Brad Thompson Rumors

Royals Agree To Sign Brad Thompson

12:25pm: The Royals confirmed, via press release, that they agreed to sign Thompson to a minor league deal. 11:13am: The Royals have agreed to a one-year deal with righty Brad Thompson, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. The 27-year-old allowed 85 hits and 23 walks in 80 innings for the Cardinals last year, striking out 34 for a 4.84 ERA. He has had good control throughout his career, but his average fastball clocks in at just 87mph, which presumably prevents him from striking more hitters out. Thompson doesn't have a guaranteed spot on the team's 40-man roster, but...   Continue Reading

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Cardinals Release Brad Thompson

The Cardinals released righty Brad Thompson today, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The arbitration-eligible Thompson would've been a likely non-tender in mid-December anyway. Thompson, 28 in January, posted a 4.84 ERA in 80 innings this year (eight starts, 24 relief appearances). He's typically shown strong control and home run prevention but a weak strikeout rate. His best asset is his ability to get groundballs - 52.7% of the time this year. If Thompson has a successful '10 season for his new club, that team could elect to retain him for '11 as an arbitration-eligible player.   Continue Reading

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The Cardinals And The Economy

The Cardinals are one of the surprise stories of the baseball season so far. Even after losing three straight by a combined score of 28-7, St. Louis is just two games behind Milwaukee in the National League Central. But based on this item in a new column by Scott Miller of CBSSportsLine.com, the Cardinals better hope Tyler Greene is the answer at shortstop and Brad Thompson is able to fill in for Kyle Lohse. "3. Tony La Russa, Twitter settle dispute: Too bad, too. Because had La Russa won the suit he wound up withdrawing, it probably was going to...   Continue Reading

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Quinlan, Taschner, Thompson Avoid Arb

Three more players avoided arbitration, according to the AP's Ronald Blum: Robb Quinlan ($1.1MM), Jack Taschner ($835K), and Brad Thompson ($650K). We should have a full list of those who exchanged figures at some point this afternoon.   Continue Reading

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Wellemeyer, Cardinals Close To Deal

Matthew Leach of MLB.com believes the St. Louis Cardinals and right-handed starting pitcher Todd Wellemeyer are close to a deal to avoid arbitration. This from Wellemeyer himself: "I know it's getting close, I'll tell you that much." Wellemeyer, 30, went 13-9 with a 3.71 ERA in 2008. Leach notes that deals might be close for Chris Duncan and Brad Thompson, too. General manager John Mozeliak said he would like to avoid arbitration with Duncan and Thompson, as well as Rick Ankiel and Ryan Ludwick. Mozeliak is hopeful that none of the five players will actually go to arbitration. Ankiel is...   Continue Reading

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Pirates Interested In Brad Thompson?

Scott Wuerz of the Belleville News-Democrat suggests that Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson is a rumored target for the Pirates. He could be part of a larger package, where players such as Jack Wilson, Matt Morris, and/or Jason Bay could be involved. Thompson turns 26 soon. The Cardinals tried him as a starter last year, and he posted a 4.66 ERA in that role. He was at 4.91 in relief, but for his career he's been better coming out of the pen. Thompson lost his groundball mojo a bit in '07, and as a result his HR rate rose dramatically. At..   Continue Reading

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Cards Could Get Morris, Wilson From Pirates

Yesterday Joe Strauss wrote how the Cardinals' #1 reasonable target for shortstop appears to be the Pirates' Jack Wilson. Today, Dejan Kovacevic confirms it and adds Matt Morris as another possibility to head to St. Louis. Kovacevic notes that the Cardinals tried to acquire Morris last summer, though that wasn't John Mozeliak. The Pirates would have to be willing to eat some of Morris' salary, though they would take on all of Wilson's. So far Anthony Reyes, Tyler Johnson, and Brad Thompson are named as the pitchers the Cardinals will trade. I still have some hope for Reyes. Kovacevic adds..   Continue Reading

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