This is a jumbo column after missing last week; I would have been in trouble writing during a vacation. It was at least a baseball vacation, where we caught games in Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. But on to the Cardinals.…
Of the most shocking moves of the trade deadline was the Brewers dealing Josh Hader to the Padres for Taylor Rogers, Dinelson Lamet, Robert Gasser, and Esteury Ruiz. As I’ve said elsewhere, it makes good baseball sense; they traded a…
Here are the rumors for the last 24 hours, along with the deals made that will impact the Cardinals. I’ll be updating this throughout the day. Update: 3:45 PM: The Padres are sending prospect Victor Acosta (IF) to the Reds…
It’s hard to remember that the Cardinals played last week, since the only topic of discussion was Juan Soto; but they did play last week and there were 2 disappointing games to go with 3 wins. The Cardinals were 1-1…
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 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…
