Brenden Schaeffer
Sports Reporter
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Brenden has covered the Cardinals for KMOV.com since 2016.
Since graduating from the University of Missouri in 2016, Brenden Schaeffer has covered the Cardinals as a writer for KMOV.com
Brenden grew up in St. Charles and attended Wentzville Holt High School. He enjoys disc golf, bowling and trying out new restaurants with his wife, Emily.
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Cardinals announced that Contreras was removed from the game with a right-knee contusion, but did not give additional information on his status.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Brenden Schaeffer
How did the 20-year-old outfielder handle the pressure in his first-ever Major League plate appearance? By stroking a base hit up the middle the very first time he swung the bat.
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Although he won’t deliver any pitches in Thursday’s game between the Cardinals and Blue Jays, Wainwright was on pitch in his delivery of the Star-Spangled Banner during the pre-game ceremonies at Busch Stadium.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Thursday will be a culmination of a dream many months in the making for Contreras as the longtime Cub will have a sea of red ready to embrace him in full force for the first time. When the moment arrives, Contreras has planned a special way of showing his awareness and appreciation for the big shoes he’ll be stepping into as the franchise catcher in St. Louis.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2023 at 7:56 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Ever since his scorching hot start to spring put top prospect Jordan Walker in position to break camp when the Cardinals head north from Jupiter in a matter of days, Cardinals fans have been waiting for confirmation.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 11:56 AM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
With Steven Matz as the only member of the Cardinals’ projected starting rotation under contract beyond this season, it made sense that the team might look to make a move.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 11:30 AM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
It’s not the news that anyone wanted to hear just a week away from opening day, but it’s the news that so often seems to come for the Cardinals in spring training: An untimely injury in the starting rotation.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Cardinals gave more indication on their leanings for roster decisions Tuesday when the team announced two notable pitchers had been optioned to the minors.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 8:49 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Sunday night’s World Baseball Classic semifinal game between the United States and Cuba has brought about some anxious moments for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 2:42 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Walker injured his right shoulder on a slide into second base during the Cardinals’ Grapefruit League game against the Houston Astros.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 11:54 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Already a local sensation in St. Louis, it now appears Lars Nootbaar has taken his pepper-grinding ways to an international stage.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 1:20 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Walker punctuated a five-run first inning for the Cardinals with a three-run home run against veteran MLB pitcher Johnny Cueto.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 12:08 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Reports from Tuesday at Cardinals camp in Jupiter detailed two-time Gold Glove Award-winning left fielder Tyler O’Neill taking defensive reps in center field.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 12:11 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
On the same day that former Cy Young Award winner Corbin Burnes made waves in Brewers camp by voicing his displeasure with the way his salary arbitration situation played out, a prominent Cardinal has reportedly lost a hearing of his own against St. Louis.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 9:17 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
John Mozeliak had asked Willson Contreras whether he intended to play in the World Baseball Classic. As one of MLB’s most notable Venezuelan-born stars, it conceivably would have been a meaningful opportunity for the new Cardinals catcher.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 9:33 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
As the Cardinals descend upon Jupiter, Florida this week for spring training, the club has been busy finalizing a deal with its lead baseball operations executive
‘Pedal down’ Cardinals contend the notion of camp competition is more than empty bluster this spring
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 12:22 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Broaching the buzzword that permeates camps across the country this time of year, John Mozeliak peeled back the curtain on the nature of competition at spring training.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 1:12 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
According to multiple reports Thursday, the Blues are trading longtime franchise star Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers in a deal that brings an end to the Russian-born forward’s time in St. Louis after 11 years.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 1:57 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Cardinals legend Albert Pujols may have retired from professional baseball, but he’s not finished competing in sports on a big stage.
Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 3:57 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
For any Cardinals fans who subscribe to the famous quote by Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, we finally have a date for you to circle on the calendar.
Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 11:31 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Dexter Fowler announced his retirement from Major League Baseball on Tuesday following a 14-year career in the big leagues.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 1:05 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The future is bright for the Cardinals according to the folks at Baseball America.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 3:23 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak held a lengthy press conference with local reporters inside the Busch Stadium interview room at Saturday’s Winter Warm-Up. We compiled some of the most relevant takeaways from the session.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 12:05 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
A year after requiring an arbitration hearing to determine his salary, Jack Flaherty has avoided that measure with the St. Louis Cardinals for 2023.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 12:07 PM CST
|By Dan Greenwald and Brenden Schaeffer
Weeks before Spring Training, Matt Holliday has resigned as Cardinals bench coach
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 2:27 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Mizzou men’s basketball took its first conference loss of the season on Wednesday, but the voters for the AP Top 25 didn’t punish the Tigers for the defeat to another ranked opponent.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 11:43 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Tigers are 12-1 in the first season for new head coach Dennis Gates, already matching their win total from last season.
Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 9:57 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The task ahead of the Blues to climb their way back up in the standings after an inconsistent first half of the season just got a lot more difficult.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 6:01 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Former Mizzou standout running back Tyler Badie might be playing in front of some fans familiar with his game on Sunday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 2:40 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Blues stated in a release that Krug will be re-evaluated in six weeks. To account for Krug’s absence from the roster, St. Louis recalled defenseman Tyler Tucker from the AHL Springfield Thunderbirds.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 3:40 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Former Cardinal Matt Carpenter is now also a former Yankee.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 11:03 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Cardinals top prospect Jordan Walker hasn’t yet put the birds on the bat on his back at the Major League level for St. Louis, but he’s already been busy earning hardware for his efforts in the organization.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 11:31 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Cardinals wanted to leave the Winter Meetings in San Diego with an answer to their catcher question. According to reports Wednesday, they may be close to accomplishing that goal.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 8:30 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
As the Cardinals navigate the Winter Meetings this week in San Diego, the team has been consistently linked to one specific area of need more than any other: St. Louis is in the market for a catcher.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 10:46 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Ahead of his final season in Major League Baseball, Adam Wainwright will represent Team USA in the World Baseball Classic for the first time in his career.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 8:44 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The storybook ending to the illustrious MLB career of Albert Pujols was cemented with yet another award Tuesday, as it was revealed that Pujols has been named National League Comeback Player of the Year by Major League Baseball.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 12:01 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
With Reyes’ future murky as he recovers from shoulder surgery, the Cardinals simply weren’t going to commit the financial resources and the 40-man roster spot to the 28-year-old.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 5:52 PM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Cardinals’ first baseman earned the first MVP Award of his career after finishing second in the voting in both 2013 and 2015 while he was a member of the Diamondbacks.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 11:49 AM CST
|By Brenden Schaeffer
After two years without an in-person Winter Warm-Up in downtown St. Louis, Cardinals fans will finally have the chance to flock to the Lou for the signature off-season event in 2023.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Stephanie Usery and Brenden Schaeffer
Nolan Arenado and Brendan Donovan have won 2022 Gold Glove Awards!
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
At his end-of-year press conference Wednesday, Cardinals president of baseball operations announced that hitting coach Jeff Albert and pitching coach Mike Maddux will not return to the team in 2023.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 11:07 AM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Whether to retire or continue pitching beyond the 2022 campaign wasn’t a decision Wainwright and his family would make until the end of the year.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 3:38 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
For the second off-season in a row, the Cardinals are in the market for a new bench coach.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 2:08 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
As has been the case in recent years for St. Louis, the announcement of the Gold Glove finalists was littered with Cardinals when the lists came out Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Sounding like a pitcher with an eye on the future Wednesday, Wainwright revealed on Twitter that the recent struggles were not the result of a ‘dead arm’ phase at all.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2022 at 11:11 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The lineup that featured two of the top four qualifying NL hitters in OPS this season saw those two thunderous bats go a combined 0-for-8 in an elimination game Saturday, as the Cardinals fell 2-0 to the Phillies, clinching the NL Wild Card Series for Philadelphia.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2022 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The first go-ahead pinch-hit home run in Cardinals postseason history went for naught on Friday as St. Louis collapsed in the end, allowing six runs in the ninth innings as the Cardinals fell to the Phillies 6-3 in Game 1 of the NL Wild Card Series.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 1:05 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
The Cardinals are going left-handed pitcher Jose Quintana as the Game 1 starter in the Wild Card Series against the Phillies, which begins at 1:07 p.m. CT Friday at Busch Stadium. The decision was announced Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 4:38 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
Gallegos had two years of arbitration eligibility remaining and would have been under team control through 2024. This contract serves to buy him out of those two years of arbitration while adding a club option to buy out a year of free agency in 2025. The team did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2022 at 3:58 PM CDT
|By Brenden Schaeffer
During a pregame ceremony celebrating Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols on the field ahead of the duo’s final regular-season game at Busch, Sunday's starter Wainwright took to the microphone as one of the speakers to honor his teammates.
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