With Tommy Edman (wrist) and Lars Nootbaar (ribs) doing more healing than playing, the Cardinals are missing two starting outfielders. There’s no reason to believe the rehabbing players will be ready to go by the start of the regular season on March 28. What’s a...
The Cardinals will get the baseballs, bats and themselves moving next week when spring-training camp opens in Jupiter. They will take the first big step to leave a dreadful 2023 behind and set their sights on 2024. This offseason I’ve been writing a series of columns...
There’s a fresh 2024 season projection to share with you. It comes from the esteemed analysts at Baseball Prospectus. PECOTA has spoken. The notorious projection model is on the loose, evidently unhinged, spitting out numbers that infuriate fan bases in every region...
Good morning to you on this “sonny” Tuesday. I put together a variety of national-media opinions on the St. Louis signing of starting pitcher Sonny Gray. I also included some assessments of Gray written by baseball analysts before the start of free agency. Eno Sarris,...
Masyn Winn is coming. At age 21 the top Cardinals’ prospect has big-league talent and a big-stage personality. Winn’s advance buildup makes him a star even before he makes his official debut for the Cardinals. Winn is a significant part of the franchise’s...
Hey, how about some Happy Talk? As the Cardinals open a six-game homestand on Tuesday night, they’re 10-19 and have played dreadful, across-the-board baseball. They’re dwelling in last place in the NL Central, 10 games behind the first-place Pirates. This division has...
Oh, goody. The annual PECOTA forecast was revealed this week at Baseball Prospectus. It’s one of my favorite days on the baseball calendar, with PECOTA putting many fan bases in various stages of rage. Some of the major-league teams can be counted on to take offense,...
If it’s OK with you, I’ll take a pass on offering a review of the CBA negotiations and the peace agreement between MLB’s owners and players. The entire process was fatiguing and frustrating, and baseball is boring enough during normal times. So why waste additional...
BERNIE BITS At least one too-early projection system is down on your St. Louis Cardinals. That would be from good, ol’ PECOTA over at Baseball Prospectus. In posting the lockout-state projections the editors at BP advised us to relax. “Take them for what they...
