In 2010, 2011, and 2012, I adapted the classic A Christmas Carol to the Cardinal front office, most specifically John Mozeliak. With the way this offseason is going, it seemed like it might be time for the ghosts to make a return. “Merry Christmas, Mr. Mozeliak.” John Mozeliak, the general manager of the St. Louis [...]
I’ve discussed Jason Heyward’s decision on Best Dans in Baseball and had a good old-fashioned rant fest with Tara on Gateway to Baseball Heaven last night*. Much of this post may be a recap of those two shows, but I’ll put it down here so I can work through a few other things as well. *Last [...]
I think they Heyward discussion has played out, so I won’t go there, aside from saying that I wanted to re-sign him. We didn’t though, so what’s next? I heard an Alex Gordon rumor, and on the surface, that seems like a solid idea, but he’ll be 32 by the time the season comes around, [...]
Everyone knows that St. Louis Cardinals fans are racists and bigots, so it wasn’t surprising to see such a fiery response on Friday when Jason Heyward announced that he was leaving The Best Fans in Baseball™ and Baseball Heaven™ to play for the rival Chicago Cubs. Here’s a collection of some of the vitriol [...]
According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cardinals are out of the Jason Heywards sweepstakes. Jon Heyman believes the Nationals have offered around $200M, but are not optimistic. It would look like the Cubs may have a new outfielder; we don’t know financial terms yet but it’s official. This decision will allow the Cardinals to move forward [...]
At the Winter Meetings, Johnny Cueto‘s agent, Bryce Dixon, acknowledged that his client would be open to going to the Cardinals. Dixon told MLB Trade Rumors: “He’s expressed regret over it in the past. He loves pitching in the NL Central. He’s the best pitcher of our era in the NL Central. It would be [...]
No financial details yet, and it’s not the free agent we’ve been waiting for, but Tom Ackerman of KMOX is reporting Jonathan Broxton has signed a two-year deal to return to St. Louis.
The Cardinals are busy enough trying to build their team at the winter meetings; they’ve already traded Jon Jay for Jedd Gyroko, claimed Jayson Aquino on waivers, and talked to Johnny Cueto, Wei-Yin Chen, and Jason Heyward about signing. They also had to deal with a pillaging in the Rule V draft. The Cardinals started [...]
With the Cardinals picking up Jedd Gyorko this morning (a move I really liked, but I’ll get into that later), it got my mind running through reason to make the trade. Sure Gyorko would make a great utility player and be able to give Kolten Wong, Matt Carpenter, and Jhonny Peralta the occasional day off, [...]
When Jon Jay got an affordable extension last January it worried me as I didn’t understand it. Yes he was coming off a good season, but we had good talent in the pipes, and I had never been a fan. Then 2015 came. Here’s a refresher: In a season where he was both injured and pushed out [...]
Multiple sources are reporting that the Cardinals have acquired Jedd Gyorko from the Padres for Jon Jay. Gyorko hit .247/.297/.347 last year but had 16 HR in 128 games and can play 2B and SS.
We’ve reached the end of the folks voted on by those that filled out the Twitter survey back in October. As you’ve seen, there are a lot of quality accounts that people think you should be following. (And if you aren’t on Twitter, you ought to at least consider joining up to read these time [...]
