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Luhnow began as the Cardinals' vice president of baseball development, as he established a baseball academy in the [[Dominican Republic]] and extended the Cardinals' scouting in [[Venezuela]].<ref name=astrosbio/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/luhnow-reflects-on-the-impact-of-taveras/article_84161884-e94b-5ebf-99c9-b98dcc539dcc.html|title=Luhnow reflects on the impact of Taveras|author=Lee Enterprises|work=stltoday.com|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> The Cardinals promoted him in 2005 to the role of vice president of player procurement, which made him the director of amateur, international and domestic scouting. He was named vice president of scouting and player development in 2006.<ref name=astrosbio />

During his time with the Cardinals, he developed a reputation for scouting and player development, and he was credited with having a key role in the team's successes in the minor leagues. The Cardinals won five minor league championships under his watch, and had the best system-wide minor league record in 2010.<ref name=scout>{{cite news |url=http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/1136953.html |work=The Cardinal Nation |title=Cardinals VP Jeff Luhnow Hired as Astros GM |date=December 8, 2011 |access-date=August 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714003445/http://stlcardinals.scout.com/2/1136953.html |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=astrospr2>{{cite news|url=http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111208&content_id=26132934&vkey=pr_hou&c_id=hou |work=Houston Astros |title=Astros introduce Jeff Luhnow as new general manager |date=December 8, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref> From 2005 to 2007, the first three Cardinals drafts overseen by Luhnow produced 24 future major leaguers, the most of any team during that period. Several players who made important contributions to the Cardinals' victory in the [[2011 World Series]], including [[Jaime García (baseball)|Jaime Garcia]], [[Allen Craig]], [[Jon Jay]], and [[Lance Lynn]], were drafted during Luhnow's tenure.<ref name=astrospr2 />

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