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Heading into this offseason, I put a very low number on the odds that the St. Louis Cardinals would deal Willson Contreras as I saw him to be an important transition piece in the first year of the true rebuild. While Brendan Donovan is commonly referred to as a “good clubhouse guy”, Contreras felt more […]
We are in the baseball dead zone between Christmas and New Year’s, so it’s as good a time as any to reflect on the last calendar year. We are now more than one year into the rebuild, regardless of how the Cardinals front office and ownership have changed the branding. There have been some notable […]
Well it has certainly been an interesting off-season, right? Who would have picked the Cardinals to pay such a large proportion of Boston’s 2026 payroll and NOT have it involve Nolan Arenado? Anyway, I’m not much of a hot-take guy (it is a good thing others are). Instead, today I go off-topic again. During the […]
I thought about exploring this possibility when the offseason started, but dismissed it since it felt extraordinarily unlikely. But, I have seen many comments over the past few weeks that mentioned why the St. Louis Cardinals should attempt to sign free agent Bo Bichette. Let’s dig into why this might be a great idea, but […]
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, happy holidays to those who don’t, and the rule of thirds dictates that I have a third point here, but I kind of covered it. Do you perhaps wish for the Cardinals to make a big signing in free agency? And perhaps this signing can come from abroad, from […]
President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom has already made moves to finally kickstart the St. Louis Cardinals rebuild moving Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras, but his next move might be to bring a right-handed power bat into the fold based on what he said earlier this week. The question is whether that bat will come […]
Willson Contreras You were a Cardinal Great Bat Tape Chewer I will always remember Willson Contreras fondly as a Cardinal. He was a total pro when it comes to putting up with the Cardinals organizational moves and their handling of his catching and subsequent move to first base. Which he excelled at. His personality was […]
Chaim Bloom has made it a priority this offseason to strengthen the team’s pitching staff and depth as a primary goal. After trading veteran starting pitcher Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox before Thanksgiving and returning MLB-ready Richard Fitts and minor league upside starter Brandon Clarke, as well as the recent trade of First […]
Yesterday the Cardinals made their second major trade of the offseason, this one much less shocking. It is maybe surprising that it also involves the Boston Red Sox, but after it was reported that Contreras would waive his no-trade clause for the right fit, it seemed inevitable that Contreras would be on the move. In […]
The St. Louis Cardinals have made another major move and traded Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox for right-handed pitcher Hunter Dobbins and other minor league pitching prospects. Jeff Passan was the first I saw who shared word of this new move by the St. Louis Cardinals. According to MLB Trade Rumors, the St. […]
Coming into the offseason, I was excited for what I thought was going to be plenty of moves made early and often by the St. Louis Cardinals. Those expectations were met quickly with the trade of Sonny Gray, but then it has been tumbleweeds on the trade market since. With the holidays approaching, the unwritten […]
As the last days of 2025 pass us by, the Major League Baseball trade wire is heating up, but so far the St. Louis Cardinals have remained silent – for now. One of the biggest and most complicated trades this offseason was just completed between the Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays. […]
Alec Burleson did some interesting things at the plate during the 2025 season. He improved his wRC+ from 106 to 124 while rewarding the Cardinals front office for their continued faith in him. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Burly. After a rough start to the 2025 season, things came to a head when Oli […]
I have nothing to add in regard to Dustin May that hasn’t already been said. A plan and direction seem to be emerging. I will continue to watch, turn the pages and see how the story unfolds. In the meantime, I’ve tried to assemble more mental floss as the off-season slowly unfolds. This is a […]
After a fast start with Sonny Gray being traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox, the trade market has slowed to a crawl. There are, however, two changes to the potential trade market that could affect what the St. Louis Cardinals do with Brendan Donovan. As I shared a few days […]
The Cardinals mostly chose to sit out doing anything last offseason, but they did do one thing. They signed Phil Maton in the middle of spring training to a 1 year, $2 million deal. He pitched well enough that, at the deadline, they received left-handed starting pitching prospect Mason Molina, right-handed reliever Skyler Hales, and […]
I want to be clear that this is not a complaint. The St. Louis Cardinals lack of dialogue about the status of Nolan Arenado is both necessary and expected, but as the winter months roll along it’s becoming difficult to imagine a happy ending to the desire to move him to another team. There are […]
It was almost a foregone conclusion that the Cardinals would sign some middling but somewhat capable innings eater this offseason, with the rotation already looking pretty thin before Sonny Gray was traded away. To my knowledge, Dustin May was not mentioned by anyone in connection with the Cardinals. But when it happened, what made the […]
This week Jake, Gabe, and Scott discuss their thoughts on what could make the winter meetings more interesting, the rule 5 draft and draft lottery results, the Dustin May signing and how the rotation lines up in their eyes, and finally we finish by discussing the latest Brendan Donovan update and what the percentage chance […]
We’re just 66 short days away from Pitchers and Catchers reporting for Spring Training, and baseball will be back in full force before we know it! Let’s do a mid-offseason reset after the first 6 weeks have resulted in quite a bit of roster churn so far. Starting Rotation: Subtractions – Sonny Gray and Miles […]
I am a big believer that quality is much more important than quantity when it comes down to what we share with you here about the latest St. Louis Cardinals news and rumors. I try to make sure that I’m sharing real substance and not just the mystical whims of another sports writer. That being […]
On Saturday, the Cardinals signed right-handed starting pitcher Dustin May to a one-year contract with a mutual option. As far as I know, the details of the contract are unknown aside from that. It’s irrelevant anyway in my opinion. If we knew the Cardinals had $20 million to spend, whatever he gets would be relevant. […]
For the 2026 version of the St. Louis Cardinals, I will call Saturday’s signing of Dustin May a “splash” move for the organization. Until this point, their biggest transaction was trading away from the rotation but the newest member of the Cardinals does provide some stability to a rotation full of question marks. Of course, […]
The St. Louis Cardinals are reportedly adding a veteran to their pitching staff. A report says that the team and free agent Dustin May are in agreement on a contract pending a physical. Thanks to the always reliable MLB Trade Rumors, we know that the St. Louis Cardinals are signing right-handed pitcher Dustin May if […]
How likely is a prospect to go from an unknown non-prospect to a top prospect in one season? Rainiel Rodriguez went from unranked by Fangraphs to hitting the Top 100 prospect list last year. That’s a little unfair though because Rodriguez was a relatively unheralded international signing that only had one professional season under his […]