The St. Louis Cardinals have renewed all of the contracts of their minor league coaches as was included in Thursday’s information release from the front office. Our friends at the Post-Dispatch (specifically Ben Frederickson) shared the complete information.
What leapt off the web page to me was Frederickson’s headline: “Isringhausen, Ludwick join Cardinals minor league staff.” In the wake of Jason Simontacchi‘s departure to join the Royals organization as minor league pitching coordinator- good for him- I had wondered what moves the front office would make to replace such a valuable key in player development.