The Cardinals are in Milwaukee for the weekend. Let there be plenty of cheese, all-you-can-eat bratwurst, and an abundance of good starting pitching by the visitors from St. Louis. As early-season series go, this one has added importance because the Brewers have won...
BERNIE BITS At least one too-early projection system is down on your St. Louis Cardinals. That would be from good, ol’ PECOTA over at Baseball Prospectus. In posting the lockout-state projections the editors at BP advised us to relax. “Take them for what they...
The MLB Trade Deadline is coming soon. Only three more nights of sleep, and then it’s here. The dealing frenzy ends at 3 p.m. STL time on Friday afternoon. This is kind of like a baseball Christmas. What marvelous gifts will the Santa-like general manager place around...
BERNIE BITS: THE ALL-CARDINALS EDITION As spring training winds down, it’s a fine time to check in on several Cardinals players to see how they’re doing and what it might mean for 2021. (Quick note: for hitters the wRC+ metric is park-adjusted runs created....
BERNIE BITS I hope you had an enjoyable and safe weekend. We have another busy week ahead, so let’s get going! The 5 Best Things that happened over the weekend in STL-related sports. 1–The Blues won at San Jose, 7-6, in a crazy game that evidently drove the...
When the New York Mets made a huge trade on Thursday by bartering four prospects to Cleveland for elite shortstop Francisco Lindor and solid starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco, I had a three-part reaction: 1. Finally, some big-time action to break the tedium of a...
If the Cardinals don’t make an outside move to turn a lightweight offense into something bigger and brawnier and more dangerous, then it’s up to the team’s current collection of batsmen to do the heavy lifting. You know, the old “Improve From Within” strategy. It’s...
In this week’s “Tony Talk”, Tony talks about the Blues Stanley Cup win, what sports can do for a city, his parade memories, also stories about his Dad as we approach Father’s Day. Plus, how John Grisham became a F.O.T. (friend of Tony)...
In this week’s “Tony Talk”, Martin and Tony compare Cards vs Cubs to Red Sox vs Yankees. Tony wishes Luke Voit was still in St. Louis instead of the AL East. Also, how Larry Walker brought the NHL handshake to the baseball playoffs. Plus, is there still a great...
