St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Andrew Miller of Gainesville, FL battled coronavirus before attending training camp according to Rick Hummel of the St.
This is delightful. Who knew watching pitchers fielding practice could be so entertaining? At least, it is now thanks to Cardinals coach Bryan Eversgerd and his relentless dunking on his players.
The trade was disastrous, but didn’t look that way at the time Yesterday marked the 49th anniversary of the most infamous trade in Cardinals history. On February 25th, 1972, the Cardinals sent their lefty wünderkind, Steve Carlton, to the Phillies in exchange for righty starting pitcher Rick Wise.
We’re back with more pseudo-science and quasi-math to find out how far a Paul Goldschmidt home run would travel if he hit it on Mars. Why? Because we can.
The Cardinals have been pretty good over the last half-decade or more of letting the bloggers submit questions to John Mozeliak during the offseason and, at some point, Mo will answer some of them. (I always try to list out 8-10 questions so as to more likely get 1-2 answered.) This year, we sent in ...
Going by The Book, what should the Cardinals lineup be? When Blake posed the question on who should bat leadoff for the Cardinals, it got me thinking about the rest of the lineup.
Hey Spring Training! It seems weird, but Spring Training has began! I must admit it snuck up on me this year, what with the whole global pandemic and then apocalyptic snowfall we saw leading up to it.
GM Rick Hahn said that Abreu is asymptomatic and “believes he contracted a mild case of the disease in January, which is reinforced by the presence of COVID antibodies in additional testing.”
With the acquisition of Nolan Arenado, the St. Louis Cardinals lineup has improved a decent amount from last season. Additionally, by acquiring Arenado, the Cardinals seem to have a clear plan for the starting lineup.
How Goldschmidt and Arenado stack up against great 1B/3B combos Good morning, all. Less than one week to go until the Spring Training schedule gets underway and we have actual games to talk about.
Just a little. After acquiring Nolan Arenando and re-signing Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina, it had been reported the Cardinals were likely done spending.
Pointless, yes? Fun? Eh. Let’s play a game. I have run out of things to write so I am forced to play a game. The game is to imagine a future St. Louis Cardinals roster.
Gorman is working out at second base. Let’s hear from some prospect experts on whether he can stick there. When the Cardinals acquired Nolan Arenado, it immediately brought into question the future of another Nolan – Nolan Gorman, one of the top third base prospects in the minors.
How have other superstars rebounded from down years? As you’ve surely heard, the Cardinals made one of the most impactful deals of the off-season a few weeks ago when they acquired third baseman Nolan Arenado from the Rockies.
A good 2020 season that never happened doesn’t mean they’re still stuck where they were at the end of 2019. I recently completely a fantasy baseball auction - don’t worry this post is not about fantasy - and in that auction, Keegan Akin was drafted.
The Colorado Rockies traded Arenado to the Cardinals earlier this month. The eight-time Gold Glover signed his eight-year, $260 million deal with the Rockies before the 2019 campaign.
Your team has acquired a new player. When do you wear their jersey? For the last week or so, my Twitter has blown up with pics of fans receiving their Nolan Arenado Cardinal jerseys.
Odorizzi is arguably the top free agent available.
Devastating. “In the end, I just hope that I made you proud.” It is the final line of Kolten Wong’s written goodbye to St. Louis, but the message is peppered throughout the entire letter as the thesis.
Currently, it appears that Carlos Martinez will be the fifth starter for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2021. There are plenty of pitchers competing for the job, but it seems likely that the Cardinals will see if Carlos Martinez can have a bounce back year in 2021.
As Spring Training approaches, we’re having our seemingly annual conversation about the composition of the Cardinal outfield. The trade of Dexter Fowler
How should the Cardinals apportion playing time in the outfield? Once upon a time, the Cardinals had a normal outfield. They had three above average regulars with a capable fourth outfielder.
The St. Louis Cardinals have their starting infield locked down after the acquisition of Nolan Arenado. This also means that Matt Carpenter will likely be the primary bench bat.
Flaherty will receive the $3.9M salary he was seeking in 2021, as opposed to the $3M offered by St. Louis.
After some modest speculation that Yadier Molina might actually leave the St. Louis Cardinals, it appears that it was nothing but chatter.
Maddon managed Fowler in 2015 and 2016 with the Cubs, seasons when Chicago reached the NLCS and won the World Series, respectively.
Molina has spent his entire 17-year career in St. Louis, slashing .281/.333/.404. During the pandemic-shortened campaign, he hit .262 with four home runs and 16 RBI.
Arenado is an overpowering and highly productive hitter from the right side. From 2015-19 he posted 199 home runs, 621 RBIs, a .300 batting average and a .937 OPS.
Molina has spent his entire 17-year career with the Cardinals, slashing .281/.333/.404. During the pandemic-shortened campaign, he slashed .262/.303/.359 with four home runs and 16 RBI.
Wainwright is a three-time All-Star who has finished top-three in NL Cy Young Award voting four times.
Re-signing infielder DJ LeMahieu is the New York Yankees’ presumed top offseason priority. On the contrary, it’s January and the two sides haven’t reached a deal.
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