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The St. Louis Cardinals have been through a lot of ups and downs this year. They were once a contender in the National League, but as the trade deadline drew cl ...

Church, 25, has played 53 of his 86 games this season with Memphis and is hitting .335 with a .921 OPS, 11 doubles and seven ...