Editor's note: Mike Bauer (intelligent, talented) wrote this very good post last week about whether the St. Louis Cardinals would fire manager Mike Matheny during the season. I, site manager John Fleming (naive, bad at planning) told him that we should run the post on Monday morning, since there was "no chance" Matheny would be…
In 2011, following a dramatic seven-game World Series victory and with their farm system suddenly loaded with potential impact Major League players, the St. Louis Cardinals looked as positioned for long-term success as they had arguably at any point in their history. Sure, the 2011 team didn't really "deserve" the World Series title that they…
On Saturday night, following an uninspiring 8-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds which brought the St. Louis Cardinals to a 47-46 record on the season, the St. Louis Cardinals relieved manager Mike Matheny of his duties, in addition to hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller. Bench coach Mike Shildt will serve…
When the St. Louis Cardinals signed veteran Bud Norris in February, the public response was more than a bit unenthusiastic. Coming just days after it was reported that the Chicago Cubs were signing highly-coveted free agent starting pitcher Yu Darvish to a six-year, $126 million contract, acquiring what looked like a back-of-the-bullpen depth piece was…
Until 2009, there was a formal event called the World Cup of Baseball--it was scheduled in September and thus Major League Baseball players could not participate. Today, we have the World Baseball Classic, a vastly superior tournament to the WCB, but one which still lacks more than a few of the best baseball players in…
We are entering mid-July, the buyers and sellers across baseball are starting to emerge, and this can only mean that the summer hot stove is heating up. What does this mean for the 2018 Cardinals? Well, as the writers on this fine blog have discussed, this isn't exactly clear. Despite having serious ground to make up…
Yesterday, Deadspin columnist Drew Magary wrote an article about the St. Louis Cardinals. It was called "I Can't Get Enough Of The Shitass Cardinals Feuding With One Of Their Own Players". I have not read it. This isn't a matter of grand principle. I'm not consciously avoiding the article--I was just busy all day and…
Editor's note: The following post was written by Adam Felder, a guest blogger for St. Louis Bullpen whose previous work writing about the St. Louis Cardinals could be found at the blog Double Birds. Let’s not sugarcoat this: at present, Dexter Fowler is a bad baseball player. There is no way you can squint at…
In 2016, the St. Louis Cardinals missed the postseason, finishing one game behind the San Francisco Giants for the second Wild Card berth. In the off-season, they signed Dexter Fowler to replace, in a roundabout way with Randal Grichuk as an intermediary, Matt Holliday, and Brett Cecil, effectively replacing the Tommy John surgery-bound Zach Duke.…
When the St. Louis Cardinals hired Mike Matheny in November 2011 to replace the legendary Tony LaRussa, the widespread perception was that, in contrast to his predecessor, Mike Matheny was young enough that he would be willing to adapt to new-school, analytically-driven managerial styles. Less than a month after his hiring, David Laurila referred to…
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