WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW OK, the Cardinals first game of 2024 has been uploaded into history. Thursday’s 7-1 vanquishment by the Dodgers was predictable, simply because they’re superior to the Cardinals in just about every way we can think of including payroll...
The Cardinals had a firetrap bullpen last season, and responded by making moves to clear the smoke away. This particular gashouse gang blew 41 leads in 2023, and that can’t happen again. With the assistance of new consultant Chaim Bloom, the front office brought in...
Here’s a follow-up on something I wrote about in Wednesday’s column. It’s about the importance of team defense and what it means to pitchers. As I pointed out in yesterday’s column, the 2023 Cardinals had their poorest season defensively since 1930. That’s based on...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals brought in another tool for their extensive bullpen renovation by shopping the free-agent market for a one-year deal with right-handed reliever Keynan Middleton. The contract becomes official after Middleton goes through the standard...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Please allow me to introduce myself. I’m the loon who keeps attaching the word “optimism” to the 2024 Cardinals. For this condition I blame my intense dedication to homework and a stubborn attitude derived from an old-fashioned concept known as...
Andrew Kittredge may not be the big-name, brassy and high-cost reliever that Cardinal fans were clamoring for, but the St. Louis front office made a smart move in acquiring the right-hander from Tampa Bay in a trade for spare outfielder Richie Palacios. Kittredge...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW To rehabilitate last season’s decrepit .438 winning percentage, the Cardinals put their resources and attention on starting pitching. Swell. But the disaster fund must be put to other uses after president of baseball operations John Mozeliak signed...
The Cardinals are trying to identify established and effective relievers in the free-agent market as part of the process to revitalize their beaten-down bullpen. Business has moved at a relatively slow pace in the marketplace as front offices, agents and relievers...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After signing free-agent starting pitchers Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson, the St. Louis front office will focus on rebuilding a bullpen that went down in a blaze of gory in 2023. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak did a good –...
