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St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis gains Jayson Aquino

The first set of “cuts” were made in the St. Louis Cardinals’ spring yesterday.  In baseball, these spring cuts are reassignments to minor league camp and/or directly to a minor league team.  Included...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Charlie Tilson Cut (to Memphis)

The St. Louis Cardinals announced on Monday that Charlie Tilson had been optioned to the Memphis Redbirds.  Let the speed and excitement commence. When I wrote my preseason roster prediction for...

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St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Recap: Alex Reyes debuts

The St. Louis Cardinals minor league clubs had their first taste of game action on Thursday as there were two intersquad games played on the backfields of the Roger Dean complex. As the St. Louis...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Opening Night for Memphis Redbirds

I’m sitting here in the media suite ready to watch the Memphis Redbirds, AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, kick off their 2016 season on an absolutely beautiful night. After a frustrating three...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis loses too

The AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, the Memphis Redbirds, opened their 2016 season Thursday to a beautiful night in Memphis.  While the ultimate outcome wasn’t as was wished, there were many...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis Check-in

Thank you, Atlanta and Milwaukee, for allowing the St. Louis Cardinals to find some positives and post some wins!  Are there positives waiting in Memphis too? The St. Louis Cardinals seems to have...

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St. Louis Cardinals: 1-on-1 with Schildt

Tuesday night brought a hard-fought loss to the Memphis Redbirds- AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals- to finish their brief homestand.  Following the loss, Manager Mike Schildt granted me a...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis Redbirds Check-in

The St. Louis Cardinals must count themselves lucky to have such an outstanding AAA team in the Memphis Redbirds.  But how have the Redbirds fared this season? The Memphis Redbirds, the St. Louis...

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St. Louis Cardinals’ Prospect Watch: Edmundo Sosa

Edmundo Sosa is making a name for himself in 2016 with Class-A Peoria. He’s a shortstop with a lot of upside in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization. There are a lot of 20-year olds that spend their...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Who’s hot, Who’s not, Memphis Edition

The St. Louis Cardinals have had an outstanding April offense.  Have the Memphis Redbirds mirrored them? The AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals is the Memphis Redbirds.  In this post, I will once...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis loses fight with weather and Zephyrs

The Memphis Redbirds, the St. Louis Cardinals AAA-Affiliate, traveled to New Orleans to take on the Zephyrs and ended up losing battles against their opponent and against Mother Nature. While the St....

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St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis Check-in (5/11)

After promising to provide regular updates, I have let you down, my readers, by having failed to write about the Memphis Redbirds- the AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals- through two series!...

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St. Louis Cardinals Prospect Watch: Paul DeJong

The 2015 draft marked a shift in draft strategy for the St. Louis Cardinals.  This shift brought about some players that are moving quickly through the system. Realizing that their system had depth,...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Alex Reyes and the Cardinals’ Unimpressive Rotation

The St. Louis Cardinals have in their AAA arsenal a hurler who is begging to break into the majors.  How much longer do we have to wait for him to get the call-up? Alex Reyes continues to impress in...

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St. Louis Cardinals: New AAA Memphis additions check-in

The St. Louis Cardinals recently added three new faces to the Memphis roster.  Time to check in on these new additions. The end of May and into the beginning of June were busy times for the St. Louis...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Kolten Wong Propels Memphis Victory With Two Homers

St. Louis Cardinals’ second baseman, Wong, appeared in his first Memphis Redbirds game in Memphis last night and had quite the night. A person shows his/her personal qualities when he/she faces...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Six Baby birds heading to Minor League All-Star Game

The future is bright for one of the best organizations in baseball, as six members of the St. Louis Cardinals farm system will be playing in an all-star game on their own field. It is only right for...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Fireworks in Memphis

A storm blew into Memphis on Monday afternoon that pushed the start of the AAA-affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals later than scheduled.  A late start and the approaching fourth of July brought about...

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St. Louis Cardinals: Time for a Memphis Check-in

In light of fan frustration with the recent St. Louis Cardinals mediocrity, it might do us all good to ride the Memphis shuttle and examine the players there for glimmers of hope. The St. Louis...

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St. Louis Cardinals: How Memphis Flew into the Break

The St. Louis Cardinals’ AAA-affiliate, the Memphis Redbirds, concluded the first half of their season on Sunday capping a four-game win streak. With their win on Sunday, the Memphis Redbirds (the St....

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