Jaime Omar Garcia

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 8, 1986 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
High Schools: Sharyland HS (Sharyland, TX), Sharyland HS (Mission, TX)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 22nd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 11, 2008 (Age 22)   vs. PIT 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Team: Cardinals 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed (team option), 4 yrs/$27M (12-15) & 16-17 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.047, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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• 5/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Sports Illustrated cover jinxes the Cards rotation: The Cardinals’ starting pitching rotation is on this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated. Well, what WAS the Cardinals’...
• 5/22 Baseball Musings: Garcia Gone: Jaime Garcia needs surgery for a torn shoulder labrum: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the surgery will take place Friday by...
• 5/22 STLCardinalBaseball: Jaime Garcia And Shoulder Surgery – What Can We Expect?: Earlier today the Cardinals made a preliminary announcement that Jaime Garcia will undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum and...
• 5/22 MLB Injury News: Cardinals' Jaime Garcia requires season-ending surgery: St. Louis Cardinals right-handed starting pitcher Jaime Garcia will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, according to Jon...
• 5/22 Baseball News Source: Jaime Garcia to Have Shoulder Surgery, Out Until 2014: Jaime Garcia will have shoulder surgery that will end his 2013 season. Garcia was examined by Dr. James Andrews who recommended...
• 5/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Links: Garcia, Carpenter, Garza: Jaime Garcia will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery on Friday, writes Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. Heyman goes on to write...
• 5/22 Redbird Rants: The Great Lyons/Wacha Debate: Ever since it became known that the Cardinals intended to promote lefty pitcher Tyler Lyons to St. Louis to start in place of...
• 5/22 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: The Next 2012 First-Rounder To Be Called Up: The Orioles made headlines last night by announcing the promotion of Kevin Gausman to the Majors. Gausman, the No. 4 overall...
• 5/22 i70baseball.com: 2013 St. Louis Cardinals are very good, but could be great: The St. Louis Cardinals jumped out to a 28-16 record through roughly the first quarter of the regular season, and while that is...
• 5/22 El Maquino: DESCALSO AND WAINWRIGHT CHOP UP THE PADS: > Adam Wainwright is inevitably going to go somewhat overlooked in a 10-2 game, but he still ended up serving a vital role...
• 5/21 Redbird Dugout: Sanchez claimed by the Cubs: Over the weekend the Cardinals indicated that Tyler Lyons would join the team to take Jaime Garcia‘s place in the rotation...
• 5/21 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Tyler Lyons: Over the weekend the Cardinals received horrible-but-unsurprising news that Jaime Garcia had renewed (and increased) pain in...
• 5/21 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Claim Eduardo Sanchez: The Cubs claimed reliever Eduardo Sanchez off waivers from the Cardinals, tweets Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch....
• 5/21 MLB Injury News: Cardinals' Jaime Garcia to see Dr. Andrews: He's a great doctor, but anytime his name is associated with a player's name, it's generally bad news.  This time, that bad...
• 5/21 El Maquino: CARDS BULLPEN SUFFERS FROM TAXATION AND MISUSE: > Not once in the Milwaukee series did a Cardinal starter finish the sixth inning.  In the previous series against the Mets,...
• 5/20 CardinalsFarm.com: Why Tyler Lyons was the chosen one, for now.: This past weekend, it was announced that Triple-A pitcher Tyler Lyons was going to be filling in for Jaime Garcia while he and...
• 5/20 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals begin long road trip Monday after 7-3 homestand: After a successful 7-3 homestand, the St. Louis Cardinals will go on an eight game road trip visiting San Diego for three...
• 5/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Poll: Which Cardinals pitcher is most likely to get sent down?The St. Louis Cardinals will apparently have to option out a pitcher on Wednesday. Who do you think it will be?...
• 5/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 49 Observations: Part Two: Rangers 11, Tigers 8 Miguel Cabrera: It's a shame Cabrera's performance had to come in a losing effort for Detroit, but...
• 5/19 El Maquino: MANESS PERFORMS MIRACLE: > For the third time already this year, former Cardinals ace Kyle Lohse lost to a rookie on his former team.  This time it...
• 5/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Hart, Choo, Arroyo, Cardinals: Brewers GM Doug Melvin indirectly shed some light on the philosophical differences which led to trading Brett Lawrie to the Blue...
• 5/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cardinals, Braves, Starting Pitching Market: With one-fourth of the season in the books, let's have a look around some injury situations and how they might impact the developing...
• 5/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Who should start for St. Louis in Garcia’s spot?Reviewing various starting pitching options for the St. Louis Cardinals in Jaime Garcia’s absence. ...
• 5/19 MLB Injury News: Cardinals' Jaime Garcia placed on the DL: The St. Louis Cardinals are dealing with yet another injured pitcher.  Jaime Garcia was placed on the 15-day disabled list...
• 5/19 Redbird Dugout: Garcia shut down again with shoulder issues: Jaime Garcia will be shut down once again, the Cardinals announced today as they placed Garcia on the 15-day Disabled List and...
• 5/18 STLCardinalBaseball: Let’s Talk About Garcia: On June 10, 2012, I predicted that Jaime Garcia would require surgery to repair a mildly-torn rotator cuff by the end of that...
• 5/18 CardinalsFarm.com: Michael Wacha: Why not Now?: The St. Louis Cardinals starting rotation has taken some hits in the last 2 days as it was announced that Jake Westbrook had a...
• 5/18 Injury Report: ()
• 5/18 El Maquino: WHAT NEXT AFTER JAIME GOES DOWN?: > The team announced this afternoon that Jaime Garcia has been placed on the disabled list after his rough start last night;...
• 5/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 41: Slamming BrewsDavid Freese broke his long home run drought with a grand slam in the first inning, as the Cardinals (27-14) and ......
• 5/17 El Maquino: WHY ARE STOLEN BASES UP AGAINST YADIER MOLINA?: > I like to poke fun at Cards fans on Twitter during games when, as one loud, incontrovertible voice, they declare that one...
• 5/17 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May.16) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Stephen Strasburg pitched into the 8th inning for the first time of his MLB career. He got the win as the Nationals beat the...
• 5/17 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: May 17, 2013: DraftKings Team of the Day Today I’m playing the $1 Double Up contest. It’s very easy for beginners to get involved...
• 5/16 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May 15th) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Raul Ibanez hit a first inning grand slam and later added a second homer as the Mariners demolished the Yankees, 12-2. Jon Lester...
• 5/15 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May 14th) – Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Clayton Kershaw pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings, walking only one and striking out 11 and scored as the Dodgers beat the Nationals...
• 5/15 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Week 7 Tools of the Trade: Holding On Paul Goldschmidt?: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with...
• 5/14 i70baseball.com: Joe Kelly would be better choice to start during Jake Westbrook absence: The St. Louis Cardinals suffered the first crack in their best-in-baseball starting rotation Sunday when they placed Jake Westbrook...
• 5/14 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday ( May 13th) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Justin Upton haunted his old team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, with a 4-5 performance including a double and a massive two run...
• 5/13 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball May.12th – Plus Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Chris Sale threw the third one hit shutout of the weekend as the White Sox (wearing their wonderfully dreadful 1980′s throwbacks)...
• 5/12 RoxPile: Jorge Was Not Impressed: So this series has been horrible. The Rockies tied a Major League record for one team having consecutive batters retired by the...
• 5/12 El Maquino: WITH JAY HITTING, MATH NOW HAS LEADOFF OPTIONS: > Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright absolutely ran over the National League’s best offense in the first two games of...
• 5/12 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jeanmar Gomez tries to stop Matt Harvey as the Pirates finish their series with the Mets. Gomez managed a 2.38 ERA so despite...
• 5/12 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May 11th) – Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Adam Wainwright took a no hitter into the 8th inning and pitched a complete game 2 hit shutout as the Cardinals defeated the Rockies,...
• 5/11 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Yesterday (May 10th) + Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Jon Lester threw a brilliant 1 hit shutout against the Blue Jays as Boston won 5-0. Not to be outdone by Lester, Shelby Miller...
• 5/10 StlSportsMinute.com: Bird's Eye View: St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies clash in 3-game set at Busch Stadium: The St. Louis Cardinals are returning to the friendly setting at Busch Stadium after finishing an impressive 5-1 road...
• 5/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Trading for Pitching UpgradesNash, Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. My pitching is a mess right now. I have More......
• 5/10 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Yesterday (May 9th) + Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Evan Longoria went 3-5, driving in the first run of the game. Then with the Rays and Blue Jays tied, 2 outs and nobody on in the...
• 5/9 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball Yesterday (May 8th) + Updated Yearly ‘WOB’ Standings: Paul Goldschmidt was a one man wrecking crew, smacking two homers and driving in all three Arizona runs as the Diamondbacks beat...
• 5/9 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: 5 players exceeding expectations for the Cardinals in 2013: The St. Louis Cardinals entered the 2013 season with expectations of competing for a National League Central Division crown...
• 5/8 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.08/2013: Matt Harvey may not have pitched a perfect game, or a no hitter, or even get credit for the Mets 1-0 win over the White Sox....
• 5/7 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.07/2013: Stephen Drew hit a game tying homer and a walk off double, going 4-5, as the Red Sox beat the Twins in extra innings, 6-5. The...
• 5/6 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – May 6, 2013: The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast today discusses the potential showdown at the end of May that could cost a Los Angeles team’s...
• 5/6 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.06/2013: Justin Verlander took a no hitter into the 7th inning and finished with seven shut out innings with 9 strikeouts as the Tigers...
• 5/6 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 35 Observations: Pitchers: Blue Jays 10, Mariners 2 Brandon Morrow: Aside from an ugly fifth inning in which he walked four batters, Brandon...
• 5/6 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 31: History So Sweep: Since the Brewers entered the National League and began head-to-head in-season battles with the Cardinals, the Cardinals had never...
• 5/5 Redbird Rants: Jaime Garcia goes 8 innings, Cardinals sweep Brewers: Jaime Garcia pitched 8 solid innings for the St. Louis Cardinals today as they beat the Milwaukee Brewers 10-1 to sweep them this...
• 5/5 El Maquino: GARCIA AND HIS LINEUP RUN OVER MILWAUKEE FOR THE SWEEP: > It’s hard to be very poetic about a 10-1 game. Marco Estrada started for Milwaukee and got absolutely destroyed; giving...
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Scioscia, Brantley, Cosart, Marmol, Garza: Today is Cinco de Mayo, a celebration of Mexican heritage, pride, and culture. The holiday traces its roots to the Battle of Puebla...
• 5/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Starting Pitchers: What I wouldn't give to be a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. What a **** good organization. They already boost a pitching staff...
• 5/2 StanGraphs: The Bird’s Eye View: May 2-5: Part of our duties with the wonderful United Cardinal Bloggers group include periodically helping out with the Bird’s Eye...
• 5/2 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – May 1, 2013:   I recorded The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast at the Willie Mays statue in front of AT&T Park in San Francisco. There was...
• 5/2 mlbreports.com : No Kyle Lohse In St. Louis – No Problem: Young Pitchers Are Thriving For The Cardinals: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 By Landen Crouch (Cardinals Correspondent) If you are interested to know why...
• 5/1 STLCardinalBaseball: The Secret Of Garcia’s SuccessIn a season of pitching surprises for the Cardinals (both good and bad), Jaime Garcia has been a revelation. After ......
• 5/1 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Hudson Wins 200th, Ryu K’s 12 In Dodgers Win: Tim Hudson turned in seven solid innings striking out six and walking two to earn his 200th career win.  Hudson also contributed...
• 5/1 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 26: Cherry GarciaIt was a great game for the Cardinals today from starting pitcher Jaime Garcia in particular. Garcia through eight solid ......
• 5/1 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati Reds 2-1 behind solid outing by Jaime Garica : St. Louis Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia came into the 2013 with mixed expectations after he struggled on the road and with...

• 4/30 El Maquino: ONE MONTH IN, CARDS HAVE BEST ROTATION IN THE GAME: > The bullpen is the worst in Baseball.  The offense, at least lately, has been destitute.  But the one constant so far...
• 4/30 Blog Red Machine: Reds v Cards – 4/30/13: Probable Pitchers and Starters: Who would have thought that a broken bat ground out would lead to a Reds 2-1. If your hand is in the air, you can put it down...
• 4/29 Redbird Dugout: 3 Up, 3 Down: Week 4: One up: Jon Jay A week ago Jon Jay was hitting .197 and Mike Matheny started giving him some time off to work on his swing timing....
• 4/29 Blog Red Machine: Three Up, Three Down — 4/29/13 (Reds @ Cardinals): Well, that was ugly. The Reds’ offensive slide from the series vs the Cubs continued well into the series in the nation’s...
• 4/28 STLCardinalBaseball: What In The World Is Wrong With Joe Kelly?Viva El Birdos beat me to an examination of Joe Kelly‘s early-season struggles, but I felt like their article just ......
• 4/28 The Cardinal Nation Blog: St. Louis Cardinals starters pitch countsA look at how deeply St. Louis Cardinals starting pitchers are going into their games based on pitch counts....
• 4/28 Blog Red Machine: Reds Fantasy Roundup: Week Five: Ouch. Watching Reds baseball over the past 3 games has not been a pleasant experience. After getting subsequently 1-hit for the...
• 4/26 Mastersball.com: Jarrod Parker: Example or Anomaly: In the last few days I have seen several questions about Jarrod Parker and the poor start he is off to this season. First let’s...
• 4/25 StanGraphs: The 2013 Cardinals Look Awfully Familiar: Remember the 2012 Cardinals? They were a talented bunch, a group loaded with impact bats who might not carry SportsCenter... Continue...
• 4/25 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Valdespin Slam Powers Mets, Cobb Shuts Down Yankees: Matt Kemp hit his first homer of the year and drove in three runs as Los Angeles grabbed a 3-1 lead against Mets ace Matt Harvey....
• 4/25 District On Deck: Moments That Mattered: That Same Old Song: Source: FanGraphs These posts are starting to sound like a broken record. Early runs from the opponent drop the Nats’ Win...
• 4/24 District On Deck: Anemic Offense Abandons Solid Strasburg As Nats Get Swept: When does Rizzo point the Zim-Signal into the sky to summon Ryan Zimmerman? Stephen Strasburg was once again solid, but the offense...
• 4/24 Redbird Dugout: Game 21 Notes: Cardinals 4, Nationals 2: Garcia tames the road demon Jaime Garcia got into trouble in the sixth, but regardless it should be a positive outcome for him...
• 4/24 The Flagrant Fan: Cardinals' rotation is killing it: A couple of years ago, when Jaime Garcia was considered the first or second best starting pitcher on the St. Louis Cardinals,...
• 4/24 El Maquino: GARCIA GETS IT DONE IN ROAD START VERSUS STRASBURG: > There’s no such thing as a sure thing in this great game, but when Daniel Descalso is starting at second and Jaime...
• 4/24 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 21: Capitol Thrill: The Cardinals (13-8) came into today’s game seeking their first road sweep of the Nationals since the franchise was called the...
• 4/24 District On Deck: Wainwright sharp as Cards blank Nats: This is not what revenge looks like. Seeking to put the ghosts of last year’s Division Series loss to the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 4/24 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Wednesday: April 24, 2013: Oh my. This is embarrassing. Suddenly in this office chair sits an old man reverted back to little boy saying in a small voice,...
• 4/24 Redbird Dugout: Game 20 Notes: Cardinals 2, Nationals 0: Waino is bueno Through his first five starts of 2012, Adam Wainwright had thrown just 26 2/3 innings, was allowing 1.31 walks...
• 4/22 i70baseball.com: Changes continue to confound Jaime Garcia: St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jaime Garcia is one of the most dominating pitchers on the team when everything around him...
• 4/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: An Interview with Blue Jays Prospect Chase DeJong: Pitcher Chase DeJong was selected last year in the second round of the 2012 amateur draft, #81 overall and made 6 appearances...
• 4/19 El Maquino: RAIN ARRIVES TOO LATE TO SAVE CARDS THIS TIME: > I’ll admit right now I did not watch or listen to one second of this game as I was watching the coverage of the Boston...
• 4/19 The War Room: Fixing the Phillies Offense: All Good Things to Those Who Wait: by: Chris CreightonFollow him on Twitter @WarRoomPHLChris by clicking hereWatch the latest episode of the War Room on UStream...
• 4/19 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (6-10) vs Cardinals (9-6): Philadelphia Phillies (6-10) vs St. Louis Cardinals (9-6) Roy Halladay (1-2, 7.63) vs Jaime Garcia (1-0, 1.86) Time: 7:05, Citizens...
• 4/19 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 19, 2013: Today’s schedule– AL Yankees (Andy Pettitte) at Blue Jays (Brandon Morrow), 7:07 Royals (James Shields) at Red Sox...
• 4/19 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Friday: April 19, 2013: Whatever funk I was in about yesterday's picks being so bad was quickly erased this morning by the news going on in Watertown,...
• 4/18 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Cardinals at Phillies, April 18-21: Here's a review of the pitching match ups and other key stats from the upcoming four-game series between the Cardinals and...
• 4/15 i70baseball.com: Cardinals/Brewers: Three Things to Walk With: The Cardinals won their third consecutive series over the weekend, and second consecutive against a division foe, by taking down...
• 4/15 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 12: Blowpen: In an ugly repeat of his start against Cincinnati on April 8th, Jaime Garcia twirled a masterful seven-inning start completely...
• 4/14 El Maquino: BASEBALL’S WORST BULLPEN FOILS ITS BEST ROTATION YET AGAIN: Sorry for the late dispatch.  Hopefully I’ll be able to lineup a couple guys who can fill in from now on. > Jaime Garcia...
• 4/14 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Players for April 14th, 2013: by Adam JenkinsFantasy Editor@awj101Adrian Beltre, Photo: Keith Allison, Flickr.comDaily Fantasy Baseball Value Hitter of the...
• 4/13 El Maquino: WAINWRIGHT CONTINUES ROTATION’S DOMINANCE; OFFENSIVE OUTBURST PUTS AWAY BREWERS: > Adam Wainwright was the story in a game that saw the Cardinals score eight total runs and seven in one inning. Wainwright...
• 4/12 i70baseball.com: Cardinals vs. Reds: Three Things to Walk With: The Cardinals opened their home season with the usual rolling out of the red carpet with Clydesdales, Hall of Famers and currently...
• 4/8 TheLeadoffWalk: Reds vs. Cardinals: Day Eight Observations: Reds 13, Cardinals 4 Brandon Phillips For all intents and purposes, Phillips owned the end of this game. In the bottom...
• 4/8 El Maquino: THE BULLPEN IS BURNING: > The Cardinals were able to fend off the Reds for eight whole innings until the ninth, when the bullpen was absolutely decimated...
• 4/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 7: Unhappy Homecoming: A beautiful spring afternoon, packed stands at Busch Stadium, and salutes to Cardinal heroes past and present marked another...
• 4/8 Blog Red Machine: Reds Rally, Score 9 in 9th to Thump Cards 13-4: So the Reds and the Cardinals renew what many term as one of baseball’s newest rivalries today. It was also the home opener...
• 4/8 i70baseball.com: A Birds Eye View: Cardinals/Reds Preview: The most official, yet unofficial, annual holiday in St. Louis is here again: Opening Day. And this year, the return home of the...
• 4/8 Blog Red Machine: Reds Fantasy Roundup: Week Two: Welcome back to my weekly fantasy post about the Reds. First of all, I must apologize for being a bit late on this post. I was...
• 4/8 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Baltimore and Boston battle in the Fenway opener with first place in the AL East on the line as Wei-Yin Chen takes on Clay Buchholz....
• 4/4 Redbird Dugout: Cards drop series to Diamondbacks: It was a pretty weird series against the Diamondbacks and it was capped off by a marathon game that sent most Cardinal fans to...
• 4/4 i70baseball.com: Cardinals vs. Diamondbacks: Three Points to Walk With: The St. Louis Cardinals opened the season in a competitive fashion in Arizona, splitting the first two games of the series, before...
• 4/3 Baseball News Source: NL Scores: Tulowitzki, Gonzalez Lead Rockies, Bumgarner Blanks Dodgers: Carlos Gonzalez  and Troy Tulowitzki each homered for the second straight game to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 8-4 when over...
• 4/3 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Polls: St. Louis Cardinals pitching leaders in 2013Readers can vote on a series of pitching-related questions regarding the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 4/3 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 2: Bombs In The DesertAn offense that often relied too heavily on homers in 2012 leaned on that old crutch again tonight, pounding three ......
• 4/3 El Maquino: CARDS CRUSH THE DIAMONDBACKS: > The Cardinals absolutely ran over Trevor Cahill and Heath bell tonight, finishing off the Diamondbacks with a 6-1 final....
• 4/2 Billy-Ball.com: Today’s schedule: AL Orioles (Jason Hammel) at Rays (David Price), 3:10 Indians (Justin Masterson) at Blue Jays (R.A. Dickey), 7:07 Rangers (Yu...
• 4/2 STLCardinalBaseball: A Lot Like Last YearI want to thank Ray for giving me the opportunity to share some of my thoughts regarding my favorite team ......
• 4/1 StanGraphs: 2013 Cardinals Preview-The Pitchers:   It’s opening day, which pretty much means it’s the best day that there is. It’s all I can do... Continue...
• 4/1 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for fantasy baseball 2013 week 2: Throughout the fantasy baseball season I will release my two start pitcher articles for the week ahead.  With opening day underway,...
• 4/1 STLCardinalBaseball: Hopes And Dreams On Opening DayWhen I was a teenager, I liked to imagine that I could pitch. No matter how badly I played during ......

• 3/30 StanGraphs: 2013 NL Awards Preview: Most Valuable Player Award: Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds No surprises here! Joey Votto is easily one of the best hitters in baseball,...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: Spring Spotlight: Shelby Miller: Cardinals rookie right-hander Shelby Miller entered his Tuesday afternoon start with the intention of locking down the...
• 3/28 MLBTradeRumors: Adam Wainwright Extension Reactions: Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright has officially signed a five-year, $97.5MM extension that includes a no-trade clause, preventing...
• 3/28 StlSportsMinute.com: Adam Wainwright's contract extension looks like a bargain for Cardinals: The St. Louis Cardinals locked up ace Adam Wainwright with a 5-year, $97.5 million contract extension on Wednesday afternoon....
• 3/28 Baseball News Source: St.Louis Cardinals Extend Adam Wainwright: Five years $97.5 Million: Adam Wainwright will stay in St. Louis through 2018. The 31 year old right-handed ace was inked to a five year extension reportedly...
• 3/27 El Maquino: CARDS PLACE THEIR CHIPS ON WAINWRIGHT: > Adam Wainwright finally received his highly-anti**** payday, getting $97.5 million from the Cardinals over the next five...
• 3/27 STLCardinalBaseball: A King’s Ransom To Wainwright – The Right Deal?Preliminary reports say that the Cardinals and Adam Wainwright agree to a five year, $97.5M contract that will keep the ......
• 3/27 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2013 NL Central Preview: St. Louis Cardinals with @athooks: Just as quickly as the MLB season ended last year it is ready to kick back up again in 2013. Spring Training has been going on...
• 3/26 El Maquino: FREESE TO MISS FIRST WEEK: > The team said yesterday that David Freese‘s MRI was encouraging, but today announced that he has been put on the disabled...
• 3/25 mlbreports.com : St. Louis Cardinals 2013 Payroll and Contracts Going Forward: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, March.25/2013 By Landen Crouch ( Cardinals Correspondent) I believe we can expect more of...
• 3/25 Blog Red Machine: What’s Up in the NL Central: It’s nice to browse through blogs of teams that are in the NL Central. You can get some great info and even a laugh or two...
• 3/24 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Predicting the number of wins for each Cardinals' starting pitcher: One of the most important facets of any successful team in Major League Baseball is having a reliable and steady starting...
• 3/23 StlSportsMinute.com: UCB Roundtable: Which Cardinals' players will improve the most from last season?: With the season set to begin in just a matter of days, many baseball fans are preparing research to draft their fantasy baseball...
• 3/22 fantasyteamadvice.com: St. Louis Cardinals 2013 projected opening day starting lineup/ rotation/ and closer: St. Louis Cardinals 2013 Projected starting lineup 1. Jon Jay - CF 2. Allen Craig – 1B 3. Matt Holliday – LF 4. Carlos...
• 3/22 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Rotation: Are Innings A Concern?The St. Louis Cardinals, according to many sources, seem to be searching for starting pitching. ...
• 3/22 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Cardinals, Padres interested in Rick Porcello: Some outlets report that the Detroit Tigers could enter the regular season with Rick Porcello, while others believe a trade is...
• 3/20 StanGraphs: UCB March Roundtable: Nicknames, Please: Twice a year the good people in the United Cardinal Bloggers faction get together via electronic mail and answer questions for...
• 3/20 StanGraphs: The Chris Carpenter Panic Button (Or Why There Isn’t One): When the news fell down upon us that Cardinal legend and distributor of mean Chris Carpenter would miss the 2013 season and, in...
• 3/19 StoopSports.com: Needing Lynn: Jesse Dougherty- Going into the 2013 season, the St. Louis Cardinals are boasting one of the best lineups in all of baseball....
• 3/18 Redbird Dugout: Position Battle: Starting Pitcher #5: With the Cardinals getting into the final two weeks of camp, the final jostling for spots on the roster are beginning to take...
• 3/17 MLB Injury News: Cardinals rumors: St. Louis interested in Astros’ starters: The St. Louis Cardinals are asking about available shortstops and pitchers, according to Peter Gammons of MLB Network. Gammons notes...
• 3/16 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Will Adam Wainwright sign contract extension before opening day?: On Friday, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that ace starter Adam Wainwright would make the opening day start when the team...
• 3/15 STLCardinalBaseball: The Tough Decisions Ahead: Just two weeks remain until the Cardinals make the trip northwest and start the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks. In my...
• 3/14 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Lance Lynn and Jaime Garcia are keys to Cardinals' rotation: As the beginning of the 2013 season draws closer, there has been plenty of talk about the contract talks surrounding ace Adam...
• 3/13 Redbird Rants: The K-Zone: Examining The Back End of the Roster: When you take a minute to examine the Cardinals 40 man roster it becomes fairly apparent that there are only a couple of spots...
• 3/11 El Maquino: WHICH STATS YOU LOOK AT DON’T CHANGE THE GAME YOU SEE: > When Ben Zobrist had lucked out of potential out murder for the first time in the second inning of Team USA’s WBC...
• 3/7 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Rotation In The Spotlight: The St. Louis Cardinals entered spring training with the fifth starter position in the rotation up for grabs. It appears that...
• 3/5 The Baseball Haven: Why Kyle Lohse?: Kyle Lohse has been nothing short of awesome over the last two seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals, posting a 30-11 record, 3.11...
• 3/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Just How Good is this Year’s Cardinals Farm System?: Several publications have rated the St. Louis Cardinals as having the best farm system in Major League Baseball.  We also know...
• 3/3 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: St. Louis Cardinals: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...

