John Gant

The news popped out over the weekend: Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas experienced forearm discomfort. He’d take a break. Wouldn’t throw for a few days. Yeah. OK. Following their predictable pattern, the Cardinals initially downplayed…

The Daily Redbird Review: FIRST PITCH: The Cardinals lost to the Nationals 6-2 on Tuesday night in another dull showing by an absent-minded offense. Question: Is this officially a slump? Yeah, I think so. Even…

The Daily Redbird Review FIRST PITCH: After rocking for nearly two months since the All-Star break, the Cardinals have slowed down, and I think we’d all agree that the timing could be better. After losing…

The Daily Redbird Review: FIRST PITCH: In a peculiar twist to their season, the Cardinals have gone into the hitter-heaven setting of Coors Field in Denver and scored two total runs in 18 innings, losing…

Here’s your Daily Redbird Review: FIRST PITCH: After whomping the Reds and Pirates on the road, the Cardinals returned home for an inspection against the formidable Houston Astros. It did not go well, with the…

Here’s my assessment of the Cardinals at the break. Time to hand out the report cards… MANAGER: Mike Shildt has followed through on his vow to clean up the fundamentals. According to the metrics, the…

Your Daily Redbird Review: FIRST PITCH: The Cardinals lost the weekend set at San Diego, getting outscored 18-3 in the series through the fifth inning of Sunday’s game. But after leading 3-0, the Padres screwed…

Here’s your Daily Redbird Review… On a day when Mike Shildt went on a bizarre tirade in defense of his underachieving team — all but demanding praise — the fiery Redbirds responded to their skipper’s…

Losing Jordan Hicks to an elbow injury is a wallop of a punch to the Cardinals’ bullpen and the team’s chances of returning to the postseason. Members of the Cardinals’ bullpen have formed the most…

Presenting your Daily Redbird Review … One more day before Albert Pujols comes home… One more day before Mike Trout plays his first game at Busch Stadium… FIRST PITCH: With the Cardinals offense snoozing against…