Edmonds, who is starting his fourth season in the rotation, is set to have 45-50 regular-season assignments. He gets warmed up with Redbirds games Friday (against the Astros at 5:05 p.m.) Sunday (against the Marlins at 12:05 p.m.) and Monday (against the Phillies at 12:05 p.m.)
Meanwhile, FSM reports that its Cardinals spring training ratings are up 22 percent over this point last year. Nielsen, which tabulates viewership, says that the seven telcasts have been seein in an average of 2.2 percent of homes in the market have a TV. Through the same number of telecasts in 2018, the fiture was 1.