WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Arizona Diamondbacks are in town for a three-game matchup, and they come into Busch Stadium with a 9-7 record that leads the NL West. The Cardinals are off to a 7-9 start that has them in fourth place in the NL Central, four games...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW After two consecutive inspiring victories over the Rockies at Coors Field, the Cardinals returned to Busch Stadium on Thursday to begin a four-game set against Pittsburgh. By the way it looked, the home team needed to guzzle massive...
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...
WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW OVERVIEW: For the Cardinals and their fans, Thursday’s 10-9 loss to the Blue Jays was a source of frustration. When Nolan Arenado lined a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth to lift the home team to a 9-8 lead, the Cardinals had an...
Greetings. I’m back with another report on an individual Cardinal player, his 2022 season, and what it could tell us about 2023. NEXT UP: Jordan Hicks: After taking a closer look, and reopening my mind to evaluate his work as a reliever in 2022, I have to say Hicks...
Every baseball player goes into a new season with something to prove. It doesn’t matter if he’s a star. It doesn’t matter if he’s a bench piece. Doesn’t matter if he’s a starting pitcher, a reliever, or a specialist. I was thinking about this the other day, and...
Perfect. The towering presence on the mound, the monolith behind home plate. Adam Wainwright. Yadier Molina. Two legendary figures in all of their glory, setting a major-league record, entering their names into baseball history. There was so much to absorb, and nearly...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The 2022 season is speeding by us. The Cardinals have only 24 games remaining on their schedule. Nine days from now, Summer officially will turn into Fall. On the second day of October, Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina will play their final...
The Cardinals are in good shape as they make the turn into September. They are trending favorably. Their record (76-55) is sharp. Their offense is putting men on base and probing space with frequent home-run shots. The pitching staff has fewer gaps, and a determined...
