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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Press Release from Cardinals: CARDINALS HIRE ALBERT AND CLAPP TO COACHING STAFF; ALBERT WAS ASTROS SECOND HITTING COACH; CLAPP MAKES MOVE FROM MEMPHIS ST. LOUIS, Mo. – October 29, 2018 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today they have hired Jeff Albert as hitting coach and Richard “Stubby” Clapp as first base coach. The […]
Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak has publicly stated the organization is seeking an impact bat for next year. Everyone likes the big bopper players on their team but is that the most pressing need for the Cardinals? Will the team simply outslug the other teams and abandon other aspects of the team? Of course […]
