THE REDBIRD REVIEW The small-market, big-brained Milwaukee Brewers did it again, overcoming the odds and the expectations and wealthier franchises to win the NL Central title. Fans in St. Louis should be used to this by now. I’ve written about this before and I’m...
The Cardinals are in Milwaukee for the weekend. Let there be plenty of cheese, all-you-can-eat bratwurst, and an abundance of good starting pitching by the visitors from St. Louis. As early-season series go, this one has added importance because the Brewers have won...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW It could be a festive Tuesday night for the Cardinals in Milwaukee. With a victory over the Brewers the Cards will clinch the NL Central division title. They can spray champagne, and douse each other with Anheuser-Busch products. And if the fellers...
Who will win the NL Central? Hint: it won’t be the Pirates, Cubs or Reds. The Milwaukee Brewers (50-43) went into the All-Star break with a half-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals (50-44) and the division title is there for the snatching. FanGraphs projections...
THE REDBIRD REVIEW After Tuesday’s 8-1 loss to Toronto and another careening, agonizingly tedious start by Jordan Hicks, the Cardinals manager Oli Marmol sounded like a man who had just about seen enough of the pitcher’s wildness, walks, low percentage of strikes...
The Cardinals are chasing the Milwaukee Brewers, trailing the first-place Crew by 10 games in the NL Central. The Cards hope to scissor Milwaukee’s lead during 13 head-to-head games between now and the end of the regular season. The rivals open a three-game set at...
Milwaukee president of baseball operations David Stearns did it again Tuesday, acquiring double-x sized first baseman Rowdy Tellez from Toronto. The ambitious Crew did have to give up a decent reliever (Trevor Richards) but took a swing at a big payoff on a low-risk,...
Before making the stunning trade for third baseman Nolan Arenado, Cardinals management seemed to be taking the easy-rider approach to 2021. In my words — not theirs — I’d sum it up this way: The NL Central is mediocre, and could be really bad, so we...
BIRD BYTES 1) Pitching isn’t the only reason why the Cardinals have fallen behind the Brewers and the Cubs in the NL Central. The Cubs and the Brewers have benefited from increased depth, mostly stemming from low-cost additions before and during spring training. ...
