As wish-list rankings go, Steven Matz may not be the starting pitcher you put at the top of your board. He may not be the pitcher you wanted. He may have gotten a bah-humbug kind of reaction from ya. I wish I could do a scientific poll, but I can’t. Like many of you,...
It’s interesting to monitor the overreaction to the cost of starting pitching during the grand-opening phase of the offseason free-agent market. The deals for Eduardo Rodriguez, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Verlander set off alarms … as did the Blues Jays’ seven-year,...
Hello. I’m not a fan of “The Cardinals Should Sign” this guy or that guy type of column. I’m all for having fun and playing fantasy baseball GM, but too many of these “Sign This Guy Now!” pieces are disconnected from reality. The authors tend to blissfully ignore the...
The Cardinals already are having a good offseason. Why? Because the NL Central is weakening. — The Cincinnati Reds are in another salary-dump mode. They’ve traded veteran catcher Tucker Barnhart, a two-time Gold Glove winner, to the Tigers. They declined to...