The Cardinals play their next six games at Milwaukee and Colorado. Those are tough yards for pitchers, and the Cardinals will be going into the two hitter-friendly funhouses with a shaky starting rotation that has a 7.14 ERA in the early days of 2023. Gee, what...
I wish I had a clever, stylish way of saying the Cardinals are being let down by their starting pitching … but I don’t. So I’ll go with this: it reeks. The maddening cycle continues. Media and fans express serious offseason concerns about the starting pitching and...
The Cardinals faced a tough assignment for their first series of the new season. Toronto was in town and three good starters lined up to subdue a hyped-up St. Louis offense: Alek Manoah, Kevin Gausman and Chris Bassitt. It wasn’t much of a rumble. In the three-game...
And so the journey begins today for the Cardinals. It’s the busiest schedule they’ve ever encountered, with 162 games in 186 days against the 29 other MLB teams. They’ll play ball in 14 states plus the District of Columbia. They’ll even play ball in London, England....
1. The Cardinals will win 89 games and the NL Central division. But it will be closer than expected, with the Brewers finishing only two games behind the Redbirds. Milwaukee’s edge in starting pitching will keep the race tight. But I have a caveat: if the St. Louis...
After playing their final springtime exhibition game Monday afternoon, the Cardinals vacate Florida and head to St. Louis to face the truth. Face the truth? What do I mean by that? The annual spring-training ritual is a time of hype, hope and speculation. It is a safe...
I enjoy and respect the analysis at FanGraphs and usually learn something every time I go to the site. FanGraphs has completed its positional rankings for the 30 teams. I wanted to share them with you. If you keep reading, you’ll see how the Cardinals ranked at...
Undefeated St. Louis City SC continues to rise in the weekly MLS Power Rankings. Their swift ascension is pretty remarkable for an expansion team, and City continues to be a delightful story. — After City’s 3-0 shutout of San Jose, SoccerAmerica’s Paul Kennedy moved...
Two weeks to go until Opening Day for the Cardinals. With the fellers cantering through the final days of spring training, I’ve been thinking about what we’ve seen so far. Reasons to be excited. Reasons to be disappointed. And also understanding that things can change...
