Viva El Birdos

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Expect to see Quinn Mathews soon, and Crooks not far behind. With a major league squad poised to be mediocre, it can be hard to drum up excitement for the upcoming season. What takes much less effort is getting excited for prospects, specifically prospects on the verge of making their MLB debut. Though I would … [Read more...] about The battery of the future: Mathews to Crooks (Season Preview: Part Four)

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images *well, sort of — you will see what I mean. I have a short post today, but hopefully a fun one. I was looking at the stats for St. Louis Cardinals newest reliever Phil Maton on Baseball Savant. Specifically I was looking at Run Value to try to determine what some of his best pitches might be. It isn’t a perfect measure … [Read more...] about I found objectively the best pitch on the Cardinals*

Jonathan Dyer-Imagn Images A spring training tilt I had grand intentions of writing a Game Recap, but I don’t see that happening today. Blue Jays arrive at Roger Dean Stadium as the teams really enter the last week to ten days of spring work. A week from tomorrow will be get-away day for them. Pallante takes the mound for the Cardinals, amidst growing … [Read more...] about A Game Thread – Mar 15 – Blue Jays at Cardinals

Cardinals roll the dice on the 2025 season | PETER PEREIRA/The Standard-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Can they be better than everyone expects? As the Cardinals offense appears to be experiencing its Spring nadir, I sense that readers anxiety about said offense is reaching its zenith. So, I thought I’d try a little sunny-side-up for today. Various projection systems are out … [Read more...] about A slightly different take on 2025 St. Louis Cardinal Projections