Welcome to the first of a weekly Cardinal recap of the past week. We’ll look at the games, the numbers, and the news and rumors. 2 Out of 3 Ain’t BadWe are 3 games in and people need to chill out. These are direct quotes from social media:“2 out of 3 starts by SP were…
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 16, 2022 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today their 2021 Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year selections, honoring first baseman Juan Yepez, third baseman Jordan Walker and left-handed pitcher Matthew Liberatore for their accomplishments on the field. This marks the first time since the award’s inception in 1995…
If you go onto Cardinal Facebook Pages, you’ll notice that there are a few common complaints around the team right now. The team is not good, they didn’t make moves at the deadline, they let the wrong players go, they can’t scout players. While there are some truths there, people are focusing on the wrong…
I am one of the most patient Cardinal fans out there. I don’t want them to spend just to spend; I’m very particular about who they add and the contracts they add to the payroll. But after this weekend, the Cardinals need to start making moves. With the Brewers trading for Christian Yelich on Thursday…
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…
Sunday saw the team have a camp day, where they played intersquad games (I guess you could say the team was 1-1-2 on the day). Springfield Cardinals defeats Memphis Redbirds, 3-1 Memphis Pitching Mitch Harris – 1.0 IP Memphis Hitting Jacob Wilson (SS) – 1 for 2, HR, RBI, K: It’s been kind of interesting…
The system, including the big league team, went 3-2 yesterday. Pitching prospects Luke Weaver and Sandy Alcantara both had good outings. St. Louis beats Washington, 6-1 St. Louis Pitching #25 John Gant – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 2K #9 Dakota Hudson – 1.0 IP, 1H St. Louis Hitting #14 Paul DeJong (3B) – 0 for…
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 Gomber, lhp, Cardinals. Gomber might get overshadowed in a system that includes pitching prospects such…
Every September, the United Cardinal Bloggers run their top 7 Cardinal Prospects; they were due last week and I completely forgot. So, rather than missing out, here are my Top 7. I looked at their numbers and went with my gut on the rankings. These could be completely different when I analyze the system over…
