Andy Benes

A record-setting contract, maybe even a leap to the bigs this summer, await draft phenom , but as plenty of past can't-miss kids will attest, you can miss

RetiredAfter 14 seasons with four teams, Cardinals righthander Andy Benes. Drafted first overall by the Padres in 1988, Benes, 35, had a 155-139 record with a 3.97 ERA. Benes weighed retirement in April after he...

The roll call of great tall pitchers is, in a word, short. Only one pitcher 6'6" or taller has been enshrined in the Hall of Fame: Don Drysdale. To honor the best of those who stood tall on the mound as well as...

an opposing team's scout sizes up the Cardinals

Even Big Mac knows that it's pitching that wins, so the Cards have re-armed