Fans: Man, that was an outstanding game by Carlos Martinez. I don’t think anyone could top that. Adam Wainwright: Hold my Pappy’s. While Martinez’s game against the Dodgers on Wednesday night was probably better from a pitching aspect, since he went eight innings and allowed just a single run, Wainwright’s game on Thursday afternoon was [...]
It’s not been an easy road for the Cardinals as of late. The offense has struggled, the bullpen has struggled, and the starting pitching can only do so much. Things looked up a little bit yesterday, but before we get to all of that, we’ve got to tackle Tuesday night’s game. Tuesday (9-4 loss) Hero: [...]
Per many Twitter reports, John Mozeliak announced the end of the Jonathan Broxton era before tonight’s game. John Gant, received from Atlanta in the Jaime Garcia trade, has been promoted.
Back in the winter, I started looking at the history of John Mozeliak’s trades, what value he’d given up, what value he’d gotten, and how the players did before and after. It’s been a while since we did one of these, so here are the links if you want to go back and refresh your [...]
Hey, remember when Rich Hill had no command and the Cardinals jumped on his stuff early? Man, good times, so long ago. You know, last week. That certainly wasn’t the case yesterday as Hill pitched his normal five innings, but this time allowed only one run on two hits and two walks. Whatever adjustments needed [...]
West Coast trips are always tough on a team, though sometimes the results are better than others. Going through Los Angeles, which has a quality team, and Colorado, who is leading the NL West, figured to be a tall order for the Cardinals. Even a split of those six games would have been fine. Instead, [...]
Well, at least they took one? The Cardinals started off a road trip against the top teams in the NL West and looked a lot like the team that just had a miserable home stand. All those that thought the 6-0 record on the trip to Atlanta and Miami was mainly due to the quality [...]
West Coast games do have a certain intrinsic charm, at least on the face of them. You are watching baseball at hours that you normally don’t, seeing some teams that aren’t overly familiar. That charm usually fades away about 11:00 or so, when the length of the day begins to grab at you. So what [...]
We got fairly serious and contemplative this morning, so let’s break that up with something more in line with what this blog usually provides: questions and answers with other bloggers! Scott Andes from LAdodgerreport, a regular participant in the pre-season Playing Pepper series, contacted me since the Cardinals were heading into Chavez Ravine and asked [...]
Given all the things that happened on the diamond this weekend, we weren’t able yesterday to really look at the moves that happened–and didn’t happen–off the field on Saturday. Hours after it was clear that the Cardinals had lost the Luis Robert sweepstakes, John Mozeliak traded Matt Adams to Atlanta for Juan Yepez, a 19-year-old [...]
Inigo Montoya: Who are you? Man in Black: No one of consequence. Inigo Montoya: I must know. Man in Black: Get used to disappointment. —The Princess Bride It was about this time last year when I created the Cardinals Frustration Level Index. It feels like over last few weeks, the Cardinals have really been riding [...]
Over the past few years, I’ve developed an affinity for the community that’s established around THE San Francisco Giants Blog. Craig Vaughn is a passionate Giants fan and has an active and tight-knit group of commentors at the site. They’ve always been great to interact with me, asking questions about the Cards and putting up [...]
