Yadier Molina News

The MLB All-Star Game is less than a month away and it's time for Bleacher Report to go on the record...well, sort of.

OK, in the last article , I traded Jake Westbrook before he goes back on the DL, because as Cards' GM for a day, I have so many pitchers I'm not bringing him back at $9.75 million anyway.

Ryan Sweeney and Cody Ransom hit back-to-back home runs in a four-run first inning and that was plenty for Jeff Samardzija, who pitched the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 Tuesday night.

While Shelby Miller has been fantastic in many ways, the Cardinals need a find a way to make him more efficient and quickly.

Give business-book writers enough time, and every possible angle will be taken on any given success story.

Mr. Met excited about Citi Field being the official home of the 2013 All-Star game festivites.

The Cubs wasted another solid outing by one of their starting pitchers as Yadier Molina hit a two-run double to lead the Cardinals to a 5-2 rain-delayed victory Monday night at Busch Stadium.

Rookie Shelby Miller pitched five shutout innings and Yadier Molina had a two-run double to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night.

Salas, who is 0-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 15 games, has not pitched since May 20 in San Diego because of shoulder inflammation.

With the return of Nathan Eovaldi coming on Tuesday, starter Tom Koehler could lose his spot in the rotation after his recent struggles.

Last week, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Cardinals manager Mike Matheny had high praise for Matt Carpenter : "He has established himself as the best second baseman in the league," Matheny said.

Yadier Molina is closing the gap, but Buster Posey still has a hold on the National League's starting catcher spot in the latest All-Star vote totals.

MLB Team Report - St. Louis Cardinals - INSIDE PITCH Cardinals' catcher Yadier Molina opens Monday with the top average in the National League at .352, certainly a rare position for someone who endures the rigors of catching nearly every day.

The Cardinals' starting lineup Sunday was missing some familiar faces, but manager Mike Matheny did not believe it was any less competitive.

Matt Brown, and son, Aidan, 5, share a love of baseball. They play hit and pitch on the front lawn, watch and attend Cardinal baseball games.

Carlos Beltran homered from each side of the plate and tripled Saturday, and Lance Lynn notched his ninth victory when the St. Louis Cardinals outslugged the Miami Marlins 13-7.

Swinging left-handed, Beltran hit his 15th home run in the second inning and tripled for the first time since May 2012 in the eighth.

An interesting thing has happened as the St. Louis Cardinals followed their pitching staff to the best record in baseball and the most road wins in the majors.

MIAMI The first of what health permitting will be countless career double-digit strikeout games for Jose Fernandez came Friday night.

The Reds are off to their best start since 1995, the last time they reached the NL championship series.