THE REDBIRD REVIEW Greetings. The Cardinals have reached 40-game mark, which puts them about 25 percent into their full-season schedule. How are they doing? You don’t need me to tell you, that’s for sure. We’ve all been watching the same games. And fans are not happy....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals took it on the noggin from the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night. The final score was 7-1. The verdict: the Cardinals stink, and the court adamantly rejects any appeal of our ruling. Offensively the Cardinals are Bob Uecker, a .200...
This is a follow-up to something I wrote on Monday. So let’s get back to that and go straight to the heart of the matter. The Cardinals won’t have a productive offense unless their hitters wake up and take smarter at-bats. Everyone keeps talking about how hard the St....
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After failing to get a hit in his last 18 at-bats over five games, Paul Goldschmidt’s batting average plummeted to .203 on the season. Put that with a .297 onbase percentage and a sickly .273 slugging percentage, and we’ve witnessed the worst...
WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S Today the Cardinals will go for a three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field. Scheduled first pitch is 12:40 p.m. STL time. If the Cardinals (13-14) can win on Sunday, they’ll have four consecutive victories and would upgrade themselves to a .500...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are in Queens, NY to open a three-game weekend series against the Mets, and will head to Detroit for three more road games against the Tigers. If you believe the St. Louis offense will fire up and begin to score runs at a consistently...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW In his last two starts, Kyle Gibson was assigned to a duel with Milwaukee’s Freddy Peralta and Arizona’s Jordan Montgomery. Peralta is one of the best starters in the majors. Montgomery was an impressive postseason anchor for the 2023 World Series...
I posted this on ‘X’ Sunday: since the start of the 2017 season, the Cardinals have outspent the Milwaukee Brewers $1.2 billion to $770 million (approximately) on 26-man payroll. Winning percentage: Milwaukee .557 St. Louis .527 Since the start of 2017, the Brewers...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Let me say in advance that I’m sorry for being overly comprehensive here. But I have too much to say on this Monday. Be my guest to skip over the parts that aren’t interesting to you. There’s plenty here — good, bad,...