THE REDBIRD REVIEW This is my third in a sequence of analyses that salute the top position players and pitchers during the 28 seasons of franchise ownership under Bill DeWitt Jr. So far, I’ve made the Top 10 picks at starting pitchers, and the Top 10 selections of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It’s report-card day. Let’s review individual Cardinals and their performance in the 2023 season. I’ll write one paragraph on each player and issue a letter grade. This team had a historically terrible season, but there were some good performances...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The popular Tommy Edman was the hitting hero in two straight wins over the Padres, giving the Cardinals lightning-strike hits for walk-off wins. Tuesday, it was an RBI single in the 10th for a 6-5 dubya. Thursday, Edman cracked a two-run homer in...
In a historically embarrassing 2023 season that’s been short on success and joy and loaded with failure and misery, let’s take a moment to express our respect and appreciation for Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras. In a year of hopelessness he’s a source of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Earlier this month I listened to a national interview with Andrew Friedman, the brilliant president of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The hosts asked Friedman about the key to the Dodgers’ sustained success with pitching. Since...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After weeks of getting knocked around by hitters and punishing himself mentally, Adam Wainwright had a solid showing against the Mets on Thursday night. As these things go, this was certainly an improvement on his recent work. That’s intended as a...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Oh, well. Matthew Liberatore’s start at Tampa Bay is just a fond memory now. It appears that his excellent work against the Rays was just a tease. A fluke. Unfortunately, a dominant performance that conquered an outstanding baseball team at The Trop...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW If we had polled you immediately before the start of the regular season and asked you to predict the Cardinals’ Rookie of The Year for 2023, I’m pretty sure that Jordan Walker would be the runaway winner. Not so fast. As the season unfolds, Walker...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Let’s talk about Andrew Knizner. The Cards No. 2 catcher is having a career year offensively. Now, perhaps you will say that this is no big deal because he hasn’t hit much since the Cardinals promoted him to the big leagues in 2019. And that’s...
