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St Louis Cardinals Players’ Closest Comparisons
Today I would like to take a look at who Baseball Savant’s statcast evaluation style compares our current favorite baseball players to. We will use a Savant tool to show a Cardinal hitter profile, and see how it compares with the stats we use every day. wRC+ means weighted runs created, and the + means […]
Too Many Missed Opportunities Cost St. Louis Cardinals as Rangers Win
Dustin May did his part by giving the St. Louis Cardinals a quality start Wednesday night against Skip Schumaker’s Texas Rangers. Unfortunately, Nathan Eovaldi was just a little bit better. In the end, it would be so many missed opportunities that would cost the Cardinals dearly. A terrible relief effort in the top of the […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Texas Rangers Tuesday Night
The St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers will tangle again Tuesday night as Dustin May will try to match his excellent last start for the Cardinals while Nathan Eovaldi will take the mound for the Rangers. First pitch is set for 6:45pm central time at Busch Stadium. Game broadcast will be handled by Cardinals.tv. The […]
St. Louis Cardinals 2026 Mid-Season Reader Mailbag
As we enter the month of June, the Cardinals remain above .500 and squarely in the wild card race as the “early” portion of the season has concluded. As always, this week’s episode is dependent upon your input and the most pressing questions you have about the Cardinals! Please ask your questions in the comments […]
deGrom Outduels McGreevy-Texas Rangers Beat the St. Louis Cardinals
Michael McGreevy gave the St. Louis Cardinals a quality start, but he was not quite up to the level that Jacob deGrom was as the Rangers managed to eek out a 2-1 win against the Cardinals Monday night at Busch Stadium. Jacob deGrom looked like a pitcher who has won the Cy Young Award twice. […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Texas Rangers Monday Night
I’ll try not to bring up the 2011 World Series. Just kidding. I’m gonna bring back those memories as often as I can. The St. Louis Cardinals welcome the Texas Rangers to Busch Stadium Monday night. Michael McGreevy will start for the Cardinals while Skip Schumaker will send Jacob deGrom to the mound for the […]
St. Louis Cardinals’ Matthew Liberatore is Back on Track
The Cardinals entered the season with two “sure things” in Matthew Liberatore and Michael McGreevy, two projects in Dustin May and Kyle Leahy, and a bounceback candidate in Andre Pallante. I think May and Leahy have gone about as well as could be expected. I don’t need to make the case for May, who had […]
St. Louis Cardinals Bats Come Alive as They Beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1
I can finally say something that I’ve rarely been able to say this season. A Cardinals pitcher got past the 5th inning without dealing with a train wreck. The truth is Matthew Liberatore was as sharp as he’s been all year. That fact combined with the St. Louis Cardinals bats waking up resulted in a […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs Sunday Night
The St. Louis Cardinals will try to rebound and win the series Sunday night when Matthew Liberatore takes the mound for another national broadcast. Jordan Wicks will get the start for the Chicago Cubs. First pitch is set for 6:20pm central time as the game will be watchable on NBC/Peacock.
The Viva El Birdos Podcast – Episode 67: “Blogger Day” 2026 with Chaim Bloom
The St. Louis Cardinals hold an annual event for “non-traditional” media types who cover the team, including yours truly, where we have the opportunity to have access to whoever the current sitting POBO of the team is. Historically, that’s been John Mozeliak, but this year we had our first opportunity to ask Chaim Bloom about […]
When do the Cardinals start filling their obvious areas of need?
