The St. Louis Cardinals began 2026 in a full-scale rebuild under new president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom, trading away veterans Sonny Gray, Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras to restock a depleted farm system. The result is a rotation headlined by Matthew Liberatore, Dustin May, and Michael McGreevy, a functional but uninspiring group that lacks […]
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This week, I am joined by AAA RHP Ryan Murphy and his father, Chuck, for a special Father’s Day episode. So often on this site, we focus solely on the numbers and performance, but we lose sight of the human element to sports, and as we know, Tony La Russa used to famously quote, “Men, […]
The Kansas City Royals produced one of the season’s best defensive plays Friday night, with Tyler Tolbert and Michael Massey right in the middle of it. Their remarkable eighth-inning sequence helped preserve a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium. The play unfolded with Kansas City holding a slim lead and the […]
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Blair Kerkhoff writes that Tyler Tolbert came up big in the Friday win over the Cardinals. “You never know when your name is going to be called,” Tolbert said. “You just have to be ready.” That was the case throughout the game for Tolbert. In the sixth inning, after failing to get down a pair […]
The St. Louis Cardinals seemed destined for a rebuild after an offseason of limited adding to the roster. In fact, anything resembling a veteran player became a topic of trade discussion. Four contributors donned new threads by spring training. Right-handed pitcher Sonny Gray and first baseman Willson Contreras found themselves in Boston. Nolan Arenado, who […]
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Sonny Gray was brutally honest in his assessment of the Red Sox, saying they're "not a good team" after accepting a trade out of St. Louis this offseason.
I really don’t know what to think about Andre Pallante. After a bad 2025 season, I was pretty ambivalent about him. Sure he showed some promise in 2024, but even when he is pitching well, he doesn’t get a ton of strikeouts or do anything overly flashy. Yet here we are approaching the midpoint of […]
The St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals will take a one-day break in the middle of their three-game series in deference to the World Cup.
The Florida Panthers could be facing a significant vacancy in net, and the trade market may hold their answer. Sergei Bobrovsky is a pending unrestricted free agent, his contract talks with Florida have stalled, and if he walks on July 1, the two-time defending champions would be without a proven NHL starter for 2026-27.
Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet recently linked Jordan Binnington to the Panthers on his trade board, and David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period independently suggested the same dest...
The Royals hit eight doubles in last night’s game to dominate the Cardinals; they added five more tonight en route to another victory. This time, they won 6-5 over their cross-state rivals. Seth Lugo made his return from the 7-day concussion IL tonight, and it didn’t start great. He walked Iván Herrera with one out, […]
Michael McGreevy did not have his best game Friday night in Kansas City. His outing started decent, but the latter innings not so much. Unfortunately, the St. Louis Cardinals offense didn’t accomplish much either as the Royals were too much for them again. You wouldn’t know that Kansas City has the sixth worst record in […]
Matthew Liberatore lasted just 1.2 innings on Thursday as he got dominated by the Kansas City bats. He gave up seven runs on 48 pitches, making it his shortest and most expensive outing of the year. The St. Louis Cardinals ultimately lost in a massive 14-6 blowout. The Royals made contact on 19 of their […]
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Before the season started, the Royals moved the fences in. The idea was that it would balance the offensive profile of Kauffman Stadium to be a bit closer to the league average. One thing that many people discussed was that it might lead to more home runs but fewer doubles. You would not have known […]
The St. Louis Cardinals will try to pretend Thursday’s game against the Kansas City Royals never happened as they’ll send Michael McGreevy to the mound for a hopefully different result. The Royals have Seth Lugo ready to go for Friday night’s game which will be watchable only on Apple TV+. First pitch is scheduled for […]
On Juneteenth, a look back at Tom Alston, the man who broke the color barrier for the St. Louis Cardinals
Kansas City Royals star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. exited the team’s game on Thursday against the St. Louis Cardinals with a knee injury. The Royals earned a 14-6 win, but all attention was on Witt’s injury after the game. Tricia Whitaker of Apple TV provided an update on Witt’s injury status on Friday before the […]
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The San Diego Padres staved off the sweep against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. They still lost the series, but the offense outscored St. Louis eight runs to seven across the series. That’s mostly due to the Friars’ six run outburst in the series finale. That performance gives the offense some momentum heading into […]
Matthew Liberatore is pitching poorly for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2026, and his success in the first half of 2025 now appears to be more of an illusion in the vein of Jack Flaherty in the first half of 2019.
The St. Louis Blues have some decisions to make this summer. Should they keep all three of their first-round picks? Should they move on from Jordan Kyrou? They also have…
Remember the other day, when Ryne Stanek pitched to 5 batters with a 7-4 lead, allowing 5 runs to score while giving up three home runs in that span of those five batters? Some called it a train wreck. Others referenced a dumpster fire (hence the lead in picture, which is NOT a parody of […]
The San Francisco Giants are struggling mightily in Tony Vitello’s first season as manager. Now, the franchise is ready to host a full blown fire sale. Amongst the players who could be dealt is third baseman Matt Chapman. And in terms of teams who could acquire him, MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand sees the St. Louis Cardinals […]
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The St. Louis Blues attempted to trade Colton Parayko to the Buffalo Sabres, but their defenseman nixed it. Now, there is a belief that they could still trade him to a different team, according to ESPN insider Ryan Clark. “The Ducks are a returning playoff team and appear to be one that could challenge the […]
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The San Diego Padres have had their share of highs and lows this season, but the most recent lows against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first two games of their three-game series were pretty bad. Cardinals pitchers Dustin May and Andre Pallante combined to dominate the Padres offense and limit their opportunities to get […]
The St. Louis Cardinals demoted relief pitcher Chris Roycroft after a poor outing against the Padres and called up Max Rajcic. Now, it could be time to promote MLB Pipeline's 21st-ranked prospect in St. Louis, Luis Gastelum.
This is Part 2 of my exploration of some of the underlying details of Cardinal pitching prospects. The question I am trying to answer is… Of the minor leagues prospects we’ve been watching, who has the most interesting pitch shape metrics (ie. the under the hood stuff)? We seem to be far enough into the […]