Carlos Beltran

The Cardinals got to see an old friend last night.  Then they showed him why he was an old friend and not a current one.I think it was key that the Cards were able to bounce back from that...

May 16, 2012; San Francisco, CA, USA; St. Louis Cardinals third baseman 2011 postseason star David Freese carried his start into 2012. By May 1st, Freese was hitting a robust .333 with 5 homers, slugging at a .560 clip. Then May came. His average is...

We all heard the good news last week that Wil Myers performance had forced the Royals to promote him to Omaha.  Now that he’s only one step from the major leagues, fans are demanding to know – When will he arrive?  Who will he replace? Will...

Right now on this Cardinal team, there's no player I enjoy watching more than Adam Wainwright.  It was so disappointing to have him miss last year with Tommy John surgery and, though we've seen some flashes, we've not really...

Evidence that many members of Cardinal Nation have already jumped the proverbial shark abounds, and the perception seems greatly deviated from the reality.  The Cardinals remain a division leading team, yet they have recently played like a farm club...

The baseball season is amazing at its quarter point and it’s time to hand out some awards. Let’s start at looking who has been the MVP of the American and National League. American League Candidates: Adam Jones, Josh Hamilton, Asdrubal Ca...

  I’ve been away from my duties here at Kranepool Society for a couple of days, so I’ve got a lot to catch up on: Anthony McCarron writes about David Wright today in the NY Daily News on how the Mets have for the first time in his close to 8...

  The injuries for the St. Louis Cardinals are starting to pile up at an alarming rate. The recent road trip has been brutal for those involved and painful for Cardinal Nation to witness. The amount of injuries is starting to take its toll as th...

Technically, they didn't leave anything in San Francisco, or at least not that we know of yet.  They were still in the city yesterday when they had that kind of flop.  I just wanted to see if Matt Sebek was...

Yes: Carlos Beltran had been traded twice by long-term employers, the Royals and Mets, and knew the relatively low-budget Astros could not afford him after he nearly carried them to a National League pennant in 2004. Yes, Beltran signed a 7-year, $...

Every team goes through some sort of bump in the road.  The key is to see how they react to it, if they are able to minimize the losing.  So far, that's a test the Cardinals are passing.  Two...

After watching Jose Reyes walk without so much as a slap on the rump juxtaposed with the Mets’ recent desire to talk contract extension with David Wright, I wondered if Alderson knew something we didn’t.