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Is Buster Posey Already an All-Time Great?

Mar 8, 2016

Buster Posey is 28 years old and is already considered by some to be one the greatest catchers in baseball history. Heading into his age-29 season, are we witnessing one of the greatest careers ever? There are ...

Top 10 Catchers going into 2016

Jamey Vinnick

Jan 22, 2016

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Credit: Jason O. Watson / Getty Images North America Historically, the catcher has not been asked to do as much offensively as the rest of his teammates. It is a demanding position that beats up a body. Mos...

Future Hall of Famers: Which active players will get the call to the Hall?

Dillon Cloud

Jan 9, 2016

Baseball History, Features, Hall of Fame, Headlines, Major League Baseball

Source: Andrew Burton/Getty Images North America On Wednesday, it was announced that two of baseball's all-time greats, Ken Griffey and Mike Piazza, would be inducted into the Hall of Fame this July. It seems...

Molina Undergoes Second Thumb Surgery

Zain Pyarali

Dec 16, 2015

Breaking News, Headlines, Injuries, National League Central, St. Louis Cardinals

Eight-time Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals will miss most of spring training as he had surgery on a torn ligament in his thumb for the second time in past two months yesterday. Mo...

Is this the year the Cardinals spend?

Zack Cook

Dec 3, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Opinions & Predictions, St. Louis Cardinals

In a league where the structure and funding for an organization is significant to how the team operates, the St. Louis Cardinals are a bit of an outlier. The Cardinals are known by many as a model organization ...

Yadier Molina Scratched For Cardinals; Javier Baez Starts At SS For Cubs

Josh Eastern

Oct 13, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Headlines, St. Louis Cardinals

With their backs up against the wall in a win-or-go-home mindset, the St. Louis Cardinals will be without catcher Yadier Molina in their starting lineup in game four against the Chicago Cubs. Instead of Moli...

Losing Yadier Molina May Be The Knockout Blow For St. Louis

Jake Hasan

Oct 6, 2015

Features, Headlines, Injuries, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Opinions & Predictions, Postseason, St. Louis Cardinals

In a game on September 20th, Cubs' shortstop Addison Russell hit a pop fly to Cardinals' right fielder Jason Heyward. Anthony Rizzo was standing on third and prepared to tag up. As Heyward came down with the ba...

Yadier Molina Tears Ligament in Thumb, Adam Wainwright Cleared for Baseball Activities

Jacob Fagan

Sep 21, 2015

Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Injuries, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals announced that Yadier Molina has a tear in his left thumb and they are optimistic he will return before the regular season ends. He injured it when tagging out Anthony Rizzo at home plat...

Time to Rethink All-Star Week

Paul Mammino

Jul 1, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

The MLB recently announced a number of changes to the format for the HR Derby possibly in an attempt to regain some viewership for the event, which had its lowest rating last year since 1997. That could be due ...

Daily Fantasy Advice April 18th

Paul Mammino

Apr 18, 2015

Fantasy, Features

Seeing as it's a Saturday, the games are spread out rather evenly so both the early and late slate are pretty full. The only game where weather could be a factor is the Oakland/Kansas City game. It is all-in-al...

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