MLB.com’s Jim Callis (via Twitter). He was taken with the 21st overall selection, which came with a $3.13MM…...2020
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  • • Cardinals, Yadier Molina Discussing Extension
    The Cardinals are working to extend the contract of longtime catcher Yadier Molina for at least one more year and “probably” two more seasons, reports The Athletic’s Mark Saxon (subscription required). Molina, 37, has been the Cardinals’ primary catcher since 2005 and, over the course of his career, has shouldered the largest workload of any…...2020
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  • • Longtime catcher Yadier Molina discussing extension with Cardinals
    The Cardinals are working to extend the contract of longtime catcher Yadier Molina for at least one more year and “probably” two more seasons, reports The Athletic’s Mark Saxon (subscription required). Molina, 37, has been the Cardinals’ primary catcher since 2005 and, over the course of his career, has shouldered the largest workload of any backstop in the game. His durability is the stuff of leg...2020
  • • Cardinals Notes: Molina, Southpaws, Carpenter
    The latest out of the Cardinals’ camp… Yadier Molina intends to finish his career as a Cardinal, though the longtime catcher won’t insist on a starting role throughout the life of a potential new contract with St. Louis.  According to The Athletic’s Mark Saxon (subscription required), Molina “has informed club officials he would be willing…...2020
  • • Yadier Molina offered to reduce his role in future in order to finish career with Cardinals?
    Yadier Molina intends to finish his career as a Cardinal, though the longtime catcher won’t insist on a starting role throughout the life of a potential new contract with St. Louis.  According to The Athletic’s Mark Saxon, Molina “has informed club officials he would be willing to take a reduced role in the second season of an extension.”  This would represent the 2022 campaign, as Molina is enter...2020
  • • Are the Cardinals done making offseason moves?
    There may not be another significant move on the horizon for the Cardinals this offseason, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak suggested over the weekend (link via Jenifer Langosch of MLB.com). “We don’t feel like there’s that one player out there that if we could target we’d go after if we’re patient enough,” Mozeliak said. The team surely wouldn’t broadcast its intentions even if one ...2019
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  • • Report: Cardinals to re-sign Francisco Pena
    2018
  • • Cardinals To Re-Sign Francisco Pena
    The Cardinals have agreed to a minor league contract to bring catcher Francisco Pena back to the organization, tweets Mark Saxon of The Athletic. Although Pena won’t be immediately added to the 40-man roster, Saxon suggests that Pena is being re-signed to serve as Yadier Molina’s backup in 2019. Pena, 29, logged a career-high 142…...2018
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  • • Several pitchers dueling for fifth spot in Cardinals rotation
    Entering camp, the expectation was that Carlos Martinez would regain his standing as a member of the Cardinals’ starting five. That may ultimately come to pass, though he’ll first need to work back to full strength. In Martinez’s absence, Mark Saxon of The Athletic tweets, the Cards will utilize either John Gant or Dakota Hudson to round out the rotation. Gant, 26, is one of several out-of-options...2019
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  • • Cardinals to utilize Alex Reyes in rotation
    The Cardinals had been waiting to decide — or, at least, to announce — how they’d use rehabbing righty Alex Reyes upon his return. But GM Mike Girsch said today that Reyes will join the team’s rotation when he’s ready, as Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on Twitter.That decision, while hardly surprising, does set the stage for some further decisions. “We expect him to be in the...2018
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    2016
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    2016
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    2016
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  • • Cardinals in Good Shape to Keep MLB's Longest Active Playoff Streak Alive
    2016
  • • Matt Holliday, Seth Maness Headed For Surgery
    2016
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  • • 2016 MLB Rookies Already Going Toe-to-Toe with Historic 2015 Class
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  • • Is Aledmys Diaz the Next in Long Line of MLB's Shortstop Stars?
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  • • Corey Seager Is Already Beginning Transition from Top Prospect to MLB Star
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  • • Coaching changes coming to the Cardinals
    The Cardinals will face some changes in the coaching ranks, as third base coach Jose Oquendo has informed the team he will not return in 2019, president of baseball ops John Mozeliak announced to reporters Tuesday (links via Jenifer Langosch of MLB.com, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Mark Saxon of The Athletic). Oquendo, who was offered the opportunity to return, will work with t...2018
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  • • 2016 MLB Rookies Already Going Toe-to-Toe with Historic 2015 Class
    2016
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  • • Is Aledmys Diaz the Next in Long Line of MLB's Shortstop Stars?
