The St. Louis Cardinals are parting ways with a Hall of Famer, as Jim Edmonds won’t be returning to their TV broadcast team next season.
FanDuel Sports Network, the Cardinals’ TV home issued a statement to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch over the weekend to confirm Edmonds will not be part of their broadcast moving forward.
“Jim Edmonds will not be returning to our St. Louis Cardinals telecasts this season,” the statement read. “We want to thank Jim for his many contributions to our Cardinals coverage over the last 10 seasons and wish him the best.”
Edmonds, who played eight seasons with the Cardinals and was a 2014 inductee into their Hall of Fame, spent 12 years as part of their broadcast crew. In 2013, Edmonds began with FanDuel’s predecessor Fox Sports Midwest as a pre and postgame analyst. Three years later, the four-time All Star started working game broadcasts for the network.
One of the more colorful analysts in baseball, Edmonds was known for sharing brash opinions, a style many fans enjoyed, but one that also garnered controversy at times. Last season, Edmonds’ commentary was criticized after he ranted about Christopher Morel’s home run celebration. And in 2023, Edmonds created controversy during a discussion about Native American team names.
The exit from FanDuel Sports Network is Edmonds’ second TV departure in recent years, with the former MLB All-Star previously making appearances on The Real Housewives of Orange County, which featured his ex-wife Meghan King. Edmonds and King divorced in 2021.
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