• 2/28 i70baseball.com: Is Hands Off Best For Jaime?: Jaime Garcia has, at times, been one of the best pitchers the St. Louis Cardinals have on staff. At other times, he has been...
• 2/27 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Can the Cardinals fill the holes in the starting rotation?: The St. Louis Cardinals have made some magical runs the last two baseball seasons.  One ending with a World Series...
• 2/27 i70baseball.com: Shelby Miller To Test Arm: The first week of spring training games always brings a mix of excitement and trepidation as pitchers take to the mound for the...
• 2/26 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Carpenter, Lohse and Dave Duncan’s impactComparing ERAs of St. Louis Cardinals pitchers with and without Dave Duncan as pitching coach. ...
• 2/23 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Discussing the expectations for Lance Lynn in 2013: In 2012, St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn shocked everyone with an outstanding performance during the first...
• 2/22 MLB Injury News: Cardinals’ Shelby Miller cleared to resume throwing: St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Shelby Miller was scratched from a scheduled throwing session on Thursday after experiencing...
• 2/21 Redlegs Review: 2013 NL Central Preview: St. Louis Cardinals: by: Scott Eddy Staff Writer It was another magical campaign for the Cardinals last year. Once again left for dead by...
• 2/20 StanGraphs: The Chris Carpenter Panic Button (Or Why There Isn’t One): When the news fell down upon us that Cardinal legend and distributor of mean Chris Carpenter would miss the 2013 season and, in...
• 2/17 El Maquino: ST LINKS: INJURIES, BUNTING, SCUTARO & FORMER CHAMPS: Just some links to get you caught up on the last couple days of Cards camp.  Check back later tonight for any updates. >...
• 2/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again—Francisco Hoping to Catch on with His Old Team: During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part...
• 2/16 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Should Cardinals' fans be concerned about the starting rotation?: Spring training is officially in full swing and the St. Louis Cardinals are down in Jupiter, Florida getting ready for what...
• 2/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The $75 million 2014 St. Louis Cardinals: A theoretical exercise to determine how difficult would it be for the St. Louis Cardinals to reduce payroll to $75 million in...
• 2/9 Redbird Rants: What I Expect to See in Spring Training: Spring training for major league baseball is the time for clubs to see who will be on their roster to begin the season. Skills...
• 2/9 Redbird Dugout: Carpenter likely out for season: The Cardinals’ General Manager John Mozeliak announced this afternoon that he didn’t expect Chris Carpenter to pitch...
• 2/8 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013: Good News…Freese Signs – The St. Louis Cardinals and David Freese avoided arbitration.  Figures weren’t available but the...
• 2/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Questions About The Freese Arbitration SettlementWith less than two weeks before an arbiter would choose a contract figure, the Cardinals and David Freese closed their ......
• 2/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Ballpark Village 101: With 47 custom shovels at the ready to commemorate the event, a small army of Burberry-clad townsfolk braved the chilly weather...
• 2/8 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Chris Carpenter overreaction reactionConsidering the current state of the St. Louis Cardinals rotation and beyond....
• 2/6 StanGraphs: Jesus Was a Carpenter: When I sat down to type this article, I did the usual preparation activities: I pulled up Baseball Reference and FanGraphs and...
• 2/6 STLCardinalBaseball: The State Of The 2013 Pitching Staff Without Chris Carpenter: Following yesterday’s dispiriting press conference that all but closed the lid on the brilliant Cardinal career of Chris...
• 2/6 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Pitching Forced to Evolve Post-Carpenter: The future in regards to competitive baseball is not looking too promising for Chris Carpenter. How does this impact each of...
• 2/6 Call to the Pen: Chris Carpenter Likely To Miss 2013 Season: At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, the St. Louis Cardinals and GM John Mozeliak announced that veteran right-hander Chris...
• 2/5 Baseball Jerks: Chris Carpenter Likely Out For Season, Could Be Forced To Retire: The St. Louis Cardinals are still a few weeks away from Spring Training, but already, their 2013 season is off on the wrong foot....
• 2/5 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Two Dodgers Make the Keith Law 100, Plus Chris Withrow & Pedro Baez Find New Homes: All sorts of news in the Dodger organization today… *** Corey Seager & Zach Lee make the Keith Law Top 100 list. Seager...
• 2/5 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Have "Negligible" Interest In Lohse: The Cardinals don't expect Chris Carpenter to pitch for them in 2013, and the right-hander's career could be over. But it doesn't...
• 2/5 MLB Injury News: Cardinals RHP Chris Carpenter out for 2013; Considering retirement: St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter is very unlikely to pitch during the 2013 season, the team has announced. Considering...
• 2/5 Baseball News Source: St Louis Cardinals: Chris Carpenter Will Miss 2013 – Considering Retirement: The St Louis Cardinals Sr. VP/GM John Mozeliak  announced that it is unlikely that pitcher Chris Carpenter will pitch in...
• 2/5 MLBTradeRumors: Chris Carpenter Likely To Miss 2013 Season: Cardinals GM John Mozeliak announced that Chris Carpenter can't continue to throw and will likely miss the 2013 season (Twitter...
• 2/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Cardinals Hitting & Pitching Projections: St. Louis Cardinals — Predicted Finish: First Place, NL Central The Cardinals have about as many fantasy options as any team...

• 1/29 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Is the Cardinals’ window of opportunity closing?Could 2013 offer the St. Louis Cardinals’ best chance in the near future of going all the way again?...
• 1/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: What to expect from Lance Lynn in 2013: Last spring, the biggest question mark concerning the St. Louis Cardinals was the mysterious Lance Lynn. The guy who was picked...
• 1/28 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak might be best in MLB: In just four years, St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak has done just about everything an organization could ask...
• 1/25 Blog Red Machine: Reds 5 at 5: Cardinals, Bats, More: Well, it seems the Reds Caravan has, in some spots anyway, run into a bit of a winter issue called snow. Earlier today, Jamie...
• 1/21 i70baseball.com: Go away winter, St. Louis Cardinals warm-up is here: St. Louis has slogged through the first half of yet another gray, cold winter in the country’s heartland, especially without...
• 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Cards Notes: Wainwright, Miller, Descalso, Matheny: Hall of Fame and Cardinal icon Stan Musial passed away yesterday at the age of 92. Today, tributes are pouring in ranging from...
• 1/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals Winter Warm-Up photos: Saturday, 1/19/13: Selected St. Louis Cardinals player and executive photos from Saturday’s first day of the 2013 Winter Warm-Up at St. Louis’...
• 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia rehab update: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) has been working out with trainers in Houston for over a month and is expected...[+] to throw off a mound next week.
• 1/18 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan – 2013: World Baseball Classic – The St. Louis Cardinals will have several players in the World Baseball Classic but, only one playing...
• 1/18 i70baseball.com: Jaime Garcia won’t pitch in WBC, and that’s good for St. Louis Cardinals: Whenever the World Baseball Classic rolls around, questions abound about who will parti**** in the tournament and whether or not...
• 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia not on Team Mexico roster: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia is not on the provisional roster for Team Mexico in the World Baseball Classic. Garcia elected...[+] not to pitch to focus on the 2013 season.
• 1/17 i70baseball.com: I-70 Teams Combine For 13 WBC Roster Spots Among those 13, nine of them will come from the Kansas City organization....
• 1/17 Redbird Dugout: What Cardinals will play in the WBC?: The World Baseball Classic will once again be played this year with a handful of Cardinals players getting an opportunity to represent...
• 1/12 Redbird Rants: Time to Modify Rules for Free Agent Salaries, Part 1: At some point, Major League Baseball should consider modifying some of the rules regarding free agency. How would you feel if...
• 1/10 Redbird Dugout: What to do about Chris Carpenter?: When I think about the greatest Cardinals’ pitcher of the last decade, my mind immediately goes to Chris Carpenter. I think...
• 1/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #1: NLDS comeback over WashingtonIn the 2012 National League Division Series, the St. Louis Cardinals came back to defeat the favored Washington Nationals....
• 1/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 Cardinals top story #2: The NLCS collapse: Needing just one win to return to the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals lost three straight to San Francisco in the National...
• 1/8 MLBRandomFandom: Offseason Review: St. Louis Cardinals: By Rob WillerInfieldThe Cardinals run out an infield of Allen Craig, Daniel Descalso, Pete Kozma and David Freese, who in my mind...
• 1/7 STLCardinalBaseball: Projecting The 2013 CardinalsMeaningless predictions lead to meaningful daydreaming....
• 1/7 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals might be smart to re-sign Kyle Lohse: The St. Louis Cardinals have a solid starting rotation that includes two ace-caliber pitchers, a couple of decent No. 3 and No....

• 12/29 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #11: All-star Lynn wins 18 gamesIn his first year in the St. Louis Cardinals’ rotation, second-year pitcher Lance Lynn led his team in victories....
• 12/28 Roto Think Tank: 2012 N.L. Starting Pitchers: Part II: 0 0 1 1558 8883 Roto Think Tank 74 20 10421 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 12/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #16: Kelly steps in and deliversTwice, rookie right-hander Joe Kelly moved into the rotation for others and delivered for the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals....
• 12/19 StanGraphs: Can the Cardinals Afford Wainwright?: Not long ago, we wrote a loving post about Adam Wainwright and how it was time for the organization to step up and resign him...
• 12/17 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #17: Miller’s time finally arrivesThe St. Louis Cardinals’ top prospect made his major league debut in September....
• 12/17 STLCardinalBaseball: Why Are The Cardinals Interested In Bud Norris?: “Baseball Insider” Jon Heyman of CBS Sports released a Twitter fart earlier this afternoon involving the Cardinals...
• 12/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Will Greinke create opportunity for Miller and Rosenthal?The hot market for free agent pitching could improve the rotation bids of young St. Louis Cardinals starting pitchers....
• 12/7 STLCardinalBaseball: Trading Jaime GarciaJaime Garcia has been irritating me since at least the middle of the 2011 season. His inconsistencies (made worse by ......
• 12/7 StanGraphs: With Choate on Board, Bullpen Set: Well, that’s over with. We effectively campaigned against Sean Burnett, and John Mozeliak listened — instead, he signed...
• 12/4 STLCardinalBaseball: Desperate Considerations: Winter Meetings Day 2The Cardinals twiddle their thumbs for a second straight day, pausing for occasional flirtations with dumb ideas....
• 12/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals and ex-Cardinals committing to 2013 WBC: Three current St. Louis Cardinals may play and two po**** former Cardinals will be coaching in the 2013 World Baseball Classic....
• 12/4 StlSportsMinute.com: Cruddy: Cardinals should let Jaime Garcia pitch in World Baseball Classic: St. Louis Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia last was seen on the mound in Game 2 of the NLDS against the Washington Nationals. Garcia...
• 12/3 STLCardinalBaseball: Letters To Mo: Garcia, Beltran, And The World Baseball Classic: Dear John Mozeliak, Hey Johnny baby! I hope you’re having a great time down in Nashville right now! I’m sure you’re...
• 12/3 El Maquino: EM TRACKS THE WINTER MEETINGS SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO: The next four days could potentially get pretty crazy at the winter meetings in Nashville.  And whether or not John Mozeliak...

• 11/23 StlSportsMinute.com: Cruddy: A St. Louis Cardinals Christmas wishlist: St. Louis Cardinals fans have been spoiled several times over during the last two decades. The team is always competitive,...
• 11/19 Redbird Rants: Why there’s no concern–yet–for Cardinals mostly quiet winter: Fans in St. Louis are still disappointed at the end to the Cardinals playoff run. Most fans will tell you that it’s the...
• 11/16 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: Voting for Post-Season Awards – The Baseball Writers Association have recently voted the post season award winners. And I’ve...
• 11/14 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Should we share the Cardinals’ optimism for Garcia and Furcal?: The St. Louis Cardinals are pleased with the progress shown by two injured players, but does that mean the club should stop looking...
• 11/13 El Maquino: CLAYTON KERSHAW IS GETTING SCREWED TOMORROW: > The Cards fired Kyle McClellan and picked up former Mets catcher Rob Johnson to replace him on the 40-man and Bryan Anderson,...
• 11/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia throws: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) threw roughly 25 pitches off a mound Monday, Nov. 12, and he's expected to have...[+] a 'normal offseason,' according to general manager John Mozeliak. 'By December he'll have a normal offseason and in January begin the throwing program for spring,' Mozeliak said. 'In everything I heard (from the team medical staff) today, the word surgery never came up.'
• 11/11 STLCardinalBaseball: Why The Cardinals Should Pursue Asdrubal CabreraRumors are already swirling in the young off-season and one of the more recent rumors ......
• 11/11 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals would likely have to pay steep price to land Asdrubal CabreraThe St. Louis Cardinals have good, young pitchers, but they could also use an upgrade at shortstop....
• 11/9 StanGraphs: 2012 Cardinals Review: The Pitchers: The Rotation Every time someone makes an argument that begins with, “If you’d have told me on [insert arbitrary past...
• 11/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Will Leitch’s two month Twitter conversation AT the Cardinals: Denouement (The Playoffs): Sometime in mid-August (ok, August 12 to be exact – it’s right there on the Tweeter box) Cardinal fan Will Leitch began a...
• 11/8 El Maquino: FREESE’S MIZZOU APPEARANCE CANCELLED: Early edition.  Check back later tonight for updates. > Greetings from Mizzou!  I was going to see David Freese here at...
• 11/2 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals enter the offseason without the need for large-scale change. Guaranteed Contracts Yadier Molina, C: $74MM...
• 11/1 mlbreports.com : What 2012 Really Meant to the St. Louis Cardinals: Thursday November 1st, 2012 Alex Mednick (Baseball Analyst and Writer) The St. Louis Cardinals came into 2012 as the defending...

• 10/31 StanGraphs: NL Central Review: 2012 NL Central Predicted Standings St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Brewers Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs Houston...
• 10/30 STLCardinalBaseball: STL Cardinal Baseball 2012 Awards: With the end of the 2012 season it is time to officially unveil the biggest awards known to mankind, the STL Cardinal Baseball...
• 10/27 Redbird Rants: My Season Ending Report Card for the Redbirds, Part I: Now that the season is over for the St. Louis Cardinals, I’ll give them “my” report card based on my opinion and what I’ve...
• 10/25 El Maquino: A REMINDER THAT MELKY CABRERA WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT: > I wrote this back in August, but it bears repeating now that some are alleging that the Giants got into the playoffs unfairly....
• 10/25 SocraticGadfly: Adios, 2012 #StlCards; what’s up for 2013?: Yahoo Sports’ baseball blog, Big League Stew, has yet to have anybody write an official concession speech for this year’s...
• 10/25 Baseball News Source: Cardinals News – Lohse, Berkman Not Expected Back in 2013: St. Louis Cardinals starter Kyle Lohse  finished the regular season with a  2.86 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in 33 starts (211 innings),...
• 10/25 StanGraphs: The 2013 Rotation: The Contenders: We’re certain to go into topics like these in much greater depth in the coming weeks of the long off-season, but I couldn’t...
• 10/25 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Kyle Lohse On The Move?: The buzz around the St. Louis Cardinals has been that Kyle Lohse will not be resigned.  That was confirmed by GM John Mozeliak...
• 10/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia unlikely to need surgery: Updating a previous report, the St. Louis Cardinals are keeping their fingers crossed this offseason that SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder)...[+] won't need surgery. 'The probability of (Garcia) having surgery is very remote or small at this point,' general manager John Mozeliak said. 'We'll go into spring training, hold our breath a little bit with him. Until you ramp it up and put yourself on the mound, we're not going to know for sure.'
• 10/25 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: St. Louis Cardinals: Perhaps no team in all of baseball had to endure more off-season turnover than the St. Louis Cardinals, one of baseball’s...
• 10/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Nostradennis: Based on what we saw in 2012, feigned knowledge of the minor league system, and some tarot cards someone left in the driveway,...
• 10/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Titanic’s Deck Chairs Are Now In Order: The 2012 season for the St. Louis Cardinals came to a rather abrupt, sobering halt tonight.  Taking time to reflect and collect...
• 10/23 StlSportsMinute.com: Poll: Has Kyle Lohse pitched his last game in a Cardinals uniform?: St. Louis Cardinals fans had high expectations for Kyle Lohse's Game Seven start against the San Francisco Giants in the...
• 10/22 Baseball News Source: National League Central – 2013 Team Needs and Outlook: The Cincinnati Reds captured the National League Central in 2012, but … Editor’s Note: Baseball News Source provided a...
• 10/20 El Maquino: CARDS DESTROY THE GIANTS, WITHIN A WIN OF DETROIT REMATCH: THE POSTGAME The Cardinals absolutely ran over the Giants tonight, bringing themselves within one win of their second consecutive...
• 10/20 El Maquino: CARDS’ TOP POSTSEASON PERFORMERS DO WHAT THEY DO, TAKE GAME ONE: THE POSTGAME Madison Bumgarner got absolutely rocked by the heavy-hitting Cardinal lineup, who were able to amass a 6-0 lead from...
• 10/20 El Maquino: THEY DID WHAT?!: THE BIG PIECE None of the usual stuff tonight.  I’ll do all of that tomorrow. Tonight, I’d like to congratulate the...
• 10/20 El Maquino: CARDS DECIMATE THE NATS AGAIN: THE RACES TODAY St. Louis (2) beats Washington (1) San Francisco (2) leads Cincinnati (1), 4th Baltimore (1) @ New York (1), 6.5p...
• 10/19 StlSportsMinute.com: Jaime Garcia is making a mistake by delaying surgery: St. Louis Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia has visited with three doctors regarding his ailing shoulder, the latest being the...
• 10/19 MLB Injury News: Cardinals Injury News: Jaime Garcia to Rehab Before Considering Surgery: Jaime Garcia has been out since Game Two of the National League Division Series.  He experienced pain in his left shoulder...
• 10/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia won't have surgery: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) has opted to rehab his rotator cuff strain and inflammation in his left shoulder...[+] rather than undergo surgery to address the issues. He'll begin rehabbing and be re-evaluated in two or three weeks by Dr. George Paletta. St. Louis is hopeful he will show up to spring training without any limitations. Garcia will not pitch in the playoffs this year, even if the Cardinal make the World Series.
• 10/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to meet with Dr. James Andrews: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) said Monday, Oct. 15, that he will visit with renowned Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham,...[+] Ala. Tuesday, Oct. 16. He is seeking yet another opinion on his ailing left shoulder. All earlier examinations resulted in a suggestion for surgery.
• 10/15 MLBTradeRumors: Lohse Hasn't Received Offer From Cardinals: It's been a career season for Kyle Lohse, but despite that fact the right-hander informs Jim Bowden of MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM...
• 10/15 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Fewer Cardinals quality starts but more quality relief: Solid bullpen work has helped the St. Louis Cardinals win a dozen games in the last two post-seasons when their starter left early....
• 10/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cardinals defeat Giants, dodge karma: Just like that, less than 48 hours removed from another thrilling do-or-die postseason victory, the Cardinals have negated the...
• 10/15 MLB Injury News: Cardinals Injury News: Jaime Garcia Likely to Undergo Surgery: Following a third opinion on injured left shoulder, St. Louis Cardinals starter pitcher Jaime Garcia is expected to under...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Anibal Sanchez and Hiroki Kuroda face off as the Tigers and Yankees play game two of the 2012 ALCS. Jayson Nix takes over at shortstop...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: NLCS Preview, Cardinals Versus Giants: The Cardinals and the Giants begin their NLCS Sunday night in San Francisco. Both teams overcame long odds to make it to the pennant...
• 10/13 AroundTheFoghorn: Around The Foghorn’s San Francisco Giants / St. Louis Cardinals LCS Preview: Another round, another set of previews here at Around The Foghorn. Stuart and I both went two for two in our NLDS predictions,...
• 10/13 Redbird Rants: St. Louis Cardinals face the San Francisco Giants in NLCS 2012: Well, the St. Louis Cardinals have given Cardinal Nation the thrills and chills to last a lifetime in the last two seasons. After...
• 10/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Angels, Orioles, Cardinals, Ludwick: Sunday afternoon linkage.. In an interview with Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, commissioner Bud Selig said that Angels...
• 10/13 Injury Report: ()
• 10/13 MLB Injury News: Cardinals Injury News: Jaime Garcia Seeking Third Opinion: St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia may seek a third opinion on the shoulder injury that forced him off the team’s...
• 10/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Surgery recommended for Jaime Garcia: Three orthopedic surgeons have independently offered a unanimous recommendation that SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) undergo a debridement...[+] of his problematic left shoulder. The procedure is expected to sideline him for at least an early portion of the 2013 season.
• 10/12 District On Deck: Why I Don’t Want to See Jordan Zimmermann In Game 5: Last night, one of the most understated Nationals, Jordan Zimmermann showed a lot of emotion. Not only walking off the mound after...
• 10/11 MLB Injury News: Cardinals Injury News: Jaime Garcia May Require Surgery: St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia will receive a second opinion on his injured shoulder today. Depending on the...
• 10/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to visit orthopedic surgery: Updating a previous report, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will visit an orthopedic surgeon in New York Thursday,...[+] Oct. 11, knowing that shoulder surgery is a distinct possibility.
• 10/10 Injury Report: ()
• 10/10 MLB Injury News: Cardinals Injury News: Jaime Garcia, Shelby Miller: The St. Louis Cardinals have replaced injured left-hander Jaime Garcia on their National League Division Series roster with...
• 10/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to seek second opinion: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will seek a second opinion on his arm Thursday, Oct. 11. His first opinion didn't...[+] recommend he undergo surgery.
• 10/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia removed from NLDS roster: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) has been removed from the team's roster for the National League Division Series,...[+] and he is being replaced by SP Shelby Miller. Garcia is dealing with a rotator cuff strain and inflammation. Miller becomes the third rookie in the bullpen.
• 10/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Down Goes Jaime, Down Goes Jaime!: Jaime Garcia departed yesterday’s NLDS game after just 2 innings and 51 pitches.  Though he appeared to labor through those...
• 10/9 MLB Injury News: Cardinals Injury News: Jaime Garcia Removed from NLDS Roster: The St. Louis Cardinals will remove left-hander Jaime Garcia from their National League Division Series roster because of...
• 10/9 El Maquino: CARDS GO FULL BLAST ON NATS, TIE SERIES: THE RACES TODAY St. Louis (1) beats Washington (1) New York (1) @ Baltimore (0), rain TOMORROW San Francisco (2) @ Cincinnati...
• 10/9 StlSportsMinute.com: Jaime Garcia to be removed from roster, team not happy: The St. Louis Cardinals sent Jaime Garcia to the mound on Monday afternoon thinking they had a healthy, capable left-handed...
• 10/9 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 2: Powerhouse: After flailing grotesquely in a 3-2 loss in Game 1, the Cardinals needed to come out and make a statement to the Nationals in...
• 10/9 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Splits To Go Around: In the playoff baseball world yesterday, we all got to see a couple of underdogs going against established teams. The Orioles...
• 10/9 District On Deck: NLDS Game 2: Cardinals 12, Nationals 4: It was a day late, but the St. Louis Cardinals finally showed a post-season audience one of baseball’s best offenses. Just...
• 10/9 Redbird Dugout: Offense shows up in Game 2: The St. Louis Cardinals entered Monday evening’s game down 0-1 to the Washington Nationals in a unique National League Division...
• 10/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: How would you replace Jaime Garcia?Considering the St. Louis Cardinals’ roster alternatives if Jaime Garcia is out....
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Garcia Hurt: Jaime Garcia left the Cardinals game early to due an aggravation of his shoulder injury. If he can’t continue in the playoffs,...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Dominate: The Cardinals win game two of the NLDS against Washington by a score of 12-4. The top of the Cardinals order starred in the game,...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Zimmermann Gone: Trailing 5-1 in the top of the fourth, the Nationals pinch hit for Jordan Zimmermann. He allowed a home run in the third as the...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Shocking Play: Jordan Zimmermann comes up with two on and one out in the top of the second. He showed bunt on the first pitch, then pulled the...
• 10/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to be removed from NLDS roster: The St. Louis Cardinals plan to remove SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) from the postseason roster before Game 3 of the National League...[+] Division Series prior to the next game Wednesday, Oct. 10, upsetting some of his teammates.
• 10/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia undergoes MRI: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) left his Game 2 start in the National League Division Series against the Washington...[+] Nationals after just two innings due to left shoulder tightness. He said the shoulder stiffened on him days ago, and never eased during the game. He had an MRI, and results will be revealed Tuesday, Oct. 9.
• 10/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Teammates unhappy with Jaime Garcia: Updating previous reports, several teammates were irked by St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) pitching such an important...[+] game if he wasn't sure about the health of his left shoulder. Others question the severity of his injury. SP Lance Lynn would replace Garcia in the rotation, and Garcia would be ineligible for the NLCS roster if removed from the NLDS roster.
• 10/8 StanGraphs: NLDS Game Two: Washington Nationals (98-64) at St. Louis Cardinals (88-74): 3:30 PM The Nationals enter game two of this NLDS series with a 1-0 lead following a narrow win over the Cardinals in the first...
• 10/8 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Andy Pettitte tries to become the first pitcher to win 20 games in the post season. Photo: The Star-Ledger-US PRESSWIRE Road teams...
• 10/8 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Monday: October 8, 2012: Yesterday was a glorious day of baseball as four playoff games happened and allowed us to watch baseball from noon to...
• 10/7 Redbird Dugout: Rotations, rosters set for NLDS: The rosters and rotations were set today for the National League Divisonal Series between the Washington Nationals and the St....
• 10/6 STLCardinalBaseball: A Few Random Thoughts About Last Night And The Series To Come: It has taken me a little while to decompress from the catastrophic **** of last night’s wild card play-in debacle. I really...
• 10/5 Tomahawk Take: Breaking Down Kyle Lohse And The Bullpen: After revealing the strengths and weaknesses of the Cardinals lineup yesterday, I will now focus on their single-most important...
• 10/5 Tomahawk Take: Braves And Medlen Prepare For Cardinals And Lohse: If the Braves had to play in a one-game elimination I suspect they’d really want to play the Cardinals the team who took...
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Considered adding Jaime Garcia to Wild Card roster: The St. Louis Cardinals considered adding SP Jaime Garcia to their Wild Card playoff roster to have a third left-handed pitcher...[+] in the bullpen but decided against it so Garcia can be on regular rest if they advance to the Divisional round.
• 10/3 StanGraphs: Cincinnati Reds (97-64) at St. Louis Cardinals (87-74): 9:53 PM This one’s all over, and so is the 2012 regular season for the Cardinals! They finish they year at 88-74, and StanGraphs...
• 10/3 Redbird Dugout: Miller dominant in starting debut: Early Wednesday morning the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers. In doing so, the knocked the Dodgers out of...
• 10/1 Redlegs Review: Cards put a damper on Dusty's return, edge out Reds: Dusty's return was one of the few brights spots on the night Monday marked the return of Dusty Baker to the Cincinnati...
• 10/1 El Maquino: ALL EYES ON THE WEST COAST…: THE POSTGAME The Cardinals are on a warpath, and even the two best teams in the League have been able to stop them. Jaime Garcia...
• 10/1 Baseball News Source: Garcia Pitches Cardinals Closer to NL Wild Card: Garcia limited Cincinnati to two runs and six hits over 6.2 innings After back-to-back 13-win seasons in which he posted ERAs...
• 10/1 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 160: On The Brink: With a slender two-game lead over the Dodgers in the wild card race and three remaining games against the hated Reds, the Cardinals...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Need One More: The Cardinals beat the Reds 4-2 Monday night to cut their magic number to one. Jaime Garcia starred on both sides of the ball,...
• 10/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s clinching Monday as five teams can clinch a division or wild card berth. The Phillies travel to Washington with the...
• 10/1 Redlegs Review: 10 facts about the Cardinals series: After taking two out of three in Pittsburgh, the Redlegs (96-63) wrap up the 2012 regular season with a 3-game clash...
• 10/1 StanGraphs: Who Starts the One-Game Playoff?: Happy October, everyone. Today officially marks the first day of the month where baseball gets really intense. With another lopsided...
• 10/1 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Second wild card update – Monday, 10/1A quick glance at the race between the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers for the second National League wild card....
• 10/1 Tomahawk Take: Who Might the Braves Face in the Wild Card Game: There’s been a lot of hullabaloo about who the Braves should put out there to pitch the Wild Card 1-Game ultrapalooza sudden...

