Cardinals' Daniel Bard: Signs minor-league contract with St. Louis

Bard signed a minor-league contract with the Cardinals last week, Baseball America reports.

A former ace setup man for the Red Sox earlier in the decade, Bard had a legendary fall from grace when his command inexplicably betrayed him in 2012. He's struggled to recover ever since, and was most recently with the Pirates in spring training before he was ultimately released. Now 30 years old and more than two years removed from pitching in affiliated ball, the odds are against Bard reaching the big leagues again.