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
It’s Wednesday! That means it is another CardinalsGM blog post. Enjoy! I felt it only fair to touch on some of the youth in the Cardinals organization after penning a blog about The Aging Stars of the Cardinals. Today, we look at the pitching staff on the 40-man roster and a couple of arms […]
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 […]
Baseball Awards, Games to Watch in Offseason and More!
Don’t get down and lonely because the baseball season is over. There is plenty to watch and talk about for the next 100 days or so before pitchers and catchers report. The MLB Network begins their offseason shows beginning with Hot Stove at 9AM ET hosted by Matt Vasgersian, Harold Reynolds, Lauren Shehadi and Ken Rosenthal. MLB […]
The OffSeason Has Begun- Notes, Important Dates and Prospects
OFFSEASON TALKING POINTS The Cardinals started it off by completing their coaching staff for 2019. Although Jeff Albert wasn’t really on the radar as an assistant hitting coach, Stubby Clapp was a solid hire and a chance to keep him in the organization. The offseason has some intriguing events ahead but the path the Cardinals take […]