• 9/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Win Fifth Straight, But Can’t Gain Ground: For three innings, it briefly looked like it might be one of those days against Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa, who’d...
• 9/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The most damaging loss of the Cardinals season?: The St. Louis Cardinals final West Coast road trip (and a non-winning record in their final four games) may lead to a grueling...
• 9/28 Blog Red Machine: Reds Potential Playoff Match-Up Part 4: St. Louis Cardinals: Before Todd Frazier took a first pitch fastball from John Axford over the center field wall, Part 4 was going to feature the red...
• 9/27 STLCardinalBaseball: A Look At The Possible Pitching Rotation For The Playoffs: On this final off-day of the 2012 season, the Cardinals find themselves on the brink of clinching the second wild card spot (um...
• 9/27 El Maquino: NORRIS OWNS THE NIGHT IN CARDS’ LAST HOUSTON STINT: THE POSTGAME > Chris Carpenter didn’t do too bad, only giving up two over six innings.  But it wasn’t enough...
• 9/26 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 156: The Mystifying Curse Of Bud Norris, Part 6: Following huge wins by Jaime Garcia and Lance Lynn, Chris Carpenter took the mound intent on pitching himself past them and into...
• 9/26 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: September 26, 2012: On a day where five of the six division leaders lost games, a 9-6 picking day doesn't seem so bad. Almost all of those...
• 9/26 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—9/17/12 to 9/23/12: The Cardinals are sprinting down the playoff hunt stretch now and this past week saw the beginning of a line of nine games against...
• 9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia solid: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed six hits and struck out five in seven shutout innings to beat the Houston Astros Tuesday,...[+] Sept. 25.
• 9/25 El Maquino: THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TALKIN’ ABOUT! CONSISTENT CARDS WIN AGAIN: THE POSTGAME > It might be too early to declare Jaime Garcia rid of his road woes (there’s a writer-only word), especially...
• 9/24 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: September 24, 2012: 0 0 1 140 799 Roto Think Tank 6 1 938 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 9/21 Redbird Rants: Checking In With the Top Prospects: Jordan Swagerty: In today’s post, we will look at starting pitcher Jordan Swagerty. Swagerty was drafted by, but didn’t sign with,...
• 9/20 El Maquino: SALAS SAVES THE DAY: THE POSTGAME Rarely is a middle reliever the MVP of any given game, but Fernando Salas was all over it in today’s sweep...
• 9/20 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 150: Kicking Astros: After a terrible road trip, the Cardinals really needed to make a statement against losing teams. They won the first two games...
• 9/20 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: September 20, 2012: Finally! A September breakthrough and a great day of picks. With seventeen picks to choose from, only four ended up being incorrect....
• 9/20 Redbird Rants: Redbird Rants: Lance Lynn Turns In Another Quality Start: Lance Lynn provided the pitching and Yadier Molina and David Freese provided the power as the St. Louis Cardinals won their 3rd...
• 9/19 Redbird Rants: Checking In With the Top Prospects: Joe Kelly: Joe Kelly, a California native, played his college ball at University of California in Riverside. He converted from a high school...
• 9/18 StanGraphs: Spare the Women and Children, Chris Carpenter is Coming!: The Chris Carpenter news cycle has been quite a depressing one all season long until a couple of weeks ago. First there was his...
• 9/18 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review: Cardinals maintain one game lead: The Cardinals had a rough week as they went 2-5 in their last seven games. Thankfully, though, no one really seems to want to...
• 9/17 El Maquino: CARPENTER COMETH: THE BIG PIECE On March 23, Chris Carpenter was injured in spring training with nerve irritation in his in his pitching shoulder;...
• 9/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAMES 144-147: Dodging Bullets: Sorry about the late recap! Life sometimes gets in the way! After dropping three straight to the Padres in a series that almost...
• 9/17 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals End Dodgers Series No Worse For The Wear: This was crucial for the St. Louis Cardinals, and they proved  up to the task of maintaining their slim margin for the second...
• 9/15 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Hope To Tie For Wild Card In Critical Game Against Red Birds: Dodgers Lineup vs. Cardinals M.ellis 4 Victorino 7 Kemp 8 Gonzalez 3 Ramirez 5 Ethier 9 Cruz 5 Ellis 2 Blanton 1   Jaime Garcia-4-7...
• 9/14 Baseball News Source: Carpenter’s Unexpected Return Needed by Cardinals: Carpenter is slated to make his 2012 season debut next week Chris Carpenter was expected to serve as a cheerleader from the St....
• 9/14 El Maquino: LYNN LEAVES NO ROOM FOR DOUBT, WINS PIVOTAL GAME ONE VS. DODGERS: THE BIG PIECE It just wasn’t the same. The Angels were getting besten up by the Oakland A’s, who are fending them...
• 9/13 Lasorda's Lair: Conversation With The Enemy-Daniel Shoptaw: In our latest installment of our Conversation with the Enemy articles, I sat down to discuss Baseball with Daniel Shoptaw of Cardinal70.com....
• 9/13 StanGraphs: What to Watch Down the Stretch (Other Than the Awful Cardinals): That Padres series was especially hard to watch, and even harder to swallow. I don’t ever want anything like that in my...
• 9/13 Crashburn Alley: Starting Rotation Keys Phils’ Late Surge: On Monday, I looked at the starting rotation’s volatility compared to last year, concluding that overall, the rotation had...
• 9/12 El Maquino: CARDS FAIL TO EXECUTE… AGAIN: THE POSTGAME Tonight’s Cardinals-Padres game was, as you’d expect, a low-scoring affair given that the star-laden...
• 9/12 STLCardinalBaseball: GAMES 141-143: The End, My Friends: What can you say? The Cardinals played like **** and ended up getting swept by the Padres in a series that they absolutely needed...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Why can't Jaime Garcia pitch on the road?: Jaime Garcia's home/road splits have gotten to the point of ridiculous. And after three years of such happenings, it is...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: August 30, 2012: This has been a very tough week for picking baseball games. The daily record this week so far has been: 6-7, 6-5, 9-6 and...
• 9/12 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—9/3/12 to 9/9/12: Okay, I am a couple of days late with my weekly review—life intervened.  Last week featured a six game home stand against...
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to start SaturdaySt. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia will take his scheduled turn against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Sept. 16....[+] St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia will take his scheduled turn against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Sept. 16.
• 9/12 StanGraphs: Cardinals Not Geared for Deep Playoff Run: A year ago, the Cardinal roster was an assortment of peaking parts all working together and rounding into form at the right time....
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to be skipped?: The St. Louis Cardinals will make an announcement Wednesday, Sept. 12, about SP Jaime Garcia's next start. The belief is that...[+] he'll be skipped.
• 9/11 El Maquino: THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, LANCE!: THE NEWS > Lance Berkman was in Houston today getting a medical evaluation which, per John Mozeliak, was to see if he will...
• 9/11 Baseball Analytics: Jaime Garcia is no road warrior: Last night, Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia pitched three innings and allowed seven hits and four runs at the Padres...
• 9/11 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals Blown Out By Padres: The St. Louis Cardinals had a rough night on Monday, suffering an 8-run defeat that saw them lose to a team that is still 8 games...
• 9/11 Baseball Musings: Playoff Race Roundup: The White Sox put some distance between themselves and the Tigers with a 6-1 win Monday night. Jose Quintana pitched against type,...
• 9/9 Baseball News Source: Jake Westbrook’s Status Unclear After Oblique Injury: Westbrook could be lost for the season Jake Westbrook, a right-handed starter known for his durability, could be lost for the...
• 9/7 High Heat Stats: Will the real Vance Worley please stand up? Please stand up… Please stand up…: Vance Worley had a wonderful start to his major-league career with the Phillies. Through his Age 23 season (2011) he pitched 144.2...
• 9/5 El Maquino: MILLER’S DEBUT GIVES MEANING TO OTHERWISE-FORGETTABLE GAME: THE POSTGAME/BIG PIECE Shelby Miller‘s first Big League game, besides the fact that it was Shelby Miller’s first Big...
• 9/5 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Jaime Garcia and Cardinals Take Game 2: The St. Louis Cardinals seem to be hitting their stride this month, and it bodes well for their playoff chances.  Though they...
• 9/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia solid: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed nine hits and struck out five in 7 1/3 innings to beat the New York Mets Tuesday,...[+] Sept. 4.
• 9/4 El Maquino: HOLLIDAY GOES DOWN IN 10-HIT WIN: THE POSTGAME Could it be?  Could the Cardinals really be back to turning in consistent, flowing offense? For four straight games,...
• 9/4 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 135: Jekyll Not Hyde: One never knows what will happen when Jaime Garcia takes the mound. Sometimes Jekyll appears and pitches brilliantly, and sometimes...
• 9/4 Rising Apple: Game Recap: One Bad Inning For Harvey and Mets Spells 5-1 Loss: In what was rumored to be his second-to-last start of the season, Matt Harvey threw a lot of pitches thanks to a tough third inning,...
• 9/4 MLB Injury News: Chris Carpenter Could Make Late-Season Return for Cardinals: While the thoracic outlet surgery that St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Chris Carpenter underwent this July was...
• 9/3 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 135: Loss to Cardinals: Cardinals 5 Mets 4 With one misstep, the Mets play the heel in St. Louis. Mets Game Notes I’m not sure what happened with...
• 9/3 El Maquino: CARDS WIN, MILLER COMING UP, CARP COMING BACK AND QUESTIONING MIKE MATHENY: THE POSTGAME Looks like the Cards have finally figured out how to piece some runs together.  For today, at least. They put up...
• 9/3 Up Along First: Cardinals 5, Mets 4: All The Momentum, Suddenly Gone: Final Score: Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Player of the Game: Daniel Murphy- 2-for-4, 2-R HR, BB Goat of the Game: David Rackley Collin...
• 9/3 Up Along First: Series Preview: Surging Mets Head To St. Louis: Today at 2:15 ET, the Mets begin a three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals in The Cardinals are currently 72-62, in second...
• 9/2 STLCardinalBaseball: The Final Month – A Few Questions: One of the most frustrating and tumultuous seasons in Cardinal history has come down to its final month. Due to a variety of factors,...
• 9/1 Baseball News Source: Cardinals Boast Strength in Starting Pitching: Cardinals have young starting pitchers under team control At 71-61, the St. Louis Cardinals own a half-game lead over Pittsburgh...

• 8/31 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 7-2012:   Cards Struggle – The St. Louis Cardinals are struggling right now and have picked the worst possible time to do so, as...
• 8/31 Redbird Rants: Redbird Roundtable Discussion #1 – Shelby Miller:     As you, our readers, have probably figured out, Redbird Rants is not a one-man show. We are a team of passionate...
• 8/31 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: 3 Straight Losses Have Cardinals Reeling: Thursday night marked the St. Louis Cardinals third straight loss.  With a chance to gain ground on the Cincinnati Reds in the...
• 8/31 District On Deck: Game 130: Nationals 8, Cardinals 1: The Nationals began a long home stand with their first series against the St. Louis Cardinals this year. Edwin Jackson pitched...
• 8/30 El Maquino: DING DONG, THE STREAK IS DEAD!: THE BIG PIECE It’s gotten so bad for the Colorado Rockies (53-76, team ERA of 5.22) that they’ve already begun to...
• 8/30 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 131: Dead In The Water: A mumbling, wild Jaime Garcia looked more like a Mexican Rick Ankiel, throwing head-high curveballs and home run pitches almost...
• 8/30 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Déjà Vu – Another Cardinals Shutout: Wednesday night was another bad night for the St. Louis Cardinals.  Again, they mustered only 5 hits, and couldn’t score...
• 8/30 Blog Red Machine: Reds Playoff Resume: The next series that the Cincinnati Reds play will be in September. The month of the magic number. The return of chilly evening...
• 8/29 StanGraphs: Time to Extend Adam Wainwright: I love Adam Wainwright. Before I begin what I hope to be a very convincing ode to a fantastic St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, complete...
• 8/28 Redbird Rants: How Optimistic Are You?: Last week, the Cardinals swept the Astros and then took two of three from the Reds in Cincinnati.  Unfortunately, their week...
• 8/27 StanGraphs: The Demise of Sir Lancelot is Greatly Exaggerated: After another shaky outing Friday night against the Reds, Lance Lynn finds himself swapped out of the rotation, replaced by the...
• 8/26 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals’ comeback in Cincinnati marks beginning of division race: The most impressive part of Friday’s game, and the part that should give Cardinals fans optimism for September, is that the...
• 8/25 El Maquino: PITCHING LAPSES AND NO-SHOW O LEADS TO LOSS: THE POSTGAME > Lapses by Jaime Garcia and Brandon Dickson killed the Cards in this game. Jaime’s came when a should-have-been...
• 8/25 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 126: Unravelled: Anybody familiar with Jaime Garcia knows that the sixth inning is his danger zone. It happened again today, as the Reds jumped...
• 8/25 Redbird Rants: Happy Anniversary, Happy Anniversary.:   It’s August 25, 2012.  On this day in 1944, the Allies liberated Paris, in 1950, President Harry Truman ordered...
• 8/24 Redlegs Review: Cardinals use 6-run inning to upend first place Reds: St. Louis (69-56) scored six times in the top of the sixth to race past the Redlegs (76-51), 8-5, at Great American Ball...
• 8/24 Redlegs Review: 10 facts about the Cardinals series: Friday marks the return of the St. Louis Cardinals (68-56) to Great American Ball Park as they square off for a weekend...
• 8/24 El Maquino: LYNN AND KELLY DISTANCE THEMSELVES BEFORE CARDS BUST UP LATOS: THE POSTGAME The Cards looked dead in the water through the sloppy first five innings after Lance Lynn was barrelled over in the...
• 8/24 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 6-2012:   Cards need to keep Lohse – The St. Louis Cardinals’ front office recently gave starter Jake Westbrook a contract extension....
• 8/24 Full Spectrum Baseball: 25 Random Thoughts on BaseballRandom thoughts are fun. Baseball is fun. Put the two together and you get 25 Random Thoughts on Baseball!...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Kyle Lohse, Cardinals: It’s unclear whether there will be room for Kyle Lohse in the Cardinals’ rotation next year following the extension signed...
• 8/22 StanGraphs: Contract Extension: Cardinals Ink Westbrook to Extra Year, Love Grounders: Since he’s one of our own, we’re going to do a little bit more analysis in the Jake Westbrook extension than we normally...
• 8/22 The Baseball Page: Is Your MLB Team Making A Playoff Push: Power Rankings:   Power Rankings Current Team Previous 1 Washington Nationals 1 On...
• 8/22 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Don’t forget about Carlos Martinez: How does Carlos Martinez’ Double-A results stack up against more highly-touted prospects Shelby Miller and Trevor Rosenthal?...
• 8/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The New Deal: Jake Westbrook: Cardinals just announced that the team has reached an agreement with pitcher Jake Westbrook that keeps him in St. Louis through...
• 8/21 Baseball News Source: Cardinals Make First Rotation Decision by Extending Westbrook: Steady starting pitching has been the hallmark of the St. Louis Cardinals in recent years. Even without Adam Wainwright in 2011...
• 8/21 Operation Shutdown: Game 121 Recap - Pirates 6 Cardinals 3: Pedro's Homer Leads Bucs over Cards 6-3 in 19WP: Wandy Rodriguez (8-12)LP: Barret Browning (1-3)Source: FanGraphsPirates had...
• 8/21 Redbird Dugout: Westbrook signs new deal: The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have signed Jake Westbrook to a new deal. The deal is essentially a 1 year deal...
• 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Extend Jake Westbrook: 5:22pm: Westbrook will earn $8.75MM in 2013, while the 2014 mutual option is for $9.5MM with a $1MM buyout, according to Joe Strauss...
• 8/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Waiver Wire: Jon Jay: As we head into the final weeks of the baseball season, staying active on the waiver wire could be the difference between finishing...
• 8/21 i70baseball.com: Tub-slumping: The six-hour, 19-inning marathon that took place on Sunday was just another kink in the chain that is the 2012 St. Louis Cardinals'...
• 8/21 Redbird Rants: Who Would Win?: In 2011, the St. Louis Cardinals caught the Atlanta Braves to win the National League Wild Card.  They then went on to win the...
• 8/20 StanGraphs: Introducing the Stancast: Hello readers listeners. We’ve been threatening to branch out into other internet categories for quite some time now, and...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/20 Tyler's Think Tank: 19 Inning Marathon Notes: Yesterday the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, battling for second place in the NL Central with just one game separating...
• 8/20 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals drop game in extra innings: The Cardinals put in two games worth of work on Sunday as they took the Pirates to the nineteenth inning but couldn’t get...
• 8/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: This time, Bucs WIN in 19: As the innings were dragging on and on and on and on, Pirate fans had to be fearing the worst.  They were running out of pitchers,and ...
• 8/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia dominant: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed two unearned runs in eight innings and struck out a career-high 10 batters in his...[+] no-decision against the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, Aug. 19.
• 8/19 El Maquino: HERE COMES THE CAVALRY: THE POSTGAME Setting aside for now the obvious standings implications, only two important things happened after 19 innings and...
• 8/19 Baseball News Source: NL Recaps – Pirates Win 19 Inning Marathon over Cardinals: Pittsburgh 6 – St. Louis 3 – Pedro Alvarez hit a home run in the 19th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates outlasted...
• 8/19 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 121: The Long, Slow Death: As Jaime Garcia took to the mound at 1:15 pm, nobody suspected what was about to happen: an obstinate 19-inning fight-to-the-death...
• 8/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Garcia joins list of five dominant Cardinals lefties: On Sunday, Jaime Garcia became the sixth left-hander in St. Louis Cardinals history to strike out at least 10 and walk no one...
• 8/19 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. St. Louis Cardinals – Game 121: Wow. That’s all I can really say about yesterday’s game. Thank god for the Yankees and Red Sox or the whole country...
• 8/19 Rum Bunter: Walking Wounded Pittsburgh Pirates Fail to Capitalize, Fall to St. Louis 5-4:     The Pittsburgh Pirates had every opportunity to grab a series win against the St. Louis Cardinals, but failed to...
• 8/19 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Cardinals: Pirates (66-54) at Cardinals (65-55) 2:15 PM EST–Busch Stadium, St. Louis Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports It’s...
• 8/18 El Maquino: CARDS SNEAK IN A WIN TO MOVE WITHIN ONE: THE POSTGAME Sorry for the very belated wrap-up.  Jason Motte survived a tight ninth to get the Cardinals back within one game...
• 8/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 120: The Return Of Clutch: The return of Yadier Molina proved inspirational, as his two-run double in the fifth rescued the Cardinals from an imploding performance...
• 8/18 Roto Think Tank: The Ones Who Were Closers: A Sobering Look Back: George asks:Think I can dump Casilla? I've got Jaime Garcia and Shaun Marcumcoming off the DL and have to get rid of someone...
• 8/17 StanGraphs: Another Close Loss: Last night’s Cardinals-Diamondbacks contest was nearly as perfect an example of why this season has been so frustrating...
• 8/17 Redbird Rants: Musings from an Optimistic Redbird Fan: 5-2012: Getting Ready – As we approach the post season, the Cardinals have started playing better baseball over the last week or...
• 8/16 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals, Braves taking different rotation route toward Wild CardsThe St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves may have both considered a six-man rotation, but the latter is doing it....
• 8/15 El Maquino: THE CARDS ZERO IN ON THEIR PLAYOFF SPOT AFTER OPPONENTS’ DISASTERS: THE BIG PIECE: HERE WE COME Today was a landmark day in the 2012 season. I said on Tuesday that three teams were ready to pass...
• 8/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to start Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will return from the disabled list to start Sunday, Aug. 19, with SP Joe Kelly...[+] moving to the bullpen. Garcia struck out eight and walked three in five innings with Triple-A Memphis Tuesday, Aug. 14.
• 8/15 El Maquino: CARDS HEAD INTO SHORTHANDED STRETCH WITH A BLOWOUT: THE BIG PIECE: THE FUENTES IMPLICATIONS We don’t know why Brian Fuentes left the Cardinals in the heat of a playoff race;...
• 8/14 El Maquino: WAINWRIGHT’S BACK: THE POSTGAME: CARDS 3, GIANTS 1 Looks like Adam Wainwright‘s back. Today’s game–seven innings, seven strikeouts,...
• 8/14 El Maquino: THE CARDINALS HAVE A RACE PROBLEM: THE BIG PIECE: THE CARDS’ RACE RELATIONS > Big article today from the Post-Dispatch‘s Jesse Bogan addressing the...
• 8/14 StanGraphs: Joe Kelly Would Be an Awesome Reliever: There was an interesting article today at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Joe Kelly, and it prompted me to write about something...
• 8/14 The Cardinal Nation Blog: What to do when Jaime Garcia returns?: The St. Louis Cardinals will need to make a change to their rotation when Jaime Garcia returns on Sunday. Vote on your preference....
• 8/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia returning soon: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) is expected to make his last rehab start with Triple-A Memphis Tuesday, Aug. 14,...[+] which means SP Joe Kelly is likely making his last start in the rotation Tuesday.
• 8/14 STLCardinalBaseball: A Few Suggestions To Help Save The 2012 Cardinals: We’ve all been nauseated and confounded by what we’ve seen so far in a truly bizarre 2012 season. The best team in...
• 8/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Putting Freese on Lockdown: If I told you that David Freese has been just as productive and valuable as Adrian Beltre this season, would you believe me? ...
• 8/9 Reviewing the Brew: MLB2k12 Franchise: Brewers Game Three: So, we just swept the St. Louis Cardinals. That’s right, the Milwaukee Brewers have started off their virtual 2012 campaign...
• 8/8 StanGraphs: The Stretch Run in the NL Central: We’re a week into August now, and things are legitimately starting to look better for the Cardinals. The official team of...
• 8/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 111: Insult To Injury: The Cardinals experienced a trifecta of failure tonight; the pitching sucked, the defense was atrocious, and the at-bats looked...
• 8/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Not considering six-man rotation: St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said the team will not be using a six-man rotation once SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) is...[+] activated from the disabled list. Matheny indicated the team may use a modified rotation which a sixth starter would be used to give other starters more rest.
• 8/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia may make another rehab start: Updating a previous report, the St. Louis Cardinals are considering having SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) make an additional rehab...[+] start after his scheduled start with Double-A Springfield Thursday, Aug. 9.
• 8/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Wanted: Workhorse, Consumer of Innings: Set aside all concerns about the relative importance of FIP, xFIP, and quality starts.  Free your mind of the shackles that ERA...
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to make final rehab start Thursday?: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) said Sunday, Aug. 5, that he will make his final minor-league rehab start Thursday,...[+] Aug. 9, but manager Mike Matheny would not confirm that.
• 8/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia rehab update: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) allowed one run on two hits over 4 1/3 innings in a rehab start for Double-A Springfield...[+] Saturday, Aug. 4, with six strikeouts.
• 8/5 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: August 5: Top stories Garcia sharp in rehab start: After two months out of action with a shoulder injury, Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia...
• 8/4 StlSportsMinute.com: Joe Kelly picks up his second win: St. Louis Cardinals starter Joe Kelly picked up his second win of the season on Friday night. - (Photo credit: Wikipedia) St....
• 8/4 Redbird Rants: Critical Games coming for St. Louis Cardinals: As of 8/4/2012, the St. Louis Cardinals are 8 games out of first place. As a Cardinal fan, Cardinal podcaster and Cardinal blogger,...
• 8/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: A New and Very Depressing Stat Called EffWAR: Beyond the Pythagorean win/loss method of calculating what a team’s record should be based on a number of factors, even...

• 7/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to pitch Friday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will pitch for Double-A Springfield Friday, Aug. 3, after throwing 2 1/3 innings...[+] in the Gulf Coast League Monday, July 30. He will try to reach around 60 pitches in his next outing.
• 7/30 StanGraphs: Cards Should Stand Pat: It’s starting to look less and less likely your 2012 St. Louis Cardinals are ever going to mount that post-April run required...
• 7/30 Redbird Dugout: The Monday Musial – July 30th: Here the Cardinals’ sit today, 7.5 games back in the NL Central with a 54-48 record after 102 games. After 102 games last year...
• 7/30 i70baseball.com: Winning Games and Spinning Wheels: The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 9-6 Friday afternoon. It was the Cards’ fourth victory over the Cubs in the...
• 7/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No Sacred Cows Here: Be realistic, and please admit that you have certain players you do not wish to see leave the Cardinals or the farm system. ...
• 7/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to begin rehab Monday: Updating a previous report, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) is expected to begin a minor-league rehab assignment...[+] Monday, July 30, with the Gulf Coast League Cardinals in Jupiter, Fla. He is likely to need three or four minor-league rehab appearances before he is activated from the 15-day disabled list.
• 7/28 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 101: A Deserved Loss: Joe Kelly produced a typical Kelly Start™: six innings, two runs, six strikeouts, no walks. Unfortunately, Kelly’s efforts...
• 7/27 Redbird Rants: Optimistic Musings of a Redbird Fan: Issue: 2-2012:   Well, after losing five of six after the All Star break, lately, the St. Louis Cardinals have been dominant while winning...
• 7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to throwSt. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will throw two sets of 20 pitches to hitters Friday, July 27....[+] St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will throw two sets of 20 pitches to hitters Friday, July 27.
• 7/27 Full Spectrum Baseball: Bolstering the Cardinals’ bullpen (again): About this time last year, the St. Louis Cardinals were in dire need of pitching help. Adam Wainwright was out for the year, Jake...
• 7/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia closing in on rehab assignment : St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) likely will begin a rehab assignment in 10 to...[+] 14 days.
• 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: HOF, Garza, Cards, Brewers: Barry Larkin and the late Ron Santo were inducted today into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the Class of 2012. The ceremony...
• 7/21 StlSportsMinute.com: Jaime Garcia's shoulder continues to improve: St. Louis Cardinals starter Jaime Garcia is throwing off the mound again as his rehab from a shoulder injury continues. -...
• 7/21 Redbird Rants: Cardinals by the Numbers: Hope everyone is having a good weekend. The St. Louis Cardinals play the 2nd game of the series against the Chicago Cubs this...
• 7/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to continue rehabbing in FloridaSt. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will travel to Florida Sunday, July 22, to continue his rehab....[+] St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will travel to Florida Sunday, July 22, to continue his rehab.
• 7/21 Redbird Rants: Optimistic Musings of A Redbird Fan: Issue 1-2012: The St. Louis Cardinals, after losing a series to Milwaukee, opened with a win at home against the Chicago Cubs. Kyle Lohse was...
• 7/20 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (38-53) at St. Louis Cardinals (47-45): The Cardinals continue their streak of being the reverse-Diamondbacks this season, sitting at 2 games above .500 despite the best...
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to throw again Saturday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) is scheduled to throw a third bullpen session Saturday, July 21. The team will...[+] re-evaluate him after the session and determine the next step in his rehab. He has been sidelined since June 6 due to a left shoulder impingement.
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia updateSt. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) threw a side session off a mound Wednesday, July 18....[+] St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) threw a side session off a mound Wednesday, July 18.
• 7/19 StanGraphs: Things Have to Get Better, Right?: Alright, so everything’s not going so well at the moment for the Cardinals. Several key players have missed time due to...
• 7/16 The Cardinal Nation Blog: What does the Trevor Rosenthal promotion mean?Looking at the St. Louis Cardinals pitching prospect’s surprising jump from Double-A to the majors from multiple angles....
• 7/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to 60-day DLSt. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list....[+] St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.
• 7/14 i70baseball.com: The ExpendablesThe unofficial second half began Friday as the St. Louis Cardinals got back into action following the All Star Break....
• 7/13 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals start second half with three game set with Reds:   The Cardinals open up the second half of the MLB season today with game one of a three game stand in Cincinnati. This series...
• 7/12 Redbird Dugout: The Monday Musial – July 9th: For some reason the post didn’t post as scheduled on Monday. However, here it is! Read everything like it happened on Monday....
• 7/12 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Stories for the second half: The Cardinals start the second half of the season tomorrow, opening up play against the Reds. The Cardinals go into the second...
• 7/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Lovers, The Dreamers, and Me: With MLB nearing the end of the midsummer night’s bad dream, some members of Cardinal Nation have turned their respective...
• 7/11 i70baseball.com: 2nd Half Key: Keep the “Fragile” Players Rested: No matter what you thought of Tony La Russa, one had to respect his ability to keep an entire roster sharp and ready to compete....
• 7/10 STLCardinalBaseball: Second half checklist: With today being the day of the All Star Game it is now time to look ahead to the second half. The Cardinals first half did...
• 7/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: What makes a good Yankee Stadium pitcher?: Phil Hughes doesn’t like Yankee Stadium. It’s short fences aren’t fit for his league leading 48.1% fly-ball rate, and...
• 7/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Breaking Bad: Joe Kelly: In the “Breaking Bad” series, I attempt to break down raw data about a specific player to try and understand or maybe...
• 7/8 StanGraphs: An Argument for Zack Greinke, St. Louis Cardinal: Along with Cole Hamels, Zack Greinkehas to be the most sought-after player possibly available on this summer’s trading block....
• 7/8 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 86: Going out in style: With the final game before the All Star break, the Cardinals(46-40) went looking for their second straight win and a series win...
• 7/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Master Trade Baiting: While some see Matt Carpenter getting the start at 2nd base last night as just a way to get him some at-bats, I see something...
• 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia feels fine in throwing session: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) threw 40 pitches on flat ground Wednesday, July 4, and hopes to repeat the process...[+] Friday, July 6. Garcia indicated he felt greater freedom of movement in his left shoulder. 'I can definitely tell a big difference already,' Garcia said.
• 7/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Pujols May Save the Cardinals Again: Albert Pujols did the Cardinals a huge favor by departing for Anaheim and the Angels. Not only did he save them from paying a...
• 7/3 StanGraphs: Chris Carpenter is Done for the Year, No One is Surprised: As expected, we learned today that Chris Carpenter will miss the entire 2012 season thanks to the mystery injury that has kept...
• 7/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Carp Season Over: Chris Carpenter will have season-ending surgery which means that he will not throw a truly meaningful pitch in the 2012 season. ...
• 7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to throw WednesdaySt. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will make 40 throws before the game Wednesday, July 4....[+] St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will make 40 throws before the game Wednesday, July 4.
• 7/3 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals take first game in series against Rockies: The Cardinals took on the Rockies in game one of a four game set in St Louis on Monday night. The Cardinals offense struck early...
• 7/2 StanGraphs: Interesting Cardinal Trade Targets: You may have noticed something about the 2012 edition of the Cardinals: they can’t pitch. True, it’s partially due...

