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COLUMN: Youth can still play a role in Cardinals' pitching plans (2/26/24)Back when the St. Louis Cardinals gave up and traded two of their top starting pitchers during last year's trade deadline, they gave their young starters, both incoming and in-house, every chance to succeed and fail through the season's final two months...
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Alec Burleson making most of opportunity with St. Louis (1/18/24)Alec Burleson debuted for the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 8, 2022, a moment he said was “surreal.” “It was a day game against the Nationals when I debuted and I was in the lineup in between Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina,” Burleson said. “It was just so surreal being between those two guys and I think I walked my first at-bat and then Yadi homered, so yeah it was just awesome.”...
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MLB Calendar
Jan. 24: Hall of Fame Baseball Writers' Association of America voting announced.
Jan. 30-Feb. 17: Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Feb. 8-10: Owners meeting, Palm Beach, Fla.
Feb. 13: Mandatory reporting date for pitchers and catchers participating in World Baseball Classic.
Feb. 15: Voluntary reporting date for other pitchers and catchers, and injured players.
Feb. 16: Mandatory reporting date for other players participating in World Baseball Classic.
Feb. 24: Exhibition games start.
Feb. 25: Mandatory reporting date.
March 1-10: Period for renewing contracts of unsigned players on 40-man rosters.
March 8-21: World Baseball Classic.
March 30: Opening day, active rosters reduced to 26 players.
April 28-29: San Diego vs. San Francisco at Mexico City.
June 24-25: Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis at London.
July TBA: Amateur draft.
July 11: All-Star Game, Seattle.
July 31: Last day during the season to trade a player.
Aug. 1: Deadline for drafted players to sign, except for players who have exhausted college eligibility, 5 p.m. EDT.
Aug. 20: Philadelphia vs. Washington at Williamsport, Pa.
Oct. 1: Regular season ends.
November TBA: Last day for club to make a qualifying offer to an eligible former player who became a free agent, fifth day after World Series, 5 p.m. EST.
November TBA: Last day for player to accept a qualifying offer, 10th day after World Series, 5 p.m. EST.
Nov 7-9: General managers meetings, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Nov. 17: Last day for teams to offer 2024 contracts to unsigned players on their 40-man rosters.
Dec. 3: Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball/Managers-Umpires-Executives Committee vote announced, Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 4-7: Winter meetings, Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 15: International signing period closes, 5 p.m. EST.
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