Here we are sitting in the cold Midwest waiting for the warm weather to make its way to us. While we wait, and no action is going on, I thought you should get a glimpse at some of the milestones that Cardinal players are within reach of attaining. Remember, this is a list and there […]
While We Wait for the Season- Minor League Coaching Assignments
Every year just before the annual Cardinals Caravan and Winter Warmup, the Cardinals announce their assignments for managers and coaches in their organization. While we wait for the season to begin, let’s look at these people and a short bio on them. Memphis Redbirds (AAA) Memphis native and former St. Louis Cardinals minor league outfielder Ben […]
Faces of the Future Part 4 – Top Prospects in the Lower Minors
It’s Wednesday! That means it is another CardinalsGM blog post. Enjoy! This is the 4th and final part of the Faces of the Future series. We have already looked at the young pitchers in part one, the young infielders in part two, and the young outfielder in part three. In this part, we gather […]
Faces of the Future Part 3- The Young Cardinal Outfielders
It’s Wednesday! That means it is another CardinalsGM blog post. Enjoy! In our previous two blogs, we have taken a look at the Faces of the Future in the young pitching and the infielders. Part 1 The Cardinals Young Pitchers Part 2- The Cardinals Young Infielders Now we turn our attention to the fine […]
Faces of the Future Part 2- The Young Cardinals Infielders
It’s Wednesday and time for another CardinalsGM blog post. Enjoy! In our last blog, we looked into the Faces of the Future ( it can be found here) that included the young pitchers (age 25 and younger) that were on the 40-man roster. We always like to compare leaning on “young pitchers” to gambling in […]
Faces of the Future Part 1- The Cardinals Young Pitchers
The Cardinals and Their Aging Core of Stars
The title tells it all. All the eggs are in the basket of Adam Wainwright, Matt Carpenter and Yadier Molina. For the past several years the Cardinals organization have leaned on them pretty heavily. In order for the Cardinals to breakout, they are going to need the play of those with a shimmering of light […]
Mozeliak Answers United Cardinal Bloggers Questions
Every year, President of Baseball Operations for the St. Louis Cardinals, John Mozeliak, is gracious enough to take a few questions from us and he answers them. He has done this every year for several seasons and never fails to respond. After the season begins we will get an invite to Busch Stadium for a meeting […]
Halfway Through Offseason – Cardinals Still Have Needs
Looking at the Needs for Cardinals in 2019 The most pressing need for position players (some disagree) is a solid lefthanded bat. Currently, Carpenter is a lefty bat along with Wong and that is it except Dexter Fowler is a switch hitter. Therefore, the need for Fowler is there on the bench. That brings us […]
It’ Not Exactly the Midas Touch but it is Goldschmidt
It’s official. The Cardinals acquired Paul Goldschmidt from the Diamondbacks for catcher Carson Kelly, pitcher Luke Weaver, and prospect Andy Young. Let’s look into this. The Cardinals gave up five years of Carson Kelly contract but he was stalled behind Yadier Molina for at least two more years. Look for Andrew Knizner to be the […]