With 16 days till the Cardinals open the season against the Saints, we look at the players who have worn No. 16.

Willson Contreras homered, Alec Burleson's two-run single highlighted a five-run second inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 on Thursday night. Sonny Gray (12-6) allowed three runs on six hits in five innings,

Final cuts are one of the most anticipated NFL moments before the start of the regular season and the Arizona Cardinals have some tough decisions ahead of them.

The Arizona Cardinals have their final preseason game this weekend. They take on the Las Vegas Raiders from State Farm Stadium with a 7 p.m. local time kickoff (10 p.m. ET). It is the final game of the preseason in the entire NFL.

BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays look to end their four-game home skid with a win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Tampa Bay is 61-67 overall and 32-33 at home. The Rays have the eighth-ranked team on-base percentage in the AL at .313.

However, Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report actually believes the Cardinals showed some promise in 2025 and even stated that he sees them as ahead of schedule on their rebuild. "The full-season trajectory still looks good for the over here," Miller wrote

The St. Louis Cardinals have a lot of big decisions to make this offseason, and one of them has to do with former top prospect Jordan Walker.

Michael McGreevy continues to capitalize on his opportunities after the Cardinals made him a part of their rotation on July 21.

Cardinals continue to scrutinize the innings piling up for Andre Pallante and Matthew Liberatore, but the attention is not limited to the rotation.

After losing to the New York Yankees on Sunday, the St. Louis Cardinals have now lost five consecutive games and six of their last eight. On Monday, they will kick off a three-game series against the Miami Marlins in hopes of getting things back on track.