Sports – Thursday, July 13th, 2017

St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced that defenseman Colton Parayko has elected for salary arbitration. His hearing will take place between July 20 and August 4. In the meantime, Armstrong and the Blues will continue to work on a long-term contract extension for the 24-year old, 6’6″, 226-pound defenseman. All arbitration hearings are decided by a neutral third party within 48 hours of the beginning of the case.

Both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals will have the day off today. The Cardinals will be in Pittsburgh this weekend while the Royals will be hosting the Texas Rangers.