After an offseason of making the fewest moves across Major League Baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals are still having a solid season. Coming out of the All-Star break, the Cardinals are just 1.5 games back of a National League Wild Card spot.

The Cardinals scored the fifth pick in the draft through the new MLB lottery system. Despite low odds of landing in the top five and a winning record in 2024, they leapfrogged losing and last-place teams to get their highest pick since 1998, when they drafted J.D. Drew at No. 5.

The St. Louis Cardinals had a game the next afternoon, although the sleep-deprived Svanson wasn’t called upon to pitch. The team then flew to New York, where Svanson made his MLB debut in the series opener against the Mets on April 17. He pitched a perfect seventh inning in the Cardinals’ 4-1 loss.

Behind only the Yankees in terms of World Series titles, the St. Louis Cardinals are among baseball's royalty. No shortage of iconic players that have soared higher than those birds on the bat. The last two Cardinals' championships came with La Russa in the dugout,

The third Stetson baseball player off the board in the 2025 MLB Draft is pitcher Ty Van Dyke. He went to the St. Louis Cardinals.

It's unclear whether or not the St. Louis Cardinals will be deadline buyers or sellers, but they are just one game back of a Wild Card Spot.

Chris Carpenter, a retired professional baseball player from New Hampshire, spoke to News 9 on Tuesday after Derry native Liam Doyle was drafted fifth overall by Carpenter's former team, the St. Louis Cardinals.

The St. Louis Cardinals took Shelagowski in the 13th round of the MLB Draft Monday, creating a professional baseball path for the SVSU closer. “It was just a crazy experience,” Shelagowski said. “I anticipated getting drafted, but I didn’t expect the Cardinals taking me at that point.”

The St. Louis Cardinals have a new flamethrower on their hands. St. Louis used the No. 5 overall pick in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft to select Liam Do

Here is every pick the St. Louis Cardinals make in the 2025 MLB Draft, July 13-14 in Atlanta. We track every player selected by the front office.

ST. LOUIS – Legendary Cardinals players joined Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa for “Celebrate Cardinals Championships”,  an event honoring the legacy of the teams from