There are 78 article(s) tagged Memphis Redbirds:
It’s Wednesday, Nov. 27. We saw (heard?) a string of storms last night, but you can expect today to be windy but sunny. The Grizz take on the Clippers tonight at FedExForum, while everyone else will be doing last-minute grocery store runs to buy ingredients they forgot.
MLB has a proposal to eliminate more than 40 minor-league affiliated teams; while the Memphis Triple-A team is not directly impacted, Redbirds owner Peter Freund's Short Season A team, the Williamsport Crosscutters, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, is on the preliminary hit list.
The St. Louis Cardinals' season might have lasted longer than expected, but the end confirmed change is needed going forward.
St. Louis Cardinals first base coach and former Redbirds skipper Stubby Clapp, who won two PCL Manager of the Year awards in Memphis, will interview for the Pittsburgh Pirates manager's job.
Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is on the front lines as first base coach as St. Louis Cardinals pursue playoff berth.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The St. Louis Cardinals shuffle the coaching staff, bringing up Memphis Redbirds hitting coach Jobel Jimenez.
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.
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.
Marcell Ozuna in Memphis Redbirds' lineup on rehab assignment; St. Louis Cardinals quiet at trade deadline.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.