• 6/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to begin throwing program: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will begin a throwing program Tuesday, July 3, but isn't expected to return before...[+] August.
• 6/29 i70baseball.com: No longer sitting on the sidelines, this is Yadi’s team: Amid the confusion emanating from a lineup card snafu, catcher Yadier Molina's dramatic, game-tying two-run homer in the ninth...
• 6/27 StanGraphs: Kyle Lohse is Worth a Big Contract: In 2008, the Cardinals inked Kyle Lohse to a one-year deal worth $4.25 million late in the spring. Lohse then proceeded to throw...
• 6/27 STLCardinalBaseball: What Starting Pitchers Should The Cardinals Pursue By The Trade Deadline?: It’s becoming painfully obvious that the Cardinals need to acquire at least one starting pitcher and one lefty reliever...
• 6/26 High Heat Stats: Tuesday teasers (from Monday’s games): As if crafting the first double-complete-game in almost a calendar year wasn’t enough, Luke Hochevar and Alex Cobb enhanced...
• 6/22 Redbird Rants: Manager Mike Matheny – Report Card…..so far:   When the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series last year, many in Cardinal Nation wondered if Tony LaRussa would return...
• 6/19 Operation Shutdown: Power Rankings: 6/19: ESPN's weekly MLB Power Rankings came out last night, and the Pirates are sitting in the 16th spot. I think that the Pirates...
• 6/17 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals’ pitching will determine team’s fateThe St. Louis Cardinals entered the 2012 season with a potent, yet aging, offense that was prone to injuries. ...
• 6/12 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of June 11: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 6/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: How to Find Money: Have you ever found money? There are two ways that I have found money: 1. On the street, coins (mostly pennies) and the occasional...
• 6/11 FanSided: Redbirds Week in Review---6/4/12 to 6/10/12:   This past week for the Redbirds started on a positive note with a win against the Mets in a series that has to be considered...
• 6/11 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals could be headed to fourth place in NL Central: With injuries starting to inflict the pitching staff and a relatively tough upcoming schedule, the St. Louis Cardinals could quickly...
• 6/11 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Kelly has solid debut in Cardinals loss: The Cardinals faced the Indians in the rubber match of their three game series yesterday. Rookie Joe Kelly made his major league...
• 6/11 The Cardinal Nation Blog: How rough was the Cardinals’ last 30 days?Looking back at the St. Louis Cardinals’ play over the last 30 days does not provide comfort....
• 6/10 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 61: No Fire: Joe Kelly made his major league debut today in the place of the injured Jaime Garcia.  The young 24 year old hurler made a nice...
• 6/10 STLCardinalBaseball: On The Record: Jaime Garcia’s Medical Issue: So a story came out in the Post Dispatch (you can read their swill right here) updating the current condition of Jaime Garcia‘s...
• 6/10 FanSided: St. Louis Cardinals Notes: Joe KellyThe St. Louis Cardinals have transferred ...
• 6/9 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Latest: Saunders, Quentin, Cards, Pirates: Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has a new Full Count video up. Let's recap... Teams looking for rotation help should call the...
• 6/9 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Appel, Perez, Soriano: Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia has tearing in his labrum and rotator cuff, reports Joe Strauss of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ...
• 6/9 i70baseball.com: Big TroubleThe St. Louis Cardinals placed lefty Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list because of a shoulder strain....
• 6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia could miss two months: Updating a previous report, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) is expected to miss two months because of his shoulder...[+] strain. He will not do any throwing activities for four weeks and will not return to the rotation for at least six weeks. General manager John Mozeliak said surgery for Garcia is not an option at this point. Procedures on the shoulder showed tearing in his rotator cuff and labrum.
• 6/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: Joe Kelly: With the news that Jaime Garcia has been placed on the DL with a mysterious shoulder injury it was soon apparent that a minor...
• 6/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to be shut down four weeks: Updating a previous report, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will be shut down four weeks due to a left shoulder...[+] impingement. As mentioned earlier, SP Joe Kelly will come up from Triple-A Memphis to start in place of Garcia Sunday, June 10.
• 6/8 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 58- Two in a Row: This is my first game recap EVER so bare with me here. Last night the struggling Cardinals learned even more bad news, placing...
• 6/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Joe Kelly to start Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Joe Kelly will be recalled from Triple-A Memphis to make the start Sunday, June 10, in place of SP Jaime...[+] Garcia (shoulder). Kelly went 2-5 with a 2.86 ERA at Memphis this year.
• 6/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia seeking multiple opinions: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (shoulder) will seek at least two more opinions on his left shoulder before deciding if he...[+] will undergo surgery. He will meet with Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Lewis Yocum this weekend. Garcia could be dealing with problems in his rotator cuff, labrum or both. The team hasn't announced whether SPs Brandon Dickson or Joe Kelly will be recalled to take Garcia's spot in the rotation.
• 6/7 Justin Jabs: Bobblehead Days: St. Louis Cardinals: Below is a guest post I wrote for Cardinal70.com, which you can see here. While the St. Louis Cardinals have some nifty promotions,...
• 6/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia unlikely to make next start: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (elbow, hip, shoulder) returned to Missouri for the second time during the current road trip...[+] to have another round of exams with team doctors to determine what is ailing him. Garcia spent last weekend in St. Louis receiving treatment for irritation in his left elbow. Manager Mike Matheny said Wednesday, June 6, that Garcia will have tests of his elbow again, his left shoulder, and his hip. General manager Mike Mozeliak said it is 'highly unlikely' that Garcia will make his next scheduled start Sunday, June 10.
• 6/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Jon Garland, Michael Wacha and Draft Expectations: You could practically hear the groans echoing through Cardinals Nation when the MLB Network graphic popped on screen for the team’s...
• 6/6 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinals comeback attempt falls just short against Astros: One day after breaking their five game losing streak, the Cardinals failed to start a winning streak. The Astros touched up Jaime...
• 6/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Who is your Cardinals’ sixth starter?Jaime Garcia’s health remains a concern for the St. Louis Cardinals. Vote on how to replace him if needed....
• 6/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia admits he isn't 100 percent: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (elbow) was pounded for six earned runs, five hits and two walks over two innings in a loss...[+] Tuesday, June 5, against the Houston Astros. After the game, Garcia admitted he is not 100 percent. 'I'm not right. I need to figure out what is wrong,' Garcia said. He added that the pain in his elbow is gone, but something is not right.
• 6/5 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 56: Not Good Enough: The mystifying collapse of Jaime Garcia continued with a terrible two-inning “start” in which he buried another resilient...
• 6/5 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros outlast Cardinals 9-8: The Astros scored early and often tonight against Jaime Garcia and the St. Louis Cardinals and held on for a 9-8 win. After Astros...
• 6/4 PhoulBallz.com: Series Preview: Phillies at Cardinals, May 24-27: Last season the St. Louis Cardinals ousted the Philadelphia Phillies from the postseason, en route to a surprising World Series...
• 6/1 i70baseball.com: Cardinals Report, taking stock of May: Coming into May the Cardinals had a three-game lead in the NL Central at the end of April. At the end of their May grind they're...

• 5/31 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Varied Cardinals weekend ahead in New YorkIn a series changing daily, the St. Louis Cardinals will be visiting the New York Mets for four games starting Friday....
• 5/31 STLCardinalBaseball: Injury Report – June 1: The month of May ended just as it began – with another crippling round of injuries and setbacks. Soon we’re going...
• 5/30 STLCardinalBaseball: Down on the Farm: End of May: The Cardinals farm system really is proving its worth so far in the young season. Matt Adams has already been promoted and is...
• 5/26 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 47: Shut Down: The Cardinals (25-22) had no answer for the masterful change up of Kyle Kendrick, and they drop their third straight game to the...
• 5/26 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (24-23) at Cardinals (25-21): Philadelphia Phillies (24-23) at St Louis Cardinals (25-21) Kyle Kendrick (0-4, 5.23) vs. Jaime Garcia (3-2, 3.55) Time: 7:15,...
• 5/23 Bus League Baseball: Gateway To The World Series: In late August, the Cardinals were at various points 10.5 games behind both Milwaukee in the NL Central and Atlanta for the Wild...
• 5/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: It’s Not Easy Being Greene:   Perhaps no Cardinals player receives more scrutiny day in, day out for performances in small sample sizes than Tyler Greene. ...
• 5/21 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 42: Greene Thumb: A breathtaking start from Jaime Garcia was nearly wasted by a DOA Cardinals offense, who could not seem to string together anything...
• 5/21 El Maquino: UPDATE: Lance’s ACL Is NOT Torn: That was close.  It turns out that Lance Berkman‘s MRI did not turn up with an ACL tear like the Post-Dispatch reported...
• 5/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: NL Pitching Planner: May 21 – 27After a little bit of inter-league play, its back to a NL and AL only schedule this week....
• 5/21 El Maquino: Three Points To Address After The Sweep: Stick with me through tonight’s column.  It will be tough, but there’s some serious stuff that needs to be touched...
• 5/17 El Maquino: Pujols’ Swing Is Back, Cards In San Francisco, Umpires And The Second Base Poll: Albert Pujols hit a homerun last night with the same swing he had in Game Three, Jaime and the Cards dropped San Fran last night,...
• 5/17 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 37: San Francisco Feat: Several recent negative trends were corrected on a cool night at AT&T Park in San Francisco, as the Cardinals (22-15) beat...
• 5/17 Redbird Rants: Daily Rants: Jaime Garcia outduels Madison Bumgarner:   Two promising young pitchers went into San Francisco, but Jaime Garcia outperformed Madison Bumgarner to help his team...
• 5/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Jaime Garcia And Mental Toughness – A Statistical Approach: As viewed by the naked eye, most Cardinal fans agree that Jaime Garcia has the mental and emotional toughness of lukewarm Jell-O....
• 5/16 El Maquino: Hatcher’s Firing Was Pujols’ Fault? Really?: The reaction by Cards fans and others to Mickey Hatcher‘s firing last night was annoyingly predictable.  They looked to...
• 5/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Witness For The Defense: Have an opinion about a particular player, coach, manager, team, or franchise you wish to express?  Try tossing stones 140 characters...
• 5/14 El Maquino: > CARDS GET CUT UP BY THEIR FIRST TRUE CHALLENGE: Coming into this weekend’s Cardinals–Braves series, both of the top offenses in the League were set to bout in what...
• 5/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Cardinals Have A Math Problem:   Indeed, the limitations of the 25 man roster impose certain constraints on the Cardinals that some teams do not have. ...
• 5/12 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 32: Tony’s Tenacity: In his tribute to Tony La Russa, Adam Wainwright said that TLR taught them tenacity. The Cardinals turned around and showed that,...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia has uneven stat line: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed five runs - four earned - and nine hits over 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision Friday,...[+] May 11, against the Atlanta Braves. He also struck out five batters in the 101-pitch outing.
• 5/11 Redbird Dugout: April Grades: Pitching Staff: Yesterday I tackled my April Grades for the Cardinals’ position players and today I will tackle the grades for the Cardinals’...
• 5/10 STLCardinalBaseball: What Should Happen To Lance Lynn?: One of the most exciting pitching-related stories of the new baseball season is the emergence of Lance Lynn as a potential top-of-the-rotation...
• 5/6 High Heat Stats: Video rewind: Saturday game notes: – I’ve lost a few baseballs in the bushes, but never like this. Adrian Beltre as a pinch-hitter is 4 for 13 with...
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia solid in loss: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia was charged with six runs on four hits over six innings in a loss Saturday, May 5, against...[+] the Houston Astros.
• 5/5 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 27: Sucko De Mayo: The inexplicable curse of Bud Norris continues! Jaime Garcia imploded in the first inning, giving the Astros an early lead that...
• 5/5 Climbing Tal's Hill: Bud Norris beats Cardinals… again: Bud Norris picked up his second win of the year tonight as the Astros won their fifth straight 8-2 over St. Louis. Cards starter...

• 4/30 C70 At The Bat: Live By The Legs, Die By The Legs: Glad to be back with you.  Friday was an exhausting day and it took me most of the weekend to recover...
• 4/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 135 Is A Serious-er-er Number: That’s right.  The magic number for the Cardinals to eliminate the Chicago Cubs from the NL Central division title is 135. ...
• 4/29 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 22: Running Out Of Luck: Jaime Garcia bungled his way through a start irritatingly-reminiscent of inconsistent past performances. Meanwhile, the offense...
• 4/29 Baseball Musings: Results Versus Outcomes: The pitching duel between Zack Greinke and Jaime Garcia demonstrates how sometimes the stats that matter don’t in a small...
• 4/29 El Maquino: > CASUALTIES OUTSIDE BUSCH: Conflicting reports have as many as a hundred people injured in a blown over tent near Busch Stadium after the Cards’  7-3...
• 4/28 STLCardinalBaseball: The Winning Formula: If you would have told me that Lance Lynn and Kyle Lohse would be 4-0, Jaime Garcia 2-0, Westbrook 3-1, and Wainwright 0-3 I...
• 4/25 High Heat Stats: Games of Monday & Tuesday (4/23-24): Playing a little catch-up here; thirty teams generate a lot of box scores! Any neglect of your team is unintentional…. Tuesday...
• 4/25 Baseball Reality Tour: Pujols Knows Futility: It's been well documented that Albert Pujols is struggling to adapt to the American League. Most of us know he has yet to hit...
• 4/24 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Joe Mather Walks Off As Cubs Beat Cardinals: The Cubs evened these bitter rivals’ season series at 2-2 as Joe Mather’s two-run single snatched victory from the jaws of...
• 4/24 C70 At The Bat: Bound To Happen: Eventually, a night like last night was going to happen.  Closers aren't perfect, not even the best of them.  The way...
• 4/23 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 17: LaHair Ball: The Cardinals rolled into a freezing Wrigley Field to battle the hapless Chicago Cubs to face hard-throwing righty Matt Garza....
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia sees bullpen spoil win: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed one earned run, six hits and a walk with four strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings in a no-decision...[+] Monday, April 23, against the Chicago Cubs. The bullpen blew a one-run lead to spoil Garcia's outing.
• 4/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Despite injuries, Cards still look like defending champs: We are now nearly three weeks into the 2012 season and, so far, things are looking pretty good for the defending world champs....
• 4/23 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Where would the Cardinals be without Lohse and Westbrook?Two starters some fans wanted the St. Louis Cardinals to get rid of are leading the staff in the early going in 2012....
• 4/23 The Baseball Page: Cardinals Defy Conventional Wisdom:   The 2012 season is barely two weeks old, and the Cardinals continue to find themselves perched atop the NL Central with...
• 4/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: NL Pitching Planner: April 23 – April 29: Heading into week 4, we are starting to get a better idea as to which teams possess the good offenses (St. Louis, Atlanta, Los...
• 4/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: There Is Not Always A Wrong Answer: Every once in a while the intertubez become so abuzz with ridiculous disinformation that I take it upon myself to wipe clean the...
• 4/19 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Cardinals whip Reds 11-1 behind Garcia, Furcal and Beltran: On a day when Jaime Garcia was pitching to his talent level, the St. Louis Cardinals offense kept clicking rapping out 14 hits...
• 4/19 C70 At The Bat: Loose Hips Sink Reds' Ship: I still have no idea what that was about, but it said a lot about this clubhouse.In the third inning, Fox...
• 4/18 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 12: Bloody Reds: Jaime Garcia twirled seven innings of one-run ball as Reds starter Mat Latos continued his grotesque incompetence at Busch Stadium...
• 4/15 El Maquino: > WESTBROOK’S A NEW MAN: Jake Westbrook gave up only one earned run in seven innings against the Cubs on Sunday, a day after five relievers were used....
• 4/12 C70 At The Bat: Jaime Being Jaime: I've often said the biggest problem with Jaime Garcia is just getting consistent work from him.  There are times...
• 4/11 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 7: GotAway Game: With a day off tomorrow, manager Mike Matheny gave several key veterans the day off with a much-criticized “getaway”...
• 4/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Cardinals go for a sweep of the Reds as Jaime Garcia faces Johnny Cueto. Garcia dominated Cincinnati in his career, 6-1 with...
• 4/9 STLCardinalBaseball: Week in Review: Games 1-4: Though the Cardinals played in just four games in the first week of the season, it has been a pretty good showcase of what we...
• 4/9 The Baseball Page: St. Louis Cardinals – The Road to 12 in ’12The Road to 12 in '12...
• 4/6 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 2: All Cylinders: After a joke of an opening day against the hired guns of Miami, the Cardinals went into Milwaukee for some serious competition...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia earns first win: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia picked up his first win of the season by beating the Milwaukee Brewers Friday, April 6. He...[+] gave up five hits and two runs while walking two and striking out three in six innings.
• 4/6 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: CC Sabathia and James Shields square off in Tampa Bay as the Yankees face the Rays. (You could remake the producers with Sabathia...
• 4/5 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals open season with win: The World Champions looked like just that last night as they defeated the new look Miami Marlins 4-1 to officially open Marlins...
• 4/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Looking through Rosenthal-colored glasses: No first-time player in St. Louis Cardinals major league camp this spring was talked about more than right-handed pitcher Trevor...
• 4/3 C70 At The Bat: That's (Almost) A Wrap: The Cardinals are done with Florida, even as they look toward a return.St. Louis finished the Grapefruit League portion of...
• 4/1 STLCardinalBaseball: Most Memorable Opening Days In Cardinal History #4: April 9, 1985: We are counting down to opening day with a look at the top ten most memorable opening days in Cardinal history. You can access...

• 3/31 STLCardinalBaseball: A look at the Opening Day Roster: The Cardinals look different on Opening Day every year than they do by the end of the season. For instance the opening day closer...
• 3/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Riding the Pine in Roto Leagues: It’s important to use your bench wisely. One of the most frustrating things to me in Roto style fantasy baseball leagues...
• 3/30 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Previews: Starting Pitching: With just six posting days left before the beginning of the 2012 season, I don’t have much time to get things going in the whole...
• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: UCB Prediction Week, Part V: Postseason And Awards: OK, we've spent all week figuring out how the divisions are going to go.  There's no doubt that every one of those posts...
• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: The Final Spring Stretch: Cards were off yesterday, staying away from the park (well, save Jaime Garcia, who pitched in a minor league game to stay...
• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Take the Lynn, Leave the Oswalt: It’s not personal.  It’s business.  The St. Louis Cardinals do not need Roy Oswalt right now.  They may need him...
• 3/30 Crashburn Alley: Lucky vs. Good: Ian Riccaboni (@IanRiccaboni) of Phillies Nation wrote a piece examining past World Series parti**** and the connection between...
• 3/23 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Garcia dominates Nationals in Cardinals’ win: The St. Louis Cardinals will need their pitchers to be in good form early on this season with Chris Carpenter set to start the...
• 3/23 C70 At The Bat: Starting Pitching Continues To Roll: You can't get too tied up into spring training results.  I remember a year not so long ago (though, of course, the actual...
• 3/22 El Maquino: > CARP’S INJURY COMPLICATES THINGS: The newness of the baseball season shattered by a bulging cervical disc in Chris Carpenter’s neck. The Cards’ Opening Day...
• 3/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia strikes out nine: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia struck out nine hitters in his Grapefruit League start against the Washington Nationals Thursday,...[+] March 22. He didn't allow a walk and allowed three hits in five innings.
• 3/22 i70baseball.com: Next Cardinals’ crop could be quite the harvest: For many years the Cardinals built their major league club through trades or free agency rather than with players the team drafted...
• 3/21 STLCardinalBaseball: Carpenter shutdown, won’t be ready for opening day: The Cardinals just can’t catch a break. Last season they lost Ace Adam Wainwright for the entire season, as well as numerous...
• 3/21 C70 At The Bat: Winning Is Good: You know, it took a little while for Mike Matheny to get his first spring training win as a Cardinal manager, but now it...
• 3/20 FanSided: Editor's Letter: Are the St. Louis Cardinals built for an encore?: Dear Readers, We all love an encore performance and the St. Louis Cardinals are hoping to put one on for us this season. The...
• 3/18 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Cards Spring Training First Hand Report: Walking up to Roger Dean Stadium I could just feel the vibe of baseball, brats and beers.  We arrived around 10:30am to see the...
• 3/18 i70baseball.com: Jaime Garcia still needs maturity to become top-tier pitcher: St. Louis Cardinals projected No. 3 starter Jaime Garcia could become one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball, but his...
• 3/18 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Garcia roughed up in Cardinals’ loss to Tigers: The St. Louis Cardinals need Jaime Garcia to take the next step in his progression as a major league pitcher. In the early goings...
• 3/16 STLCardinalBaseball: Ducks In A Row: A Look At The Developing Lineup For 2012: After much spring tinkering, Mike Matheny on Friday unveiled a lineup that tells us much about his evolving perceptions about...
• 3/13 C70 At The Bat: Two Games, Two Results: When you split your forces, I guess you should be happy with splitting the games.  Of course, you always want to...
• 3/10 Roto Think Tank: CBS Analyst NL-Only Auction Starting Pitchers Part II: On Wednesday, I posted about pitchers who went for $15+ in the CBS Analyst N.L.-Only auction.  Today, let me pick up with...
• 3/9 Redbird Rants: Rants Daily: Jaime Garcia looks sharp for Cardinals: The St. Louis Cardinals are going to need Jaime Garcia to step it up this season. He has had two successive productive seasons,...
• 3/9 C70 At The Bat: That's Our First Winner!: I don't think there were any champagne celebrations or any Gatorade showers, but Mike Matheny is now the proud owner of a...
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia effective: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia retired all six of the hitters he faced in two scoreless innings against the Boston Red Sox...[+] Thursday, March 8. He threw 19 of his 27 pitches for strikes and struck out four. 'It felt good,' Garcia said. 'I got my work in, kept the ball down. They have a good lineup. They're trying to get some at-bats in. I'm still trying to get my innings in. The good thing is I feel good right now and we'll move forward.'
• 3/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Shelby Miller and Cardinals Homegrown Starting Pitchers: Cardinals fans, even those on the realistic side, can’t help but hope – or perhaps even expect – that former first-round...
• 3/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: 40-plus Cardinals players, 30-plus articlesLooking for spring training articles for every player on the St. Louis Cardinals roster....
• 3/6 STLCardinalBaseball: Why I like Carlos Beltran on the Cardinals: When the Cardinals signed Carlos Beltran to a two year 26 million dollar deal with a full trade clause earlier in the off-season...
• 3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Baseball’s back in Mexico and Central America:   When American fans cheer for their favorite Hispanic players in most major league cities, they generally stereotype these...
• 3/6 C70 At The Bat: A Day With Baseball: Cardinals vs. Marlins.  12:05 PM.  Radio: KMOX.  TV: None.  It's time.For the first time since October...
• 3/1 i70baseball.com: It all starts with pitching…and ends with it too.Our final look around the St. Louis Cardinals stops on the pitching staff....

• 2/28 STLCardinalBaseball: The Top Ten Biggest Questions Facing The 2012 Cardinals: It’s never easy following up a World Championship. Expectations are higher, scrutiny is even more intense, and mistakes...
• 2/27 C70 At The Bat: One More Week: This is the final week without baseball games until late October.  The season is really upon us, assuming we can wait...
• 2/24 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals At Full Strength: Today is the official reporting day for everyone that's not a pitcher or a catcher.  Not that it's much of a big deal,...
• 2/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: OOTP 12 review and 2011 season replay: Some of you may remember from last year’s OOTP 11 review and season preview (or were reminded in my iOOTP review of last...
• 2/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals pitchers helping pitchersPitching veterans on the St. Louis Cardinals are working alongside prospects in spring training....
• 2/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Sorting out Cardinals spring uniform numbersWho is wearing what uniform number in 2012 St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp?...
• 2/18 STLCardinalBaseball: Can Chris Carpenter be Chris Carpenter this season?: Without Chris Carpenter last season the Cardinals would not have made it to the playoffs let alone winning it all. Carpenter became...
• 2/12 STLCardinalBaseball: Predicting the 2012 Cardinals: position by position: Photo courtesy of Getty images After a wild and unexpected year from the Cardinals, it is time to forget about last year and begin...
• 2/9 STLCardinalBaseball: Predicting which Cardinals could have a breakout year: Every year there are a handful of players in the majors that have a monster and unpredictable year think of Ryan Ludwick in ’08...
• 2/9 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 18 (Picks 851-900): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/4 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Jordan Zimmermann: The Nationals have been one of baseball's most active teams this offseason, signing both Edwin Jackson and Brad Lidge in addition...
• 2/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: FIP’ing The Birds: Pitching wins championships.  Defense wins championships.  The best defense is a good offense.  A watched pot never boils....
• 2/3 The Daily Catch: Roy Oswalt and Market Determination Revisited: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Flagrant Fan Written by: William Tasker Yesterday in this space, this author wrote...
• 2/2 High Heat Stats: Young hurling stars of 2010-11: Following our post on the young position stars, here are the pitchers’ top bWAR values over the past 2 years by those who...
• 2/1 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Preview: Catcher: From Opening Day 2011 to Opening Day 2012, there are only two positions that we know will be the same, Yadier Molina at catcher...
• 2/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Under Construction:   There is no questioning the results thus far.  Cardinals’ GM John Mozeliak has built a good track record during...
• 2/1 Blog Red Machine: St. Louis Still NL Central Favorites; Reds Lineup Suspect: It’s easy to get carried away with everything the Reds have done this offseason. Mat Latos. Sean Marshall. Ryan Ludwick....

