Kershaw pitches 4 scoreless innings for Dodgers vs. D-backs
The Los Angeles Dodgers have so many stars this season that Clayton Kershaw is just one of the guysMARCH 28, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 83-79 · 2ND IN NL CENTRAL
83-79 · 2ND IN NL CENTRAL
Dodgers: Albert Pujols Signs with Longtime LA Rival Albert Pujols has signed a one-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.
MARCH 28, 2022 • STAR-TELEGRAM.COM
For Albert Pujols, One Last Run Where It All Began After 11 seasons away, Pujols, 42, returns to the St. Louis Cardinals. “Oh, he’s got something left,” said his new manager.
MARCH 28, 2022 • NYTIMES.COM
'This is it for me.' Pujols hopes final season ends with world championship for Cardinals “I’m just really excited and pumped up ... Our goal is to try to win a championship, like it’s always been.”
MARCH 28, 2022 • BND.COM
Albert Pujols returns home, finds fit in a new role with Cardinals - The Boston Globe The 42-year-old slugger signed a one-year deal with St. Louis, where he played for 11 seasons, and hopes to be the team's designated hitter...
MARCH 28, 2022 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM
Albert Pujols Announces He Will Retire After This Season He recently returned to the Cardinals on a one-year deal.
MARCH 28, 2022 • SI.COM
Not just nostalgia: Pujols reunion gives Cards experience, production JUPITER, Fla. -- While there’s a certain level of nostalgia that will undoubtedly stir when Albert Pujols tugs on a Cardinals jersey and ste...
MARCH 28, 2022 • MLB.COM
Albert Pujols is back with the Cardinals The news St. Louis Cardinals fans were hoping for has arrived. Albert Pujols is back with the club. On Monday night, news broke that the two...
MARCH 28, 2022 • 12UP.COM
Junior Fernández - Opening season at Triple-A Fernandez was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday.
Impact Fernandez is still just 25 years old, but he's yet to show much at the big-league level over parts of three seasons. In 35.1 innings of relief, he's struggled to a 6.62 ERA, striking out 19.8 percent of opposing batters while walking 13.8 percent.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Freddy Pacheco - Sent down by Cardinals Pacheco was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
Impact Pacheco made two relief appearances in the Grapefruit League this year and allowed a run on three hits and no walks while striking out one in two innings. However, he'll begin the 2022 campaign in Memphis after advancing to the Triple-A level late in 2021.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Johan Oviedo - Optioned to Triple-A Oviedo was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
Impact Oviedo made 14 appearances (13 starts) for the Cardinals in 2021, but he'll be left off the team's Opening Day roster this year. He posted a 6.13 ERA and 1.55 WHIP in 54.1 innings across 12 appearances (11 starts) in Memphis last season and should be a candidate to fill in as a starter in the majors at some point in 2022.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Astros 2, Cardinals 1
MARCH 28, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Albert Pujols - Confirms 2022 as final season Pujols confirmed Monday that 2022 would be his final season, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.
Impact It was far from guaranteed that the 42-year-old would find a major-league deal anywhere this season, as he hasn't been an above-average hitter since 2016, but he wound up landing a one-year deal to return to where it all started in St. Louis. It appears likely that Pujols, Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina will all embark on a season-long retirement tour this year. Pujols is 21 homers away from reaching 700, which may have motivated him to come back this season, but he may not play enough to get there. At the pace he's shown over the last five years, it would take him 535 plate appearances to homer 21 times.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Monday's MLB: Pujols returns home, finds fit with Cardinals With a wave of his hand and a tip of the cap, Albert Pujols walked back into the world of the St. Louis Cardinals.
MARCH 28, 2022 • DETROITNEWS.COM
Juan Yepez - Getting look in left field Yepez will play left field in Monday's Grapefruit League game versus the Astros, John Denton of MLB.com reports.
Impact Yepez is a natural first baseman, but the Cardinals want to try him in different spots defensively since Paul Goldschmidt is a near-everyday option at first. The 24-year-old Yepez has experience in the minors at third base and the corner outfield positions as well, so he just needs to hit well to stay in the majors. He's struggled in that regard in spring training, going 3-for-17 with five walks across nine games, though the plate discipline is a plus. Yepez slashed .286/.383/.586 in 111 games between Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis last year.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Albert Pujols returning to St. Louis on 1-year deal
Albert Pujols, 42, is reportedly signing a one-year deal to return to St. Louis, where he started his Hall-of-Fame career.MARCH 28, 2022
Adam Wainwright - Awarded Opening Day nod The Cardinals have informed Wainwright that he'll start the club's Opening Day game April 7 versus the Pirates, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Impact Wainwright became the logical choice to start the Cardinals' first game of the regular season after Jack Flaherty developed shoulder inflammation earlier in spring training that will force him to open the campaign on the injured list. The 40-year-old has enjoyed a nice late-career resurgence over the past two seasons after his performance has previously nosedived during the latter half of the past decade. Since the beginning of the 2020 season, Wainwright has produced a 3.08 ERA and 1.06 WHIP across 42 starts.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Molina excited to reunite with Albert for final season JUPITER, Fla. -- Yadier Molina was always there when Albert Pujols was starring for the Cardinals, when Pujols was winning three MVPs and he...
MARCH 28, 2022 • MLB.COM
Nolan Gorman - Available to play Monday Gorman (back) is listed among the Cardinals' available reserves for Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Astros, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.
Impact Gorman was scratched ahead of Sunday's game against the Mets due to lower-back tightness, but he looks as though he'll have the chance to see some game action a day later. The 21-year-old has gone 2-for-16 at the dish during spring training and is likely to open the season at Triple-A Memphis, where he'll likely continue to make starts at both second base and third base to give him multiple avenues to playing time at the big-league level.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Albert Pujols is reportedly heading back to the St. Louis Cardinals on 1-year deal Albert Pujols is returning to St. Louis after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Cardinals, according to published reports.
MARCH 28, 2022 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM
A 2022 breakout candidate for every National League Central team Will Christian Yelich, Dakota Hudson, Kyle Hendricks, Ke'Bryan Hayes or Tyler Stephenson have breakout seasons in 2022?
MARCH 28, 2022 • THEATHLETIC.COM
Welcome back: Pujols returns to Cardinals for a final season
Albert Pujols has returned to the St. Louis Cardinals, finding a home in the place where he became one of baseball's most powerful sluggersMARCH 28, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pujols to return to Cards on 1-year deal (report) Albert Pujols is headed back to where it all began. The Hall of Fame-bound slugger is finalizing a 1-year deal to return to the Cardinals, a...
MARCH 28, 2022 • MLB.COM
Albert Pujols - Returns to Cardinals Pujols signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Cardinals on Sunday, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
Impact The Cardinals expressed increased interest in signing Pujols recently, and the two sides were ultimately able to reach an agreement for the 42-year-old to return to St. Louis. After a dominant stretch with the Cardinals to begin his career, Pujols will take on a different role during the 2022 campaign, serving as a right-handed bat off the bench while providing a veteran presence in the locker room. He appeared in 109 games between the Angels and Dodgers last year and slashed .236/.284/.433 with 17 home runs, 50 RBI and 29 runs.
MARCH 28, 2022 • ROTOWIRE
Is a return to St. Louis in the cards for Pujols? Albert Pujols will always be remembered primarily for his tremendous run with the Cardinals from 2001-11, a span in which he won three Natio...
MARCH 28, 2022 • MLB.COM
