Do you like the trade for Jose Quintana? Well, you should. If you’ve forgotten about Quintana, it’s understandable. He had a terrible 2021 season, getting punished for a 6.43 ERA while pitching for the Angels and the Giants. He didn’t draw a lot of interest this past...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW What a day. What a night. What a doubleheader at Busch Stadium. A notorious summer STL heatwave has settled in, and the Cardinals are trying to match the temperatures. According to the daily hottest-team rankings at Bill James Online, the Cardinals...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Great win by the Cardinals on Monday night. I don’t care that they got it done against a 24-35 Pirates team that entered the series with a six-game losing streak. You’re not supposed to come up with a 7-5 victory after trailing 5-0 after 5 and ½...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Over the weekend The Cardinals won a series and moved into first place. That’s good. The Cards also botched a chance to sweep the Reds in a loss that enabled Milwaukee to pick up a game in the NL Central standings. That’s disappointing. The...
The Cardinals won six of 10 games on their three-town, 10-game road trip. Now, going 6-4 makes for a good winning percentage (.600.) I know and appreciate this. But that said, I’m a little greedy and I can’t shake this opinion: the Cardinals should have come away with...
BIRD BYTES 1) I’m looking forward to watching Albert Pujols dig in against Kansas City’s lefthanded starter Daniel Lynch tonight at Busch Stadium. This is the first opportunity for The Machine to plug in and do the thing he was signed to do wallop LH...
Welcome to The Redbird Review. The thing I will remember most about Opening Day was the vibrancy. The all-around vibrancy. Colors and crowds and sounds. A ballpark that was filled to capacity, and fully energized. The festival in the streets around the stadium had...
With the 2022 MLB season about to get cranking, here are Three Things You Need To Know about the Cardinals’ NL Central division rivals. CHICAGO CUBS 1) The Cubs claimed Wade Miley on waivers after the Reds made him part of their offseason salary dump and the veteran...
One of the most interesting parts of spring training is the team’s messaging. The offering of a mission statement, the setting of the tone, the conveyance of optimism. If this baseball ritual could be expressed in a song, it would be “Here Comes The Sun” by the...
