St. Louis Cardinals Breaking News

Did you all see that Will Smith thing at the Oscars? That was really weird right? It gave me really bad secondhand embarrassment and I’ve been having trouble sleeping. My mind has been racing all night. As it turns out, the universe had a plan. You see, if I had fallen peacefully asleep I would’ve missed John Denton of MLB.com reporting that Albert Pujols has signed a one-year $2.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. You might recall that Pujols had spent 11 years with the Cardinals, winning two championships in 2006 and 2011 before signing a 10 year contract with the Los Angeles Angels and spent the last half of 2021 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rumors have been swirling about a possible return to St. Louis for the former MVP, but honestly I didn’t think it would happen. I don’t think I am getting any sleep tonight.

Contract has a no-trade that kicks in for 2020. The option, at $18.5 million, for 2022 kicks in with 1,100 PAs total in 2020-21 AND at least 550 PAs in 2021, per source. Has a $2m buyout, $18.5m salary and that’s how it gets to $39m guarantee, per sources. https://t.co/tnLZACxwCu

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) April 10, 2019

The St. Louis Cardinals announced a mysterious press conference for today at 3:00pm. Since everyone is signing extensions nowadays, that seemed to be the popular guess as to the reason. Turns out we were right. At the press conference the Cardinals announced they have agreed to a contract extension with Matt Carpenter. The Cardinals drafted Carpenter back in 2009 and he has been with the team ever since, making his debut in 2011. In 2012 he got his first real taste in the big leagues as the Cardinals toughest bench bat. He broke out for real in 2013 and has not looked back. In eight seasons with the Birdos he has amassed 28.5 fWAR and put up a 132 wRC+. 2019 marks his age 33 season, keeping him a Cardinal until he is at least 35, hopefully 36 (because that would mean he has played well enough to trigger the vesting option).

The #STLCards announced they’ve brought back Adam Wainwright for 2019.

— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) October 11, 2018

The specifics are unknown, though according to Saxon: "That Mozeliak quote makes it sound like it’s an incentive-laden deal." The 2019 season will mark his fifteenth season in the Majors, all of them being with the St. Louis Cardinals. We will keep you posted as more information is released! As of now, Adam Wainwright will be a Cardinal in 2019. UPDATE October 12: According to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the contract with Waino is for one year at "an undisclosed low base salary, but two sources described how his new contract is rich in incentives". Goold also wrote that Wainwright will prepare for a starters role to start the 2019 season, but his contract is written to assure "he’ll be rewarded regardless of his role — which could be starter or reliever".

#stlcards have tweeted out they dismissed Mike Matheny.

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) July 15, 2018

It. Actually. Happened. For real. More details to follow.

#Breaking - Mike Shannon and John Rooney announce the passing of #STLCards Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst - he was 95 years old pic.twitter.com/VRyhqwqf5d

— KMOXSports (@KMOXSports) June 7, 2018

From the tweet embedded above, Mike Shannon and John Rooney announced the passing of longtime and beloved Cardinal Red Schoendienst at the age of 95. Red missed Opening Day festivities for the first time in many years this year and it was revealed he was in poor health later on. Red had spent over seventy years in a Cardinal uniform as a player, manager, coach, and instructor. He will be greatly missed. Rest In Peace, Red.