ST. LOUIS — John Mozeliak has never seen a losing season since being named general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2007. It’s an incredible run that’s included one World Series title, two National League pennants and four playoff appearances. On top of that, the Cardinals were named Organization of the Year in 2011 and [...]
ST. LOUIS — Six years in St. Louis was apparently plenty for Scott Rolen. “He wanted out,” Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak said on Sunday. Mozeliak, speaking to a large gathering of bloggers who were in town for the annual United Cardinal Bloggers weekend, recounted the months leading up to Rolen’s departure and spoke candidly, and perhaps [...]
I’ve been as critical as anyone of Lance Lynn this season, justifiably or not. I recently invoked a comparison to Todd Wellemeyer, who struggled mightily in his three seasons in St. Louis. To me, the Lance Lynn schtick had become tired. I was becoming increasingly frustrated of the enigmatic nature of his starts. We all [...]
Believe it or not, the 2014 MLB First-year Player Draft is quickly approaching. The St. Louis Cardinals have the 27th overall pick in the first round of the draft, which starts on June 5, and Baseball America has the Redbirds taking a pitcher with that pick. The publication has the Cardinals drafting Luis Ortiz, a [...]
The importance of Sunday night’s 6-5 win over the Pirates can’t be overstated. As we sit here in the middle of May, that may seem like a hyperbolic statement because for all intents and purposes, this season in still quite young. Baseball skeptics will tell you there’s still more than 100 games left to play [...]
If it seems like Matt Carpenter is striking a lot, you’re not just imagining it. For simplicity, I looked at Carpenter’s numbers through April of this season and compared it to the same amount of plate appearances last season. Below (and enlargeable) are Carpenter’s splits through 110 at-bats (29 games) this season and 108 at-bats [...]
About two years ago, my fresh-starting journalism career took me away from a passion of mine — blogging about the St. Louis Cardinals. It was always a goal of mine to get back to providing commentary about the Redbirds, and I waited for the right time to get back to it. I was fortunate to land [...]