Over the past week, the St. Louis Cardinals have been a shell of the team we had seen for the first 50 games. After surpassing all expectations and changing fan tune from necessary rebuild to playoff hopefuls, the stretch of NL Central games has exploited some holes on the St. Louis roster. While we knew […]
Pete Crow-Armstrong Leads Chicago Cubs Over St. Louis Cardinals 6-1
The Saturday night matchup between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs was supposed to be electric. What it turned out to be was…odd. The St. Louis Cardinals got a solid start out of Kyle Leahy, yet he wouldn’t make it out of the 5th inning and the Cardinals offense was nearly mute squandering what […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs Saturday Night
After a thrilling Friday night victory full of St. Louis Cardinals home runs, game 2 of the rivalry will happen Saturday night at Busch Stadium as Kyle Leahy will make the start for the St. Louis Cardinals while the Chicago Cubs will ask Ben Brown to take one for the team. Saturday night’s game will […]
One Stat That Tells the Story for Each Cardinals Hitter
As the Cardinals complete their first third of the season, I want to check in on some of the underlying metrics for the Cardinals’ position player core. As a group, it is hard to be anything but happy with the performance thus far. Despite losing Brendan Donovan and Willson Contreras, the team wRC+ has increased […]
St. Louis Cardinals Hit ‘Symphony of Homers’ to Beat the Cubs 6-5 Friday
There’s nothing quite as heartwarming as letting your former team know what they gave up on. Nelson Velázquez greeted the Chicago Cubs by slamming the first pitch he saw into the visitor’s bullpen helping the St. Louis Cardinals win Friday night. He was joined in the home run parade by Ivan Herrera and Thomas Saggese, […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs Friday Night
One of those weekends you circle on your calendar before the season begins will start Friday night at Busch Stadium as the St. Louis Cardinals play host to those nemesis Chicago Cubs. The tiny bears will force Shota Imanaga onto the mound while Andre Pallante will take the ball for the St. Louis Cardinals. First […]
Can the Cardinals ruin the Cubs season already? Series Preview
The St. Louis Cardinals are coming off a frustrating sweep at the hands of the Milwaukee Brewers and left some of us feeling like the magic could be gone. It is a tough time to happen as the Cardinals are in the middle of a long stretch of games against the NL Central with the […]
Checking on the St. Louis Cardinals at the 54-game mark
Old-school baseball guys think the 60-game mark is where a team needs to re-assess where they are at versus what they thought they had coming out of spring training. Tony LaRussa used to say (maybe he still does) that teams need to shoot for a record of 30-30 or better, re-assess and go from there. […]
High Stakes for St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs This Weekend?
Let’s not be overdramatic since it’s only the end of May, but I believe this weekend’s St. Louis Cardinals versus Chicago Cubs clash at Busch Stadium is more important than we probably think all because of one word – trajectory. As a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan I have somehow obtained an alarming number of […]
If Cardinals collapse, the season will still be a success
Yesterday, I experienced a peculiar feeling. When the Cardinals blew the game and lost to the Milwaukee Brewers, I felt…. fine. I am not used to this. The Cardinals objectively lost in a devastating fashion, and yet I was not devastated. Not even a little bit. If I am watching a normal game, where I […]
St. Louis Cardinals are unceremoniously swept out of Milwaukee
Game Summary Over the last three games, the Brewers served a stinging reminder to these upstart Cardinals about who is boss in the NL Central and provided a guidepost on how much more this team has to accomplish on the rebuild path. The Cardinals reach the 1/3 point of the season with a better-than-expected 29-25 […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday
The Cardinals will try to avoid a sweep Wednesday afternoon when Dustin May takes the mound for St. Louis. Chad Patrick will make the start for the Brewers in what will be a bullpen game for the Brew Crew. First pitch at American Family Field in Milwaukee is set for 12:40pm central time and the […]
A Stable of Stats: St Louis Cardinals 2026 Part 1
I think all of us, in one way or another, are checking in on where the season is at right now. What minor league players are begging to be promoted to replace lagging starters during what is, mostly, a rebuild year. What ways to improve a roster that might have a lot of fight in […]
Division Leading Brewers Put Cardinals in their Place – Beat St. Louis 6-0
By any measure, the St. Louis Cardinals have overachieved this season. Their trip to Milwaukee would be viewed by many as a measuring stick to determine how competitive this young team is compared to the NL Central division leaders. If the first two games are the measuring stick, the answer is not very as the […]
Game Discussion for St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday
After losing to the Milwaukee Brewers on Memorial Day Monday, the St. Louis Cardinals will try again on Tuesday night as Michael McGreevy will start for the good guys while Kyle Harrison takes the mound for the villains. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40pm at American Family Field in Milwaukee and will be watchable on Cardinals.tv.
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