    2016
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  • • Big Decisions That Will Make or Break Dave Roberts' 1st Year as Dodgers Manager
    2016
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    2015
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    2015
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    2015
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    2015
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    2015
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  • • Pete Rose Formally Petitions MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred for Reinstatement
    2015
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  • • Kershaw, Greinke May Not Be Enough to Make Dodgers True Contenders
    2015
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  • • Cardinals, Yadier Molina Discussing Extension
    2020
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    2015
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    2015
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  • • Corey Seager Has Moved from Dodgers Luxury to Lineup Linchpin
    2015
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  • • Adrian Gonzalez Challenges Radio Host Who Called Him 'Slow' to Foot Race
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  • • Cardinals Not Ready To Return, Likely To Cancel Series With Pirates
    2020
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  • • Yadier Molina offered to reduce his role in future in order to finish career with Cardinals?
    2020
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  • • Cardinals To Extend Kolten Wong
    The Cardinals have announced an extension with 25-year-old second baseman Kolten Wong, as Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch first reported on Twitter. Financial terms remain unreported. Wong is represented by PSI Sports Management. The deal covers five years, per ESPN.com’s Mark Saxon (via Twitter), and includes a sixth-year option, per SB Nation’s Chris Cotillo (in a tweet)...2016
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  • • Cardinals Designate Ruben Tejada For Assignment
    The Cardinals have announced that they’ve designated infielder Ruben Tejada for assignment. Mark Saxon of ESPN.com was first to report on Twitter that the DFA was likely. Tejada’s roster spot will be taken by Matt Carpenter, who’s returning from the paternity list. St. Louis faced a choice between cutting Tejada loose and optioning Greg Garcia. The latter may…...2016
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  • • Why an Andre Ethier-for-Ubaldo Jimenez Swap Makes Sense for Everyone Involved
    2015
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  • • Alberto Callaspo to Dodgers, Juan Uribe to Braves in Reported 6-Player Trade
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  • • Cardinals Sign First-Rounder Jordan Walker
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  • • Should the Dodgers Bench Yasiel Puig If He Keeps Up Vanishing Act?
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Mark Saxon schedule, game

  • • Cub Tracks is already waiting for next year
    2022
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  • • Cardinals Will Not Travel For Scheduled Series In Detroit
    2:34pm: The Cards will not go to Detroit as scheduled, Mark Saxon of The Athletic tweets. It seems now they’ll ultimately scratch at least seven contests, he adds. It also sounds as if the number of players on the roster with infections is still on the rise. Saxon tweets that at least eight members of the…...2020
  • • Cardinals Notes: Molina, Southpaws, Carpenter
    2020
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  • • Yadier Molina offered to reduce his role in future in order to finish career with Cardinals?
    2020
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  • • Carlos Martinez to return as reliever
    Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez is planning to work back from the injured list in a relief role, manager Mike Shildt told reporters including Mark Saxon of The Athletic (Twitter link). He’s working back to full health after experiencing shoulder weakness during camp. This is a notable decision for an organization that has a good bit of cash invested in the 27-year-old hurler. ($11.5M this year an...2019
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  • • Several pitchers dueling for fifth spot in Cardinals rotation
    2019
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  • • Latest On Cardinals’ Rotation Plans
    Entering camp, the expectation was that Carlos Martinez would regain his standing as a member of the Cardinals’ starting five. That may ultimately come to pass, though he’ll first need to work back to full strength. In Martinez’s absence, Mark Saxon of The Athletic tweets, the Cards will utilize either John Gant or Dakota Hudson…...2019
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  • • Jaime Garcia's Contract Option Picked Up by Cardinals: Latest Details, Reaction
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Mark Saxon rumors, scandals

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    2015
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    2014
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  • • Dodgers Have Reportedly Spoken to Josh Byrnes About GM Position
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