Posts Tagged “St. Louis Cardinals”

With the second signing inside of a week, the Cardinals are picking up a lefty by the name of Erick Hurtado. Ben Badler has additional details and a scouting report.

This is the second part of my conversation with Cardinals Farm Director John Vuch.

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Entering the 2011 baseball season, John Vuch was promoted to the role of Farm Director where he took overall responsibility for the state of the Cardinals’ minor league farm system.  What follows is part 1 of an exchange of questions and answers on a variety of topics including Mr. Vuch himself, social media and spring training.

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This is the consolidated top 20 list rolled out last week.

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The Pujols negotiations are, well, pretty boring. If you are like me, you’re sick of hearing about aimless speculation about what will happen next. So lets speculate less aimlessly, if you will, about the future at first base without Five. We’ve got a few options. One, Matt Adams, may be a little far away, but that could change with an incredibly important, and what I cautiously see as a difficult, year for him in 2011. The other two are Mark Hamilton, and Allen Craig, viable mid-20′s players that could provide what most teams want from the corners — a hitter — one being more practical than the other. Let me explain…

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