• 1/30 STLCardinalBaseball: Rangers Vs. Cardinals re-match for Oswalt: At the beginning of the off-season many thought that the Rangers, Nationals, or Red Sox would be in the mix for Roy Oswalt but...
• 1/29 i70baseball.com: Stacking The Deck: With Oswalt, Cardinals Would Hold All The AcesAddition of Former Ace Roy Oswalt Would Bolster St. Louis As Clear Favorite in National League...
• 1/28 El Maquino: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO OSWALT: POTENTIAL CARDINAL: EM has been covering every new development of the potential Roy Oswalt-to-the-Cardinals deal today, and as reports and hints come...
• 1/28 Talkin Sox with Dan: Oswalt May be Heading to St. Louis: According to Mark Polishuk of mlbtraderumors.com, free agent pitcher Roy Oswalt will likely be toeing the rubber for the Cardinals...
• 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Garber: "No Chance" Of Oswalt Relieving: There is "no chance" of Roy Oswalt relieving, agent Bob Garber told MLBTR this morning.  "He will absolutely be a starter,"...
• 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Cards Close To Deal With Oswalt; BoSox, Astros In Mix: The Cardinals are close to a deal with veteran right-hander Roy Oswalt, reports Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio (Twitter link). ...
• 1/24 Redbird Dugout: McClellan avoids Arbitration: The Cardinals announced today that they have agreed to a 1 year deal worth $2.5 million with pitcher Kyle McClellan. The Cardinals...
• 1/24 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Jaime Garcia to be inducted in Latin American International Hall of Fame: It’s true. Jaime Garcia will be feted, along with Jorge Posada, this Saturday evening in Laredo, TX. From KGNS 8 in Laredo:...
• 1/21 i70baseball.com: The Luhnow Legacy: On the very same night the Los Angeles Angels were finalizing a deal to sign Albert Pujols, the Houston Astros named Jeff Luhnow...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: A Cardinals Decline Would Be Misleading: Dave Duncan’s time in St. Louis has been invaluable to the team. Dave Duncan’s time with every team that he’s spent time...
• 1/15 i70baseball.com: The Winter Warm Up: Day Two And A Numbers Game: Today at the St. Louis Cardinals Winter Warm Up, a slow morning turned rapid-fire with Matt Adams, Brandon **** Daniel Descalso,...
• 1/6 House of the Bluebird: An In-Depth Look at Extending Brandon Morrow: Photo Courtesy of Mirosport.netWith the Blue Jays offseason in a bit of a slump and the Darren Oliver signing being the most...
• 1/6 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 12: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me 12* runs creating Eleven flag a-raising Ten noobs conspiring Nine runs...
• 1/4 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 11: On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Eleven flag a-raising Ten noobs conspiring Nine runs a-plating Eight...
• 1/4 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #1: 11th World ChampionshipIn 2011, the underdog St. Louis Cardinals won their 11th championship of Major League Baseball....
• 1/3 STLCardinalBaseball: Is it possible that the Cardinals will sign Roy Oswalt?:   With rumors swirling that Roy Oswalt has interest in the Cardinals, and they have mutual interest this made me wonder,...
• 1/3 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 10: On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Ten noobs conspiring Nine runs a-plating Eight Game Sevens winning Seven...
• 1/2 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 9: On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Nine runs a-plating Eight Game Sevens winning Seven frames a-blanking Six...
• 1/1 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 8: On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Eight Game Sevens winning Seven frames a-blanking Six innings pitching Five...

• 12/31 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2011: Day 7: On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Seven frames a-blanking Six innings pitching Five golden hits. Four...
• 12/31 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #5: NLDS win over Phillies: The heavy underdog St. Louis Cardinals defeated the team with baseball’s best record, the Philadelphia Phillies, in the first...
• 12/27 Redbird Rants: Is Jaime Garcia Set to Breakout for the St. Louis Cardinals?: The St. Louis Cardinals are fortunate to have three above average starting pitchers in their rotation. Chris Carpenter and Adam...
• 12/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Cards add Beltran, still favorites in NL Central: The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a two-year contract with Carlos Beltran worth $13MM annually. The 34-year-old outfielder hit...
• 12/20 i70baseball.com: Shelby Miller Scares MeShelby is a talented pitcher with a bright future. Due to recent history, however, that scares me....
• 12/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Is Trevor Cahill a Big Loss? Part Two:   Yesterday I looked into whether or not Trevor Cahill‘s departure represents a big loss for the Oakland A’s...
• 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The Objective Truth About Luhnow: Simultaneously searching for a greater understanding through objective analysis, the stat people have taken to using subjectivity...
• 12/15 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #20: Jaime Garcia’s extensionThe St. Louis Cardinals locked up their most promising young major league pitcher for as many as six years into the future....
• 12/13 Redbird Dugout: Pujols to Anaheim. Now what?: I just got back from finishing up my Christmas shopping when I sat down at my desk to see a tweet talking about Pujols and the...
• 12/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Is Trevor Cahill a Big Loss? Part Two:   Yesterday I looked into whether or not Trevor Cahill‘s departure represents a big loss for the Oakland A’s...
• 12/10 SocraticGadfly: #Pujols wears a Halo: #Stlcards fans, team try to adapt: OK, it's officially official, no photoshopping needed. I didn't link his FB page, for those who don't follow it, but did a...
• 12/6 The Cardinal Nation Blog: World Series DVD Set trivia: Getting the quick hook: Correctly answer a multi-part St. Louis Cardinals post-season-related trivia question and win a free 2011 World Series DVD Set...
• 12/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Movie Review – 2011 World Series Highlight Film DVD Set: Kudos to the people at A&E Networks Home Entertainment who recognized that the 2011 World Series story would not be complete...

• 11/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: If the Yankees make a deal this offseason, who is most likely to go?: On Sunday I wrote a post arguing that the Yankees have a complete, competitive team ready to go right now, with ample slack in...
• 11/21 Fungoes.net: 2011 United Cardinal Bloggers awards: Award 1: Cardinal Player of the Year Lance Berkman Matt Holliday Albert Pujols Comment: Berkman was the most-valuable Cardinal...
• 11/20 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: St. Louis Cardinals: 90-72, 2nd place, 6 GB (won NLDS 3-2 over Philadelphia, won NLCS 4-2 over Milwaukee, WON WORLD SERIES 4-3 OVER TEXAS)Fragile Freddy’s...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Rally, Even Series: After eight tense innings in Game 2, Texas was on the brink of going home in an 0-2 hole, a deficit that teams overcome less than...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Cards and Cowboys are Two of a Kind: Just a dozen fun and interesting similarities between this year's St. Louis squad and Texas team. 1. Both had two...
• 11/14 C70 At The Bat: 2011 Cardinal Blogger Awards Ballot: As you know, the Cardinals have now named Mike Matheny as the next manager of the team.  I'll have much more on that in...
• 11/2 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Red Sox, Oswalt, Sabathia: Red Sox GM Ben Cherington confirmed to reporters that the Red Sox and Cubs have obtained a one-week extension to work out compensation...
• 11/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Cubs Or Cards For Francona?: The Cubs currently have a manager so it’s unfair for people to speculate on whether or not Terry Francona is going to take...
• 11/1 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: St. Louis Cardinals: Congratulations to the Cardinals for winning a thrilling World Series after an unexpected surge to the playoffs. Their offseason...

• 10/28 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 6: Do You Believe In Miracles?: In what might very well go down in history as one of the greatest games ever played in the World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals...
• 10/28 El Maquino: ICEMAN SAVES THE CARDS!: The tough part of writing about baseball sometimes is that not all games–in fact, very few whole games–are literary....
• 10/27 STLCardinalBaseball: Cardinals exercise options on Wainwright:   The Cardinals officially exercised the 2012 and 2013 options on Ace Pitcher Adam Wainwright, which will bring him a total...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: Garcia in Control: Jaime Garcia throws his first scoreless inning in the top of the third. He gives up a one-out single to Michael Young, but induces...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Six Underway.: Jaime Garcia of the Cardinals starts Ian Kinsler of the Rangers with a called strike. Update: That’s the only strike Garcia...
• 10/27 Yankees Fans Unite: World Series Game 6 (Open Thread): Texas can win it all tonight and the Cardinals look to force a Game 7.   Talk about whatever you want in the comment section...
• 10/27 El Maquino: WAINWRIGHT RETURNING: P R E G A M E > Adam Wainwright‘s option for 2012 and ’13 was excercized today, so a rotation of he, Chris Carpenter...
• 10/27 C70 At The Bat: Once More Into The Breach: While it may have not been the driest rainout in history (not being in St. Louis, I'm not sure what the weather actually did,...
• 10/27 WSJ Daily Fix: Cards’ Latin Reinvestment Pays Off: An attempt to to re-energize its Latin American scouting is reaping dividends for St. Louis in the person of World Series Game...
• 10/27 PaulLebowitz.com: The Albert Pujols Thing: Tony LaRussa‘s going year-to-year as manager and has a 2012 option—he’s going to be back; Chris Carpenter is...
• 10/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: This Weather IS for The Birds: Do you see what I did there?  Thought so.  Not only was the weather in St. Louis a bit nasty for a while yesterday, but it also...
• 10/27 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Game six of the World Series takes place a day late, with the Rangers sending Colby Lewis to the mound against Jaime Garcia in...
• 10/26 STLCardinalBaseball: Rain Delay (Or, Why The Baseball Gods Want The Cardinals To Win The World Series): I believe in stats and hard facts when dealing with baseball. The cold, unblinking eye of accumulated data tells us much about...
• 10/26 Baseball Analytics: Napoli's Lefty Lashing: With the score tied at two in the eighth inning of Game Five, Bullpen-Phone-Gate apparently led to lefty Mark Rzepczynski...
• 10/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Can You Hear Me Now?: Tony LaRussa called down to the bullpen while Octavio Dotel was struggling with the whole “making good pitches” thing,...
• 10/24 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers Season Down to a Best of Three: The entire season has now been winnowed down to a three game series. I didn’t think that last night’s game was a must win,...
• 10/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Fool’s Friday: Staying Positive 24 Hours Later: Two main points caught my attention right after Game 2 while the ending took more time to evaluate. The 2011 World Series is far...
• 10/21 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals World Series Game 2 pitching leftovers: Looking at Thursday’s pitching performances by Jaime Garcia and Jason Motte of the St. Louis Cardinals in historical context....
• 10/21 Nolan Writin': Rangers even Series with ninth inning rally: The Rangers entered the ninth inning of last night’s World Series game staring straight down the barrel of a two games to...
• 10/21 STLCardinalBaseball: WORLD SERIES GAME 2: Deja Voodoo: A tense, scoreless affair turned into a desperate, late-inning bullpen rush, with the Texas Rangers scraping just enough runs...
• 10/21 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Rally, Even Series: After eight tense innings in Game 2, Texas was on the brink of going home in an 0-2 hole, a deficit that teams overcome less than...
• 10/21 C70 At The Bat: Dying Quail Kills Cardinals: TS Eliot had it right.  The world didn't end last night, but the Rangers definitely didn't end the game with a blast....
• 10/21 B-R Blog: Both starting pitchers with a game score of at least 64 in Game 2 of the World Series: Last night, Colby Lewis had a game score of 64 and Jaime Garcia had a 77. That was the first time in a quite a while that both...
• 10/21 B-R Blog: 7+ Scoreless IP In World Series Game & No Decision: Last night was only the 7th time it's happened in World Series history: Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER...
• 10/20 STLCardinalBaseball: Player Spotlight: David Freese: Every little boys dream is to play in the post season with their favorite hometown team, this dream has been achieved by David...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: World Series Game Two Underway: Jaime Garcia of the Cardinals pitches to Texas leadoff hitter Ian Kinsler. Ian grounds out to shortstop. Update: Jim Storer sends...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: No Sweeps: Texas beats St. Louis 2-1, scoring two in the top of the ninth to break a 1-0 shutout. With the teams splitting the first two...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Freese Ray: David Freese lines a single to center with one out in the bottom of the seventh, the third hit for the Cardinals. Freese is 19...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Shutouts Through Six: Colby Lewis retires the Cardinals in order in the bottom of the sixth. Both Lewis and Jaime Garcia are working on two-hit shutouts....
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Punto Pow: Nick Punto hits a two-out single in the bottom of the fifth, bringing Jaime Garcia to the plate. I’m actually surprised...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Rangers Get a Runner: Ian Kinsler walks leading off the top of the fourth inning. That’s the first base runner Jaime Garcia allowed tonight. Update:...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: He Walks!: Matt Holliday walks with one out in the bottom of the second for the first base runner of the game. The Rangers continue to show...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Finding Power: Jaime Garcia strikes out two as he pitches another perfect second. Unlike game one, both starters are throwing a high percentage...
• 10/20 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals Stick To The Plan: Before the World Series started, I half-jokingly laid out the plan for the Cardinals to win their 11th World Championship.Step...
• 10/20 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Rangers and Cardinals play game two of the World Series Thursday night in St. Louis, with Colby Lewis facing Jaime Garcia....
• 10/19 C70 At The Bat: Here. We. Go.: The Texas Rangers lost 66 games this season.The Texas Rangers have lost three games this postseason, only one of which was...
• 10/19 Baseball Musings: World Series Preview: The Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals meet in the World Series starting Wednesday night in St. Louis. The Rangers finished...
• 10/18 Philly Phanatics: World Series preview: Cardinals-Rangers: The Major League Baseball season is not over. The “other” team in red from the National League – the one that...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Rotation: It looks like Tony La Russa will go with a rotation of Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Lohse and Edwin Jackson. Jake Westbrook...
• 10/18 STLCardinalBaseball: Lining Up The Rotation Against Texas In The World Series: Can Jaime pitch on the road in the Series? When looking at the Cardinals and the Rangers, one can easily see how evenly-matched...
• 10/18 Tyler's Think Tank: Cards and Cowboys are Two of a Kind: Just a dozen fun and interesting similarities between this year's St. Louis squad and Texas team.1. Both had two regulars...
• 10/18 Chicken Fried Baseball: World Series Schedule: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
• 10/18 El Maquino: THE UN-WINNABLE WORLD SERIES MEDIA BATTLE: > I will now proceed to bludgeon about a hundred profession-al articles that have already been written or will be written...
• 10/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Like starting pitching? Hide your eyes during World Series: The St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers match up with one another in the World Series beginning on Wednesday. If you predicted...
• 10/17 STLCardinalBaseball: 2011 World Series Preview: With what may go down as the greatest comeback in the history of baseball, the Cardinals overcame a 10.5 game deficit to win...
• 10/17 Chicken Fried Baseball: World Series Preview: A Few Things to Watch: “They’re one of those teams that definitely is not a joke.” – Cardinals RHP Edwin Jackson when asked...
• 10/17 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Most Average 2011 World Series Preview Ever: I’ll admit that my interest in the Rangers this year was primarily due to the fact that I had CJ Wilson, Matt Harrison,...
• 10/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Breaking Down Jaime Garcia:   Jaime Garcia held the Brewers to just 1 run in 4 2/3 innings last night, and the bullpen finished off the rest of game...
• 10/15 All of Baseball: Changing pitchers early and changing how the game is managed: It’s the top of the fourth inning of a postseason game a few years from now. Tim McCarver tells the …Continue reading...
• 10/15 mlbreports.com : Tony La Russa Manages the Cards to One Win Away From the World Series: Saturday October 15, 2011   MLB reports – Jonathan Hacohen:  Only one game on the schedule last night- but it was a big...
• 10/15 C70 At The Bat: Fly The Happy Skies: The St. Louis Cardinals are one win away from the World Series.Roll that around on your tongue a little bit.  Ponder...
• 10/15 El Maquino: CARDS WIN GAME SIX SEVEN TO ONEEEE: > One win away from the Big One, y’all. . . . > Jaime Garcia got **** out of an uncommon more-than-five-innings...
• 10/14 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 5: Happiest Flight: The Milwaukee Brewers played their worst game of the year at the worst possible time, and the Cardinals capitalized on every one...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Milwaukee on the Board: Johnathan Lucroy singles with one out in the fourth, and after Zack Greinke bunts him into scoring position, Corey Hart delivers...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Threaten: David Freese and Yadier Molina single to start the bottom of the fourth inning, Molina’s single a low pop just out of the...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Pitchers Hitting: With one out in the top of the third, Zack Greinke singles, doing a bit better than his opponent Jaime Garcia reaching on an error....
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Lance a Lot: Lance Berkman singles to center to start the bottom of the second inning for the Cardinals. He’s 5 for 12 in the LCS. Update:...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Gomez Goes Too Soon: Carlos Gomez singles with two out in the top of the second for Milwaukee, but then gets caught stealing on a pickoff. Jaime Garcia...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: NLCS Game Five Underway: With the series tied at two, Corey Hart leads off for Milwaukee against Jaime Garcia of the Cardinals. Hart strikes out swinging....
• 10/14 B-R Blog: LaRussa’s latest quick hook: In game 5 of the NLCS, Tony LaRussa replaced starting pitcher Jaime Garcia with Octavio Dotel in the 5th inning, with 2 outs,...
• 10/14 C70 At The Bat: Tipping Point?: You know, the thing about baseball is it is amazing how quickly things change.  Batter ahead 3-0?  How often does...
• 10/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Fool’s Friday: Now the Real Fun Begins: Evidently being the favorite just doesn’t suit the 2011 edition, so it is back to square one as far as these Cardinals are...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Game five of the NLCS is rated G, as Zack Greinke faces Jaime Garcia. Zack’s playoff numbers suffer the same dysfunction...
• 10/12 Fungoes.net: NLCS: To relieve in the fifth inning, or not to relieve?: In Game 1 of the 2011 NLCS, the Milwaukee Brewers burned Tony La Russa for sticking with his starter, Jaime Garcia. Thus chagrined,...
• 10/11 i70baseball.com: With Dominating Win In Game 2, Cardinals Path To World Series Looks BrightSeizing Home Field Advantage; Brewers Struggles on the Road - Just a Couple of Key Advantages...
• 10/11 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals: Momentum Killers: I wrote back in August, after an Edwin Jackson start in Milwaukee even, that the Cardinals had no concept of momentum.  Thankfully,...
• 10/11 El Maquino: HOW ‘BOUT DEM APPLES, BREWERS?: > After getting pelted yesterday, the Cards brought their big guns for Game Two of the NLCS and absolutely annihilated the...
• 10/10 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY I'LL CONVINCE YOU ON YU: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 10/10 Pitchers Hit Eighth: NLCS Game Two (and beyond) expectations: In an effort to keep things positive, to look forward to games still winnable, and – well – to ultimately put the...
• 10/10 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap for Sunday October 9th and MLB Notes: Monday October 10, 2011   Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports):  There turned out to only be one game on Sunday, nonetheless...
• 10/10 C70 At The Bat: Well, It's Worked Before: The Cardinals opened the series by getting a three-run lead but blowing it, scoring six runs but losing the ballgame, and leave...
• 10/9 STLCardinalBaseball: NLCS GAME 1: Dr. Strangemove (Or, How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Hate TLR): The Milwaukee Brewers put their money where their mouth is, crushing the Cardinals 9-6 on three booming home runs surrendered...
• 10/9 El Maquino: BREWERS DROP THE HAMMER IN NLCS GAME ONE: > The Cards dropped Game One on their toes, getting tossed around by Milwaukee for most of the game with the exception of...
• 10/9 mlbreports.com : Preview of MLB Playoffs for Sunday October 9th and Rangers Take Game 1 ALCS: Sunday October 9, 2011     Jonathan Hacohen (Lead Baseball Columnist - MLB reports):  And then they were down to four. ...
• 10/9 Phillies Nation: The Season That Never Was for the Phillies: This wasn’t supposed to happen. It wasn’t supposed to end. Not like this. The Phillies were supposed to end their...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Brewers Threaten: Corey Hart singles and Jerry Hairston, Jr. doubles to put runners on second and third. The big bats are coming up, Ryan Braun...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Pitchers Settle Down: After a rough first inning for both starters, Jaime Garcia and Zack Greinke settled down. Rickie Weeks has the only hit since...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: On for the Big Guns: Jerry Hairston, Jr. draws a one-out walk, and Ryan Braun deposits the next pitch into the leftfield stands for a 2-1 Brewers lead...
• 10/9 C70 At The Bat: Know Your Enemy 2: NLCS Edition: I'm doing my best to cover all the bases in getting ready for the NLCS.  Not only did I sit down with Jim Breen of Bernie's...
• 10/9 PaulLebowitz.com: NLCS Preview: St. Louis Cardinals vs Milwaukee Brewers: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72; 2nd place, NL Central; won Wild Card; defeated Philadelphia Phillies in NLDS 3 games to 2) vs Milwaukee...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Cardinals and Brewers open the NLCS with a 4:05 PM EDT start in Milwaukee. Jaime Garcia and Zack Greinke square off in game one....
• 10/8 El Maquino: A WIN FOR THE MIDWEST: > When Chris Carpenter beat Roy Halladay‘s Phillies last night, he toppled the last remaining east coast team in the...
• 10/8 C70 At The Bat: Operation: Squash the Plush: After a season of discussion about how the NL East was the best division and how weak the NL Central is, for the third time...
• 10/7 El Maquino: DOWN GOES PHILADELPHIA!: > The Cards just defeated the best baseball team on planet Earth in a pitching showdown that no St. Louis fan who witnessed...
• 10/6 STLCardinalBaseball: Things To Love About The Phillies/Cardinals NLDS: One of the great aspects of having a League Divisional Series is the chance for storied divisional rivals to finally face each...
• 10/6 Fungoes.net: NLDS Game 3: On at-bats #53 and #54: Among the several second-guessed decisions from Game 3, one of the most minute was the most pivotal: Jaime Garcia’s 1-0...
• 10/6 B-R Blog: A Tale of Two IBBs: On Tuesday, each NLDS game 3 featured an intentional walk that was followed by a big home run. The situations: Trailing 3-1 in...
• 10/5 MLB Dirt: Managers On Parade in the Post Season: This writer can’t recall as much attention being paid to managers as we have seen in the four division series format. Some...
• 10/5 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 3: Wasted Chances: A fabulous, commanding start by the always-mercurial Jaime Garcia was completely wasted by an inept, inconsistent offense and...
• 10/5 i70baseball.com: Cards Take The Fans For A RideThis season has been anything but smooth for the Cardinals and their fanbase....
• 10/5 Brotherly Glove: Torrential Drain: Games like that are what makes baseball baseball. The Phillies won, outlasting the Cardinals 3-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the NLDS,...
• 10/5 Phillies Nation: Game 3 Is The Key: For six innings Tuesday, it didn’t seem like we’d be sitting here the next day in a relatively comfortable position....
• 10/5 C70 At The Bat: Quick Check-In: The beginning of October, I always have a bank audit to do for my real job.  (If only blogging paid the bills!)  It's...
• 10/4 Philly Phanatics: Francisco’s treat propels Phils to 2-1 NLDS lead: Game 2′s matchup of former Cy Young Award winners did not turn out to be the pitcher’s duel many had expected, as...
• 10/4 El Maquino: NO MORE CHANCES: > One pitch.  Jaime Garcia was flawless for almost seven innings, pounding out strikes left and right all night long for...
• 10/4 Phillies Nation: NLDS Game 3: Phillies (1-1) at Cardinals (1-1): Philadelphia Phillies (1-1) at St. Louis Cardinals (1-1) Jaime Garcia, LHP vs. Cole Hamels, LHP Time: 5:07 p.m., Busch Stadium...
• 10/4 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Pitchers Hit Eighth Podcast – Episode 7.0: “That’s about as house money as house money gets, isn’t it?”: Eric Seidman from the Phillies blog Brotherly Glove joins us to discuss the already completed games, and those yet to come, in...
• 10/4 Fungoes.net: TLR: Genius, conventionally wise or something else?: For all of the accusations and plaudits of being a genius, Tony La Russa managed Game 2 of the NLDS fairly conventionally. Let’s...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Duel in St. Louis: Cole Hamels and Jaime Garcia are pitching shutouts through five innings. Hamels held the Cardinals hitters to four hits and two...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Phillies/Cardinals Underway: The Phillies just went down in order in the top of the second inning, as Jaime Garcia retired all six batters he faced. The Cardinals...
• 10/4 STLCardinalBaseball: Which players need to execute at home: Now after a dramatic come from behind victory against one of the best pitchers of this generation Cliff Lee, the Cardinals have...
• 10/4 STLCardinalBaseball: NLDS GAME 2: Bullpen By Necessity: A resilient, determined Cardinals offense clawed back from an early 4-0 hole, rescuing Chris Carpenter and their playoff chances...
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Texas and Tampa Bay play the first elimination game of the the 2011 LDS round as Matt Harrison takes on Jeremy **** Harrison lowered...
• 10/3 Phillies Nation: Phils Dig A Hole; Meals Worse Than You Think: The first two games of the NLDS provided the perfect reason one should never get too high after a win or too low after a loss....
• 10/3 PaulLebowitz.com: LaRussa Misplaces His Genius Hat As 2011 Mirrors 2006: We can search for any number of explanations to figure out why one of the most cerebral—some say too cerebral—managers...
• 10/2 Obstructed View: Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) vs Philadelphia Phillies (102-60): St. Louis squeaked its way into the playoffs thanks to a late-season collapse by the Braves. Again, I find it crazy that there...
• 10/1 Fungoes.net: Making sense of La Russa’s NLDS rotation: What is a fan to make of Tony La Russa’s latest smartest-guy-in-the-room move to jigger his pitching rotation so that Kyle...
• 10/1 MLBTradeRumors: How The NL Playoff Starters Were Acquired: Earlier this afternoon, we examined how the American League playoff teams assembled their postseason rotations. Now, let's hop...
• 10/1 Brotherly Glove: 2011 NLDS Preview: Game One: The Phillies and Cardinals are set to square off at 5 PM EST Saturday evening in the first game of their division series. The...
• 10/1 Fragile Freddy's: Playoff Preview - St. Louis Cardinals vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Today I will take a look at the two National League Division Series.  For each club I’ll look at a player and pitcher...
• 10/1 Fungoes.net: Cardinals-Phillies NLDS preview: Q&A with Crashburn Alley: To preview the Cardinals-Phillies division series, we conducted a question-and-answer exchange with ESPN SweetSpot colleague...
• 10/1 Crashburn Alley: Cardinals NLDS Series Preview with Matthew Philip: After two weeks of meaningless baseball, the Phillies will get back on the horse as they open the National League Division Series...

