Here’s my latest preview of the 2024 Cardinals during the countdown to their season-opening game on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. So far I’ve assessed the starting pitching, offense and bullpen. Today: The Defense. Unless the Cardinals display a dramatic improvement...
Over the weekend the Cardinals optioned center-field prodigy Victor Scott II to Triple A Memphis. As the days dwindled in spring training you could see this coming. People In High Places within the organization were dropping hints, signaling the imminent decision on...
Here’s my second of a multiple-part series previewing the 2024 Cardinals. In the blessed new year these determined men who proudly represent the local baseball institution must work harder to restore pride and erase the hideous stain left by the team’s godforsaken...
Chronicling the Cardinals. A Look at Three Dudes for March 13. 1. ALEC BURLESON: If we’ve learned anything about the Cardinals over the last 10 seasons, it’s their tendency to have an overcrowded outfield. Since the start of the 2014 season, the only one National...
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...
BERNIE BITS! It happened early this time. As usual, the Cardinals have a preposterously rickety outfield carousel that keeps spinning, breaking down, and causing problems. Tommy Edman’s left wrist isn’t cooperating, so he’s been categorized as doubtful for the...
Welcome to Three Dudes. Huh? I’ll explain. Now that the men are playing spring-training games, I want to do something new in my typing for Scoops. It’s kind of random. But multiple times each week, until the start of the Cardinals’ regular season, I’ll write about...
BERNIE BITS As the kids would say, LFG! 1. It’s a new beginning for St. Louis City SC, and I’m excited to take in Saturday’s MLS season-opening match against visiting Real Salt Lake. In 2023, City stunned the circuit with its amazing success in winning the Western...
Spring training is a time of expectation and reflection. You look back to last season and think about how much the Cardinals can improve in 2024. Most of the focus will be on pitching performance, and that’s the team’s most important variable. And with that, a more...
