2016 St. Louis Cardinals

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Adam Wainwright Tabbed for Opening Day Start

(By Josh Brown)

http://redbirdrants.com/2016/02/21/st-louis-cardinals-adam-wainwright-tabbed-opening-day-start/

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Aledmys Diaz.

Diaz Wows Cardinals as Opportunity Arrives

(By Derrick Goold)

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/diaz-wows-with-four-hits-for-cardinals-as-opportunity-arrives/article_2a86fe9b-ec26-50ea-8ff8-400a79c40d19.html

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The St. Louis Cardinals are the Most Ridiculous Franchise in Sports

(By Keis Dayton)

http://sportzedge.com/2016/04/12/the-st-louis-cardinals-are-the-most-ridiculous-franchise-in-sports/

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Aledmys Diaz.

Diaz Wows Cardinals as Opportunity Arrives

(By Derrick Goold)

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/diaz-wows-with-four-hits-for-cardinals-as-opportunity-arrives/article_2a86fe9b-ec26-50ea-8ff8-400a79c40d19.html

Diaz is continuing to wow the Cardinals, now that the games are counting.

In 8 games so far he has 2 HR's, 5 Doubles, 1 Triple, 8 RBI's, and is batting .407 with a .429 OBP.

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Grichuk Forced to Adjust Against Massive Shift Increase

(By Mike Petriello)

http://m.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article/173424074

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Scoring Runs is Coming Easy for the St. Louis Cardinals These Days

(By Mark Saxon)

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-cardinals/post/_/id/1177/scoring-runs-is-coming-easy-for-the-cardinals-these-days

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Cardinals lost their 25th game: <a href="https://t.co/feaqrMXZvf">https://t.co/feaqrMXZvf</a></p>— Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="

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In Michael Raymond Leake's first 6 starts, he pitched 34.33 innings, gave up 23 earned runs, walked 9 batters, and struck out 22.

That was good for an ERA of 6.03, and a WHIP of 1.334.

In Michael Raymond Leake's last 4 starts, he has pitched 28 innings, given up 4 earned runs, walked 4 batters, and struck out 16.

That's good for an ERA of 1.29, and a WHIP of 0.929.

In Michael Raymond Leake's first 6 starts, he pitched 34.33 innings, gave up 23 earned runs, walked 9 batters, and struck out 22.

That was good for an ERA of 6.03, and a WHIP of 1.334.

In Michael Raymond Leake's last 4 starts, he has pitched 28 innings, given up 4 earned runs, walked 4 batters, and struck out 16.

That's good for an ERA of 1.29, and a WHIP of 0.929.

(vs. BREWERS, 5/31)

6 innings, 2 earned runs, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts.

In his last 5 outings, Leake has pitched 34 innings, given up 6 earned runs, walked 5 batters, and struck out 20.

That's good for an ERA of 1.59, and a WHIP of 0.941.

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Cardinals Finish Sweep of Pirates: Look Ready to Get in Gear

(By Mark Saxon)

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-cardinals/post/_/id/1670/cardinals-finish-sweep-of-pirates-and-look-ready-to-get-in-gear

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Kevin Siegrist to the D.L.

The Cardinals announced today that left-handed pitcher Kevin Siegrist has been placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 30th, due to mononucleosis.

Right-handed reliever Sam Tuivailala has been recalled from AAA-Memphis, and will join the Cardinals for tonight's series opener with the Brewers.

SOURCE: Mark Saxon (ESPN Staff Writer)

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Path to Becoming an All-Star: Aledmys Diaz's Winding Road from Cuba to Stardom in St. Louis

(By Mark Saxon)

http://espn.go.com/blog/st-louis-cardinals/post/_/id/1911/path-to-becoming-an-all-star-aledmys-diazs-windy-road-from-cuba-to-stardom-in-st-louis

Jeff Passan

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@JeffPassan

Former Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa sentenced to 46 months in jail for hacking Houston Astros' computer system, per @dfbarron.

Start by taking their 2017 draft away, that's about in line with what Boston got.

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(vs. PADRES, 7/18)

Mike Leake joined Bob Gibson as only pitchers in Cardinals history to have 10 K and 0 BB in back-to-back games.

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Cardinals Activate Matthew Carpenter from Disabled List

(By Joe Harris of the Associated Press)

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/st-louis-cardinals-activate-carpenter-disabled-list-203549822--mlb.html