• 9/30 PaulLebowitz.com: St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72; 2nd place, NL Central; won Wild Card) vs Philadelphia Phillies (102-60; 1st place, NL East) —...
• 9/30 C70 At The Bat: Postseason Starts With A Curve: Tony La Russa pulled out another of his sleight of hand tricks today, stating that Chris Carpenter would be...
• 9/30 Brotherly Glove: Is La Russa Bluffing?: October 2nd, 2000 was a typical day for managers and players in preparation of a division series beginning the very next day....
• 9/30 Philly Phanatics: NLDS Preview: Big pieces in place: First basemen Ryan “The Big Piece” Howard and Albert Pujols are the most heralded players in their respective lineups....
• 9/29 Brotherly Glove: Thanks, Tony: On Thursday, the Cardinals announced their NLDS pitching rotation for the first three games. The order was unexpected, to say...
• 9/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Talking Heads and the “Once in a Lifetime” 2011 Cardinals: Not not those talking heads.  These Talking Heads. “You may ask yourself, ‘Well, how did I get here?’”...
• 9/29 Dropped Strike Three: The Day That Baseball History Was Rewritten: America's Pastime is alive and well. The nation watched, remote in hand and finger on the flashback button, flipping between ESPN,...
• 9/29 C70 At The Bat: A Wild, Wild, Wild Night: Luke's X-Wing has sunk into the swamp and Yoda asks him to lift it out.  LUKE: OK, I'll try. YODA: No. Do or do...
• 9/29 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Vote for your Cardinals NLDS starting pitchersThe St. Louis Cardinals have a number of choices as they set their playoff rotation. Who would you start and why?...
• 9/26 C70 At The Bat: Happy Flight: I probably should give up on the whole making proclamations thing.  Every time I go to write the Cardinals off, they...
• 9/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox send Josh Beckett against Baltimore and Tommy Hunter as Boston tries once again to stop the epic collapse short of...
• 9/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Carpenter’s lack of support includes more double plays: No NL pitcher has more no-decisions in 2011 than St. Louis Cardinal Chris Carpenter. The offense is hitting into more double plays...
• 9/23 El Maquino: “BLOWN SAVE” IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT: > Mitc**** Boggs looked on as his bullpen entered the ninth with a 6-2 lead and a chance to pull within a game of the Braves–and...
• 9/22 C70 At The Bat: Could It Be?: On August 25th, the Cards stood 10.5 out of the wild card race.  The team had never put together any kind of run and...
• 9/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 154: Loss to Cardinals: Cardinals 11 Mets 6 If this were 1960, the season would now be over. Unfortunately for Mets fans suffering through a meaningless...
• 9/21 C70 At The Bat: Two And A Half Men: I had to get around early yesterday to go to continuing education.  I appreciate the Cards making sure that I could still...
• 9/20 i70baseball.com: It Has Officially Gotten InterestingWith 9 Games Remaining, Cardinals Aiming for Miraculous Finish...
• 9/19 C70 At The Bat: Doing What They Can: The math doesn't favor the Cardinals.  I think we all know that.  However, you have to admit that this team is playing...
• 9/16 El Maquino: THREE-OH-WON!: > It took many strenuous moments, including Tony LaRussa management even I can’t make a strong case for, leaving 15...
• 9/16 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Phillies (97-51) vs Cardinals (81-68): Philadelphia Phillies (97-51) vs St. Louis Cardinals (81-68) Vance Worley (11-2, 2.92) vs Jaime Garcia (12-7, 3.68) Time: 7:05,...
• 9/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Dan Haren leads the Angels into Baltimore as they try to keep pressure on the Rangers. Tommy Hunter takes the hill for the Orioles....
• 9/15 El Maquino: OFFDAY UPDATES AND STORIES: Hey guys!  Let’s update yesterday’s stories on the offday and get to some other items. > Rafael Furcal got a...
• 9/15 C70 At The Bat: Treading Water In A Rapidly Filling Pool: The Cards won yesterday, which is always a good thing, no matter the situation.  However, with the Marlins unable to hold...
• 9/15 SocraticGadfly: #StlCards: Does Carpenter signing help or hurt #Pujols staying?: First, let me say I like the deal the St. Louis Cardinals made with Chris Carpenter. Rolling his $11 million option year for 2012...
• 9/12 El Maquino: HE’S COMING BACK!: > The Cardinals re-signed Chris Carpenter today!  It’s a two-year, $21 million contract to keep my favorite pitcher...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Links: Carpenter, Furcal, Berkman: The Cardinals have won five in a row and come into the day just 4.5 games back of the Braves for the NL Wildcard, making things...
• 9/12 C70 At The Bat: The Flame Keeps Flickering: Late rallies.  Big wins.  A Cardinal fan knows not these things.  At least, not so much until this weekend.While...
• 9/12 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Chris Carpenter’s contract extension: Pro and con: The St. Louis Cardinals and pitcher Chris Carpenter have reportedly agreed to continue their long marriage for two more years....
• 9/12 PaulLebowitz.com: Chris Carpenter’s Contract And Albert Pujols: It’s a positive sign for the Cardinals that they’ve chosen to keep Chris Carpenter by agreeing to a contract extension...
• 9/10 El Maquino: JAIME WINS ANOTHER SHORT OUTING: > The Cards picked up yet another game in both the NL wild card and NL Central standings after just enough offense from two...
• 9/10 Baseball Musings: Cardinals Gain: The Cardinals edge out the Braves 4-3 to gain a game in the NL Wild Card race. St. Louis jumped out to a 4-0 lead after three...
• 9/10 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: There are four games that matter at this point in terms of division wins and wild cards. The Athletics continue their series with...
• 9/7 C70 At The Bat: Enjoying The Moments: While the divisional race and, for the most part, the wild card race are well out of hand for the Redbirds, it's come down...
• 9/6 C70 At The Bat: The Downward Swing: I hope all of you and yours had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.  Heaven knows the Cardinals sure didn't.I said on Sunday's...
• 9/5 i70baseball.com: Rob Rains’ Inside Baseball: PrioritiesThe Cardinals will need to prioritize this off-season, here is some unsolicited advice....

• 8/30 i70baseball.com: Garcia’s Endurance Raises Questions About FutureWith $27 million invested and a less than stellar bullpen, Garcia must eat more innings...
• 8/29 C70 At The Bat: Taking Joy Where You Can: Been a while since we chatted about the team.  Let's catch up.Wednesday (9-4 loss vs Los Angeles)Hero: Skip Schumaker....
• 8/29 Pitchers Hit Eighth: That’s Plausidiculous: Admit it.  Y’all have already huddled around water coolers, in break rooms, or gathered for drinks after work to discuss...
• 8/28 El Maquino: CARDS BLAST BUCS 7-4: > The Cards got their bats in gear despite the absence of Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Rafael Furcal from the starting...
• 8/27 El Maquino: CARP TRASHED BY PIRATES AND FANS: > Chris Carpenter and his Cards were destroyed by the hideous Pirates again today, this time 7-0. > These are tough times...
• 8/25 Fungoes.net: Cards starters aren’t having off year: Post-Dispatch writer Rick Hummel wrote recently that the Cards starters are having an off year. His argument seems to rest on...
• 8/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: A.J. Ellis and Friends Bowl Over Cardinals for Sweep: A.J. Ellis, we’ve been waiting all year; it’s a nice way to welcome you back. Ellis’ fifth-inning home run was...
• 8/24 C70 At The Bat: It's Either Laugh or Cry: At the end of yesterday's post, I wrote the following:We as fans know that this season is over from a postseason perspective....
• 8/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The day starts with one Cy Young winner and ends with another. Felix Hernandez tries to help the Mariners play spoiler to the...
• 8/22 MLBTradeRumors: Chris Carpenter's 2012 Option: You can’t obtain elite free agent pitching for $15MM. Recent history suggests you can sign a middle-of-the-rotation starter...
• 8/22 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: These young stars could shape playoff scenarios: Just a couple of weeks ago, Salvador Perez celebrated his major-league debut with the Kansas City Royals by camping under five...
• 8/20 C70 At The Bat: Why Do We Bother?: We get excited (at least mildly) when the Cards win two of three against a Rockies team and look forward to the upcoming road...
• 8/19 El Maquino: TYLER COLVIN WALKS OFF DOTEL: > The Cards lost after Jason Motte gave up the tying run in the eighth and Octavio Dotel gave up the walkoff in the 10th against...
• 8/15 El Maquino: SIX DOWN. . . .: > The Brewers blew through the Pirates in their three game series against them on Friday-Sunday, winning every game.  The...
• 8/15 C70 At The Bat: Two Outta Three Ain't Enough: For all intents and purposes, it was a successful weekend.  The Cards won a series against a Colorado team...
• 8/14 i70baseball.com: Prime Time PlayingAs the Cardinals close in on Primetime on ESPN, find out how have they performed this season when featured on the network....
• 8/14 StLCards.net: Cardinals Lose to Rockies: Cards LOSE The Cardinals couldn’t buy a timely hit last night and Jaime Garcia didn’t make it out of any of the jams...
• 8/13 i70baseball.com: Pitcher Checkup: Pitching wins championships. It is time to look in on the Cards' pitching staff to check out the what's what and the who's who....
• 8/8 C70 At The Bat: Broom Me!: Wow, how nice is it to be able to talk about a Cardinal sweep?  You've got to go all the way back to the end of June...
• 8/7 El Maquino: CARDS STAY WITHIN FIRING RANGE: > Jaime Garcia had yet another short outing, but two big innings saved him from his sixth loss of the year.  Much like Chris...
• 8/5 C70 At The Bat: Taking Shots: If nothing else, no one could say that the Florida trip has been boring.There was plenty of excitement on the field last night,...
• 8/5 Mets360.com: What do the 2011 Mets lack in SP?: Entering the 2011 season one of the biggest question marks was how the Mets’ SP were going to do with Johan Santana on the shelf....
• 8/3 C70 At The Bat: Instant Classic:  When Fox Sports Midwest decides to poll Cardinal Nation about which games should get the abbreviated "Cardinal Classic"...
• 8/2 Buccos Buzz: St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates: July 23: The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to rebound after last night’s 6-4 loss in the opening game of this series against the St....
• 8/2 C70 At The Bat: Unoriginal Thoughts: You know, I was going to start off today talking about how the old saying is that the winning team will score more in one...
• 8/2 El Maquino: COLBY TRADED, PIECES ADDED, BREWERS GETTING REDS-LIKE AND A DIVISION DEFICIT: Yes, after a week of inactivity, EM will be fired back up!  Jaime Garcia just blasted one to make it 6-3 against Milwaukee in...
• 8/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Too many big innings beating Cards: After another gut-punch loss where the Cardinals were seemingly cruising only to run into THAT BIG INNING again, I think it’s...
• 8/2 Baseball Musings: Garcia Goes Deep: Jaime Garcia helped his own cause with a three-run homer off Shaun Marcum in the Cardinals five-run fourth inning. That’s...
• 8/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Indians continue their series in Boston as David Huff takes on Josh Beckett. Huff came out of the minors strong this season...

• 7/29 C70 At The Bat: Is It Too Late?: The idea at the trade deadline is to give a team an added boost to push them to the finish line.  While it's way too early...
• 7/28 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals Move On: After all the news of the day, it was almost anti-climactic when the Cards had to go out and actually play a game.  Unfortunately,...
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Jays Acquire Rasmus From Cards For Jackson In Eight-Player Deal: An eight-player deal was struck today, as the Blue Jays announced they've acquired center fielder Colby Rasmus and pitchers...
• 7/25 Redbird Dugout: Why not Mark Buehrle?: (Photo: Brule Laker/Flickr)The most po**** question that seems to be coming out of the Colby Rasmus to the White Sox rumors seems...
• 7/25 mlbcoverage.com: Around the League: 7-14-11:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/25 C70 At The Bat: Treading Water: We keep waiting and hoping for the Cardinals to catch fire, to pull away from the pack and start to pile win on top of win.  So...
• 7/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Where’s Pedro?: Cardinals (52-47) at Pirates (51-46) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday  TV: ROOT Sports, FS-Midwest...
• 7/23 El Maquino: GRANDPA AND KYLE MCCLELLAN: GRANDPA AND KYLE MCCLELLAN 5:32p It was two gears ago–maybe to the day–when I met him. I was waiting outside the bathroom...
• 7/23 mlbcoverage.com: Around the League: 07/14/11:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/23 Buccos Buzz: St. Louis Cardinals at Pittsburgh Pirates: July 23: The Pittsburgh Pirates will look to rebound after last night’s 6-4 loss in the opening game of this series against the St....
• 7/22 B-R Blog: 25+ QS Since 2007 By Pitcher 25 Or Younger: Since 2007, through yesterday, how many pitchers had 25+ Quality Starts where they were 25 or younger in that game? Here is the...
• 7/21 This is Getting Old: Pirates vs. Cardinals (Series Thirty Three): Why does it always seem like when the Bucs fail to sweep a series it’s some sort of sign of impending doom, must just be...
• 7/21 El Maquino: WESTBROOK GOES EIGHT AGAINST METS: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 98 Summer is amazing.  I wake up at 11:00, realize there’s a Cardinals game on, and Albert Pujols is...
• 7/21 mlbcoverage.com: Daily Notes: 7/14:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/21 COSFBA: Made-Up Statistic: The Super Start: Recently, I approached my friend and fellow blogger, William Tasker of The FlagrantFan, with an idea of how to make the seemingly-meaningless...
• 7/17 El Maquino: A BOMB, AN EJECTION, AND A MELTDOWN: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 95 3:30 p A bomb, an ejection, and a meltdown. The bomb: Lance Berkman went yard for the 25th time in 2011,...
• 7/17 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 7/10/11 - 7/16/11: Things will really be picking up around here over the next couple of weeks, and we already saw some fireworks fly this week. Let's...
• 7/15 mlbcoverage.com: Daily Notes: 7/14:   Quick notes and news from the first day back from the All-Star break: - The Cardinals have signed Jaime Garcia to a four-year...
• 7/15 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: DeVoss, Adams, White Sox: The A's announced that Brett Anderson underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery on his left elbow. Dr. James Andrews...
• 7/15 C70 At The Bat: Starting Again: Everybody good?  Rested up over that break?  Good, because if indications are right, this second half could be a...
• 7/14 Call to the Pen: Jaime Garcia Signs 4 Year Extension with Cardinals: The St. Louis Cardinals locked up one of their best arms Wednesday as they signed starting pitcher Jaime Garcia to a four year...
• 7/13 Redbird Dugout: Has the time come for Colby Rasmus?: (Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr)Much like Jaime Garcia, who the St. Louis Cardinals are announcing a 4 year extension with today,...
• 7/13 C70 At The Bat: Garcia Signs Extension: More on this tonight on the UCB Radio Hour (featuring Tara from Aaron Miles' Fastball as cohost and Geoff Goldman from FSMW as...
• 7/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Beware the Retaliatory Trade: The Brewers went out and traded for Francisco Rodriguez (K-Rod) from the Mets.  That means that the Cardinals need to respond...
• 7/13 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Agree To Multiyear Deal With Jaime Garcia: The Cardinals completed a multiyear deal with southpaw Jaime Garcia, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.  Heyman believes an announcement...
• 7/12 Brotherly Glove: Well That Was Unexpected…: The first inning-and-a-half of Sunday’s game looked like a preface to frustration. Derek Lowe, per usual, maneuvered out...
• 7/12 Brotherly Glove: Notes On A Frustrating Loss: Notes on Saturday’s 4-1 extra-inning loss to the Braves: The Phillies went three up, three down SIX times. Ryan Howard was...
• 7/12 Redbird Dugout: Garcia's extension and other notes: Garcia and the Cards are on the verge of an extension for the lefty.(Photo: beisbolsinaloa/Flickr)The big rumor out of St. Louis...
• 7/12 El Maquino: RAZZ RUNNING OUT OF “REASONS”: RAZZ RUNNING OUT OF “REASONS” 5:08p Cincinnati’s Jay Bruce vaults one deep to send what would be the game-tying...
• 7/12 Fungoes.net: Non-pitcher sac bunts as sign of respect: Down 1-0 with a runner on first in the top of the second inning of Saturday’s game against the Cardinals, Diamondbacks third...
• 7/6 C70 At The Bat: Pujols Returns! (Kinda): The legend of Albert Pujols continues.Granted, it was a small fracture, so small that it took two or three passes to find...
• 7/6 El Maquino: BOMBERS CRUSH THE COMMIES: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 87 11:22p The game was over in the first. Edinson Volquez, whose awful first innings (22 ER in 15 IP) are his...
• 7/5 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Here’s an All-Star twist, Hispanic style: Last year was a fluke. When it comes to the modern day All-Star Classic, the American League is just flat out better, in my humble...
• 7/5 C70 At The Bat: Freedom, Fireworks, and Baseball: As the noise of the fireworks reverberates around my neighborhood, it seems only appropriate to spend the last part of the holiday...
• 7/4 B-R Blog: Consecutive Home Appearances Without a Allowing a Run to Start the Season: On the heels of yesterday's meltdown by the Yankees in Citi Field, Mike Axisa in his post on the River Avenue Blues blog  highlighted...
• 7/3 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals-Reds match-up means Fourth of July fireworks aheadOn Monday, Chris Carpenter and Johnny Cueto take each other on once again....
• 7/1 Brotherly Glove: NL All-Star Pitchers Selections: Yesterday, Corey and I each rolled out our NL All-Star batter selections. Many of the selections were similar, as the senior circuit...

• 6/30 El Maquino: BREWERS FALL IN NEW YORK: OPERATION: TAKE BACK THE CENTRAL, PHASE III 2:51p Operation: Take Back The Central has gone according to plan after the Brewers...
• 6/30 El Maquino: CARP TOUGHS OUT CG WIN: THE WRAP-UP, GAME 81 9:07p Wow, half way already? Anyway, the Cardinals took down the Baltimore Orioles tonight, inching closer...
• 6/26 C70 At The Bat: Struggling For Silver Linings: It's Sunday afternoon and, as I write this, the Cardinals are still playing the Blue Jays, though it just...
• 6/26 B-R Blog: Saturday Snippets: -- After 238 career starts, Jake Peavy made his first relief appearance Saturday, and picked up a win with 4 dominant innings...
• 6/24 Brotherly Glove: Preparing For The Pujols-less Cards: The Phillies’ last trip to St. Louis was not pretty. The lineup was shut down on back-to-back nights by Jake Westbrook and...
• 6/24 Brotherly Glove: News and Notes – 6/21/2011: The Phillies are in St. Louis tonight, ready to open a three-game set with another potential division-winner. The Cardinals will...
• 6/24 Brotherly Glove: St. Louis Loses Its Halladay: When Adam Wainwright went down in Spring Training, many immediately eliminated the Cardinals from playoff contention. Several...
• 6/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Cardinals success could rest with Garcia: The weather is steamy and sticky in St. Louis these days, and the Cardinals, at least at home, have been pretty hot. Ditto southpaw...
• 6/14 B-R Blog: Tuesday Tidbits: Selected Games of June 13: There's a new leader in the AL Central, and also atop the pitching Game Score leaderboard. Justin Verlander smoked Cleveland in...
• 6/9 Crashburn Alley: Graph of the Intermittent Time Period: Last night, Cole Hamels pitched brilliantly against the Los Angeles Dodgers, tossing eight shut-out innings while striking out...
• 6/9 MLBTradeRumors: Jaime Garcia Changed Agents: Jaime Garcia switched agents earlier this year and Melvin Roman of MDR Sports now represents the Cardinals’ left-hander, the...
• 6/9 StLCards.net: Bud Norris does it again, Cardinals only get 2 hits in loss: Cards LOSE Ok, that will be the last time I say anything about Bud Norris. The Cardinals simply were flat against him yesterday....
• 6/8 C70 At The Bat: Launching The Series: The score might indicate that the Cardinals had little problem with the Houston Astros last night, as be**** a first place team...
• 6/8 StLCards.net: Cardinals continue to roll, Pujols homers again: Cards WIN Jake Westbrook wasn’t stellar last night, but anything he failed to do on the mound he made up for with his bat....
• 6/7 C70 At The Bat: Heading To Houston: Yesterday was a day off for the Cardinals, which meant the storyline of this weekend got another day of play.  In other words,...
• 6/6 C70 At The Bat: He's Back!: Apparently the Cardinals finally made it to the return desk this weekend, turning in whatever that was that was pretending to...
• 6/5 StLCards.net: Albert Pujols muscles walk-off homer, returns to form: Cards WIN Albert Pujols is back. He had three extra base hits yesterday and won the game with a walk-off home run. It was a low...
• 6/5 B-R Blog: Random Recap for Saturday, June 4: Albert Phattens Up; Padres Streaking at Home?: Cardinals 5, Cubs 4 (12 innings): The 2nd HR of the game by Albert Pujols won it in bottom of the 12th -- his first walk-off hit...
• 6/4 StLCards.net: Cardinals beat Cubs 6-1 in near perfect win: Cards WIN It was a perfect game for 4 and 1/3 innings then it quickly ended like it did last time for Jaime Garcia, a walk of...
• 6/3 StLCards.net: Cubs come to St. Louis for first time in 2011: Let’s get ready to rumble! The Cubs come to town tonight for a three game series. Jaime Garcia pitches tonight and it’s...
• 6/3 Redbird Dugout: 2011 MLB Draft Preview - Part 1: One of my favorite times of the year is happening as we speak. Leading up to the MLB Draft (June 6-8) gets a lot of buzz about...
• 6/3 Raising Matt Cain: A puff for Huff: How's about a couple of nice, fat puros for Aubrey "Don't call me Aaron" Huff, eh? Give that man a cheroot! Pass out the cigars!...
• 6/3 C70 At The Bat: Sink or Swim: Well, when half of last year's Memphis team is on the field, it's not quite surprising that the Cards lost their first series...
• 6/3 22gigantes.com: Huff's 3 homers lead Giants past Cardinals: Aubrey Huff must really love his wife. Huff told Baubi he would hit a home run for her birthday Thursday -- and then went...
• 6/3 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Iowa Cubs (23-31) at St. Louis Cardinals (33-24): Team overview Team stats and NL ranks Cubs Cardinals wOBA .323 (5th) .344 (1st) UBR -7.3 (16th) -1.7...
• 6/2 C70 At The Bat: It's No Holliday: Sorry for the delay in posting.  Between the holiday weekend and some back trouble, it's been a while since I've had a chance...
• 6/2 StLCards.net: Salas blows first save, Cardinals lose in 11: Cards LOSE It was bound to happen eventually. Fernando Salas was going for his 11th save in 11 tries last night and got two outs...
• 6/1 Redbird Dugout: Roster Movement: Lynn to make debut: Lance Lynn will make his MLB debut Thursday.(Photo: rosepetal236/Flickr)It was a big day for the Cardinals and roster moves....

• 5/31 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No Long Relief for the DL: **** TLR!  Is this thing even on?  Has anybody besides me noticed that Matt Holliday hasn’t exactly been pounding the...
• 5/29 StLCards.net: Cardinals win first game at Colorado, lose second: Cards WIN Colby Rasmus tripled twice, drove in 3, and Albert Pujols drove in two runs in the first game in Colorado. The Cardinals...
• 5/29 B-R Blog: Notes from Saturday Games: Hanley’s Struggle, Duke’s Triumph: A non-comprehensive look around Saturday's MLB games: Hanley Ramirez was caught stealing and grounded into a double play in Florida's...
• 5/29 Redbird Dugout: Boggs' treatment confuses me: Mitc**** Boggs is getting work as a starter in Memphis.(Photo: gcny1956/Flickr)As a Cardinals fan, blogger, and generally...
• 5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: In the Rockpile: Nicasio, Rox beat on St. Louis: The bats went off, to begin a thunderous s**** of St. Louis, in the bottom of the first inning and ended in a 15-4 Colorado Rockies...
• 5/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia shelled in loss to Colorado Saturday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (5-1) allowed a career-high 12 runs (11 earned) on 11 hits over 3 1/3 innings in a loss to...[+] the Colorado Rockies Saturday, May 28, with four walks and six strikeouts. Garcia's ERA went from 1.93 to 3.28 during the game and he needed 49 pitches to get through the first inning, when he allowed six runs.
• 5/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Dropping the Deuce: Number 2.  Numero dos.  Deux.  The 2 spot.  Second in command.  The backup to the lead man.  Best supporting actor.  That...
• 5/27 B-R Blog: Quick Thursday Recap: Anibal, Carl, Micah, Nolan & “Vogue”: Just a quickie to see if this contraption really flies: -- To review: Ryan Vogelsong began this season in AAA at the age of 33,...
• 5/25 StLCards.net: The 50 Game Waiting Peirod Ends…And The Cardinals are in First. 200th Post!: Well, here we are. After opening day and during the first weeks of the season the buzzword is always wait 50 games. (At least...
• 5/25 Roto Think Tank: Fast Starting Pitchers: ERA vs xFIP and Sustainability: When someone like Josh Collmenter blows through the league on his first go 'round, everyone asks the same series of questions.What's...
• 5/23 StLCards.net: Cardinals unnecessarily extend game, win in 10 innings: Cards WIN It was very nearly a -1 disaster and the latter half of the game wasn’t much of a bright spot for the Cardinals...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia not sharp in no-decision: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed three earned runs and seven hits in just five innings in a no-decision Sunday, May...[+] 22, against the Kansas City Royals. He struck out four batters in the 84-pitch performance.
• 5/22 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 5/15/11 - 5/21/11: A look back at the original posts published this week at MLBTR ... Tim Dierkes looks at the Cardinals', Brewers' and Yankees'...
• 5/22 StLCards.net: Cardinals turn tables, beat Royals 3-0: Cards WIN Jake Westbrook went 8 innings again, allowed 4 hits and 3 walks, Fernando Salas came in and got his 6th save. It wasn’t...
• 5/22 Baseball Daily Digest: Fantasy Island: Change for a Quarter, NL:   The first quarter of the season has set the stage for plenty of drama in the National League, and like the AL, the names near...
• 5/18 StLCards.net: Cardinals hold 1-1 tie in 9th, walk-off win against Phillies: Cards WIN Jaime Garcia pitched great once again, but didn’t get the win due to a Tyler Greene error which allowed a run...
• 5/18 C70 At The Bat: Social Media Night Again A Cardinal Success: Three words for the St. Louis Cardinals in their quest for winning baseball games: Social Media Nights.If you count the UCB Weekend...
• 5/18 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Social Media Night Recap – Dougie Style: Notice the way this shot was framed magnificently against the backdrop of the Busch Stadium crowd at night.  The warning sign...
• 5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia tied for league lead in ERA: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed one unearned run and five hits over eight innings in a no-decision Tuesday, May 17,...[+] against the Philadelphia Phillies. He also struck out five in the 103-pitch quality start, lowering his ERA to 1.64, which is tied for the league lead. He has 26 strikeouts and six walks at Busch Stadium this season.
• 5/18 Redbird Dugout: Game 43 Notes: Cardinals 2, Phillies 1: Jaime Garcia picks up no decision for the fourth time this season as he baffled the Phillies and held them to just 5 runs. Meanwhile...
• 5/17 MLBTradeRumors: Previewing Jaime Garcia's Arbitration Debut: If Jaime Garcia keeps pitching like this, David Price and Clayton Kershaw won’t be the only first-time arbitration eligible...
• 5/17 C70 At The Bat: Frustration, Then Vindication: A terribly frustrating weekend book-ended by wins both satisfying and encouraging.  Let's take a look at the last few days.Thursday...
• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series, and their offseason should have plenty of intrigue.  Here's what...
• 5/15 Redbird Dugout: Game Notes: Games 29 through 41: Eduardo Sanchez has given Cardinals fans excitement this season(Photo: d-dee/Flickr)It's been a 6-6 run for the Cardinals while...
• 5/15 Baseball Moves: Week 7 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 7. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/13 StLCards.net: Cardinals begin series vs Reds at the Great American Home Run Ballpark: Sadly, Jaime Garcia pitched yesterday and won’t be pitching against the Reds. Who since last year and so far this season...
• 5/13 StLCards.net: Cardinals win series against Cubs with Garcia less perfect, still strong: Cards WIN Jaime Garcia goes to 5-0, as the Cardinals routed the Cubs in a similar manner to what the Cubs did to the Cardinals...
• 5/12 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Garcia has fifth-lowest MLB ERA since joining Cards rotationOver the last season plus six weeks, St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia has been pitching in some select company....
• 5/12 Baseball Musings: Garcia Continues to Impress: Jaime Garcia held the Cubs to one run in his seven innings of work as St. Louis took home a 9-1 victory. Garcia’s record...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia remains unbeaten: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia hurled seven strong innings to defeat the Chicago Cubs Thursday, May 12, and remain unbeaten...[+] on the season. He gave up just one run and nine hits in the 84-pitch outing. Garcia walked one and struck out four. He has a 1.89 ERA this season.
• 5/12 StLCards.net: Cardinals look to redeem series in the Windy City: After a rough, rain interrupted night last night, the Cardinals can still win the series against the Cubs, when Jaime Garcia pitches...
• 5/12 C70 At The Bat: Misery: That game made Tony La Russa close his good eye to keep from watching it.(By the by, TLR has really never had to be away from...
• 5/11 C70 At The Bat: Catching Up On The Cardinals: Last night, at my son's t-ball game, one of the opposing coaches mentioned that he reads the blog regularly (hey, Matt!).  Being...
• 5/10 StLCards.net: Cardinals beat Brewers in final Game, Day off, Face Cubs tonight: Cards WIN I took a day off from blogging with the Cardinals. They finished the series against the Brewers with a nice win on Sunday,...
• 5/10 Baseball Moves: CY who?: Do you think that after Roy Halladay retires they should change the name of the award to the Roy Halladay award? Once again we...
• 5/10 Obstructed View: Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-15) at Chicago Cubs (15-18): The Cubs stranded approximately 215 baserunners in the last series against the Reds, and I don't know if I should be encouraged...
• 5/10 Fungoes.net: Cardinals-Cubs series preview: [Fellow ESPN SweetSpot blogger Joe Aiello at View from the Bleachers invited us to preview the upcoming Cardinals-Cubs tilt in...
• 5/9 Baseball Moves: Player of the Week: Jason Bourgeois:   In what is easily the most shocking weeklong performance of the year, Jason Bourgeois is the fantasy Player of the Week....
• 5/9 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals pitchers log best three-game series since 1972The St. Louis Cardinals had a trio of unusually well-pitched games this past weekend – their best in almost four decades....
• 5/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Season’s Over…Noitsnot!!!: The Cardinals are in first place in the NL Central. This is after their season was declared “over” when they lost...
• 5/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB 2011 Progressive Game Blog – Brewers vs Cards – Ninth Inning: Cardinals fans at Busch Stadium this weekend have been treated to three starting pitching gems so far in just two games –...
• 5/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Notes From Friday's Action - Be On Deck: Not much of that going onJust a quick look at the big news from Friday night from Be On Deck - Curtis Granderson hit 2 more home...
• 5/7 StLCards.net: Jaime Garcia, 7 Perfect innings for Cardinals: Cards WIN Jaime Garcia ended up with a complete game, 2 hit shutout last night after pitching 7 1/3 perfect innings. He must read...
• 5/7 COSFBA: Line of the Day: May 6th, 2011: SP Jaime Garcia of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched 7 1/3 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Brewers and finished with a complete-game,...
• 5/6 Baseball Musings: Garcia Perfect Through Seven: Jaime Garcia fell behind Rickie Weeks 3-0, but ended up grounding out on a nice play by the third baseman. Garcia gets another...
• 5/6 Baseball Musings: Garcia Perfect Through Six: Jaime Garcia strikes out two more in the sixth inning as he’s two thirds of the way to a perfect game. The Cardinals still...
• 5/6 Baseball Musings: Garcia in the Eighth: Jaime Garcia comes out for the eighth inning with a perfect game intact. He struck out eight through the first seven innings,...
• 5/6 Baseball Musings: Garica Perfect Through Five: Jaime Garcia just retired the Brewers in order for the fifth straight inning as the Cardinals lead 6-0. He struck out five so...
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia loses perfect game in eighth inning: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia carried a perfect game into the eighth inning Friday, April 6, but Milwaukee Brewers SS Yuniesky...[+] Betancourt ended the bid with a single.
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia tosses two-hit shutout: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia carried a perfect game into the eighth inning Friday, May 6, against the Milwaukee Brewers,...[+] but he had to settle for a two-hit complete game shutout. Garcia only walked one batter and struck out eight in the 102-pitch effort, as he improved to 4-0 while lowering his ERA to 1.99.
• 5/6 StLCards.net: Cardinals come back to split series with Marlins: Cards WIN In this series at least, the Cardinals won by the 3-run homer. First Daniel Descalso on Tuesday and then Lance Berkman...
• 5/2 C70 At The Bat: Big Weekend For Cardinals: While the national news of Sunday night overshadowed the diversion that is this game we love, it was still a strong weekend for...
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia posted quality start in no-decision: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed four runs - three earned - and five hits over six innings in a quality start and no-decision...[+] Sunday, May 1, against the Atlanta Braves. Garcia managed to get 61 of his 98 pitches over for strikes, and he whiffed six.
• 5/1 Tomahawk Take: Brooks Conrad Delivers as Braves Win Bullpen Battle: It wasn’t pretty but we’ll take it. I wasn’t there and no one said it over the air but, I’m sure that thought went through...
• 5/1 Redbird Dugout: Game 28: Braves 6, Cardinals 5: It was a crazy game. A game that saw Jaime Garcia perfect through four innings and fall apart in the fifth. It also saw Albert...
• 5/1 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Cardinals, Braun, Pena, Pirates: After losing five of their first seven games, the Cardinals went 14-5 to finish April with a two-game lead in the NL Central....
• 5/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Justin Masterson goes for his sixth win with no defeats on Sunday. Photo: Icon SMI The Tigers and Indians get things started as...

