February 18th, 2010 •
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D'Angelo Jimenez, Deivi Cruz, Joe Thurston, Jolbert Cabrera, Ruben Gotay, Wilton Guerrero • Tagged as D’Angelo Jimenez, Dave Berg, Deivi Cruz, joe thurston, Jolbert Cabrera, Junior Spivey, Ruben Gotay, second base, St. Louis Cardinals, Wilton Guerrero
A look at St. Louis Cardinals second base non-roster invitees over the last five seasons.
January 5th, 2010 •
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Brett Wallace, Brian Barden, David Freese, Joe Mather, Joe Thurston, Khalil Greene, Mark DeRosa, Top Stories of the Year, Troy Glaus, Tyler Greene • Tagged as Brett Wallace, Brian Barden, David Freese, Joe Mather, joe thurston, Khalil Greene, Mark DeRosa, St. Louis Cardinals, top stories of the year, Troy Glaus, Tyler Greene
Eight different players had a piece of the St. Louis Cardinals’ starting third base job in 2009. None of them did much of anything with it.
May 27th, 2009 •
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Brett Wallace, Brian Barden, Joe Thurston, Khalil Greene • Tagged as Brett Wallace, Brian Barden, Garrett Atkins, joe thurston, Khalil Greene, Mark DeRosa, Melvin Mora, St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals have no plans to bring up prospect Brett Wallace to try to fix their third base problem. What are some of the key considerations?
May 10th, 2009 •
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Brian Barden, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Jason Motte, Joe Thurston, Josh Kinney, Mitchell Boggs, P.J. Walters, Shane Robinson, Tyler Greene • Tagged as Brian Barton, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Jason Motte, joe thurston, Josh Kinney, Mitchell Boggs, MLB debuts, p.j. walters, rookies, Shane Robinson, St. Louis Cardinals, Tyler Greene
The 2009 St. Louis Cardinals have used ten rookies, including five MLB first-timers already this season
May 9th, 2009 •
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Andres Rosales, Colby Rasmus, George Brown, Jarrett Hoffpauir, Joe Thurston, Josh Wilson, Miguel Tapia, Peoria Chiefs (A) • Tagged as Andres Rosales, George Brown, Josh Wilson, Miguel Tapia, piggyback starters, Quad Cities River Bandits, St. Louis Cardinals, tandem rotation
The Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League have dropped from five tandem pairings to four
April 5th, 2009 •
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Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Joe Thurston, Spring Training News • Tagged as Colby Rasmus, David Freese, joe thurston, roster, St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals have purchased the contracts of David Freese, Colby Rasmus and Joe Thurston.
April 3rd, 2009 •
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Braden Looper, Cardinals History, Cliff Politte, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Joe Thurston, Matt Morris, Spring Training News • Tagged as braden looper, Cliff Politte, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, joe thurston, Matt Morris, NRIs, roster, St. Louis Cardinals
Colby Rasmus and David Freese will be the most St. Louis Cardinals non-roster players to make their MLB debut to open a season since 1998 and tie for tops in the La Russa era.
February 9th, 2009 •
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Brendan Ryan, Brett Wallace, Brian Barden, Bryan Anderson, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Francisco Samuel, Ian Ostlund, Joe Thurston, Jon Jay, Matt Scherer, Mike Sillman, Tyler Greene • Tagged as Brendan Ryan, Brett Wallace, Brian Barden, bryan anderson, Colby Rasmus, David Freese, Francisco Samuel, Ian Ostlund, joe thurston, Jon Jay, Matt Scherer, Mike Sillman, rookies, St. Louis Cardinals, Tyler Greene
Considering which St. Louis Cardinals minor league players may debut in 2009 and the subset that may stay up long enough to exhaust their rookie qualification.
December 16th, 2008 •
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Joe Thurston • Tagged as joe thurston, St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals signed “Joey Ballgame”, Joe Thurston, to a minor league deal so their middle infield problems are solved. Well, not exactly. Instead, what we seem to have here is the 2009 version of D’Angelo Jimenez – without the major league service time.