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Recapping day one of the 2025 Winter Warm Up. A consistent word that was being pushed by the players and staff alike was “Hunger.” Players know there’s opportunity available and players hunting for more prominant roles can smell the blood in the water. If the team intends to “shock” some people, then the most obvious pathway will be for players that we don’t necessarily anticipate being major contributors and or players...
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Plus a chance to vote on the #9 prospect
I’m going to momentarily put pause on the Winter Warmup material. I have an idea in mind for my next Winter Warmup related post, but it requires multiple interview snippets. I have only transcribed the John Mozeliak interview, so that would take time. Plus, it’s an idea that would be weird with no input from Oliver Marmol, who speaks after this article is posted. Plus let’s keep...
The Cardinals are facing a major obstacle as they attempt to retool their roster towards a younger (and cheaper) product for the 2025 campaign: they’ve been unsuccessful to this point in their attempts to move on from veteran third baseman Nolan Arenado.
The St. Louis Cardinals are not likely to make any free agency moves until they have clarity on a trade for all-star third baseman Nolan Arenado. So far this offseason, the Cardinals are one of the six teams that have not spent any money on an MLB free agent.
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Here is a little bit more about them.
I am far from a prospect expert. Quite frankly, I am not a very good prospect evaluator at all. There is just so much to know, and I just don’t have that wealth of knowledge or have accumulated the experience that some of my peers have. I also suffer from being overly optimistic. Prospects are just so new and sparkly with possibility — how can I not get excited about their potential? Unfortunately,...
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The Cardinals offseason is at a stand still while they try to trade Nolan Arenado
The Cardinals had a plan. At the beginning of the offseason, the Cardinals asked Willson Contreras, Sonny Gray, and Nolan Arenado if they wanted to stick around. Contreras and Gray chose to stay. Arenado asked to get traded.
He was not surprised Gray and Contreras stayed, even though he had an open mind in case they didn’t.
“Those guys wanted to be a part of what we are doing,...
Right-hander Ryan Helsley spoke to reporters about his future with the Cardinals during the club’s Winter Warmup fan event this weekend.
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak met with reporters (including Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat) at the team’s Winter Warm-Up event today, and discussed several topics related to quiet St.
And does it influence how the Cardinals construct their roster?
When thinking up content to develop for my weekly article (which is easier said than done, BTW), I often find myself drifting towards challenging a popular narrative to see if it can be supported with data (or not). Are the Cardinas really good at draft-and-develop? Yes, the data supports the designation of “elite”. Is draft-and-develop the best way to go? Sort of. It’s not the highest odds pathway to team success, though....
The St. Louis Cardinals have long been one of the most successful and respected organizations in baseball. Since 2000, the Cardinals have won as many World Series as they have had sub-.500 seasons.
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Andy Carroll covers the Double A Springfield Cardinals for the Scoops with Danny Mac Network
Episode number two this week is ALL about the most intriguing minor league group of players currently in the system. Andy Carroll does a terrific job covering the Springfield Cardinals and shared some interesting insight into some of the players we are most intrigued by that will help shape the next wave of Cardinals baseball!
This...
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Earlier this offseason, John Mozeliak made it clear he intended to trade Nolan Arenado. Fast forward to mid-January and the Cardinals still have yet to make a single roster move. Arenado is still a Cardinal, and the clock is ticking on the timeline to trade him prior to the season.
Trading Arenado was seen as the best way for the Cardinals to lower payroll, and I think it still is. But there are a lot of factors holding things up at the moment. Alex...
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And a chance to vote for the #8 prospect
Well, that was a blowout. Michael McGreevy won the sixth vote pretty decisively against two other players. For comparison’s sake though, Chase Davis got a higher percentage of votes against nine other players than McGreevy did against two. And like I said, McGreevy fairly easily won. Davis was a level of domination in the voting that I frankly don’t really expect again. Well, if it happens...
The St. Louis Cardinals have seen some of the greatest Gold Glove seasons in the history of baseball, but there are a few that stand above the rest. From
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Out of Cardinals first basemen since 1975, Paul Goldschmidt was pretty dang good
Today I have more best music of 2024 to present, album finds from many different year end lists, from several different user ratings systems, and a system that averaged together all years end reviews. So I guess I would consider these releases as a best of best of 2024.
But first and foremost, I’m here to talk about baseball, through the lens of a longtime St Louis...
Steven Matz, 33, enters the 2025 season in jeopardy with the Cardinals, looking to re-establish himself as a major-league caliber starter. Matz has struggled with injuries since he signed with the Cardinals as a free agent in 2022.
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The Cardinals have seemingly shifted their direction in a way only Ross could appreciate.
This past season, on May 13th, the Cardinals theme night give away was Goldy and Fredbird carrying a couch down the steps to recreate the iconic scene from the TV show “Friends.” In this scene Ross (played by David Schwimmer) continuously exclaims “Pivot!” in comedic fashion after trying to move a couch down a flight of stairs and the couch becomes stuck.
This...
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This month’s edition of the mailbag featured two familiar faces to the site!
What an absolute joy it was to reconnect with Blake and JP for our reader mailbag episode this month! I hope you all enjoy it and as always please be sure to let me know what you think in the comments. Likes or dislikes are both welcome, but please make the dislikes constructive. If there is an issue that is holding back your ability to enjoy the show I would love to be able to address that...
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Also your chance to vote on the next prospect
Technically speaking, I didn’t actually need to re-run the vote. Michael McGreevy was winning the 6th vote (with no Chase Davis) when I closed the poll last week and by far, and he won against both Chase Davis and Cooper Hjerpe on Thursday. But at least now there’s no doubt on the rankings. The readers clearly think Michael McGreevy is the #6 prospect in the system. Because of that,...
The eight-year extension that Nolan Arenado signed back in 2019 with the Rockies is coming to a close in 2027 with upwards of $50M still owed to him over the next three seasons.