THE REDBIRD REVIEW In the Cardinals’ 4-3 victory over Atlanta, the hot-as-the-STL-summer home team did a bunch of things we liked in rolling to their fourth straight win. Up front, the Cardinals were able to manufacture runs instead of rocketing pitches over the wall...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are in a good place right now. They’ll have to stay there instead of going backward, but that isn’t the focus of this column. Today I’m putting my attention on how the Cardinals rallied to become relevant and...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals can’t establish traction and keep moving forward, keep moving up. The gravity of losing always pulls them down. That’s part of their identity in 2024. And that’s a big part of the problem. This is who they are. Win a few, lose a few....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It gives me no pleasure to write this, but Lance Lynn has become a liability for the Cardinals. His 2024 season has turned negative. There’s no way to get around this, even if I wanted to finesse the numbers to make everything look nicer. I just go...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In their first 39 games, the Cardinals skidded to a 15-24 record. The outlook was ominous and reminiscent of the team’s savage 2023 season. Is this really happening again? Well, the situation has improved. And the outlook isn’t as troubling. After...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Here’s the thing about the Cardinals … They have defects. Cracks. Concerns. Injuries. Holes in the roster. A destitute bench. Insufficient starting-pitching depth. They squander RBI opportunities and abandon too many runners on base. Their overall...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Over the last 25 days, the St. Louis starting rotation has evolved into a team strength. Yes, really. This is happening. Now, this doesn’t mean the Cardinal starters, as a group, will continue to thrive. It’s a long season and all of that. Lots of...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S The Cardinals blew a 4-0 lead on Friday at Busch Stadium and found themselves trailing Colorado 5-4 through five innings. For cripe’s sake. Could this be a second consecutive mortifying loss to the Rockies, the woebegone team that lurched...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It wasn’t a great road trip to Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Houston. The Cardinals lost two of the three series and finished 4-5 overall. But this is nothing to stress over. It could have been better, yes. But it could have been flat-out terrible....
