The NL Central All “Gone” Team
I was listening to Ben Fred Friday on Scoops with Danny Mac when Ben Frederickson said that you could make a competitive team with players that have left the NL Central this winter. It got me thinking, how would this…
Tag Austin Gomber
The Cardinals WAR Totals
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…
NL Wild Card Preview 2020: Cardinals vs Padres
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…
John Mozeliak Talks St. Louis Cardinals
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…
Projecting Adam Wainwright
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…
Cardinals Trade Target: Jose Abreu
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be looking at potentially available players that the Cardinals could target. First up is Jose Abreu, first baseman for the Chicago White Sox. With the Sox in full rebuild mode, many speculate that Abreu…
Cardinal Minor League Report: 10/12/2016
Here are the results from the Arizona Fall League, along with those of the Venezuela League and the Mexican Prospect League. The starter for the AFL yesterday was Austin Gomber. Here’s what Baseball America had to say about him: Austin…
Arizona Fall League Results: 10/11/2016
The Cardinals have sent their contingent of prospects to the Arizona Fall League – a league that houses some of the top prospects in baseball for a month after the season. Teams will send their prospects for multiple reasons: to…