The Cardinals face the Marlins in a series that has not exactly gone how one might have thought; to this point they have been outscored 18-7, and dropped the first two games of the series. The Cardinals look to turn things around by sending out Miles Mikolas (6-1) to face Marlins pitcher Trevor Richards (0-2)…
What if the 2018 St. Louis Cardinals had gone all-in? Part 1
The 2017-18 off-season was rife with rumors that the St. Louis Cardinals would make a big splash. Relatively speaking, they did, with the acquisition of Marcell Ozuna via trade from the Miami Marlins, but it wasn't the super big splash that had been rumored throughout the long Winter months. The reasons for not making these moves…
6/6/18 Recap: Cardinals blown out by Marlins 11-3
Between Tuesday night's dud of a performance, and today's news that Alex Reyes will miss the remainder of the season with a torn tendon, it's been a rough 24 hours for the St. Louis Cardinals. Fortunately with baseball, there's always another game the next day. Tonight marks the second game of a nine game stretch…
Red Schoendienst was the St. Louis Cardinals
Red Schoendienst was a great player and manager, but an even greater ambassador for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Evaluating the NL Central at the season’s one-third marker
Last weekend, most teams around Major League Baseball played the 54th game of their season, marking the one-third point of the year. It's easy to look at standings this early in the season and talk about "slow starts" or "small sample sizes," but the fact of the matter is, we're pretty much at the point…
Martinez, Molina return spoiled by lackluster fundamentals- a 6/5 recap
Cardinals start a three-game series with the team formely known as the Florida Marlins tonight. Martinez is back! Yadi is back! Let's have some fun! 1st Inning: Due to Fox Sports 1 hosting the game on their network, I had to drive across town to my grandfather’s home to watch the game. So I had…
A series preview: The Miami Marlins, an Art Deco tragedy
This gets said a lot but I'm saying it again: It's not easy being a Miami Marlins fan. They've endured real loss, horrible owners, and the exodus of nearly every young and exciting player. It's not easy finding a Marlins fan either. On episode 1,148 of the great Effectively Wild podcast, hosts Ben Lindbergh and…
What does a #19 pick mean for an organization?
Last night, the St. Louis Cardinals selected Nolan Gorman from Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Phoenix, AZ with the 19th overall selection in the first round of the 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. If you are looking for an in-depth scouting report on this pick, this is the right place. By which…
The Cardinals probably won the Stephen Piscotty trade
The December trade which saw the St. Louis Cardinals sending right fielder Stephen Piscotty to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for minor leaguers Max Schrock and Yairo Munoz was most often at the time, and is still most often today, viewed in the context of Piscotty. It had been known throughout much of the 2017…
Michael Wacha didn’t do the thing but he pitched really well anyway–a 6/3 recap
A real-time look at the emotional roller coaster of a no-hit bid.
St. Louis Bullpen 