Welcome to your Saturday afternoon pregame reading! With the Cardinals on the road and storms all over the Midwest, it feels good to get back in the rhythm that is baseball. I have The Rookie on as a soundtrack to the second part of our look at the recently completed MLB Draft, as both State [...]
Breaking down the draft takes years to fully decide if it was productive or not as a whole. While the first few rounds get most of the attention, it takes the grinders moving up one rung of the ladder each year that establish an organization. The Cardinals have been blessed with success from the top [...]
As much fun as yesterday was to see new faces become future Cardinals, the real challenge now starts with finding the hidden gems in Rounds 11-40 of the MLB Draft. The usual strategy for St. Louis and other teams in the recent past has been trying to entice some of the tougher signs with strong [...]
In what can only be described as a wild ride, the Cardinals navigated their Day 1 of the 2017 Draft in admirable fashion. With a tiny budget and zero room for error, St. Louis added another LHP to the mix with Brett Seeburger from San Diego State. The former All-State performer in California adds even [...]
Brett Seeburger, LHP San Diego State
There will be a new Scrabble in the St. Louis organization in the very near future. This lefty may very well move fast as a reliever, but Evan Kruczynski starred at East Carolina as their best starter in 2016. The Senior southpaw didn’t have the encore season he hoped, but the Cardinals are counting on [...]
Evan Kruczynski, LHP East Carolina
Much has been written about the contributions Carlos Beltran has made not only for the Cardinals but more importantly for the game of baseball in Puerto Rico. When it was finally time to take a pitcher, St. Louis reached out to the future Hall of Famer’s school for a power arm. Wilberto Rivera throws in [...]
Wilberto Rivera, RHP Puerto Rico HS
Rinse. Repeat. Win. One thing can be said for the St. Louis model with the draft at least thru the first five picks. All are position players, each has played (one committed) for D1 schools, and every one focuses on more than just the offensive side of the game. This focus on up-the-middle defense with [...]
Chase Pinder, CF Clemson
The run of position players continues, as most of the publications noted that was the strength of this year’s draft. The big difference in Round 6 for the Cardinals was two-fold, with the first High School player taken as well as the reason for three relatively easy selections to start the day. Zach Jackson is [...]
