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Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Cardinals

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the 19th episode of Fix My Team,...

Lance Berkman Agrees to One-Year Deal With Cardinals

Where he'll fit in the defensive lineup -- outfield, first base or somewhere else -- remains to be seen, but that didn't stop the St. Louis Cardinals from agreeing Saturday to terms on a one-year, $8 million deal with free agent outfielder/first baseman Lance Berkman. It would be hard to think Berkman would unseat...

Lance Berkman Being 'Aggressively' Pursued by Rockies

Lance Berkman said earlier this week that several teams had been in contact with him and he wasn't kidding. Just a day after the slugger met with the Oakland A's, the Denver Post reported that the Rockies are "aggressively pursuing" the former Astros' first baseman to help fill their needs in the corner outfield spots and...

Adam Dunn, A's Did Not Meet Tuesday; Oakland Focused on Lance Berkman

When you think about teams potentially in the running for one of the priciest free agents on the market, the Oakland Athletics generally don't come to mind. But apparently Adam Dunn is their kind of guy. Their interest is legit, but apparently team representatives did not meet with Dunn Tuesday in Houston, as reported...

Athletics to Meet With Lance Berkman

The Oakland A's will meet with free agent Lance Berkman on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, as they search for ways to improve an offense that ranked 11th in the American League in runs scored last season. Berkman his .248 with 14 homers and 58 RBI between Houston and New York in 2010, a significant drop-off...

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Lance Berkman Knee Injury: Cardinals' Star Out At Least 6-8 Weeks

The best-case scenario for Lance Berkman is that he returns to the St. Louis Cardinals' lineup after the All-Star break.

Lance Berkman News From the Web

05/27/12 The heist of the offseason Source: Victoria Advocate - Victoria TX One of the most fascinating websites involving baseball - when it's up and going - is MLB Trade Trees , which tracks the lineage of certain players and certain teams, and how some player in the late 1990s that you've never even heard of led, through a series of trades and maneuvers that seemed to have little consequence, led to a team acquiring a noteworthy player.
05/25/12 Cardinals' Lance Berkman undergoes surgery, expected... Source: Columbia Missourian - Columbia MO St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman is expected to miss eight to 10 weeks following surgery Friday on his injured right knee.
05/25/12 Comeback fails, Cards drop from first place Source: FOX Sports The Cardinals slammed three homers Thursday, 421 feet by catcher Yadier Molina , 446 feet by left fielder Matt Holliday and 456 feet by third baseman David Freese.
05/24/12 Berkman's surgery on knee ligament postponed a day Source: WBZ NewsRadio 1030 - Boston MA The St. Louis Cardinals say surgery on Lance Berkman 's injured right knee has been postponed one day because of a conflict in his doctor's schedule in Houston.
05/23/12 Cardinals place Matt Carpenter on disabled list Source: PJStar - Peoria IL The St. Louis Cardinals placed Matt Carpenter on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right side muscle.