As baseball's annual winter meetings conclude, the Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold and Benjamin Hochman have the action in Florida covered from all angles.
Here's a look at what you missed from Wednesday's coverage:
Winter meetings daily recap: Cardinals sell fans with urgency, make Rule 5 moves
Winter meetings recap: Cardinals sell fans with urgency, make Rule 5 moves
With trades likely, here's the real deal for Cardinals: What's their sales pitch to fans?
Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn signs autographs for fans on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, after batting practice on the first day of full-squad workouts during spring training at the team's complex in Jupiter, Fla.
ORLANDO, Fla. — After three days in a Disney World-adjacent hotel spent exploring trades and considering what they’ll seek in return for familiar, bankable players, Cardinals executive Chaim Bloom was asked about the biggest sales pitch still ahead for the club this winter.
To its fans.
Cardinals center fielder Victor Scott II acknowledges fans during pregame ceremonies before the start of the Cardinals' home opener against the Marlins on Thursday, April, 4, 2024, at Busch Stadium.
Hochman: ‘We will see you tomorrow night!’ Joe Buck, Cooperstown-bound, explains iconic Cardinals call
Teammates celebrate with the Cardinals' David Freese after he hit a game-ending home run in the 11th inning of Game 6 of the World Series, against the Texas Rangers on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 in 51ºÚÁÏ. The Cards won 10-9 to tie the series 3-3 and won it the next night. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s like he was saying it just for you.
Perhaps even to you.
Rule 5 Draft tracker: Cardinals add righty from Marlins’ system, lose Cade Winquest
The Cardinals were one of 13 teams to select a player in the major-league phase of Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft at the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida.
The Cardinals added 28-year-old righty Matthew Pushard, who rose through the Marlins’ farm system primarily in a relief role. The selection puts the Cardinals’ 40-man roster at 40. They added through the minor-league phase of Wednesday’s Rule 5 Draft by adding right-hander Ryan Murphy from the Giants’ Class AAA affiliate roster.
Joe Buck to join his dad in baseball Hall of Fame for broadcast career
Joe Buck, left, and his father, Jack Buck, broadcast a Cardinals game on KMOX (1120 AM) in 1996.
Like father, like son.
Again.
Broadcaster and 51ºÚÁÏ native Joe Buck describes what he felt when he learned he made the Baseball Hall of Fame as he speaks via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
Broadcaster and 51ºÚÁÏ native Joe Buck describes what he felt when he learned he made the Baseball Hall of Fame as he speaks via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
Joe Buck, left, and Tim McCarver called 16 World Series together for Fox. On Wednesday, it was announced that Buck will receive the Ford Frick Award, for baseball broadcasting excellence, next summer at the Hall of Fame. McCarver won the honor in 2012.
Broadcaster and 51ºÚÁÏ native Joe Buck describes what he felt when he learned he made the Baseball Hall of Fame as he speaks via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
Cardinals Q's: Will Roger Dean renovations wrap by spring? What role awaits Tink Hence?
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Cardinals are overhauling more than their roster, and they expect their facilities at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, to be completed in time for the start of spring training.
There are some contingency plans in place.
Ten Hochman: From Winter Meetings, a look at how the Cardinals will sell 2026 product to fans
'I'm blown away': Here's what Joe Buck had to say after making the Baseball Hall of Fame
Joe Buck was honored Wednesday with the Ford Frick Award, meaning he'll join his father in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Here's what the 51ºÚÁÏ native had to say about the award, his feelings and Jack Buck's role in making Joe Buck the broadcaster and person he is today.
Broadcaster and 51ºÚÁÏ native Joe Buck describes what he felt when he learned he made the Baseball Hall of Fame as he speaks via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
Broadcaster and 51ºÚÁÏ native Joe Buck describes what he felt when he learned he made the Baseball Hall of Fame as he speaks via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
Broadcaster and 51ºÚÁÏ native Joe Buck describes what he felt when he learned he made the Baseball Hall of Fame as he speaks via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025.
Hochman: How Tony Vitello’s roots prepared De Smet, Mizzou grad for Giant leap in MLB
ORLANDO, Fla. — In an alternate universe, the most-recent World Series for some 51ºÚÁÏ baseball fans would’ve been … the College World Series.
In that universe, Mizzou hired Tony Vitello in 2016 to coach its baseball team.
In today’s “Ten Hochman,†brought to you by Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium at Cardinals’ spring training, Ben Hochman and Derrick Goold discuss a particular player’s conundrum.
Winter meetings daily recap: Cardinals drop in draft; Brendan Donovan has many suitors
As baseball's annual winter meetings continue, the Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold and Benjamin Hochman have the action in Florida covered from all angles.
Here's a look at what you missed from Tuesday's coverage:
Here are 13 top MLB draft prospects after Cardinals land No. 13 pick
After back-to-back years landing a pick within the first seven selections of the MLB draft, the Cardinals will pick outside of the top 10 come July 2026.
The Cardinals, who entered Tuesday's draft lottery at the winter meetings in Orlando, Florida, with the eighth-best odds to land the No. 1 overall pick, dropped to the No. 13 spot.
UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky (1) throws during an NCAA baseball game against BYU on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
Florida pitcher Liam Peterson (12) in action during an NCAA baseball game against Texas A&M on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
LSU outfielder Derek Curiel (6) stretches but is can't make it in time to be safe at first base during an NCAA regional baseball game against Dallas Baptist on Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
Alabama infielder Justin Lebron (1) warms up before an NCAA college regional baseball game against UCF on Friday, May 31, 2024, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
TCU outfielder Sawyer Strosnider (10) hits against Southern California during an NCAA regional baseball game on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Mark Ylen)
Coastal Carolina's Cameron Flukey (2) pitches during an NCAA super regional baseball game against Auburn on Friday, June 6, 2025 in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
Duke's AJ Gracia (29) make a catch during an NCAA baseball game on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
Kentucky infielder Tyler Bell (6) plays Belmont during an NCAA baseball game on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Georgia Tech outfielder Drew Burress (8) hits a two-run home run against Western Carolina during an NCAA baseball game on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Hochman: Can Iván Herrera catch in the majors? The Cardinals think so. Here's why.
Cardinals catcher Iván Herrera works the batting cage Wednesday, March 26, 2025, during workouts at Busch Stadium before the club's opening day game against the Twins.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Can this particular catcher, you know, catch?
Iván Herrera, while one of the Cardinals' best young hitters, has not looked like a Yadi-heir back there. His framing and blocks above average are just average. Oh, and in 2025, he didn’t throw one guy out stealing (15 tries). Year before, 55 steals, four caught stealing. But his elbow hurt. Hurt so much, in fact, that he got surgery this offseason.
Cardinals catcher Iván Herrera, right, tags the plate to force out Boston's Trevor Story in the second inning of a game on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Boston. Herrera left shortly thereafter because of a knee injury.
