NL Central
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A Look At The Key Questions Facing NL Central Teams. Today: The St. Louis Cardinals.
Conventional baseball writer-pundit wisdom: The National League Central is wide open. Except for the impoverished Pittsburgh Pirates — who are being slowly strangled by a cheapskate owner — you can’t rule any team, or anything,…
4 weeks ago -
The Reds Are Doing A Lot. The Cardinals Are Doing Little. Who’s Doing It Right?
With the signing of corner outfielder Nick Castellanos, the Cincinnati Reds have spent $164 million on free-agent contacts this winter: 1-Castellanos, 4 years for $64 million. With an opt out after 2020 or 2021. 2-Second…
2 months ago -
Bernie: Cardinals, Cubs and Brewers Set To Battle It Out In A Rollicking September
We’d like to welcome the Cardinals, Cubs and Brewers to September baseball. The final month of the regular season begins Sunday. Buckle up. We’re in for a wild ride. The pressure is on. — For…
7 months ago -
Bernie: For The Cardinals To Win The NL Central, These Negative Numbers Must Change.
As play resumes following the All-Star break, every peppy NL Central team believes it can win the division. And why not? This is a blooper of a division … think of a little wind-blown pop…
9 months ago -
Mozeliak Likes Cards’ Youth, but Admits It Needs Winter Reinforcement
No one knows Cardinal Nation’s passion better than John Mozeliak. First as general manager and now president of baseball operations, he’s been a figurehead who’s taken plenty of criticism when the team has under-performed. And…
1 year ago -
Analyst Says Some Are Likely ‘Smiling’ at Cardinals’ Recent Troubles
It’s been an interesting couple of Cardinal weeks to say the least, and it’s mostly not due to anything on the field. You’ve heard about it all by now; that John Mozeliak called Dexter Fowler’s…
2 years ago -
Just Another Team: The Cardinals’ Lone All-Star Selection Is a Sign of the Times.
I wasn’t surprised when the NL All-Star team was announced Sunday, and we had to search the roster for the name of a St. Louis Cardinal. Oh. There it is … Miles Mikolas. Starting pitcher,…
2 years ago -
The Brewers and Cubs Have Given the Cardinals an Opening. So Make Your Move.
In shutting out the crazed Cleveland Indians 4-0 on Monday night, the Cardinals shaped one of their finest performances of the season. The Indians had been thrashing everything in their path in recent days and…
2 years ago -
Cardinals Fix-It List: Bullpen, Hitting Approach, Pham Slump, Mathenaging
Since sweeping the Cubs in three glorious days of rivalry-charged baseball the weekend of May 4-6 at Busch Stadium, the Cardinals have flattened out. To this stage of the season the Cardinals’ weekend counterattack on…
2 years ago -
Four Case Studies on Struggling Cardinals: Fowler, Ozuna, Wong, Carpenter
Nearly two months into the 2018 season, the Cardinals are trying to ignite a torpid offense. With the St. Louis starting pitchers going into the holiday weekend with the best rotation ERA in the National…
2 years ago