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The St. Louis Cardinals system view reflects rosters for 2013 full-season play with all organization players listed by level and position.

The St. Louis Cardinals changed two Class-A affiliates for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, returning to familiar locations.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for the 2012-2013 off-season.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for the 2012 regular season and short-season clubs.

The St. Louis Cardinals New York-Penn League club spent just one year in Pennsylvania, back in 2006, but the time might be right to consider it again.

A Sunday Triple-A game has been moved for the second time, with the most recent reason being most unusual.

The St. Louis Cardinals system view reflects rosters for 2012 full-season play with all organization players listed by level and position.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for 2012 spring training with all organization players listed by level and position.

Another year of operating loss from the Batavia Muckdogs increases the likelihood the New York-Penn League team will be sold.

Several dominoes would need to fall for the St. Louis Cardinals’ New York-Penn League affiliate to end up in Binghamton, NY in 2013, but it could happen.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for the 2011-2012 off-season.

If the St. Louis Cardinals’ New York-Penn League affiliate is not sold over the winter, Rochester Community Baseball will be back to operate the Batavia Muckdogs for a fifth year.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view reflects rosters for the 2011 regular season and short-season clubs.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view reflects rosters for 2011 spring training.

The Batavia Muckdogs are attracting interest and are expected to be sold this year. Where they will play in 2012 remains an open question.

Will 2011 be the last year professional baseball is played in Batavia, New York’s Dwyer Stadium?

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view reflects changes made during the entire 2010-11 off-season.

Rochester is back to manage the still-for-sale Batavia Muckdogs for 2011, but none of the underlying financial problems have changed.

Despite solid play on the field, the St. Louis Cardinals’ top four minor league clubs had down attendance in 2010.

There are many uncertainties as the Batavia Muckdogs are for sale and their Player Development Contract with the St. Louis Cardinals is also up.

Lack of attendance is killing the St. Louis Cardinals New York-Penn League affiliate, the Batavia Muckdogs.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view will reflect changes during the remainder of the 2010 regular season.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system roster view will reflect changes during the 2010 regular season.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system view is refreshed to reflect tentative opening season rosters and extended spring camp invitees.

The St. Louis Cardinals full system rosters are refreshed to reflect spring training camps, both major and minor league.

Each year Rochester Community Baseball operates the Batavia Muckdogs, they pick up five percent ownership – but there is a catch.

The Batavia Muckdogs lost less money in 2009 than in 2008, but the deficit still runs in six digits and their patron is hurting, too.

The title pretty much says it all – links to 2010 schedules for the St. Louis Cardinals and their top minor league affiliates.

A comprehensive look at multi-year in-season roster changes across the Cardinals minor league system leads to conclusions that may differ from prevailing perception.

Rochester group will continue to try to stem continued financial losses in management of Cardinals New York-Penn League affiliate.

Analyzing changes in levels of recognized St. Louis Cardinals minor league standouts since 2004.

The number of St. Louis Cardinals minor league selections for all-star and elite competitions was down 18 percent from 2008.

After a robust 60 games-over-.500 total in 2008, the top six Cardinals minor league clubs posted their fourth losing mark in five years in 2009.

A 2008 New York-Penn League championship did not stem the flow of red ink from the Batavia Muckdogs’ operation

Looking at the distances of Cardinals minor league affiliates compared to their NL Central peers

The St. Louis Cardinals’ eighth-rounder’s coach says his junior infielder is turning pro.

The St. Louis Cardinals system rosters are refreshed to reflect the three US-based short-season clubs: Batavia, Johnson City and the Gulf Coast League Cardinals.

The 2009 season-opening roster for the Batavia Muckdogs of the New York-Penn League.

The initial roster for the 2009 New York-Penn League Batavia Muckdogs.

The St. Louis Cardinals made three roster moves from A-Advanced Palm Beach down to short-season Batavia.

The St. Louis Cardinals system rosters are refreshed to reflect the start of the regular season of the Venezuelan Summer League.

A complete listing of all 282 players currently known to be under contract in the St. Louis Cardinals organization from top to bottom by level and position.

The eighth look at St. Louis Cardinals minor league franchises offers a summary of all locations by season over the last 35 years.

The first of six in-depth looks at St. Louis Cardinals minor league franchises begins with the New York-Penn League

A new series highlighting St. Louis Cardinals minor league results system-wide from 1984 through 2008.

A complete listing of all 306 players currently known to be under contract in the St. Louis Cardinals organization from top to bottom by level assigned and primary position.

Their Rochester saviors lost over $250,000 running the Batavia Muckdogs in 2008. While there are plans to try to fix that in 2009, the losses can’t continue.