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…
All-Star rosters announced: Mikolas going to D.C., Carpenter hopes to join after Final Vote
Back in May, I told you about the real superstar coming over from Japan's NPB, Miles Mikolas. Two months later, his main competition in that category has given up pitching. Meanwhile, All-Star rosters have been announced, and Mikolas is the lone Cardinal to represent his team at the ASG. Here's his wife Lauren's reaction: https://twitter.com/Fearless_Charm/status/1016112381259329536…
A St. Louis sports team is making big moves to try to make it back into the postseason
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.…
Giants inspire Cardinals to a whole new AT&T Park nightmare
This afternoon, in San Francisco, the St. Louis Cardinals squared off against the Giants, a team against whom the local nine has a winning record during the Mike Matheny era but against whom I can only remember Travis Ishikawa and (underratedly) Michael Morse socking dingers, as well as Randy Choate making errant throws to first…
7.7.18 Recap: The One Where Carlos is Definitely, Positively, Absolutely Back
The St. Louis Cardinals faced off against the San Francisco Giants this afternoon at AT&T Park. The Cardinals started their ace, Carlos Martinez, while the Giants' hurler today was Jeff Samardzija, who, I don't know, used to be pretty good? Coming off a nearly 4 fWAR season, Samardzija has had an abysmal year. He started…
Giants hold off Cards in low scoring affair- a 7/6 recap
It's a Friday night in the city by the bay and there is baseball to play. John Gant gets the start for the Cardinals against Derek (Pudge's son) Rodriguez for the Giants. The Cardinals are looking for their fourth straight victory and a jump in the standings in both the NL Central and NL Wild…
Mozeliak’s comments on Fowler were bad, but not that bad
We're on our fifth day of Hustlegate, and there's no end in sight. If you have any familiarity with the Cardinals, you're aware that John Mozeliak's comments about Dexter Fowler's effort level have reached a fever pitch in national sports news. As I've followed the story, I've noticed that it's focused on a (large) excerpt…
Bullpen Roundtable: Trade deadline, dead ahead
The trade deadline is coming fast, so we gathered up a few Bullpen writers for a mid-season Cardinals roundtable.
7/5/18 Recap: Cardinals Denigrate Giants 11-2
It's always hard to watch the Giants and not feel my some amount of subtle rage and or envy. How can I shake the memory of ole Jake Westbrook getting an L for going 6.2 innings against the Giants in 2013, only allowing one unearned run and the Cardinals still losing 1-0. Uh, well anyway,…
The Cardinals are going to San Francisco: A series preview
The Cardinals kick off a four-game series against the Giants tonight. Each team finds itself in third place in a surprising dogfight for its respective division; the Giants are 45-43, good for a .511 record and 3.5 games out of their division lead, while the Cardinals (44-41) have been slightly better on a rate basis…
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