As Major League Baseball's top spenders continue to raise the bar with staggering investments into the game's top talents, the St. Louis Cardinals ownership group remains committed to a time-tested strategy: "Draft and develop" from within and spend selectively when the opportunity allows.
It is unclear how soon payroll will rise again. That timeline will be decided by gate revenue, television money and performance.
St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol talks during a Q&A session at the Cardinals Winter Warm-Up at Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras signs autographs at the Cardinals' annual Winter Warm-Up event Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at Busch Stadium.
Our goal is to get to the World Series and win the World Series,” club President Bill DeWitt III says while outlining how commitment to youth will "pay off."
We’ve got a lot of very talented, very hungry and motivated players, and this group can be molded however we want to,” said Brendan Donovan.
Aiming to steal 30 to 40 bases
The chances for the young starting pitchers, such as 2024 minor-league pitcher of the year Quinn Mathews, are not quite as obvious.
Speaking this weekend at the team's Winter Warm-Up event, All-Star closer Ryan Helsley says there has been no talk of a contract extension between him and the team. He also said that he thought he was going to be traded this offseason,
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Members of the St. Louis Cardinals visited Mid-Missouri for the 2025 Cardinals Caravan. The caravan included three active players, Alec Burleson, Luken Baker and Jimmy Crooks; two retired players, Matt Adams and Mitch Harris; and play-by-play announcer John Rooney. Fans were able to ask the Cardinals questions and receive autographs.