Today starts the beginning of 2020-21 Free Agency. The Cardinals have 4 free agents: Brad Miller, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright, and Matt Wieters. They also have to decide today if they execute the club option on Kolten Wong; he’ll either make $12.5M or enter free agency. The team also currently has 41 players on the…
Each year, I look at the WAR for individual Cardinal players and look at how they were acquired to see where the Cardinals are struggling to find players. This year is done, but the exercise is pretty meaningless compared to a normal season; I found a few different reasons for this. First, the short season…
With the announcement that Dinelson Lamet and Mike Clevinger were not available for the Padres, the Cardinals were able to catch a break and take advantage of Chris Paddack in Game 1 of the series. The issue I saw was the Cardinals offense goes in spurts; what happens the next day after the team scores…
The Cardinals got the short end of the playoff seeding; while it’s a miracle they got a 5 seed (Covid-19 outbreak, roster shuffling, etc), they face the #4 Padres, who had the second best record in the NL. The teams never faced each other this year, but had a history of playoff matchups: the Padres…
In a regular year, the St. Louis Cardinals will invite bloggers to talk with Present of Baseball Ops John Mozeliak and catch a game in a suite. Unfortunately, this isn’t a normal year. I received a surprise invite to a Zoom call with other bloggers to ask Mozeliak some questions. Normally, we have more questions…
One of the perks of being a member of the United Cardinal Bloggers is access to the team. Besides the annual Blogger Event at Busch Stadium, John Mozeliak makes himself available to answer some of our questions. We submit as many questions as we like, but he only typically addresses 1-2 per person. Here are…
The Cardinals have used a lot of players over the last 10 years (209 by my count). Some have been very good, some very bad, and some have been unfairly grouped in either of those 2 groups. Below I’ll look at the top 10 Cardinals of the last 10 years by bWAR, the bottom 5,…
After a dismal start against the Brewers and Padres, who expected the Cardinals to be the best team in baseball heading into the second month of the seasons? Sure, the team has pitching depth, a solid bullpen, and an improved lineup, but after that start it was hard to imagine them sitting atop the Central…
If trading for Paul Goldschmidt was the biggest surprise of the off-season, signing Adam Wainwright the way it happened would probably be second. Wainwright’s contract was announced before free agency began, but then was put on hold until after it started. He received a low base salary and incentives for starting, closing, and middle relief….
Sunday was the 8th Annual Blogger Day at Busch Stadium. Like the previous years, President of Baseball Operation John Mozeliak and Team President Bill DeWitt III spoke with us. Here’s the highlights: Mozeliak feels good about where the team is at and that they will be competitive. Depth is one of the most exciting parts…
This season, everyone has been watching what the Cardinals were going to do with Adam Wainwright‘s position in the rotation. After a couple of decent starts, everyone should be shifting their focus to Michael Wacha. Wacha, who is scheduled to start pitching in minutes, has shown in the past that he struggles after the first…
