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,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have MLB’s second-best record (25-11) since the All-Star break and had won seven of eight series in August before heading into Cincinnati. But even the best teams have clunkers, and the Cardinals went into the full zombie mode in...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Last night in Chicago, Cardinals manager Oli Marmol and pitching coach Mike Maddux finally got around to giving Jake Woodford an opportunity to start a ballgame. I guess you could say this was another step forward for Woodford. His first sign of...
BERNIE BITS We could be in for a messy, mucky scrum in the NL Central. Might get ugly. Despite the offseason addition of elite third baseman Nolan Arenado, the Cardinals’ win projection for 2021 is looking rather shaky. FanGraphs rolled out its Playoff Odds on...
Since the news popped on the Cardinals’ tentative trade agreement with Colorado for Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, a question keeps bugging me: What did I miss? You see, I was adamant: I just couldn’t believe Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and president of...