• 4/29 MLB Fantasy Recon: Buy, Sell, or Hold - Starting Pitcher Edition from FB 365: 2011 Josh Beckett for sale at 2009 pricesCharlie Saponara over at Fantasy Baseball 365 did a great thing and took BABIP, K/BB%,...
• 4/27 C70 At The Bat: A Loss, But Not A 2010 Loss: I missed a lot of last night's game, since our TV was on the local weather instead of more enjoyable pursuits.  (For the...
• 4/26 StLCards.net: Cardinals go to Houston: Bud Norris, the Cardinal killer, pitches tonight against Jaime Garcia. Last season the Cardinals finally did beat Bud Norris,...
• 4/26 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals Head To Houston: I can't remember the last time a simple April series against a non-contender had so many different storylines, at least for the...
• 4/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Using My Time Unwisely – ECI Stat: I’m BACK!  After over a two week “hiatus” which consisted primarily of being forced to do what’s known...
• 4/23 MLB Fantasy Recon: Next Week 2 Start Staring Pitchers - Ranks and Reviews: Harang is money next weekWe'll turn to RotoWorld for this weeks two start pitcher review, Nick Nelson has a list of two starters...
• 4/22 Redbird Leader: Big Red Machines Set to Battle: When the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals face off tonight at Busch Stadium, the top 2 lineups in the National League...
• 4/21 StLCards.net: Cardinals win nightcap, Boggs gets Save!: Cards WIN With the score at 5-3 in the 9th inning, Mitc**** Boggs was brought in to close the game. He got the first two out before...
• 4/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia picks up third victory: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed three runs - one earned - and four hits over five innings to run his record to 3-0...[+] in a win Wednesday, April 20, in the second game of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals.
• 4/21 Redbird Dugout: Game 18: Cardinals 5, Nationals 3: Let's play two! In the second game of the double header, Jaime Garcia picked up his third win of the season to remain undefeated....
• 4/20 StLCards.net: Cards lose first game of Double Dip, Garcia pitches second game: Cards LOSE Jake Westbrook had another horrible outing, Fernando Salas saved the bullpen by pitching 3 innings and giving up just...
• 4/20 C70 At The Bat: Nature 1, Baseball 0: To the surprise of no one that knows how to read a weather radar, there was no baseball in Busch Stadium last night.  Thankfully...
• 4/19 B-R Blog: 2011 WAR Now Updated: 2011 Wins Above Replacement data is now live on the site and will be updated daily throughout the season. This includes the league...
• 4/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Grounders and Pop Ups: It's still a bit early for any 2011 statistic to mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but it can be insightful to get...
• 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On DeRosa, Rangers, Gonzalez, Garcia: Let's dive into the latest edition of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.. It's early in the season, but it already...
• 4/15 C70 At The Bat: Cardinals Continue To Hit: At times, you really have to like the law of averages.For the fourth straight day, the Cardinals scored eight runs or more.  A...
• 4/15 StLCards.net: Cardinals beat Dodgers – Game 13: Cards WIN Albet Pujols hit a HR last night but his average actually went down because he was 1-5. Jaime Garcia didn’t pitch...
• 4/14 StLCards.net: Cardinals at Dodgers – Series 5: Jaime Garcia pitches tonight against Hiroki Kuroda, who is 0-1 against the Cardinals in 3 games with a 1.42 ERA. Up to this point...
• 4/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Series Preview: Cardinals at Dodgers April 14-17: St. Louis Cardinals (5-7) at Los Angeles Dodgers (6-6)April 14-17Games: 13-16Location: Dodger Stadium2011 record vs. Giants: N/A2010...
• 4/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Five keys to a Cardinals postseason: The Cardinals will look to push aside the bitter pill of losing co-ace Adam Wainwright for the year as they battle an improved...
• 4/14 C70 At The Bat: Turning The Tables: It's a lot more fun to be on this side of a team scoring in every inning.  Tuesday night, Arizona wasn't held scoreless until...
• 4/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Cliff Lee hopes to recover after a poor start against the Braves. Photo: Icon SMI The Mets and Rockies play a rare day-time double...
• 4/12 StLCards.net: Game 8: Not much to say. Jaime Garcia gets the start. Ryan Theriot and David Freese get the day off. They are replaced by Tyler Greene...
• 4/12 StLCards.net: Sunday Post (-3) & Pre: Cards LOSE That wasn’t a routine play last night that Colby Rasmus dropped. It sure would have been nice if he hadn’t...
• 4/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Reasons for optimism: For those of you who follow on Twitter, you know that I announced I was going to err on the side of “blinded optimism”...
• 4/11 C70 At The Bat: Getting Serious Helps Cleanse The Palate: If I'd written much this weekend, it would have been a depressing take on the state of the Cardinals today.  Thankfully,...
• 4/10 StLCards.net: Sunday Post (-3) & Pre: Cards LOSE That wasn’t a routine play last night that Colby Rasmus dropped. It sure would have been nice if he hadn’t...
• 4/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Season-opening strikeout outings like Jaime Garcia’s are rare: St. Louis Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia made his second consecutive nine-strikeout start on Saturday night. Here is how they...
• 4/9 22gigantes.com: Torres injures leg in game against Cardinals: San Francisco Giants outfielder Andres Torres left Saturday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth inning with...
• 4/9 StLCards.net: Game 8: Not much to say. Jaime Garcia gets the start. Ryan Theriot and David Freese get the day off. They are replaced by Tyler Greene...
• 4/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Phillies and Braves continue their series with Roy Oswalt taking on Bradnon Beachy. Oswalt pitched poorly in Atlanta during...
• 4/8 The Crazy Crabbers: Giants vs. Cardinals Series Preview: GiantsCardinals Friday, April 8, 1:35 PM Jonathan SanchezJake Westbrook 0-1, 3.18 ERA, 1.13 tRA0-1, 16.62 ERA,...
• 4/8 The Crazy Crabbers: : Giants Cardinals Friday, April 8, 1:35 PM Jonathan Sanchez Jake Westbrook 0-1, 3.18...
• 4/8 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2011 Giants: Playing Their Cards Right: Well, the fruits of their labours will cometh this weekend as the Giants celebrate their World Series Championship with their...
• 4/7 C70 At The Bat: The Gathering: United Cardinal Bloggers Converge On St. Louis: You've heard about it on the UCB Radio Hour and you've probably read about it on some of the great blogs around the Cardinal blogosphere....
• 4/7 22gigantes.com: Series preview: STL (2-4) at SF (2-4): It's home sweet home for the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants as they open a six-game homestand against the...
• 4/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Hot Starts - Buy and Sell from The Buzz -: Everyone is buying into Alex Gordon's startHoward Bender over at Fantasy Baseball Buzz runs through players off to hot starts...
• 4/7 MLB Fantasy Recon: Player Projection - Jaime Garcia: Move over Chris CarpenterDespite a breakout season in 2010, Jaime Garcia flew under the radar in most drafts.  Just the 58th...
• 4/7 Giants Nirvana: Giants-Cardinals Series Preview Q&A: Tomorrow, the Giants begin a three-game series at home against the Cardinals. The match-ups will look like this: Game 1 - Jake...
• 4/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Five Fingers and a Thumbah: After scoring just 15 runs in the first 6 games of the season, it’s fairly safe to say that the Cardinals are not lighting...
• 4/6 Redbird Dugout: Preseason Approval Ratings: Pitchers: All eyes are on Chris Carpenter in 2011(Photo: Dave Herholz/Flickr)Continuing my post series on the preseason Cardinals' approval...
• 4/4 Roto Think Tank: National League 5x5 Home League Results: On Sunday, I parti**** in my home league National League auction.  This is the second year of the league, and this year's...
• 4/4 The Friarhood: Good, Bad, and Ugly 4/3 at STL: Padres shut out today but still take the series St. Louis WP – Jaime Garcia (1-0) LP – Dustin Moseley (0-1) The Good: Dustin...
• 4/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia tosses complete game shutout: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed just four hits and two walks while recording a career-high nine strikeouts in a complete...[+] game shutout Sunday, April 3, against the San Diego Padres, reports The Associated Press.
• 4/3 Redbird Dugout: Game 3: Cardinals 2, Padres 0: Finally! The Cardinals break through for the win on the back of Jaime Garcia. Garcia, who had looked shaky during Spring Training,...
• 4/3 StLCards.net: Game 3 Thoughts: Cards WIN That was sweet. A great way to get the first win of the season (not quite as good as a win on opening day and no blown...
• 4/3 Baseball Musings: Garcia Still Good: Jaime Garcia indicated that 2010 was no fluke as he pitched a four-hit shutout in his first start of the 2011 season. He did everything...
• 4/3 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Jaime Garcia’s Sunday gem in historical context: Looking at historical comparisons to St. Louis Cardinals’ left-hander Jamie Garcia’s complete-game four hit shutout with nine...
• 4/3 StLCards.net: Game 2 Wrap/ Looking ahead to Game 3: Cards LOSE Yuck. Jake Westbrook was Jake Walkbrook. Allen Craig had a nice showing as Matt Holliday‘s replacement and Albert...

• 3/30 C70 At The Bat: The Last Of The Non-Essential: We can draw the curtain on the spring, as the Cardinals have left the nest, as it were, and headed home for tomorrow's Opening...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: Opening Day Roster Set: Bryan Augenstein throws during Spring Training.According to Derrick Goold, the final two players have been sent out of major league...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: UCB Project: 2011 Postseason Preview: Cliff Lee is back in Philly, but will he made his 3rd straight World Series?(Photo: Peter Bond/Flickr)As this month's United...
• 3/29 C70 At The Bat: Final Cardinal Cuts: I've had a wonderful run of luck with my prognostications lately.  Seems like anytime I say X, Y actually happens and...
• 3/28 C70 At The Bat: Starting the Final Practice Lap: It's time to get down to it.  The lasts of spring training are happening this week: Chris Carpenter and Kyle...
• 3/27 Fungoes.net: Garcia is Cardinals’ X factor: Of the Cardinals’ several players with strong but unpredictable influence (among them Lance Berkman and David Freese),...
• 3/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia roughed up Thursday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia gave up 10 runs in his spring outing against the New York Mets Thursday, March 24, but actually...[+] lowered his spring ERA to 7.94, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.
• 3/24 Fungoes.net: Rivalry preview: Cardinals-Astros: [Fellow SweetSpot blogger Austin Swafford at Austin's Astros 290 Blog is running a series of NL Central team season previews....
• 3/23 C70 At The Bat: UCB Project: NL Central Predictions: As we hit the midpoint of the week, we also hit the section nearest and dearest to our hearts.  We know the Central pretty...
• 3/23 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: St. Louis Cardinals: The St. Louis Cardinals were one of only two teams to finish the 2010 season with three players in the Top 20, according to ESPN's...
• 3/22 B-R Blog: 5+ Quality Start Losses In 2010: How many pitchers last season threw 5 or more games where they had a "Quality Start" and yet got tagged with a loss? Here's the...
• 3/21 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2012: Kendrys Morales, Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Billy Butler, Geovany Soto, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, and Phil Hughes...
• 3/19 C70 At The Bat: Catching Up On The Cardinals: Work has been pretty busy the last few days, so I've been unable to find the time to jot down any thoughts about how the last...
• 3/19 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Fantasy Baseball Rookies to Target: Just look the other way2010 saw a great influx of rookie talent with Mike Stanton, Buster Posey, Jason Heyward, Austin Jackson,...
• 3/18 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Shields, Cardinals, Lawrie, Montero: Links for Friday, as Ichiro donates over $1.2MM to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan... Scot Shields, who...
• 3/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia better Friday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia, who has had his share of struggles this spring, showed improvement Friday, March 18, allowing...[+] two runs on five hits and a pair of walks in four innings, according to Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Garcia threw 46 of his 76 pitches for strikes.
• 3/18 Blog Red Machine: Why is That?Why aren't the Reds getting respect within the NL Central? Good question!...
• 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: The Timeline For Adam Wainwright's Options: Cardinals GM John Mozeliak told Jon Heyman of SI.com that he "hasn't thought about" whether he'll exercise the reasonable $21MM...
• 3/17 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: 5 Starters to Avoid in Your Draft: I bought in completely on Mat Latos last year.  Great stuff, great park.  Over looked prospect.  The stars aligned...
• 3/15 Mastersball.com: Grapefruit League Notes (3/15): McClellan Not Just for Relief Anymore: {jcomments on} On Tuesday, I watched a reprise of Monday’s matchup between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals. Last...
• 3/15 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Fantasy Draft Theory on Pitching Busted: I have never drafted a pitcher before the eighth round.  Never.  Its worked out pretty well for me.  Its been over...
• 3/14 C70 At The Bat: Time For Concern?: William commented on a post last week that the hardest thing about spring training is remembering that the performances mean nothing....
• 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia hit hard Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia gave up eight runs on nine hits in just four innings Sunday, March 13, against the New York...[+] Mets, according to The Associated Press.
• 3/13 Mastersball.com: Grapefruit League Notes (3/13): Mercy Rule: On Sunday, my Florida travels brought me to Port St. Lucie as the New York Mets entertained the St. Louis Cardinals. The mercy...
• 3/13 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Santana, Duda, Hernandez: Here's a round-up of the morning's Mets news, as the team prepares for an afternoon matchup with Jaime Garcia and the Cardinals. Johan...
• 3/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: 2011 Recon: Starting Pitcher Sleepers to Target: Did anyone know Rich Harden is in camp with the A's this year?  Finding those Jaime Garcia's in the late rounds of the draft...
• 3/12 Blog Red Machine: Reds Up/Reds Down: NL Central Ups & Downs in 2011: This week I thought I would let the heat in Goodyear settle and go in a different direction. Every year, we see guys who come...
• 3/9 StLCards.net: Spring Training vs Red Sox: The Cardinals played a game yesterday with a pretty near MLB lineup and one they will maybe use in the Regular Season. Matt Carpenter...
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia has rough day Tuesday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia walked three, gave up seven hits and three runs in three innings in spring action Tuesday,...[+] March 8, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Rick Hummel. Garcia threw 41 of his 63 pitches for strikes.
• 3/7 Tomahawk Take: Hey Braves Fans Things Aren’t What The Seem Part II: My partner Bob here at Tomahawk Take pointed out that while Kawakami had pitched in bad luck in 2009, he thought his “peripherals”...
• 3/4 C70 At The Bat: One Day, Two Results: One of those interesting quirks of spring is the split squad games.  With so many players in camp, it's a great tool to be...
• 3/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Build it Backwards: It’s one thing to look at the 2011 Cardinals and think about tweaking one thing here or making an adjustment there.  Rebuilding...
• 3/3 C70 At The Bat: Leaping For Lynn: I wrote out a nice, solid post, full of links and thoughts.  Then I go to post it and Movable Type picks that moment to tell...
• 3/3 The Daily Catch: NL Central Preview: This segment is going to just give some news and notes, previewing each division. Let’s start it off with the NL Central: Cincinnati...
• 3/1 StLCards.net: Spring Training Game 2: Well – more bad news of an injury related fashion. Chris Carpenter pitched today and injured his hamstring, Mitc**** Boggs...
• 3/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Not The News – Vol III: Sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.  With that in mind, let’s hope that the M*A*S*H unit in Jupiter, Florida...

• 2/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 2.25.2011: Jane **** at Confessions of a She-Fan writes RE Hank Steinbrenner: I agree about Hank. Very entertaining and good copy for us...
• 2/24 Blog Red Machine: FanSided’s All NL Central Team ResultsThe All NL Central Team pitchers are announced....
• 2/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Surviving Wainwright: With the news expected to be catastrophic regarding the condition of Adam Wainwright‘s elbow, the reactionary “experts”...
• 2/24 Mastersball.com: Name That Stop-Gap: Let’s play a game I like to call spot the stop-gaps. A stop-gap--and knowing this is important information for all...
• 2/23 Blog Red Machine: Some Interesting ThingsA couple of interesting tidbits hit my reader: Adam Wainwright and Zack Greinke....
• 2/23 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Pitching Options For The Cardinals: The Cardinals are expected to receive some bad news pretty soon, as it appears as though right-hander Adam Wainwright will miss...
• 2/23 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals rotation: 2012 question marksWith news of Adam Wainwright’s elbow injury, how does the St. Louis Cardinals rotation look for 2012?...
• 2/22 The Daily Catch: NL Central Preview: This segment is going to just give some news and notes, previewing each division. Let’s start it off with the NL Central: Cincinnati...
• 2/22 The Golden Sombrero: The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #16 – Shelby Miller (Video): #16 Shelby Miller – St. Louis Cardinals RHP DOB: 10-10-90 ETA: 2013 Shelby Miller struck out 140 guys...
• 2/21 Baseball Press: 2011 Fact or Fiction: Jaime Garcia: When healthy, Jaime Garcia can dominate. (Getty)Fact or Fiction examines the 2010 performance of a player, good or bad, and determines...
• 2/20 Fungoes.net: With Lohse, time is right for Cardinals to try four-man rotatio: Chris from Aaron Miles Fastball asked the following question last week: With the Cardinals rotation set going into spring training...
• 2/18 Blog Red Machine: 2011 Preview: St. Louis CardinalsBRM's final preview centers around the St. Louis Cardinals. Grab a seat and take a look....
• 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: A Challenge For The Cardinals: If the Cardinals sign Albert Pujols to an eight or ten-year deal when he hits free agency after the season, they'll be counting...
• 2/14 Blog Red Machine: Comparing the All NL Central TeamsAll three versions of the All NL Central Team (BRM, NL Central bloggers and the fans) are seen side-by-side....
• 2/11 Call to the Pen: The Cincinnati Reds System: Continuing my look at every minor league system in baseball, it's time to look at one of the more hyped collections of talent...
• 2/11 The Writer's Journey: Topps All-Star Rookies: I’ve decided to go after the Topps All-Star Rookie subset in 2011. It’s a throwback to my formative years in collecting…I...
• 2/10 SocraticGadfly: Cards pitching looks good going into spring training: Per one St. Louis Post-Dispatch report, the ace of the St. Louis Cardinals staff, Adam Wainwright, is not worried about his elbow....
• 2/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | ST rotation taking shape: St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan said SP Adam Wainwright will start the team's first spring training game Feb. 28,...[+] according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold. Wainwright will be followed by SPs Chris Carpenter, Jake Westbrook, Jaime Garcia and Kyle Lohse. RP Kyle McClellan is also scheduled to start during the first week.
• 2/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia looking stronger: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia has reported to training camp looking stronger than he did last season, reports Joe Strauss,...[+] of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Cardinals shut down Garcia last season after pitching 163 innings as a rookie.

• 1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Kyle Lohse the fifth starter: St. Louis Cardinals SP Kyle Lohse will enter Spring Training slotted as the team's No. 5 starter, behind SPs Adam Wainwright,...[+] Chris Carpenter, Jake Westbrook and Jaime Garcia, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. Ps Miguel Batista, Lance Lynn and P.J. Walters are candidates to be the 'sixth starter.'
• 1/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Blame the guy who hired the messenger.  I’m nearly the last person on Earth who would normally consider defending sports...
• 1/24 Blog Red Machine: The Rivalry Renewed: Cincinnati Reds vs. St. Louis CardinalsA look at who will be the better team in 2011 Cardinals or Reds...
• 1/15 Blog Red Machine: Why the Reds are the National League’s Best TeamA look at why the Reds are the NL's best team....
• 1/15 Blog Red Machine: Around the NL CentralStrolling through the NL Central....
• 1/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Show Him The Money!!!: Not so fast.  Slow down there, wonder fan.      How much money are we talking about and for how long?  8 yrs and $240M? ...
• 1/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Mang Overboard: “I say and I say it again, you’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, led...
• 1/10 MLBTradeRumors: Brad Penny Close To Signing?: Brad Penny has drawn interest from a few teams this offseason, most notably the Tigers, and it appears he's close to making a...
• 1/5 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 12: On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Twelve bases amassing, Eleven runs above average a’ fielding, ...
• 1/4 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 11: On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Eleven runs above average a’ fielding, Ten games above .500...
• 1/3 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 10: On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Ten games above .500 winning, Nine batters k-ing, Eight games completing, ...
• 1/3 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 9: On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Nine batters k-ing, Eight games completing, Seven years a’ signing, ...
• 1/1 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 8: On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Eight games completing, Seven years a’ signing, Six grands a’...

• 12/31 Fungoes.net: Top five Cardinal stories of 2010: As part of the United Cardinal Bloggers’ final project of the year , we present our top five Cardinal stories of 2010: McGwire...
• 12/31 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 7: On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Seven years a’ signing Six grands a’ slamming, Five shining...
• 12/30 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 6: On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Six grands a’ slamming Five shining stars, Four hundred home runs, ...
• 12/30 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 5: On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Five shining stars, Four hundred home runs, Three clutch men, Two...
• 12/30 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 5: On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Five shining stars, Four hundred home runs, Three clutch men, Two...
• 12/28 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 4: On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Four hundred home runs, Three clutch men, Two golden gloves, And a...
• 12/27 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 3: On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Three clutch men, Two golden gloves, And a vote for the finest rookie. Jaime...
• 12/26 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 2: On the second day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Two golden gloves, And a vote for the finest rookie. Jaime Garcia...
• 12/25 Fungoes.net: Twelve Days of Christmas 2010: Day 1: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A vote for the finest rookie. Jaime Garcia received one first-place...
• 12/24 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: Brewing Up A Challenge | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: Brewing Up A Challenge | Baseball DigestWhen you think of the NL Central, you think of Tony LaRussa and the St....
• 12/22 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Setting Course with the Mariners: Pineda's value could outweigh his 2011 draft position. (Mitc**** we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier impact...
• 12/19 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2011 Special Edition 4×4: With the latest hot stove news coming out of Milwaukee, it’s tempting to make snap judgments about the degree to which the...
• 12/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Cheap Labor: Before any of you get any bright ideas, I’m most definitely NOT talking about Meg Whitman’s housekeeper.  Instead,...
• 12/10 Pitchers Hit Eighth: John Mozeliak’s best Rod Blagojevich impersonation: Don’t let the title run you off just yet, I promise I’m going to make sense of it. I’m going to piggy-back a...
• 12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Seek Pitching Depth: The Cardinals have already acquired their share of pitching this winter. They signed Jake Westbrook, Brian Tallet and Raul ...
• 12/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Pujols-type Money: If you have to ask, you probably can’t afford it.  You’ve probably all heard this line at one time or another. ...

