Each year I compare the Cardinals offense to that of the NL and MLB as a whole. This year, per a request, I have expanded it to compare 20 years of data between the team and the league. This will give a general idea of if the Cardinals offense has been shifting with league-wide trends,…
The biggest name that Cardinal fans drool over is Giancarlo Stanton, the highly paid slugger of the Miami Marlins. Stanton’s name has been a trade rumor staple since rumors circulated about the Marlins ownership changes prior to the 2017 season. The reason is simple: Stanton is a very expensive player. Stanton signed a 13-year, $325M…
Part of my usual season recap for the Cardinals is to look at their numbers versus the league averages. In preparing that, I decided to also look at year to year trends of the Cardinals. I compiled stats for the last 20 years to see how this year’s team compared to those of the past….
Greg Holland was one of the premier closer with the Kansas City Royals, then he fell to Tommy John surgery and missed the 2016 season. He returned last season with the Colorado Rockies to pretty good results. He declined his player option for 2018 and will re-enter the free agent market. Bob Nightengale tweeted that…
This week I run an interview I did back in July with John Sickels of Minor League Ball. We talked Cardinal prospects, including Luke Weaver, Jack Flaherty, Sandy Alcantara, Carson Kelly, and more. The intro music is from the Euclids; the clip was from their track Social Damage. The featured song of the week was…
Every season, I break down where the Cardinals got their players and how much value they got by each transaction type. The Cardinals used 48 players this season and their Baseball Reference WAR was 36.2 between hitting/fielding and pitching. The Cardinals acquired players by 6 different means: the draft, amateur free agency (aka International Free…
Welcome to the Pop Culture Abstract Podcast. We talk anything pop culture. For the first episode, I talk with Justin Birnbaum of Base Knock MLB; we talk about the MLB Post Season (Clayton Kershaw, Corey Kluber, Justin Verlander, Chris Sale) and what the Mets will do in the off-season (Jay Bruce, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard)….
ST LOUIS, MO, September 27, 2017 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have named Moises Rodriguez as the team’s Assistant General Manager, earning a promotion from his duties as Director of International Operations. Rodriguez, 44, has been a member of the Cardinals organization for the past 10 seasons, directing the team’s amateur scouting efforts…
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 will be available to teams needing thump in their lineup. He’ll be 31 when the…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Minor League Baseball and Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., today announced the nine recipients of the 2017 Rawlings Gold Glove Award® for defensive excellence. The winners at each position were selected from players in the 10 domestic-based, full-season Minor Leagues. Each player will receive his own Rawlings Gold Glove Award, modeled…
CINCINNATI, OH, September 20, 2017 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have recalled infielder Aledmys Diaz and right-handed pitcher Josh Lucas from Memphis (AAA). Both players will join the Cardinals in Cincinnati for tonight’s game against the Reds, upping the team’s active roster to 36 players. Diaz, 27, began the year with…
