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Posted on August 16, 2018August 15, 2018 by John Fleming

A brief history of multi-hit Cardinals debuts

Enos Slaughter did it. So did Stan Musial. So did Terry Pendleton and Ray Lankford and Brian Jordan. Throwing Stan Musial into any statistical grouping of St. Louis Cardinals players is going to skew the sample considerably, but there is an obvious logic to believing that a player who begins his Major League career with…

Posted on August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 by John Fleming

Mike Shildt is the right choice to manage the St. Louis Cardinals

On Sunday afternoon, in the waning moments of the St. Louis Cardinals' 8-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals to complete a sweep of their intrastate rivals, Cardinals reliever Tyler Webb hit Royals right fielder Jorge Bonifacio with a pitch on a 1-2 count with two outs, both of which came via Webb strikeouts. It…

Posted on August 14, 2018August 13, 2018 by John Fleming · 2 Comments

Paul DeJong is stabilizing the Cardinals lineup

When the St. Louis Cardinals promoted Paul DeJong to the big league squad last May, I didn't think too terribly much of it. Unless you're a relative of Paul DeJong's, you probably didn't either. It was a fine, defensible move given the circumstances of the team, but it wasn't exactly Kris Bryant or Ronald Acuna…

Posted on August 12, 2018 by John Fleming · 1 Comment

Cardinals sweep Royals, Ross and Wisdom shine in their Cardinals debuts

The Kansas City Royals, who are very bad, lost the first two games of this weekend's latest installment of the I-70 series pretty handily to the St. Louis Cardinals, who...might be good? They certainly aren't as bad. And with the team's fifth consecutive series victory already in hand, the Cardinals took to the field with a…

Posted on August 10, 2018August 9, 2018 by John Fleming

Okay Cardinals if you can’t sweep the ROYALS–a series preview

This weekend, the St. Louis Cardinals will face the Kansas City Royals in a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium to resolve an age-old question--who is better at baseball, the 35-79 team or the team whose record isn't abysmal? This may feel like an obvious answer, but Cardinals/Royals is a rivalry which can bring out the…

Posted on August 9, 2018August 8, 2018 by John Fleming

Exploring potential landing spots for Cardinals DH Jose Martinez

As has been explained on probably close to a weekly basis on this website and others, the St. Louis Cardinals have a problem. Well, kind of. It's actually a great problem to have, in and of itself--they have a surplus of good hitters such that first baseman/occasional corner outfielder Jose Martinez, who has been the team's second-best…

Posted on August 8, 2018August 7, 2018 by John Fleming

The Cardinals are good enough to win Matt Carpenter an MVP

As longtime (three month) readers of St. Louis Bullpen may remember, I attended three St. Louis Cardinals games in San Diego from May 10-12 (I even recapped one of them from the stadium after sucking down some cheaper-than-at-Busch-Stadium Bud Lights). One of the friends with whom I attended games brought with him a Matt Carpenter…

Posted on August 6, 2018August 5, 2018 by John Fleming · 1 Comment

We owe the Miami Marlins an apology–a series preview

Before anyone gets mad about the title of this post, let me very clear about something--we do not owe the owners of the Miami Marlins nor their front office personnel an apology. The swindle perpetrated by the ownership group, most famously including Derek Jeter (while it is probably unfair to blame him for the sins…

Posted on August 6, 2018August 5, 2018 by John Fleming

Tyson Ross is a worthwhile lottery ticket for the Cardinals

The drawbacks of Tyson Ross, whom the St. Louis Cardinals claimed yesterday off waivers from the San Diego Padres, are apparent from a quick glance at his Baseball Reference page. In twenty-two starts this season, Ross has mediocre overall numbers--in 123 1/3 innings, he has a mediocre 4.45 ERA and a mediocre 4.55 FIP. In…

Posted on August 5, 2018 by John Fleming

Cardinals squeeze by Pirates 2-1, Jack Flaherty and Matt Carpenter are my religion

Round Four of Jack Flaherty vs. Trevor Williams happened this afternoon while I was also simultaneously trying to write some words about Tyson Ross. I work hard for you people! So if I end up screwing up my tabs, my bad. If I blank out on a significant inning, check out the site tomorrow. Here…

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