THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are Bill DeWitt Jr.’s franchise, and he can do what he wants. But it’s a mistake to keep John Mozeliak in place as the president of baseball operations for 2025. Mozeliak planned to retire after next season, anyway. And DeWitt...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Thanks to excellent reporting from Katie Woo at The Athletic, we’re able to have a clearer vision of where the Cardinals are going when the offseason begins. Two-part answer: 1. The Cards are moving forward in the long overdue and desperately...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The 2024 Cardinals are winding down, with only four games remaining in a disappointing season that wasn’t all bad. They’ll complete their series at Colorado on Thursday afternoon, then jet to San Francisco for a three-game weekend. And that will be...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Before the season, the sportsbooks and analytics sites checked in with win-total projections for the 2024 Cardinals. Here’s a representative sampling, based on thousands of simulations: PECOTA: 85 wins. Baseball Prospectus: 84.3 wins FanGraphs: 83.7...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Y’all are going to get mad at me … which is OK … because I tend to drive people mad, anyway. But may I suggest that John Mozeliak’s plan to upgrade the starting pitching for 2024 worked pretty well? Before I elaborate, I must get a few things out of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals couldn’t complete a four-game sweep of the Pirates because the offense got shut down again in Thursday’s 3-2 loss at Busch Stadium. For the 73rd time this season, the Cardinals were held to three runs or fewer in a game. Only three NL...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The small-market, big-brained Milwaukee Brewers did it again, overcoming the odds and the expectations and wealthier franchises to win the NL Central title. Fans in St. Louis should be used to this by now. I’ve written about this before and I’m...
Remember when the St. Louis Cardinals were among the industry leaders for their successful drafting and development of young prospects? Me too. I was doing some morning reading earlier today, browsing The Athletic. Something caught my attention. The piece described...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW If that was Lance Lynn’s final start as a St. Louis Cardinal, he delivered a winning performance that personified all of the traits we’ve admired and enjoyed. Lynn is a grizzly bear of a man. His intense competitiveness is sound-tracked by emphatic...
