THE REDBIRD REVIEW Alex Bregman has agreed to a free-agent contract with the Red Sox, so Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado won’t be shipping up to Boston. After spring training in Florida, ‘Nado will be skiffing up to St. Louis for his fifth season with the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Well, it’s looking more and more like Boston or bust for Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals. A robust trade market never really developed for the St. Louis third baseman, and the publicly known list of interested trade partners has dwindled. – Arenado...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals don’t seem to grasp the predicament they’re in. With a chance to sweep the three-game against Boston, the game wasn’t exactly high-priority stuff for the home team at Busch Stadium. Matthew Liberatore was the choice at starting...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW At 18-25, the St. Louis Cardinals are seven games below .500. Their pauperized winning percentage (.419) ties them for the third-worst record by a Cardinals team through the first 43 games since the Bill DeWitt Jr. regime opened in 1996. St. Louis...
The 2024 season is just two weeks old, and pitchers are breaking down all over the place. The assortment of injuries include elbows that don’t require Tommy John surgery and elbows that do require Tommy John surgery. There are frayed shoulders, strained forearms, sore...
It’s Friday afternoon … which means it is time for BERNIE BITS Hitting some fungoes … — Sure, the Blues should deal Pavel Buchnevich at the NHL trade deadline if (a) they receive an attractive offer, and (b) they aren’t fully confident about signing...
The Cardinals finally gave up on Tyler O’Neill, trading the muscular but fragile outfielder to the Red Sox for two indeterminate pitchers in a ho-hum deal that confirmed his minimal trade value. The move also reaffirmed O’Neill’s status as one of the most...
MY DAILY CATCHER OBSESSION Today the focus is on Christian Vazquez, the 32-year-old veteran free agent who is gaining in popularity with St. Louis media and fans. THE OVERVIEW: Vazquez spent seven-plus seasons with Boston before being traded to Houston last summer,...
Jon Lester announced his retirement this week. The decision was understandable, and Lester told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers that he knew it was time to go. The proud Lester wanted to leave on his terms instead of scrounging for a job and probably setting himself up for a sad...
