In 2015, when Bud Norris played for the San Diego Padres, comments made by the veteran pitcher to USA Today's Jorge L. Ortiz raised many eyebrows and have followed Norris for the next three years, and will likely continue to follow him beyond that. In an article exploring that the majority of baseball brawls involve…
After Matt Adams put up a lackluster 2016 season, one in which he was barely above league average at the plate (an unacceptably low level of offensive production for somebody with as little defensive value as he does), the St. Louis Cardinals of 2017 were ready to move on to alternative solutions at first base.…
Despite the fact that I own and operate a website about Major League Baseball, I actually don't watch MLB Network all that much. I don't have a great answer as to why--maybe I'm mentally programmed to gravitate towards ESPN to such a degree that even though I've stopped watching ESPN for the most part unless…
The rookie campaign of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Harrison Bader is as bewildering and unexpected as any Cardinals debutante since, well, I guess Paul DeJong last year. And Aledmys Diaz the year before that. And most people weren't expecting young Allen Craig or Matt Carpenter to be such certifiable Professional Hitters as relatively old rookies.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Since the All-Star break, the St. Louis Cardinals have experienced a small resurgence, chalking up three consecutive series wins against contending teams. The team has embraced the youth movement and retooled the bullpen, and they've made a change at manager. You can make an argument for all of these things helping get the Cardinals back…
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…
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