Chasen Shreve
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Fussin’ and feudin’: Cards, Cubs stoke rivalry, trade barbs
ST. LOUIS (AP) — To St. Louis pitcher John Brebbia, this fussin’ and feudin’ between the Cardinals and Chicago Cubs is a perfect winter warmup. “Honestly, people were kind of forgetting baseball season was coming…
1 month ago
High Risk, Higher Reward: Cardinals Make a Bold Move For Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller is a big man, a big name, and a big-game hunter in the postseason. Assuming that the Cardinals and Miller finalize their free-agent contract, the Cards have added one of the more fearsome…
2 months agoOdd path to playoffs: Kratz, Voit, Brasier take longer road
Of course Erik Kratz kept hoping for a moment like this. That’s why he stuck around, through a dozen big league organizations, a couple of cruel demotions in the minors, a bunch of near-misses in…
5 months ago
How to Make the ’19 Cardinals a Playoff Team in an Ultra-Competitive NL
The “what” is the easy part…it’s the “how” that gets complicated. What the Cardinals and their fans want is a return to the playoffs. How they get there is the part that takes hard work…
5 months ago
The 2018 Cardinals Weren’t Bad. They Just Weren’t Good Enough.
Let’s go full Tony La Russa here and play a hard nine. Nine reasons why the Cardinals failed to reach the postseason for the third consecutive season: 1. They weren’t good enough. Sometimes we sit…
5 months ago
Bird Bytes: The Cardinals Failed Miserably In a Big Test Against the Superior Brewers
What a mess. It isn’t just that the Cardinals lost all three games to the Milwaukee Brewers. It’s how they lost. 1. Giving away a game on Monday. 2. The St. Louis pitchers getting blasted…
5 months agoBrewers clinch playoff spot, sweep Cards 2-1; Cubs also in
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fortunately for the Milwaukee Brewers, they didn’t slip up. The Brewers clinched their first playoff spot since 2011 by ensuring at least a spot in the NL wild-card game, helped Wednesday…
5 months agoAdams lifts Cardinals past Giants 5-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Cardinals manager Mike Shildt likes going to Matt Adams in big spots. He showed why Friday night. Adams sliced a broken-bat, two-run double down the third-base line, lifting St. Louis to…
5 months ago
In the Final Days Of the Regular Season, Will the Cardinals’ Bullpen Hold or Fold?
By now it’s obvious that Cardinals manager Mike Shildt is leaning heavily on Jordan Hicks and Carlos Martinez to protect late-inning leads and lock down victories. Not counting Luke Weaver, who was brought into lost-cause…
5 months agoAdams homer rallies Cardinals past Pirates 8-7
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two weeks ago, St. Louis infielder Matt Adams couldn’t buy a hit. He struggled just to make contact, and was mired in a 0-for-27 slump. Those days are apparently over. Adams…
5 months ago