The Cardinals are turning to Adam Wainwright to make Monday’s start at Arizona. Several weeks from his 42nd birthday, Waino will be pitching only 20 days after being shut down by a shoulder strain. A couple of cortisone injections, two bullpen sessions, no injury...
BIRD BYTES! ESPN’s Buster Olney is out with his annual offseason Top 10 rankings of players at each position. His breakdowns are behind the ESPN+ paywall, but as a longtime subscriber I give myself permission to share Cardinal-related information. And if you aren’t...
At the 2021 trade deadline, the Cardinals weren’t buyers. They weren’t sellers. They were nesters. They stayed in place. We knew the Cardinals would sit this one out; this should surprise no one. The Cardinals hadn’t been a patron in the summer trade mart...
Welcome To The Redbird Review Late in this oh-my-lawd of a Tuesday night, the Cardinals were casually boxing up a win, leading the inert Cubs by five runs, needing only three perfunctory outs to seal a 6-1 victory. Well, someone forgot the sealant. The Cardinals...
Welcome To The Redbird Review The Cardinals are on a roll! The Birds are ready to fly! Not really. But the fellers have to start somewhere in their renovation of a problem-plagued season. And if it means stepping on the pitiful Arizona Diamondbacks to lift themselves...
Welcome To The Redbird Review Warning: I’m gonna get a little silly today. Let’s go. IT IS A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE: Sigh. I come here to write about your St. Louis Cardinals each weekday, and by now I have to be bumming you out by pointing to all that is...
Welcome To The Redbird Review. This is not a pleasant task, having to review the horrors of recent events that have enfeebled the village baseball team. But someone must do it. This is no time for Happy Talk. There’s a Darkness on the Edge of Town, people. ...
Hey there. Welcome to the Redbird Review for Wednesday, June 2. THE OUTCOME: Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2. The victory gave the Cardinals a 5-4 record on their road trip with one game to go. A VERY FINE WIN BY THE CARDINALS: And here is why I say that: +++ Because after...
Greetings. I usually have no problem coming up with a plethora of words, but the Cardinals are slowing me down. I just don’t know what to say at this point. The only word I can think of is walk. I could type out the word 240 times to match the MLB-worst 240 walks...