Five major-league teams won more than 90 games during the regular season. All five were escorted off the premises – rudely, I should add – and are gone from the postseason. The Braves, Orioles, Dodgers, Rays and Brewers averaged 99 wins this season, sauntered onto the...
THE MLB DIVISION ROUND After going 1-3 with my series picks for the Wild Card round, I’d like to remind you of this important fact that should not be overlooked: hired as manager of the Cardinals before the 1996 season, Tony La Russa didn’t win his first NL pennant...
The MLB postseason tournament begins today with four games in the wild-card round. These are best-of-three affairs, and the pressure is on. Lose the first game and you’re dangling on the edge of elimination, staring at the offseason. With baseball switching to a new...
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...
Free Masyn Winn! C’mon. Isn’t it about time for this rookie, power-hitting version of Ozzie Smith to graduate to the big leagues? Winn has conquered Triple A pitching. He has nothing left to prove there. Why Winn? Why now? — Well, let’s start with his .353...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW As expected, the Cardinals moved impending free-agent pitchers Jordan Montgomery, Jordan Hicks, Jack Flaherty, and Chris Stratton plus shortstop Paul DeJong in an offload operation that added prospect bulk to a thinning farm system. Now that the...
The Cardinals on Sunday began the first phase of their two-part plan to revitalize their starting pitching. The second phase will take place next offseason in the build-up for 2024. That’s when the St. Louis front office – if properly motivated, which certainly is...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals are coming home … to do what, I don’t know. But after playing 13 of their last 15 games on the road, the Cardinals probably view Busch Stadium as an oasis. Or perhaps a (red) bird sanctuary. After winning only five of 15 games and...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After Tuesday’s dispiriting 6-4 loss at Texas, manager Oli Marmol summed up the bewildering state of the 2023 Cardinals. “It’s frustrating for sure,” Marmol told reporters on site. “On nights that we hit, we give up more runs, and on nights that we...
