Todd Salger

St. Louis Cardinals aficionado

[Evan Drellich @EvanDrellich]

News: The MLBPA today proposed a minimum salary of $1.5 million starting in 2027 in their opening economic proposal to owners, along with significant increases to revenue sharing. Some players would reach free agency after 5 years rather than 6

Next, the owners propose tomorrow

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

The MLBPA made its first proposal to MLB today in collective bargaining. Among the topline issues:

- A "competitive-integrity tax" for any team that does not spend $150M
- Increase minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5M
- Increase in base CBT threshold from $244M to $300M

[Tamar Sher @tamar_sher]

“Easily the most hyped I’ve ever been for a day game — probably any game — in my life.”

After today's series win over the Royals, #STLCards manager Oli Marmol invited the creators of the “tarps off” crew into the clubhouse to celebrate with the team.

Why let this trend stop with @SFAClubBsbl? Oli made it clear he wants this to become a thing.

@MatrixMidwest | @KMOV

[FanDuel Sportsbook @FDSportsbook]

17-point lead for Duke??

ILLINOIS VS. DUKE ODDS ARE LIVE 🗣️

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

The Cleveland Indians once went over 18 years without playing a game during which they hit at least one single.

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

There have been over 25,000 days of games in MLB history.

Today is the only one of those where three different players homered in their MLB debuts:

Carson Benge, @Mets
Munetaka Murakami, @whitesox
JJ Wetherholt, @Cardinals

[Jeff Jones @jmjones]

JJ Wetherholt leads off in his big league debut and Masyn Winn hits cleanup:

Wetherholt 4
Herrera DH
Burleson 3
Winn 6
Gorman 5
Walker 9
Church 7
Pagés 2
Scott II 8

Liberatore 1

[Derrick Goold @dgoold]

JJ Wetherholt will wear No. 26 in his MLB debut … Thursday. It’s official.

[Polymarket Sports @PolymarketSport]

Updated list of nicknames after reading your comments:

Shane Gillis-Alexander
Marshmello Anthony
Cream Abdul-Jabbar
Dominique Milkins
Shaquille Oatmeal
Allen 4-EyeVerson
Bam ICantSeeYou
Kevin McPale (er)
The White Llama
D’White Howard
Milk Chamberlin
LeQuant Frames
Frames Worthy
LeBron Frames
NO-Air Jordan
Dork Nowitzki
Nikola Nerdic
SLU Alcindor
Steph Blurry
Shine Kemp
Spud White
Fair Jordan
Larry Nerd

No matter how you spell it, Robbie Avila is a legend

[Matt Pauley 🎙️ @MattPauleyOnAir]

Looks like DirecTV has assigned Cardinals TV to 672.
I am sure the Cardinals would prefer to release all the channel numbers at the same time but for @DIRECTV customers, your question has been answered.
#STLCards

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

He was a poet

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

BREAKING

In a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that President Trump’s use of emergency tariffs was unlawful.

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts authored the majority opinion.

[World Baseball Classic @WBCBaseball]

The 2026 #WorldBaseballClassic U.S. broadcast schedule is here ⬇️

[Redbird Farmhands @RedbirdFarmhand]

Full ST broadcast and radio schedule for those interested.

[Cardinals Prospects @cardprospects]

26 Cardinals Prospect Storylines to Watch in 2026: Part 1 (via @RedbirdFarmhand)

https://t.co/oNkLzVDgT7

[Jeff Jones @jmjones]

Cardinals in the WBC:

Riley O’Brien — Korea
Zach Levenson and Noah Mendlinger — Israel
Luis Gastelum — Mexico
Matt Koperniak — Great Britain
Gordon Graceffo and Thomas Saggese — Italy
Bryan Torres — Puerto Rico
Leo Bernal and Iván Herrera — Panama

[Todd Salger @TSalger]

@SandyMac718 @WakeJakeJM They classified him as a DH - based on playing time last year that's probably fair.

[Katie Woo @katiejwoo]

Clarifying figures here re: Cardinals TV revenue. St. Louis is expected to see roughly $40 million in revenue under MLB model, opposed to the roughly $60 million they expected last year. Unlike set fees with FanDuel SN, MLB broadcast revenue is based on subscriptions/ad sales.

[St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals]

Whether it was on the field or in our community, you brought heart and hustle every day.

Thank you, Brendan Donovan! Best of luck in Seattle!

[Kareem Haq @KareemSSN]

Following the Brendan Donovan trade, the Cardinals are slated to make six selections within the top 86 picks of the 2026 MLB Draft:

1st Round (13)
Comp A (32)
2nd Round (50)
Comp B (68)
Comp B (72)
3rd Round (86)