On the very first day in which St. Louis Bullpen was a functioning site, the St. Louis Cardinals launched a three-game series at PNC Park against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had a good record but who were not generally expected to be playoff contenders before the 2018 season. Greg Holland blew a three-run save (great…
A re-examination of the Marcell Ozuna trade
A hallmark of the 2017 St. Louis Cardinals, a pretty good team which nevertheless did not make the playoffs, were pretty good but not amazing outfielders. With the exception of the genuinely excellent Tommy Pham, most of the Cardinals' outfield playing time was accumulated by Dexter Fowler (good hitter, bad fielder, basically average on balance),…
Putting Adam Wainwright’s career in perspective
He's not quite a Hall of Famer. But Adam Wainwright is a great of his era and a Cardinals legend.
An extremely brief game recap
There once was a closer named Bud, He entered and it was a dud, '18 Royals are depleted, But the Birds were defeated, At least Wacha was a stud.
A Cardinals expansion draft protected list
If you could only hold on to fifteen current St. Louis Cardinals and risk losing all of the others, who would you fight hardest to keep around?
5/22–Cardinals and Royals play a game of baseball
Hey gang, John here. I won't lie--I'm kind of tired right now so my approach on this recap will be pretty...direct? For those of you who are entertained by my rambling, stream of consciousness style of recaps, you may be sad at the brevity of this recap. For those of you who find my style…
Hey, you wanna write for us?
St. Louis Bullpen has been in existence for about a month, and as site founder, I couldn't be prouder of the collective work of this group of writers. We went from zero to posts (usually several) daily. That said, we hope to expand our operations a bit. After discussing it with the current staff, we…
The Cardinals, the Royals, and how to build a winner
The 2010 Kansas City Royals kicked off a new decade by winning 67 games and losing 95. This may sound bad, and it is, but this was actually a two win improvement over their 2009 season, when despite having a Cy Young Award-winning season from Zack Greinke, the Royals were a disaster. But there was…
5/20/18–a Cardinals and Phillies recap
Jack Flaherty is love. Jack Flaherty is life.
Who should handle shortstop duties in Paul DeJong’s absence?
Paul DeJong is on the Disabled List, and Jedd Gyorko, Greg Garcia, and Yairo Munoz look to be in the hunt for playing time.
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