It’s Friday afternoon … which means it is time for BERNIE BITS Hitting some fungoes … — Sure, the Blues should deal Pavel Buchnevich at the NHL trade deadline if (a) they receive an attractive offer, and (b) they aren’t fully confident about signing...
The Cardinals finally gave up on Tyler O’Neill, trading the muscular but fragile outfielder to the Red Sox for two indeterminate pitchers in a ho-hum deal that confirmed his minimal trade value. The move also reaffirmed O’Neill’s status as one of the most...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Depending on what you read on the interwebs – and be careful out there – the St. Louis Cardinals are up to something big … or maybe up to nothing much at all. The Cardinals are: 1) Secretly pursuing the elite free-agent Japanese starting pitcher...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Fans and media are pleading with the St. Louis front office to add another high-end rotation piece before the 2024 season. It can be a free-agent signing. It can be a trade. But the Cardinals need more strength at the top to pair with new...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It’s time for my next installment in the process to select the Cardinals’ top players at every position during the 28-season Bill DeWitt Jr. Era of baseball, which encompasses the 1996-2023 seasons. Yes, the 2023 season was awful for the Cardinals,...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW Adolis Garcia made all of Houston hurt. There was collateral damage. Garcia made the St. Louis Cardinals and their fans feel the pain for the organization’s decision to sell him to Texas for cash considerations on Dec. 21, 2019. The St. Louis front...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It’s report-card day. Let’s review individual Cardinals and their performance in the 2023 season. I’ll write one paragraph on each player and issue a letter grade. This team had a historically terrible season, but there were some good performances...
This is Part Two of my look at the confusing Cardinals’ outfield situation. You can read Part I by clicking this link. This piece won’t include speculation on potential trades. Because we have no idea what the Cardinals will do on that front. The possibilities are all...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW The Cardinals’ overloaded outfield carousel has revolved like crazy in 2023. Around and around and around. Outfielders getting on. Outfielders jumping off. Outfielders getting hurt. Outfielders falling off, or falling out of favor. New outfielders...
