BIRD WATCHING Good day to you. The Cardinals were off Monday, and it was a good time for a break. The spring-training grind tends to become tedious after the first two weeks, and once teams reach March, they can see the start of the regular season out there on the...
Welcome to the Bird Watching With this column, I’m beginning a series of pieces that will look at some important areas of 2025 Cardinals and the questions that come with them. That includes position battles, decisions to be made by manager Oli Marmol about the lineup,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Alex Bregman has agreed to a free-agent contract with the Red Sox, so Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado won’t be shipping up to Boston. After spring training in Florida, ‘Nado will be skiffing up to St. Louis for his fifth season with the...
The Cardinals are entering the gates of Jupiter, straight into spring training, for seven weeks of drills, hard work, sunshine, blue skies, exhibition games. The return of baseball is still a big deal in me ol’ mind and heart. In the spirit of the obligatory...
For the Cardinals to improve offensively in 2025, a lot of positive things must kick in to get the lineup rolling. By now you’re familiar with the basic list of what we’d like to see in 2025: – Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman get substantially better and live up...
Greetings! I offer my early wishes for a Happy New Year. As we close the book on 2024, I’ll also close the book on the 2024 Cardinals with my year-end season in review. Some matters remain unresolved – I’m referring to potential trades – but we have plenty of material...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The front office and ownership of the St. Louis Cardinals are planning a different kind of season in 2025. The prime objective won’t be winning as many games as possible, and doing everything they can to make the postseason. It won’t be about...
THE WATCH LIST With the Cardinals going with a “play the kids” season in 2025, the emphasis on youth and discovery will be front and center in the way we watch St. Louis baseball in the new year. If the Cardinals are indeed serious about this, then we will see some of...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW As the Cardinals begin the long and winding process that leads them into the 2025 season, I’m already on the way to setting a record for typing and saying these two words: young players. Or, if you prefer … young guys or maybe young dudes. As in:...
