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Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright and Kyle Lohse will make up 3/5 of the Cardinals rotation next year.

Yes, the Cardinals paid a big price to muscle up for the stretch run last season.

St. Louis Cardinals The Cardinals, an organization that has notoriously had an underwhelming farm system, reaped rewards from the minors last season, graduating a number of rookies to the majors and dealing prospects in aggressive trades for Matt Holliday and Mark DeRosa .

ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals have announced the organization's minor league coaching and training staffs for the upcoming 2010 season.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes the Cardinals' rotation finished with the second-most wins in the majors, was the only unit to throw over 1,000 innings and posted a solid 3.66 ERA this season.

The minor league playoffs are a fleeting thing. People don't tend to remember who wins, the statistics aren't easy to find, and they're just quickly forgotten as we move onto the Arizona Fall League and next year.

By Marlon W. Morgan , Memphis Commercial Appeal Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Jaime Garcia is looking like a pitcher ready to regain his spot on the St.

John Smoltz has done enough in two starts to firm a spot in the Cardinals' rotation.

Cardinals pitcher Kyle Lohse was removed from Friday night's game against the Padres due to a strained left groin and is likely headed to the disabled list.

Cardinals pitcher Kyle Lohse was removed from Friday night's game against the Padres due to a strained left groin and is likely headed to the disabled list.

The Charlotte Stone Crabs swept a doubleheader against the Palm Beach Cardinals with a pair of 3-2 wins on Sunday night at Charlotte Sports Park.

With the Springfield Cardinals out of town for a four-game road trip at Tulsa, let's take a look at what others are saying about Cardinals prospects, in Springfield and beyond: Baseball Prospectus' Kevin Goldstein had an interesting chat recently.

This week's First-Year Player Draft offers the Cardinals an opportunity for greater self-examination. Depending on the in-house perspective, vice-president of scouting and player development Jeff Luhnow has instilled a productive fresh approach or is misrepresenting activity as progress.

A year ago this week, with his first full season still in its infancy, Jess Todd got his ticket to Double-A Springfield.