There are 171 article(s) tagged Memphis Redbirds:

• September 2019

  • After winning titles in Memphis, Stubby Clapp in race for a pennant with Cardinals

    Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is on the front lines as first base coach as St. Louis Cardinals pursue playoff berth.

    By Don Wade September 17, 2019

  • AutoZone Park gets new playing surface

    AutoZone Park has a new Bermuda hybrid playing surface in time for the Triple-A National Championship Game and the end of the Memphis 901 FC season.

    By Don Wade September 16, 2019

  • Redbirds’ season over, but several players join St. Louis Cardinals

    With a late push, the Memphis Redbirds stayed in the playoff hunt until the last series of the season. Manager Ben Johnson, a Germantown High School graduate, hopes to be back in 2020.

    By Don Wade September 05, 2019

• August 2019

  • Memphis Redbirds Notebook: September call-ups soon to be few and far between

    This September represents a last, best, opportunity for some Memphis Redbirds to get that late call-up to St. Louis; next season, MLB rule changes will drop the September active roster limit from 40 to 28.

    By Don Wade August 26, 2019

  • AutoZone Park’s tattered playing field to be replaced

    Weather and the lifespan of the field – not the combination of baseball and soccer at AutoZone Park – are the main reasons the grass surface soon will be replaced.

    By Don Wade August 25, 2019

  • No. 2 pick Ja Morant is already First Grizzly

    Grizzlies rookie point guard Ja Morant hasn't even played his first NBA game and already he is the new, hope-filled, face of the franchise.

    By Don Wade August 23, 2019

  • Finding his rhythm: Redbirds’ Ben Johnson more comfortable in the manager’s seat

    Germantown High grad and first-year Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson is growing in the job and, of late, his team has played quite well. 

    By Don Wade August 22, 2019

  • Growing up in the game

    Memphis Redbirds outfielder Dylan Carlson, the St. Louis Cardinals’ No. 2 prospect, has had one goal ever since he can remember: be a major-league baseball player. Now, he’s very close.

    By Don Wade August 21, 2019

  • Memphis Redbirds/St. Louis Cardinals Notebook

    The St. Louis Cardinals shuffle the coaching staff, bringing up Memphis Redbirds hitting coach Jobel Jimenez. 

    By Don Wade August 14, 2019

  • The Teammate: Cardinals star Yadier Molina comes to Memphis and everyone benefits

    An All-Star and a Gold Glove winner, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is also a true teammate – even when in Memphis on a rehab assignment. 

    By Don Wade August 06, 2019

  • With use of same juiced ball, MLB power surge comes to Triple-A

    In 2019 all Triple-A teams, including the Memphis Redbirds, began playing with the same juiced ball used in the major leagues. Which is why with more than 30 games left in the PCL season, teams have hit 500 more home runs have than in all of 2018.

    By Don Wade August 04, 2019

• July 2019

  • Redbirds Notebook: Ozuna and Carpenter on rehab assignments in Memphis

    Marcell Ozuna in Memphis Redbirds' lineup on rehab assignment; St. Louis Cardinals quiet at trade deadline.

    By Don Wade July 31, 2019

  • As coach with St. Louis Cardinals, Stubby Clapp looks for every edge

    Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp already has more time as a St. Louis Cardinals coach than he ever did as a player – and he's discovered that the winning matters more than ever.

    By Don Wade July 20, 2019

  • Baseball Podcast: Catching up with Stubby Clapp

    St. Louis Cardinals first base coach and former Redbirds manager and player Stubby Clapp joins Daily Memphian sportswriter Don Wade to talk about the Cardinals in the pennant race, his role with the team, and to relive a few Memphis memories.

    By Natalie Van Gundy July 19, 2019

  • Redbirds’ Andrew Knizner making strides as heir apparent to Yadier Molina

    The Memphis Redbirds' Andrew Knizner is today the top catching prospect for the St. Louis Cardinals, which is saying something given that not that long ago he was a third baseman.

    By Don Wade July 08, 2019

• June 2019

  • Birds of a Feather

    While the parent St. Louis Cardinals battle to stay in the playoff chase, the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds – far out of the playoff hunt – work to keep developing players to help the greater, big-league cause.

    By Don Wade June 30, 2019

  • Redbirds’ Jake Woodford made himself an All-Star one pitch at a time

    Memphis Redbirds pitcher Jake Woodford enjoys the strategy of being a starting pitcher and likes this year's results that have earned him the starting nod for the PCL team in the Triple-A All-Star Game.

    By Don Wade June 27, 2019

  • For Cardinals prospect Alex Reyes, progress trumps bottom line

    Memphis Redbirds pitcher Alex Reyes, still a prized prospect of the St. Louis Cardinals, could still use some better luck after several injuries. But for now, he'll take progress and not worry about the stats. 

    By Don Wade June 19, 2019

• May 2019

  • A Season of Life: Redbirds manager Ben Johnson here for more than baseball

    Memphis Redbirds skipper Ben Johnson would like to get back to the majors someday as a coach or a manager, but right now he's enjoying this season back home with his dad.

    By Don Wade May 24, 2019

  • Quick Change: Turning baseball into soccer venue in a one-minute view

    In a period of about 27 hours, workers turned a baseball field into a soccer pitch at AutoZone Park. And there's video evidence of the change.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 16, 2019

  • His Way: Memphis Redbirds’ Anthony Shew pitches with purpose, not power

    Memphis manager Ben Johnson calls Redbirds pitcher Anthony Shew a "power-type thinker." Which is what he has to be, because he is not a power-type pitcher.

    By Don Wade May 10, 2019

  • Power and Patience: Tyler O’Neill showing both with the Redbirds in hopes of quick return to St. Louis

    After starting the year with the St. Louis Cardinals, Tyler O'Neill recently returned to Memphis to find the hitting rhythm that got him to the majors in the first place. 

    By Don Wade May 09, 2019

  • Cardinals’ Carlos Martinez flashes some fire in rehab appearance with Memphis Redbirds

    St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez showed zip on his fastball and good breaking stuff, if uneven control, in his rehab assignment on Wednesday with the Memphis Redbirds at AutoZone Park. 

    By Don Wade May 08, 2019

  • This time, Cardinals prospect Alex Reyes has only himself to blame

    Alex Reyes, a top St. Louis Cardinals prospect, was trying to bounce back from elbow and lat injuries and return to the majors. But after a ragged start for the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, he punched a wall and fractured the pinkie on his non-throwing hand. 

    By Don Wade May 01, 2019

• April 2019

  • Baseball Podcast: Opening Day

    It's Opening Day for The Daily Memphian Baseball Podcast, as sportswriter Don Wade and guest Frank Murtaugh of Memphis Magazine and The Memphis Flyer talk about baseball memories from summers past.

    By Natalie Van Gundy April 25, 2019