THE REDBIRD REVIEW: FUN WITH NUMBERS Last offseason, free-agent shortstops Dansby Swanson, Trea Turner, Xander Bogaerts and Carlos Correa signed deals that will pay them $775 million over the life of their contracts. And this season the four high-priced shortstops are...
Is Steve Cohen finished with his diabolical plot to ruin Major League Baseball? Well, maybe … at least for now. But you are advised to wait until next offseason when Cohen purchases presumptive free-agent Shohei Ohtani for a record-shattering price. If Ohtani demands...
The Cubs are getting ready to play ball and take on St. Louis and Milwaukee for first place in the NL Central. The three teams have more time to enhance their rosters before the start of the 2023 season, but as it stands now the Cardinals are less likely to have an...
For decades, MLB commissioners and franchise owners have been crying poor about the business of baseball. The mewling is endless and dishonest and laughably absurd. But the people who run the sport and control the teams have done an effective job of convincing the...
As I noted Friday, MLB Network host Greg Amsinger told St. Louis sports station 101 ESPN that he expects to see free-agent shortstop Trea Turner in a Cardinals uniform on Opening Day, 2023. To recap for those who missed it: “He’s the perfect fit, the missing link, and...
Good afternoon. Here’s the next installment of my series on Cardinal Fan Anxieties for 2022. Today I’ll take a look at the new Matt Carpenter … that would be Paul DeJong. Why is DeJong the next Carpenter? Well … with Carpenter gone, DeJong clearly has moved into the...
The Armed Forces Bowl is a lose-lose proposition for Missouri, which faces a knotty matchup with Army on Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The reaction if Mizzou defeats Army: big deal. Always nice to win, but c’mon … the Tigers beat a service-academy team that came into...
BERNIE BITS The MLB lockout won’t stop me from talking ball. At some point the lockout will be over, and we’ll be talking about moves the Cardinals should make, or not make, to upgrade the roster. If, in fact, the Cardinals are serious about improving the roster...
BERNIE BITS Hello again. I hope you’re doing swell on this Wednesday afternoon. Me? I need more coffee. Best random song I’ve listened to today: Pancho & Lefty, by the late-great Townes Van Zandt. Let’s get to The Bits … The Cardinals spend money and don’t have to...
