WELCOME TO THE REDBIRD REVIEW That was a helluva 9-6 win by the Cardinals on Tuesday night at Coors Field. Sure, the starting pitching was horrendous (again), but this time the St. Louis hitters rebounded from a 6-2 deficit to power the Cardinals to their second...
Just my opinion, but I believe Cardinals manager Oli Marmol overreacted and made a mistake by publicly ripping center fielder Tyler O’Neill after Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Braves. It’s one thing to call out a player behind the scenes, in the privacy of a team...
I wish I had a clever, stylish way of saying the Cardinals are being let down by their starting pitching … but I don’t. So I’ll go with this: it reeks. The maddening cycle continues. Media and fans express serious offseason concerns about the starting pitching and...
The Cardinals faced a tough assignment for their first series of the new season. Toronto was in town and three good starters lined up to subdue a hyped-up St. Louis offense: Alek Manoah, Kevin Gausman and Chris Bassitt. It wasn’t much of a rumble. In the three-game...
The Cardinals will be leaving the summery weather of Jupiter to head back to their Midwest home for the regular-season opener at Busch Stadium on March 30. And this ritual transfer is happening fast, with only 17 days between now and Game 1 of the 2023 season....
With the World Baseball Classic underway, 13 Cardinals from their 40-man roster are away from camp to compete in the WBC. In Jupiter there’s another competition going. This fray involves a bunch of Cardinals that can benefit from the extra playing time created by...
Last season the Cardinals had a spotty performance by their left-handed relievers. Overall their bullpen lefties posted a 4.19 ERA that ranked 23rd among the 30 left-handed reliever groups in the majors. And their poor 18 percent strikeout rate was 27th. STL’s lefty...
Let’s stop the clock for the two-week warning: the Cardinals have only 14 games left on their regular-season schedule. There’s a lot to sort out during the final two weeks. The Cardinals have more issues than I would have expected for a team that has won 87 games...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals won a game that was close to becoming an unbearable loss. After taking a 3-0 lead over the roadkill Rockies, you can’t give the game away. You just can’t. And especially not to this particular opponent, which came into Busch Stadium...
