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It is... not as serious a number, but still pretty serious.
The Cardinals made a move.
It is serious!
you can probably guess who
A quick look at the Mo tenure, based on winning %
The hot stove beckons
It is a big contact, folks.
Here is the latest roster update...
The club’s longtime farm director calls it quits.
A brief stream of consciousness defense of Herrera as a catcher.
Gray and Nootbaar will be out to start the season.
The "torso soreness" that had left Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar unavailable on Thursday has now been confirmed by President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak to be fractured ribs. I'm no doctor, but I would imagine that would cause some torso soreness, indeed. The good news is as far as fractures go, a standard rib fracture requires pretty minimal treatment: rest, ice, and NSAIDS. Pain should subside in a few weeks, which puts Nootbaar's availability for Opening Day in jeopardy, but doesn't entirely rule it out. More to come as more information is reported!
Ever watched a baseball game and thought "I want to write about this"? Have we got an opportunity for you!
What would a Yamamoto contract and posting fee be? Let’s look at the history and the math.
The title pretty much says it all.
Timely journalism this morning — asked around the clubhouse for advice about the best way to do Barbenheimer, starting with this from Oli Marmol: “What the hell is that?”
— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) July 21, 2023
When asked the best way to watch Barbenheimer, the St. Louis Cardinals had varying opinions from not knowing what the reference even was to suggesting you watch all three Lord of the Rings movies instead. Jeff Jones again with the diligent reporting in this great Twitter thread (or whatever Twitter is now).
Jack Flaherty is scratched for tomorrow with right hip tightness. Tomorrow’s starter TBA.
— Jeff Jones (@jmjones) June 24, 2023
I am going to start this on a personal note. When I wrote the previews for this series I originally wrote everything guessing Matthew Liberatore would start Sunday. Then the Cardinals pushed up Jack Flaherty so I had to scramble to write some analysis for him instead. Turns out that was all for naught as he has been scratched from Sunday's game due to hip tightness. Brutal. The starter is TBA, but it would be Liberatore's turn in the rotation. I believe Miles Mikolas would also be available on full rest.
Eric Longenhagen and Tess Taruskin have made it to the Cardinals in their top prospect series. No surprise here at who reigns at the top of the list. They include wonderful breakdowns of each prospect in this list -- it looks like a lot of time and care goes into crafting these. It is well-organized and easy to understand, while including all the relevant information a fan could want. Definitely check it out if you want to learn more about the Cardinals prospects!
Our old friend Ben Clemens has a really good piece at Fangraphs about St. Louis Cardinals infielder Nolan Gorman. Last season he struggled with high fastballs, but a bit of a change to his stance seems to have made that issue a thing of the past. As usual, it is super interesting and insightful work from Ben and I thought you all might want to check it out!
Wishing a happy 21st birthday to the top prospect in baseball: Jordan Walker! #STLCards pic.twitter.com/auQ1MJRZt7
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 22, 2023
The Cardinals top prospect turned 21 today -- hopefully there are some celebrations at the end of the season he will now be able to partake in if he wants!
and a club record!
And you can buy it if you want.
what a dang season this has been
I haven’t recapped since Oct 2020. But my presence on the Masthead and access to the authoring tool remained. Let’s see for how much longer.
Todays game has been ppd. You can tell because parking prices plummeted. A heads up before you start your drive. Expect official announcement soon. #stlcards
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) April 13, 2022
I am not #online enough to know how the #banged phrase began, only enough to notice it is A Thing. Anyway, it looks like the game is going to be postponed, though I have yet to hear something officially. Keep your ears open.
Did you all see that Will Smith thing at the Oscars? That was really weird right? It gave me really bad secondhand embarrassment and I’ve been having trouble sleeping. My mind has been racing all night. As it turns out, the universe had a plan. You see, if I had fallen peacefully asleep I would’ve missed John Denton of MLB.com reporting that Albert Pujols has signed a one-year $2.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. You might recall that Pujols had spent 11 years with the Cardinals, winning two championships in 2006 and 2011 before signing a 10 year contract with the Los Angeles Angels and spent the last half of 2021 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Rumors have been swirling about a possible return to St. Louis for the former MVP, but honestly I didn’t think it would happen. I don’t think I am getting any sleep tonight.
On a chilly night in October the St. Louis Cardinals faced elimination against Texas Rangers, twice down to their final strike of the game, twice tying the game. In the bottom of the ninth David Freese hit a game-saving triple to tie the game. In the bottom of the eleventh, he walked it off. I will never not post about it.
On May 6 at 9:00 am CT, FOCO made its newest Yadier Molina bobblehead available for pre-order on their website. The bobblehead celebrates Molina's 2000th start and displays a seemingly very accurate depiction of the Cardinals long-time backstop as he salutes the crowd with the Arch in the background. The price on the site is $50 and they will only be selling 204. I have not yet personally reviewed this bobblehead so I cannot say from experience how this specific one looks, but in the past the FOCO bobbles I have received were of fantastic quality and accuracy. I have one of Ozzie Smith doing a backflip on my desk at work that people always compliment me on. (Just as a note, neither VEB nor I earn any money from this, I just personally like bobbleheads and thought some Cardinals fans might be interested in this as it is a limited edition and it is Yadi.)
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