Top Six Losses that Cost the Cardinals the 2016 Postseason
You may have gotten tired of me saying in The Fast Lane during the season, “if the Cardinals miss the playoffs by a game, we’ll look back on that one.”…
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The Cardinals are Having one of the Most Improbable Home Run Seasons in History
With four more home runs Sunday, the Cardinals have a National League leading 173 on the season. Their NL record streak of nine straight multi-homer games ended Saturday night in…
Cards May Be Forced To Use Reyes In Higher Leverage Situations
Can Alex Reyes handle a late-inning role out of the bullpen over the final two months of the season? The better question is whether the Cardinals can afford to not find out….
Cards’ Injury Woes Are Common With Every NL Wild Card Contender
The Cardinals appear to have found their way for the umpteenth time this season. In splitting four games at Chicago, the Cardinals were terrible in the first two losses, and…
The Cards Came Out Just Fine Compared to Other Teams Trading for Relievers
It happens every year at the MLB trade deadline. A team makes a trade and that team’s fan base gripes as soon as they see the prospect or prospects that…
Mozeliak’s Trade Deadline Plans Shouldn’t Involve Alex Reyes
Three years ago, the rumor mill had the White Sox rejecting a deal that would have sent Carlos Martinez to Chicago in exchange for shortstop Alexei Ramirez. Could you imagine? Carlos…
Rosenthal’s Demotion from Closer May be for Good with Cardinals
Cardinals skipper Mike Matheny has made the logical decision, after a disastrous seven game run, to demote Trevor Rosenthal from the closer’s role. While we don’t know who the Redbird…
Cardinals’ Problems Don’t Look Bad Compared to the Pirates’ Current Outlook
In a 2006 column for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, New York Times best-selling author Regina Brett celebrated turning 50 by putting together a list of 50 lessons she had learned over…
Two Major Improvements Help Cardinals Flex Muscle, Sweep Pirates
All of a sudden, the Cardinals have won five games in a row and have taken over the National League wild card lead. It would seem many of the problems…
Three Ways the Cardinals Can Survive Without Peralta
When Jhonny Peralta suffered a torn ligament in his thumb in the Cardinals’ Grapefruit League opener, the first concern was the bottom third of the order. It was safe to figure…