First, a few words about Dexter Fowler’s time as a Cardinal to begin my latest Bern Baby Bern blog. I sincerely wish him well. Fowler is a good person who didn’t pay off as a hitter or defender. Before the 2017 season the Cardinals were well aware of the risk in...
Since the news popped on the Cardinals’ tentative trade agreement with Colorado for Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, a question keeps bugging me: What did I miss? You see, I was adamant: I just couldn’t believe Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and president of...
In re-signing pitching paragon Adam Wainwright to a one-year contract for 2021, the Cardinals did the right thing, the good thing, the obvious thing — and one of their favorite things. Cards management made a pragmatic deal, and got an essential player to take...
BERNIE BITS I hope you are staying safe and enjoying this holiday season, even if it’s tough for so many people right now. OK, let’s start with this: a Christmas present that hasn’t arrived … if it will ever arrive, which certainly is in...
Two days before Halloween, the Cardinals announced a surprising decision: They were declining Kolten Wong’s $11.5 million option for 2021. Just like that, Wong was a free agent. And unless there’s an unlikely reunion in the form of a new contract for Wong, the second...
Could the Yankees make a free-agent run at Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina? Sure. Yanks catcher Gary Sanchez, 28, had a terrible 2020, and the New York front office isn’t convinced he’ll bounce back in 2021. In a late-November interview with Laura...
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...
