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Jim Edmonds, who has been one of the team’s television broadcasters for the past 12 seasons, will not be back this year, FanDuel Sports Network officials confirmed when asked Saturday.

The company, the club’s local telecaster, then issued a statement:

“Jim Edmonds will not be returning to our St. Louis Cardinals telecasts this season. We want to thank Jim for his many contributions to our Cardinals coverage over the last 10 seasons and wish him the best.�

Edmonds could not be reached for comment.

He started with FanDuel predecessor Fox Sports Midwest in 2013 as an analyst on its Cardinals pre- and postgame programming, then three years later also began serving as a commentator on game telecasts. In recent seasons he was averaging about 55 games, approximately 40 in the booth and 15 in the studio.

Edmonds’ broadcasting run came after he retired as a player in 2010, following a 17-year big-league career that included a stellar stint in center field for the Cardinals from 2000-07. He later has served as a guest instructor for the team on occasion.

Edmonds’ say-what’s-on-his-mind style on the air has been popular with some fans, but also could create controversy.

Last July, when the Chicago Cubs’ Christopher Morel had a brashly animated trip around the bases on a home-run trot in a game against the Cards, Edmonds let loose.

“This kid’s celebration is a joke,� he said. “I don’t mind saying it at all. I’ve never seen anything like it. I just don’t get it. You’re a .229 hitter in the big leagues and you’re running around like you’re Barry Bonds.�

The comments by Edmonds, who could be a showman in his playing days, made their way back to Chicago.

“Jim, I don’t want to hear it from you,� sports-talk radio host Dan Bernstein said on WSCR. “I don’t want to hear it from a guy who would go out of his way to make sure at the end of that catch, instead of flagging it down with his feet on the ground, if there was every opportunity to stretch out and dive, maybe slow up a little bit and then speed up a little bit. Come on now. Nobody liked to play look-at-me baseball more than Jim Edmonds.

“He hit a home run. He’s a very, very happy young guy. And everybody who knows Christopher Morel knows he’s not posing. He’s just happy.�

FanDuel has not announced its Cardinals broadcast lineup yet for this year, but Chip Caray is expected to return as its lead play-by-play announcer with Brad Thompson again having the bulk of the game-analyst assignments. Mark Sweeney, a former Cardinal who joined the TV crew last season mostly in the studio, might have an increased presence as a game analyst.

In addition to his high-profile role on Cardinals telecasts, Edmonds has been a popular figure in the tabloid media. That goes back a decade, to when he would appear occasionally on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Orange County� show that more prominently featured his wife at the time, Meghan King. The tabloid press’ infatuation with Edmonds has continued through his more recent relationships.

He also has had several local business ventures, including restaurants, and has had a sprawling estate in Frontenac that went on the market last fall with an . There also was a legal issue with that property.

On the field he had a lifetime batting average of .284, hit 393 home runs, drove in 1,199 runs and won eight Gold Gloves across his career that included stints with the Angels, Padres, Cubs, Brewers and Reds in addition to his time with the Cardinals.

He also appeared in 63 postseason games, hitting .274 with 13 homers and 42 RBIs. He played in two World Series, both with the Cardinals, losing to Boston in 2004 and beating Detroit in 2006.