2026 Cardinals -- Resetting the reset

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Record: 41-49, 4th, 12 GB Cincinnati

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MLB news: July 11 -- Week 8 - All-Star game fan voting

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Record: 41-50, 4th, 12 GB Cincinnati

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MLB news: July 12 -- Week 15 - Awards and standings

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Record: 41-51, 4th, 12 GB Pittsburgh

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Record: 41-52, 4th, 13 GB Cincinnati

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Record: 42-52, 4th, 12 GB Pittsburgh and Cincinnati

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Record: 43-52, 4th, 12 GB Pittsburgh and Cincinnati

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The St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies have completed a four-year trade featuring former All-Star outfielder Lawrence Butler (St. Louis) and two-time Cy Young winner Yuljanyer Herrera (Colorado).
The Cardinals also will receive highly touted minor-league catcher Marco Hutchinson while the Rockies will receive major-league left-hander Yadiel Batista.
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an international free agent in 2024, the Rockies acquired Herrera via trade in August 2024.
The now-28-year-old broke into the majors in 2025.
Since that time, over the parts of eight seasons, the right-handed Herrera has gone 73-44 with four saves and a 3.51 ERA over 191 games/166 starts.
His biggest seasons were in 2027 (15-3 with a 2.77 ERA) when he earned the National League Cy Young, 2028 (15-7, 3.19) and 2030 (17-7 3.78).
Herrera helped the Rockies win World Series titles in 2027 and 2029.
This year has been a bit of a struggle for Herrera, who missed the start of the season following Tommy John surgery in 2031.
In 11 starts, he has gone 1-6 with a 4.83 ERA.
Herrera is in the final year of a contract which will pay him $29 million this season.
The Rockies will pay a portion of that deal.
Hutchinson, 24, is the 70th ranked prospect in all of MLB.
He got his first chance to play in the majors this season, getting into 16 games/13 starts for the Rockies, during which he hit .200 with one home run and six RBIs.
Hutchinson was with AAA Albuquerque at the time of the trade.
In 25 games with the Isotopes, Hutchinson has hit .289 with four homers and 15 RBIs.
Hutchinson turned pro in 2027 and during his time pro ball has hit .269 with 59 home runs and 257 RBIs in 414 games/404 starts.
The right-handed hitter will be assigned to AAA Memphis.
Acquired in a trade with the Las Vegas Athletics at the trade deadline in 2025, Butler, 32, had some good seasons with St. Louis earning All-Star team berths in 2026 and 2027 and Gold Gloves in right field in 2029 and 2030.
His best seasons came in 2026 (batting .259 with 28 homers and 99 RBIs), 2027 (.291, 38 HRs, 102 RBIs) and 2028 (.282, 24 HRs, 75 RBIs).
He also exceeded 85 RBIs in both 2030 and 2031.
In 959 games/911 starts with St. Louis, Butler hit .266 with 165 home runs and 575 RBIs.
Butler has two seasons remaining on a contract which will pay him $23 million.
St. Louis will pay half of that over both campaigns.
The 28-year-old Batista has bounced back and forth between the starting rotation and bullpen and the majors and AAA Memphis since breaking in with the Cardinals in 2029.
This season, Batista was in the rotation at the time of the trade.
In 14 games/three starts he has gone 2-1 with a 4.20 ERA.
Overall, he owns a record of 12-10 with three saves and a 4.54 ERA in 106 games/27 starts.

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Record: 44-52, 4th, 12 GB Pittsburgh

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MLB news: July 18 -- All-Star game - Fan voting final results

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MLB news: July 18 -- All-Star game rosters

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Three St. Louis Cardinals pitchers, starter Hagen Smith and relievers Juan Amarante and Alberson Ventura, all acquired in the last eight months have earned berths on the National League All-Star team.
Acquired in an off-season trade with the Chicago White Sox, the 28-year-old Smith has gone 9-2 with a 2.96 ERA in 20 games/19 starts for St. Louis.
This will be his third trip to the Mid-Summer Classic.
For Ventura, 26, it will be his first All-Star appearance.
Acquired in a trade with the Kansas City Royals on May 18.
The right-hander has 2-0 with a 3.65 ERA while pitching for St. Louis.
For the season, Ventura has worked in 35 games and gone 2-2 with three saves and a 3.20 ERA.
Among the top left-handed relievers in the game, the 28-year-old Amarante came to St. Louis in a July 2 trade with San Diego.
In three games with the Cardinals, he is 1-0 with two saves and a 0.00 ERA.
For the season, Amarante has pitched in 34 games and gone 6-4 with 19 saves and a 1.38 ERA.

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The St. Louis Cardinals have learned that AA Springfield reliever Matt Wood has been named to the National League roster for the Prospects Game.
Wood, 20, has split time between Class A Peoria and AA Springfield.
At Springfield, he has pitched in eight games and gone 0-1 with five saves and a 9.82 ERA.
For High-A Peoria, he pitched 16 games/7 starts and went 2-2 with 5 saves and a 4.50 ERA.

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Record: 44-53, 4th, 13 GB Pittsburgh

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MLB news: July 18 -- Nationals League wins Prospects Game, 4-2

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MLB news: July 19 -- Week 16 - Awards and standings

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The St. Louis Cardinals have hired Mike Calitiri as their bench coach, replacing Jimmy Gonzalez.
Calitri, 54, seven seasons (2025-2031) as the bench coach of the Philadelphia Phillies.
558-567(.496) and made the playoffs with a second-place finish in 2030.
The Phillies did finish .500 or better over his final four seasons.
Gonzalez was with St. Louis from the 2030 through the current season.
In that time the team went 212-209 (.515) and made the playoffs in both 2030 and 31, winning the division in the latter season.

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MLB news: July 20 -- Milwaukee's Garcia powers way to Home-Run Derby title

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MLB news: July 20 -- All-Star game - National League 3, American League 1