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Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports The Cardinals go outside the organization for a new hitting coach The St. Louis Cardinals have traditionally been an organization that likes to promote from within. However, after another season of abysmal offensive production under the guidance of hitting coach Turner Ward, no stat was more stark in highlighting that than their horrendous … [Read more...] about My 5 (somewhat) Bold Offseason Predictions

Photo by Trinity Machan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It is also the contract options deadline. The St. Louis Cardinals have six players that became unrestricted free agents at the conclusion of the 2024 season: Kyle Gibson, Lance Lynn, Keynan Middleton, Paul Goldschmidt, Andrew Kittredge and Matt Carpenter. With the Cardinals renewed focus on making space for young … [Read more...] about Free Agency opens today…

Photo by Jeff Curry/Getty Images In the votes we just had, 16 players got selected In the first ever Hall of Fame ballot, 50 players were put on the ballot. Eight of them never became Hall of Famers. The rest did. There was no defined rules for who could be put on the ballot yet and some players were still playing. End of their careers, but still playing. Babe Ruth … [Read more...] about VEB Hall of Fame: 109 players in

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images and I was there to see it. I actually do not remember the first time I went to a Major League baseball game. I have the hazy memory that starts at the park. I think it was the old Busch Stadium. I think it had to be before the year 2000 so I was at most seven years old. I don’t remember it even being a discussion; I just piled into my mom’s … [Read more...] about Mark Grudzielanek once hit for the cycle

Not many Gray areas on the pitching side of the roster | Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s “Pitching, pitching, pitching!”. Except, it’s not. I am back with Part 4 of the 2024-2025 Off-season Analysis. These are links to Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. NOTE: This article was written before the Cardinals announced they were declining the … [Read more...] about 2024-2025 Off-season Plan – Part 4 – The Pitching