Monday, May 3—Sunday, May 9 ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 2, 2021 – After sweeping a brief three-game road trip in Pittsburgh, the Cardinals are back at Busch Stadium with four games against the New York Mets (May 3-6) followed by a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies (May 7-9). Fans can view a full list…
Friday, April 23—Thursday, April 29 ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 22, 2021 – The Cardinals return to Busch Stadium with three games against NL Central rival Cincinnati Reds (April 23-25) followed by a four-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies (April 26-29). Fans can view a full list of homestand highlights at cardinals.com/homestand. Friday, April 23 —…
19 PLAYERS DEVELOPED WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION; FIVE ROOKIES ON TEAM CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 1, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals will open their 130th season of play in the National League this afternoon when they visit the Cincinnati Reds at 3:10 p.m. CDT in the opening game of the 162-game Major League Baseball regular season….
Team sends down six; four players to begin season on injured list. JUPITER, Fla., March 28, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals sent six players to the minors following today’s game, optioning pitcher Kodi Whitley and outfielder Lane Thomas and re-assigning catchers Tyler Heineman and Dennis Ortega and infielders Max Moroff and Jose Rondon. The…
One thing no MLB team will ever have is enough pitching depth; while the Cardinals have good depth, they could use another proven starter, which I’ve been saying for a while now. So far this spring, Miles Mikolas has a “creaky” shoulder, Kwang Hyun Kim has started slow, and Carlos Martinez is struggling to find…
In 2018, the Rays went from exploring the potential of the Opener to using it on a regular basis. Generally, the opener worked for them. They were just 19-17 in games with the opener, but their runs allowed were below the AL average in each inning but the 7th. Looking at how they used the…
65 PLAYERS INVITED FOR 24TH YEAR OF TRAINING IN JUPITER, FLA ST. LOUIS, MO., February 11, 2021 – The St. Louis Cardinals will be opening their 24th year of Spring Training in Jupiter, Fla. when the team’s pitchers and catchers report on Wednesday, February 17. The Cardinals full squad will conduct their first workouts on…
Rumors started circulating Thursday morning that the Cardinals were looking at adding a pitcher, with James Paxton, Jake Odorizzi, and Taijuan Walker all being named by Mark Feinsand. It’s kind of a surprise, as it was anticipated the team could be looking at another hitter; Marcell Ozuna has started some rumors after stating he would…
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 team compare to the 2020 Cardinals? So I’ve put together a 25-man roster of NL…
As I do every year, I’ve started a composite ranking of St. Louis Cardinals prospects heading into the 2021 season. As other sites release their lists, I’ll update the list below. You’ll see the mean, median, and mode of all the lists added and the players ranked by average ranking. You’ll also see the high…
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…
