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The news is a bit old now, but the Cardinals have given former Chicago Cub and Baltimore Oriole Rich Hill a minor-league contract that carries a non-roster invitation to their big-league training camp.
The general consensus is that Hill will compete with other internal options (Kyle McClellan, Jaime Garcia, Mitchell Boggs, P.J. Walters, maybe others) to [...]
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Entertain this post in the hypothetical, if you will. Its July 12th, 2010, the All-Star Break, and all is terribly wrong in the world of Cardinal Nation. Forget the relatively frigid weather of the winter and indulge yourself in a warm summer day. Don’t get too comfortable though. After all, it’s not the Winter-Warmup that [...]
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Spurred on again by Baseball-Reference’s Stat of the Day blog who ran the first streak number below (6+ IP) this morning, I’ve been fiddling around with the B-R Play Index and came up with a bunch of my own that feature some Cardinals.
Longest streak in 2009 for a starting pitcher going six or more innings [...]
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By now you’ve surely heard from someone, or read somewhere, or looked it up yourself. Joel Pineiro has displayed exceptional control of his pitches this season.
In fact, entering his start in San Diego tonight, Pineiro leads MLB among qualifying pitchers in fewest walks total and fewest walks per nine innings. Not far behind are teammate [...]
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Matt Capps should be thankful that Albert Pujols cannot throw a 100 mph fastball. Or that he would likely never bat versus the Cardinals in a situation to be hit anyway. Or that Albert just didn’t feel like maiming a guy who could arguably be laughed at for calling himself a closer in the first [...]
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One year ago today, we were talking about an extended start from Joel Pineiro and what it meant for his status in the starting rotation during an up-and-down 2008 season.
It is always entertaining to go back to these posts and see how things looked then.
Particularly Chris Carpenter coming back soon, Chris Perez being the undoubted [...]
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This post has taken a complete 180 degree turn from what I was preparing to write.
I said it on Twitter earlier, and I’ll say it again here.
I’m not one typically prone to exaggeration, but that 8th inning may have been a critical turning point not only in the game, but the season
What an effort put [...]
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Trying to overcome nine walks from your pitching staff in one game is pretty difficult, yet there the Cardinals were, with the bases loaded and Yadier Molina at the plate.
Alas, it wasn’t meant to be.
As Brewers beat-man Tom Haudricourt Twittered during the game:
Brewers-Cards, 4-4 in the 8th. If Brewers win, they pull within one. If [...]
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Chris Carpenter’s fine outing against the Cincinnati Reds last night had me wondering:
The Cardinals’ starting pitching staff has been phenominal (with a few hiccups) in the last month or so, but are they clearly distancing themselves from the rest of the league in that regard?
Well, classic metrics tell us it is so.
The Cardinal pitching staff [...]
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Kyle Lohse left tonight’s game with further “discomfort” in his pitching elbow, likely (hopefully) stemming from the pitch that hit him in that right elbow a week-and-a-half or so back.
Lohse’s lingering injury means Joel Pineiro is going to be counted on to make his next start as he claims he can. Brad Thompson will likely [...]
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