THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals have answered some questions while winning 26 of their last 40 games during a spirited gallop that began May 12. Starting pitching? The top four are good. And a team can win a lot of games when their four best starters come through...
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 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 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 The Cardinals scored five runs in Tuesday’s 8-5 defeat at Houston. With a well-pitched game that can be enough run production to supply a win. The Cardinals didn’t have the pitching part working. Starter Andre Palllante wasn’t viable, getting...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW I was trying to think of a song that fits the Cardinals’ half-awake offensive performance in Monday’s boring 3-1 loss at Cincinnati. I’ll go with “Daysleeper” by R.E.M. That’s mostly because of the title, though I like the lyrics about the...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals swept the Cubs over the weekend, winning back-to-back games that went down to the final pitch with the final outcome still up for grabs. These games sizzled like the holiday-weekend grills. Busch Stadium was pulsating with the beating...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The audacious Cardinals are threatening to have a good season. Look at them now, boldly trying to overcome their ignominious start to 2024. Beating good teams. Beating bad teams. Winning one-run games. Winning at home. Winning with offense, winning...