• 11/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: A Call to Arms (Cardinals Style):   Within hours of the Cardinals signing Jake Westbrook to a 2 year contract with a mutual option for a 3rd year, much has already...
• 11/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Rule 5 Draft Tidbits: For me, one of the most interesting aspects of the baseball offseason is the 40-man roster adjustments and the “Rule 5 Draft”. ...
• 11/30 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Sign Brian Tallet: The Cardinals signed Brian Tallet to a one-year contract, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (on Twitter). The southpaw...
• 11/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Rookie All-Star team announced: Major League Baseball announced its 2010 Rookie All-Star Team Monday, Nov. 29, according to MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince. Those...[+] awarded were Florida Marlins 1B Gaby Sanchez, Pittsburgh Pirates 2B Neil Walker, Minnesota Twins 3B Danny Valencia, Chicago Cubs SS Starlin Castro, Detroit Tigers OF Austin Jackson, Florida Marlins OF Mike Stanton, Atlanta Braves OF Jason Heyward, San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey, Washington Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia and Texas Rangers RP Neftali Feliz.
• 11/16 Giants Nirvana: A Closer Look at the Rookie of the Year Balloting: Player Name, Team, WAR1st2nd3rdPointsBuster Posey, San Francisco Giants 3.92092129Jason Heyward, Atlanta Braves 5.09202107Jaime...
• 11/16 SOX & Dawgs: 2010 AL & NL Rookie of the Year Winners: The 2010 Jackie Robinson American League and National League Rookie of the Year Awards as voted on by the Baseball Writers'...
• 11/16 The Crazy Crabbers: Buster Posey is Giants Savior and Now also the Rookie of the Year: It was a two man race for the National League rookie of the year and in my biased opinion the best man won.Not to take anything...
• 11/16 My Pinstripes: Rookie of the Year Offical Voting: I mentioned in a prior post that Neftali Feliz and Buster Posey won the AL and NL Rookie of the Year Awards. Here is the official...

• 10/19 PaulLebowitz.com: Could Michael Kay Have Been Wr-wr-wr-wrong?: Faith-based failure: Far be it from me to question any and all declarations, especially those stated with a finality and...
• 10/18 The Crazy Crabbers: Posey beats out Heyward for Willie Mays Award for top Rookie: TweetThe battle for the Willie Mays Award, given by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance to the top rookie in each division, turned...
• 10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals, Westbrook Discussing Extension: We've heard for awhile now that the Cardinals would love to retain Jake Westbrook, whom they acquired at the trade deadline in...
• 10/15 The Crazy Crabbers: End of Year Awards: Willie Mays Award: Tweet As a part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance there is the parti**** in the end of year awards voting. (Note: I write for...
• 10/14 Raise the Jolly Roger: BBA Ballot: NL Willie Mays Award: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance is once again conducting its own end-of-season MLB awards as part of an ongoing effort to provide...
• 10/13 Call to the Pen: BBA Awards: Willie Mays Ballot: Call to the Pen is a member site of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance. As such, we have the duty each year to cast our ballot in...
• 10/12 Jason's Baseball Blog: The NL Willie Mays Award: Over at the Baseball Bloggers’ Alliance, we will be voting over the coming weeks on our award winners for the regular season....
• 10/11 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBA Ballot: NL Willie Mays Award: A 20-year-old Willie Mays won the Rookie of the Year Award way back in 1951 with a line that looks eerily like those of this year's...
• 10/9 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Season’s Top Stories: The Rookie Class of 2010: Throughout the month of October, I’ll be reviewing some of the top stories that were in the newly completed regular season....
• 10/5 Baseball Musings: NL Rookie of the Year Vote: Sunday night I sent my ballots to the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA). Here are my votes for NL Rookie:...
• 10/3 Baseball Musings: The Last for La Russa?: Jeff Suppan gives Tony La Russa a strong performance, six shutout innings as the Cardinals down the Rockies 6-1. Tony’s...

• 9/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: I’m A Lousy GM, But I’m Good At Adding Payroll: In this follow-up to “Play GM For A Day”, you get to see just how poorly I play the aforementioned game.  While I...
• 9/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Play GM For A Day: Okay, let’s play GM for a day.  Why not pretend to spend someone else’s money and run our favorite baseball team...
• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia officially shut down: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia has officially been shut down for the season as a precaution due to a heavy workload this...[+] season, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss. 'I think if we were in a position where we had a legitimate chance to win the division, he could pitch,' pitching coach Dave Duncan said. 'But I think the organization - and rightly so - is concerned about the number of innings he's pitched after not pitching very much last year. Under the circumstances, you really stay on the safe side.' Garcia finishes the year 13-8 with a 2.70 ERA. SP Jeff Suppan will make his final start of the year against the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday, Sept. 28.
• 9/24 Giants Nirvana: San Francisco Giants Score 13, Shut Out Cubs, Make A Little History...: Giants fans should have expected this one...against Milwaukee and Los Angeles -- the Giants' two previous series, the Giants had...
• 9/24 Fungoes.net: End-of-2010 Top 7 Cardinals’ prospects: The Cardinals’ farm system may not offer the jewels it once did, though we’d say that Jaime Garcia and David Freese...
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia skipped again: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia will be skipped again Thursday, Sept. 23, with SP Jeff Suppan receiving the start against...[+] the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss. Manager Tony La Russa said it is possible Garcia could make a start during the team's final homestand.
• 9/16 TetreaultVision: Bloguin BRU: September 16, 2010: As teams crawl back from the grave to pursue the dream of postseason glory, we leave you a question with which you may ponder...
• 9/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia won't be shut down: Updating previous reports, St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia talked the team out of shutting him down for the season, the St....[+] Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold reports. He'll miss his next start this weekend and will be reconsidered next week to make a start.
• 9/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia being shut down: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia will be shut down for the remainder of the season, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's...[+] Derrick Goold.
• 9/14 Pitchers Hit Eighth: [Redbird Reveille] Playoff Push, Minor Media, and Lingering La Russa: Starting the final limp to October, this week marks big things for the Cardinals’ family and the PH8 team. My return to...
• 9/14 Fungoes.net: Are they live or are they dead?: The Cardinals spent a long, quiet evening kissing the game — and their season — goodnight, losing 5-1 to the Cubs...
• 9/13 El Maquino: Cards’ Super Rookie Looking a Bit Better Than the Cubs’: The Cubs send out Jeff Samardzija (Sa-Mar-Ja), who was the Cubs #1 prospect when he came up in 2008.  He is an awful reliever,...
• 9/13 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Jaime Garcia’s Efficient, Impressive Shutout: Sick of reading about how great Jaime Garcia‘s start yesterday was?  Good, me neither, so here’s some more…...
• 9/9 El Maquino: Avoid a Kamikaze Mission: Skip Lohse!: Two nights ago, SotG-less Kyle Lohse proved why he should never pitch for a contending team again.  I hate to rip on Cardinals,...
• 9/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia roughed up for seven runs Wednesday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (13-7) had been looking for his fourth straight win Wednesday, Sept. 8, but he gave up a career-high...[+] seven runs as his ERA rose to 2.69. According to Associated Press reporter Colin Fly, the Cardinals lost 8-1 to the Milwaukee Brewers.
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Not in the Cards: Albert Pujols gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead in the first inning with his 36th home run of the season, but that was the only run...
• 9/8 El Maquino: Righties Gear Up for Capuano: Matt Pagnozzi will make his first ML start behind the plate. Colby Rasmus is the only lefty being paid to hit tonight against...
• 9/6 Fungoes.net: Carpenter hurls best Cardinal start of season: Chris Carpenter struck out 11 of the 29 batters he faced to help the Cardinals win their critical series against the Reds and...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Massive Tie Scenario: Sunday’s National League results were excellent for keeping the division and wild card races competitive. All four teams...
• 9/4 El Maquino: “We’ve Got Nothing to Do but Fight and Give Everything We’ve Got”: Rick Hummel interviewed the 3 relievers that pitched 2 1/3 hitless after Jaime Garcia last night about what they thought of the...
• 9/4 Fungoes.net: Cardinals revive: Like The Dead Body That Claims It Isn’t, the Cardinals aren’t dead (yet). They combined a lot of pluck with a little...
• 9/4 El Maquino: A Step in the Right Direction: Cards 3 | Reds 2 (70-62; Lead Series, 1-0): September 3, 2010 Yes!  As soon as the Cards needed a win, our good friends from Cincinnati rushed in to help. There is still...
• 9/3 MLBTradeRumors: The Cardinals' 2011 Rotation: With a 4-13 record over their last 17 games, an eight-game deficit to make up in the NL Central, and a weekend series against...
• 9/3 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Sox will win as John Danks and the White Sox visit Clay Buchholz and the Red Sox. There is also the possibility that hurricane...
• 9/3 Baseball Press: The 606 - September 3, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 9/2 Crashburn Alley: Cole Hamels on the Cy Young Award Ballot?: The National League Cy Young award is Roy Halladay‘s to lose, but teammate Cole Hamels could earn some third-place votes...
• 9/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Broken Wings: Cardinals in freefall: Don't you hate the unexplainable? It's easy to look at teams like the Mariners; the Pirates; the...
• 9/1 El Maquino: Team Stinks, But Cards Can Haul in 3 PA Awards: I know you love hearing it, so I’ll say it again: The Cards are out of it.  But, there’s still a reason to watch...
• 9/1 El Maquino: Call It: Note: Please ignore the earlier post that said to hold out hope. Nevermind.  The Cards are finished.  Remeber after the season...

• 8/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia to be skipped: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia will have his next turn in the rotation skipped, according to FOXSportsMidwest.com's B.J....[+] Rains. SP Jeff Suppan will start Wednesday, Sept. 1, in Garcia's place.
• 8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia earns win Friday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (12-6) has not allowed an earned run in his last 20 1/3 innings, according to The Associated...[+] Press. He allowed eight hits and four walks over 5 1/3 scoreless innings Friday, Aug. 27, in a victory over the Washington Nationals, with seven strikeouts.
• 8/28 Baseball Moves: TWTW (8/21/10 – 8/27/10): 8/21 – Javier Vazquez has been downright awful as he lasted only 3 innings this outting, giving up 8 hits and 4 earned...
• 8/27 El Maquino: Nats Strand 14, Albert Gets to Work on 500: Cards 4 | Nationals 2 (69-57; Tie Series, 1-1): August 27, 2010 Cards finally beat a last-place team! The 4 runs came on an error, and 4 hits; 2 by Matt Holliday (SotG).  Matt...
• 8/27 El Maquino: Show’s Over! Back to Work!: Tonight, the Cards have to end a 3-game losing streak (2 Pirates, 1 Nationals).  They send out soon-to-be RotY Jaime Garcia (23...
• 8/27 Fungoes.net: Rookie of the Year field clears for Garcia: Now that Stephen Strasburg has landed on the disabled list for the second time this season and awaits the official results of...
• 8/23 El Maquino: K-Lo Can Beat These Guys…Right?!: Tonight, the Cards play the Pittsburgh Pirates (41-83) at PNC Park, Pittsburgh.  The Bucs have locked up their 18th-straight...
• 8/23 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Jaime Garcia’s Efficient, Impressive Shutout: Sick of reading about how great Jaime Garcia‘s start yesterday was?  Good, me neither, so here’s some more…...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia dominant: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia threw his first career shutout in his victory over the San Francisco Giants Sunday, Aug. 22,...[+] The Associated Press reports. He allowed three hits and no walks while fanning six over nine innings.
• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Garcia Jars Giants: Jaime Garcia continued his dominance at Busch Stadium as he pitches the first shutout of his career. He lowers his ERA to 1.55...
• 8/22 Fungoes.net: Garcia throws best game of career: Jaime Garcia threw strikes, stayed ahead of hitters and took advantage of some tight defense and good luck to stick around for...
• 8/22 El Maquino: Jaime Faces 28: Cards 9 | Giants 0 (67-54; Win Series, 2-1): August 22, 2010 The Dr. Jekyll Cards are back!  Cards put it all together today. Jaime Garcia (SotG) was a monster, facing 28...
• 8/21 El Maquino: What the 2010 Cards Have Given Us: If the Cards keep their slide going, they won’t make the cut. If that happens, what do you take away from the 2010 Cardinals?...
• 8/20 El Maquino: Lock Down the NLWC Just in Case…: Tonight, the Cards take on the Giants.  This matters because: NL WILD CARD: 1. Philadelphia Phillies 2. San Francisco Giants...
• 8/20 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Ted Lilly Could Be More Valuable Than You Think: To say Ted Lilly has been a revelation as a Dodger is a bit of an understatement; not only has he allowed just 4 runs in 28 innings...
• 8/18 Pitchers Hit Eighth: What should Cards’ mindset be?: < purely opinionated motivational coach-speak > The Cardinals need to start compartmentalizing things a bit – focus...
• 8/18 Fungoes.net: Brewers 3, Cardinals 2: Flip Flip, Skip and Craig?: Jaime Garcia started off on the right track Tuesday night, striking out three of his first four batters — on the strength...
• 8/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia pitches well with extra rest: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia had an extra day of rest for his start Tuesday, Aug. 17, The Associated Press reports. He...[+] allowed three unearned runs on five hits and struck out six in his tough-luck loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. In his last three starts, opponents have scored seven unearned runs.
• 8/17 El Maquino: 1st or Bust!: Bad news: Colby Rasmus is out for this series because of getting hurt scoring from second against the Cubs.  “I took my...
• 8/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Some Misconceptions About Kyle Lohse: This weekend’s series was awful.  It was a seemingly **** display for a baseball club that has been so inconsistent this...
• 8/15 El Maquino: Who Pitches Day 5?: Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Jaime Garcia and Jake Westbrook make up the best pitching team in the world.  But Kyle Lohse‘s...
• 8/12 El Maquino: EMR: If the NLDS Started Today: Still getting plenty of readers despite having a slow news day.  Thanks! If the season ended today (after 113g for the Cards),...
• 8/11 El Maquino: cardinal050: Year of the Rookie: Jason Heyward, Ike Davis, Jon Jay, Jaime Garcia.  All very good contenders for rookie of the year.  But, why is it that rookies...
• 8/11 El Maquino: CY and MVP Update: Full Standings: My CY and MVP Updates post got a lot of attention, so here are the complete EM Ratings standings: NL CY: 1. Mat Latos (PDRS)...
• 8/10 El Maquino: Hey Brandon, the Good Guys Always Win!: Cardinals 8 | Reds 4 (63-49; Lead Series, 2-0): August 10, 2010 Brawl!  Before that numbskull Brandon Phillips could even ground out on 2 pitches, he mouthed off to Yadier Molina,...
• 8/10 El Maquino: FIGHT!: That little baby Brandon Phillips was mad his team was losing before he even got to bat.  So when either he or Yadier Molina...
• 8/10 El Maquino: Jaime’s Glass Ceiling: Tonight, Jaime Garcia will try to tie the Cards up with the Reds.  Looking at his game log, we can be almost certain that: >...
• 8/10 Mets Merized: Thank You Jonathon Niese: With the Mets spiraling out of control and the season’s fate on the line, rookie Jonathon Niese did all he could to keep...
• 8/8 El Maquino: Rainout in Miami: The Cards-Marlins game got rained out today after about 3 hours of waiting.  We’ll see how this works out, since the Cards...
• 8/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia could be skipped in rotation: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he is considering skipping SP Jaime Garcia's turn in the rotation once this month,...[+] according to John Marecek of KTRS.com.
• 8/6 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Month in Review – July 2010: With the trade deadline now past, we look to the stretch run for the playoffs. By my own count, here’s the teams I still...
• 8/5 El Maquino: Jaime for RotY!: Some people are making picks for Rookie of the Year in the Year of the Rookie.  How could it not be Jaime Garcia?  The candidates:...
• 8/4 Fungoes.net: Ugly loss exposes team’s vulnerable underbelly: An 18-4 loss counts the same as a one-run loss, so they say. Unless, of course, you’re talking about Pythagorean wins and...
• 8/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia tipping pitches: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said SP Jaime Garcia was tipping his pitches in his loss to the Houston Astros Tuesday,...[+] Aug. 3, The Associated Press reports. He allowed eight runs, four earned, on 10 hits in five innings.
• 8/4 El Maquino: Division Run Starts Having Nightmares: Cards 4 | Astros 18 (59-48; Trail Series, 0-2): August 3, 2010 Jaime Garcia began the pitchers’ duel with his 4-run 1st. By the end of the game, every Astros player had...
• 8/3 Baseball Musings: Astros Bats Booming: The Houston Astros score five runs on five hits in the second inning against Jaime Garcia and the Cardinals. An Aaron Miles error...
• 8/3 El Maquino: Cards Still Have A Crowded Outfield: Injury Alert: Jason Motte examined for inflamation on throwing shoulder | St.L P-D Transaction: Allen Craig (32|/57/76...
• 8/3 El Maquino: Rival Rotations: Cards Sweep: With a new pitcher in the Cards’ rotation, here’s the matchup between the Reds and Cards: #1: Adam Wainwright (22|1.5)...

• 7/30 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Future of the US, Part 2: The flux capacitor is running, and we’re heading back to the Futures Game. The first edition covered the first five pitchers...
• 7/29 Fungoes.net: Quotebook: Cardinals 8, Mets 7: We kind of thought that Holliday was, at least tonight, swinging the bat a little bit better than Albert. It was a tough call....
• 7/29 El Maquino: Obnoxious Fan Beats Mets: In the 2nd-longest (T) Cards game of the year, Jaime Garcia and Johan Santana started.  Jaime and Johan started the longest...
• 7/28 El Maquino: Jaime-Santana, Round 2: Watch tonight’s 20-inning rematch on ESPN; unless Chris Berman still has a broadcasting job. >Cards-Redbirds trade:...
• 7/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Braves and Nationals send two successful low-strikeout pitchers to the mound today as Tim Hudson takes on Livan Hernandez....
• 7/27 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 28, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/27 NY Baseball Digest: Girardi Should Platoon Granderson: Yes. Yes, Granderson is on a hot streak. Yes, he is doing damage the past 2 days. Still, with all the work Kevin Long has put...
• 7/26 El Maquino: Stat Update: July 26: Stats after the Dodgers, Phillies and Cubs series. SUMMARY: 19 improvers, 6 decliners and 3 non-movers. PITCHERS: Adam Wainwright:...
• 7/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia wins Wednesday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia lowered his ERA to 2.21 and improved his record to 9-4 overall Wednesday, July 21, according...[+] to The Associated Press. He rebounded from two mediocre starts in which he gave up 17 hits in 5 2/3 innings, although he gave up only four earned runs. He needed 70 pitches to get through six innings before throwing 25 in the seventh but the Cardinals still prevailed 5-1 over the Philadelphia Phillies.
• 7/21 El Maquino: Taking Back the Division: Cards 5 | Phillies 1 (54-41; Lead Series, 2-0): July 21, 2010 Tonight was the Cards’ 54th win, 1 shy (maybe 2 by the end of today) of the NL best.  This is the longest...
• 7/17 El Maquino: Wrapping Up the 1st 3G Sweep: Site was out of order for the last 2 games of the Dodgers series; but here’s what happened: Game 1: Cards win, 7-1 Game...
• 7/15 El Maquino: Stat Update: July 14: Stats after the Rockies and Astros series. SUMMARY: 11 improvers, 10 decliners and 3 non-movers. PITCHERS: Jason Motte: 23|1.5...
• 7/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Second-half pitching rotation set: St. Louis Cardinals SP Chris Carpenter will start the team's first game of the second half of the season against the Los Angeles...[+] Dodgers Thursday, July 15, followed by SPs Jaime Garcia, Adam Wainwright and Jeff Suppan, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold.
• 7/12 El Maquino: ‘Futures’ Update: Shelby Miller pitched in the 7th, but he was one of the USA pitchers that got crammed into the last 3 innings. But while he was...
• 7/12 The Crazy Crabbers: Mid-Season Awards: Rookie of the Year: As a part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance there is the parti**** in the end of year awards voting. As a practice run I am going...
• 7/10 El Maquino: Top 5′s: Cards 11, Reds 10: With the Cards within 2 games of 1st, I decided to test just how good the Reds really are.  With both teams combined, these...
• 7/7 PaulLebowitz.com: My Fiction Is Better Than Yours, Trust Me...: Rumors of a Cliff Lee trade to the Hiroshima Carp gaining momentum: Because of his unrepentant love for the expensive and...
• 7/7 El Maquino: Uh-Oh (Emphasis On the “U”): Tonight, Rockies starter Jeff Francis only went 4 innings.  So, manager Jim Tracy decided to use starter Jhoulys Chacin for some...
• 7/5 El Maquino: Cards Stat Update: July 5: Stats after the Diamondbacks and Brewers series. 12 [+] 7[-] 5[X] PITCHERS: Adam Wainwright: 21|1.5 [+] Jaime Garcia: 22|1.4...
• 7/4 El Maquino: Better Have A Great 2nd Half…: The Cards (technically) played their 81st game yesterday.  81 more to go.  If you multiply all of their stats by 2, here is...
• 7/2 El Maquino: Cards 5 | Brewers 0 (44-36; Tie Series, 1-1): Tyler Greene hit a homerun his first day back from AAA. Jaime Garcia goes 7 innings and gives up 3 hits.  The only trouble he...
• 7/2 Fungoes.net: Recap: Brewers 4, Cardinals 1 (Hawksworth is not the problem): The back end of the Cardinals’ rotation has produced some suspect starts since Brad Penny went down to injury, but Blake...
• 7/1 El Maquino: 4-Spot v. Brewers: Reds Watch: Reds beat Roy Halladay, score 3 in the 8th for comeback win; are now 1/2 game up on Cards. The Brewers come into the...

• 6/29 El Maquino: You Thought 2 CY Candidates Were Good?: “I’ve always said I’d like to play here again…The fans are so good.  Even being six years removed now, they still...
• 6/29 El Maquino: eERA Leaders Shifting Power: After Ubaldo Jimenez‘s 6-inning, 4-er start against the Padres tonight, these are the eERA leaders: 1. Ubaldo (RCKS): 1.221...
• 6/28 El Maquino: eERA Kings: After Jaime Garcia‘s bad outing yesterday, these are the current eERA standings: 1.  Ubaldo Jimenez (RCKS): 1.06 2. Josh...
• 6/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia gives up five runs in loss Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia fell to 7-4 on the year after giving up five runs through two innings to the Kansas City Royals...[+] Sunday, June 27, reports The Associated Press. Garcia walked two and allowed four hits in the game.
• 6/27 El Maquino: @TG: Cardinals 3 | Royals 10 (41-34, Lose Series 2-1): The ONLY highlights of the game were the homeruns by Albert Pujols and Colby Rasmus. Jaime Garcia couldn’t get anybody out...
• 6/27 El Maquino: Jaime Garcia: Speed Bump: Jose Guillen has a 20-game hit streak going; the longest this year. Too bad Jaime Garcia will have to ruin it today. P.S.: I’ll...
• 6/22 Fungoes.net: First pitches and the Blue Jays: Mike Shannon interviewed Blue Jays’ broadcaster and former manager Buck Martinez before tonight’s series opener in...
• 6/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The purple bird game features the Cardinals Jaime Garcia taking on the Blue Jays and Brett Cecil. Garica owns the third lowest...
• 6/17 Fungoes.net: Quotebook: Mariners 2, Cardinals 1: What I did today is what I try to do every time. Throw at least seven, keep the ball down and not have as many walks. It was...
• 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia tagged with Wednesday loss: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia dropped to 6-3 overall Wednesday, June 16, according to The Associated Press, despite giving...[+] up just two runs on five hits in seven innings of a 2-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.
• 6/7 Baseball Daily Digest: Do Not Run on Yadier Molina: St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has developed into quite the asset. He has earned two Gold Glove awards in each of the...
• 6/5 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Rodriguez, Garcia, Blalock: Links for Saturday afternoon.. Alex Rodriguez now has some say in the fate of his former team after being named to the Rangers...
• 6/1 Fungoes.net: Recap: Cardinals 12, Reds 4: The Reds began Monday’s game looking like the superior club. But, like their lead in the central, their shine blew away...
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia wins Monday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia worked around a one-hour rain delay to beat the Cincinnati Reds Monday, May 31, The Associated...[+] Press reports. He allowed two earned runs on seven hits and three walks while fanning six in six innings. He leads NL rookies in victories and strikeouts (51) while holding left-handed hitters to a .103 average (4-for-39).
• 6/1 Baseball Press: The 606 - June 1, 2010: Hamels and Hudson square off during an NL East battle from Atlanta. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the...

• 5/31 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Memorial Day features a reduced schedule, but three important division games and two excellent pitching match-ups. An early afternoon...
• 5/31 Baseball Press: The 606 - May 31, 2010: Jimenez and Linecum provide an electric matchup in San Francisco. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the three...
• 5/28 Fungoes.net: Preview: Cubs-Cardinals: The big Cubs series starts today, so in the spirit of friendly competition, we’re doing a joint preview with Joe Aiello...
• 5/27 MLBTradeRumors: With Lohse Out, Do The Cards Need More Arms?: With Brad Penny on the disabled list and Kyle Lohse undergoing right forearm surgery on Friday that may end his season, the mighty...
• 5/27 Fungoes.net: Recap: Padres 2, Cardinals 1 (13): Wednesday night’s starters, Jaime Garcia and Kevin Correia, combined for 10 walks, and yet neither allowed a run. At first...
• 5/27 B-R Blog: Ubaldo Jimenez, Jaime Garcia, and fewer earned runs than starts: Here are the only pitchers in 2010 to start at least as many games as the total number of earned runs they've allowed: Rk Player Year ER GS Age Tm Lg G CG SHO GF W L W-L% IP H BB SO ERA ERA+ AB BA OBP SLG OPS 1 Jeff...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia doesn't have innings limit: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia doesn't have an innings limit placed on him this season, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick...[+] Goold reports. With the day off Monday, May 24, he'll receive an extra day of rest before his next start.
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia pitches well in no-decision: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia worked five scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Florida Marlins Wednesday, May...[+] 19, according to The Associated Press. He has not allowed a run in 19 innings at home this year.
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia earns win Friday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (4-2) allowed two runs on five hits over 6 1/3 innings in a victory over the Cincinnati Reds,...[+] according to The Associated Press. He walked one and struck out six.
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Ubaldo Jimenez leads the NL in ERA. Photo: Icon SMI There are almost too many good games today. The first pits the Twins against...
• 5/11 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Anderson, Penny, Mariners, Zito: Links for Tuesday, as J.J. Hardy hits the disabled list... Dodgers GM Ned Colletti told MLB.com's Ken Gurnick that he's...
• 5/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia suffers loss Saturday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (3-2) allowed one run on seven hits over six innings Saturday, May 8, in a loss to the Pittsburgh...[+] Pirates, according to The Associated Press. He walked two and struck out seven.
• 5/8 B-R Blog: Bibbidi Bobbidi BAbip: Batting Average on balls put into play (BAbip) is a pitcher's batting average allowed on batted balls ending a plate appearance...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia continues to roll: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia allowed a run on three hits and four walks while fanning six in six innings to beat the Philadelphia...[+] Phillies Monday, May 3, The Associated Press reports.

• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia pitches seven scoreless innings for win: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia worked seven scoreless innings Wednesday, April 28, in a 6-0 win over the Atlanta Braves,...[+] according to The Associated Press.
• 4/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Jaime Garcia suffers loss Friday: St. Louis Cardinals SP Jaime Garcia (1-1) was tagged with the loss Friday, April 23, against the San Francisco Giants, according...[+] to The Associated Press. He allowed four runs (two earned) on seven hits over six innings, with three walks and two strikeouts.