Chaim Bloom’s reorganization of the Cardinals’ minor leagues and trading of veterans to restock the system is already paying off.
Baseball America has revealed its annual rankings of all 30 major league teams, and the Cardinals now sit in 2nd place.
That’s their highest ranking since being No. 1 in 2013, and that ranking doesn’t include this week’s windfall from the Brendan Donavon trade, A system that three years ago was deficient in talent is now flush with prospects.
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Madison beat out Columbia Independent 54-21
Sturgeon fell to Wellsville-Middletown 50-47
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Madison fell to Columbia Independent 61-31
Missouri Military Academy beat out Lighthouse Sr. 62-35
Sturgeon beat out Wellsville-Middletown 65-23
Westran beat out Marceline 66-47
Missouri will open its 2026 softball season against Oregon at the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla., Today, at 12 p.m.
The Olympic Winter Games official opening ceremonies being held today in Milan Italy.
Mizzou women’s basketball junior guard Grace Slaughter has been named to the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Mid-Season Award Watch List.
Presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.
Slaughter ranks 23rd in the country and fifth in the SEC with 19.3 points per game. She also currently tallies 7.2 rebounds per contest
Slaughter is a native of Grain Valley, Missouri.