Yadier Molina is well past the point where the St. Louis Cardinals should reasonably expect him to be one of the best catchers in baseball. Entering play tonight, Molina's offensive numbers were underwhelming--an on-base percentage just a tick above .300 with just eight home runs amounting to an 86 wRC+--and his defensive metrics, while still…
In May of 2018, I flew on an airplane for the first time in my life to and from San Diego. Long-time readers of the blog may remember this. It was a great trip and San Diego is a lovely city with great food, great drinks, and properly celebrated, immaculate weather. And when I got…
On August 7, 1991, the uncontested greatest baseball player of his generation was born. Michael Nelson "Mike" Trout was born thirty years ago today, and while the Los Angeles Angels center fielder began his career as a moderately divisive avatar for old school vs. new school statistical proxy wars, even Trout's most hardened critics were…
Sometimes, making a move because it is funny is worth it.
How a pair of 2010s NBA trades inform how the Cardinals should handle the 2021 trade deadline
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Hello, friends. I was born on January 25, 1989, one day after two notable American League players--Los Angeles Angels pitcher José Quintana and Kansas City Royals second baseman/outfielder Whit Merrifield--and one day before Branden Pinder, a New York Yankees relief pitcher in 2015 and 2016 who is substantially less famous than Quintana or Merrifield. I…
It speaks to how successful the John Mozeliak/Michael Girsch era of St. Louis Cardinals baseball has been that the median casual baseball fan who comes across this headline will dismiss this post as the whining of a spoiled baseball brat. I get it. Since the tenure began in earnest following Walt Jocketty's dismissal as general…
Yesterday, Baseball Reference rolled out arguably its most ambitious project since, well, the very first day the website included statistics for every player in the history of the National and American Leagues. It was a project that at once feels long overdue but also like such a research challenge that demanding such a free and…
Last night, for the first time since October 12, 2019, the St. Louis Cardinals played a home baseball game played at its full stadium capacity. With 45,494 seats at Busch Stadium, plus the potential for a few thousand more via Standing Room Only spots, the June 14 tilt against the Miami Marlins had the potential…
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