THE REDBIRD REVIEW Until now, the Cardinals had never been as many as 19 games under .500 in a season under the leadership of franchise chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. This covers 28 seasons of baseball that began when DeWitt and partners purchased the Cardinals before the...
BIRD BYTES Good afternoon! The Cardinals are set to open a three-game weekend series at Philadelphia. I’m set to have an ice-cold Zwickel from Urban Chestnut and remain safely ensconced in my air-conditioned lair where I write, talk, ponder the meaning of life, lounge...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Zack and Dak Show is on tour, performing well in an August audition. The Cardinals have an overall 5.90 starting-pitching ERA this month. That ranks 26th in the majors and 14th in the National League. But we can’t blame Dakota Hudson or Zack...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The St. Louis rotation took another hit on Monday when the team placed lefty Steven Matz went on the Injured List with a strained lat muscle. The setback came after Matz had made a terrific return to the rotation after a demotion to the bullpen....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals’ downfall in 2023 was mostly caused by poor offseason planning, pitiful pitching and deplorable defense. The team’s offense could only do so much to compensate for the catastrophic failures. But with 48 games remaining on the schedule,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Four-plus months into their disastrous 2023 season, the Cardinals are still playing the WBC card in a pathetic attempt to justify the second-worst winning percentage (.434) among National League teams. Prompted by WBC-related questions from...
The coming offseason will be all about starting pitching and inspecting president of baseball ops John Mozeliak and chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. to see if (a) they’ve learned any hard lessons from the collapse of 2023, and (b) they are dedicated to having a winning team...
The REDBIRD REVIEW Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas may have been trying to do the right thing, at least in his mind, by sticking up for teammate Willson Contreras after the catcher was skulled on a backswing by Cubs hitter Ian Happ. We can call Happ careless for...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are doing their thing again, gaining altitude in the second half of the season. It’s become an annual tradition in recent years. They get lost before the All-Star break. They regroup and reset during the All-Star break. They turn into...
