Sep 1, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals catcher Andrew Knizner (7) tags out Cincinnati Reds pinch runner Michael Lorenzen (21) during the ninth inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports — — — — As we move into the offseason, it’s time to look at what comes next for [...]
Apr 29, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Giovanny Gallegos (65) throws the ball against the Washington Nationals during the seventh inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports — — — — As we move into the offseason, it’s time to look at what comes next for the St. [...]
Apr 28, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty (22) throws the ball against the Cincinnati Reds during the second inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports — — — — With the conclusion of the World Series comes the beginning of the offseason. Luckily for Cardinals [...]
This week, the 2019 season will reach it’s official end as the Astros and Nationals close out the World Series. I’m ready, as the 2019-20 offseason begins one day later. The offseason moves in stages, with various deadlines, GM Meetings, the Winter Meetings, (locally) the Cardinals Care Winter Warm-Up, and so on. The first phase [...]
Oct 7, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinalssecond baseman Kolten Wong (16) celebrates with third baseman Matt Carpenter (13) as he scores on an RBI sacrifice fly hit by catcher Yadier Molina (not pictured)in the tenth inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves in game four of the 2019 NLDS playoff baseball series at [...]
Saturday, September 30th, 2006: On the heels of losing 8 of their previous 10 games to allow Houston to climb within 1.5 games of the Central Division lead, the Cardinals were down 2-0 entering the bottom of the 8th inning against Milwaukee. A loss would send them to the seasons final* day with a .5 [...]
Sep 16, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; The moon rises over the St. Louis Cardinals World Series Champions flags after a game against the Washington Nationals at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports — — — — And here we are. The six month marathon of the regular season draws to a close. [...]
I’m not here to talk about the tough finish to the Arizona series or division clinching scenarios. Not today. As a bit of a distraction on the final off-day of the regular season, I decided to peruse the statistics of the 2019 Cardinals and look for interesting numbers. My goal was to find any milestones, [...]
Sep 14, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Tommy Edman (19) is congratulated by catcher Yadier Molina (4) after hitting a solo home run off of Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Jordan Lyles (not pictured) during the second inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports — — — — [...]
Watching Carlos Martinez has been a bit of a roller-coaster ride as he’s come out of the bullpen this season. However, despite some scary moments, he has turned out 21 saves in 24 opportunities behind a solid 3.50 ERA and 26.5% Strikeout-rate. Unfortunately, a bad outing struck at the wrong time on Thursday night at [...]
Apr 28, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty (22) throws the ball against the Cincinnati Reds during the second inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joe Puetz-USA TODAY Sports — — — — We’ve been talking about it — staring at it on the calendar — for couple months [...]
Aug 31, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael Wacha (52) pitches during the fourth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports — — — — What a year it has been for Michael Wacha. What a frustrating year. Going into the season, one [...]
