The Arizona Cardinals have a number of notable position battles as they have begun training camp. Throughout the offseason, one particular position has had the attention. But as camp has begun, it appears that this job is not as competitive as we thought it would be. That would be the right guard position.

The Arizona Cardinals held their first fast-paced day of training camp. A linebacker went down with an injury, but some starters looked sharp.

The benches cleared in a Cardinals-Padres game for the second straight night Saturday as St. Louis’ Willson Contreras and San Diego’s Manny Machado each got hit twice by pitches.

Despite warnings issued to both teams earlier in the game, umpire Lance Barrett deemed Granillo did not intentionally throw at Machado.

Manny Machado had two hits and was twice hit by pitches, and San Diego and St. Louis cleared the benches in the ninth inning in the Padres’ 3-1 victory over the Cardinals on Saturday night

Major League Baseball's trade deadline is scheduled for next Thursday, which means teams have less than a week to get their midsummer shopping done. The moves have already started, as the Mariners recently acquired Josh Naylor from the Diamondbacks while the Yankees acquired Ryan McMahon in a trade with the Rockies.

The St. Louis Cardinals are in prime position to make trades as the July deadline approaches. Expiring contracts, young stars, and veteran contributors all could be on the move.