Bernie's 2019 Cardinals' Audit: Next Up, Adam Wainwright & His Uncle Charlie

After a surprising and mostly uplifting 2019 performance, Adam Wainwright and Uncle Charlie will return to the Cardinals next season.

101 ESPN

Phillies, Yankees Lead Ten Contenders To Sign Bryce Harper, Manny Machado

There are more than 100 players left on the free agent market, or to put it another way, all but the few who have signed in what looks like another slower than slow market. Which makes us (and everyone else, too) think that the two mega stars – Bryce Harper and Manny Machado -- that make this market one of the most special ever, will be free for a while. Quite a while.

Fancred

Chris Carpenter Recalls Off-Field Time Spent With Roy Halladay

Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay was remembered Tuesday as an amazing husband, father, friend and teammate who was one of the best pitchers of his generation but an even better man.

KMOX

Andrew McCutchen Remains Face Of The Pirates, But For How Long?

Andrew McCutchen's general manager, Neal Huntington, says "there was more smoke than fire" pouring out of those McCutchen trade rumors this winter. And you don't have to be a fire chief in Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh to think, well, he ought to know.

ESPN

What To Make Of Adam Wainwright's Trouble With The Curve

Adam Wainwright is famous for his curveball. When they hear his name, Cardinals fans think of knee-buckling 12-6 drops. Wainwright's twitter handle is @UncleCharlie50, a nod to the pitch that made him an ace for many seasons. The signature breaking ball caused fear in opposing hitters, especially when they got behind in the count. They knew they couldn't hit Wainwright's bender because, well, nobody could.

KSDK

Adam Wainwright Is Up There In Age, BABIP

Another reason to expect a better 2017

Viva El Birdos

Matt Holliday's Dream Is Finally Here, But That's Not Why He's Sweating

Let the record show that Matt Holliday’s first visit to George M. Steinbrenner Field as a Yankee was, in his words, “a disaster.”

NY Post

How Much Would A Jose Quintana Trade Cost?

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Jose Quintana remains a trade target of the Pittsburgh Pirates. If a deal gets done, which players might we see moved?

Call To The Pen

Rich Hill Is Probably The Best Free Agent Pitcher This Offseason

In two months, Rich Hill is going to be the best starting pitcher available on the free agent market. Just let that sink in. One year ago, Hill was basically getting a try-out with the Red Sox after tossing 54 above-average minor league innings in 2015. The perfect embodiment of the term “journeyman”, Hill turned his curveball into one of the most unhittable pitches in the majors at age 35. At age 36, he became one of the most sought-after starting pitchers on the trade market, even after multiple DL stints.

Beyond The Boxscore

Ray Searage Is Still The Pitcher Whisper

This season, a false narrative has formed among some in the Pirate fan base that Ray Searage was ridding Jim Benedict’s coattails in recent years. However, this is not the case.

Rum Bunter

2016 Storylines To Follow In The NL Central

The best part of the baseball season isn’t the pennant stretch, and it isn’t October. It’s right now. It’s the final few days before spring training begins, when the boundless optimism of the coming season stretches across an infinite horizon, just out of view.

KMOV

NL Central Scouting Report

The Cardinals' home base of Jupiter isn't the only spring training hub humming with energy.

BenFred

Some MLB Free Agents Overplayed Their Hand

Tipsheet certainly understands why MLB Players Association czar Tony Clark is lamenting the lingering availability of so many free agents in the marketplace.

Post-Dispatch

How Mike Matheny Helped Lure Matt Morris To Giants

In a quest to bolster their starting rotation for the 2006 season, the Cardinals pursued A.J. Burnett and Javier Vazquez. Only after both efforts failed did the Cardinals turn to one of their own, Matt Morris. Too late. Mike Matheny had helped woo Morris to the Giants.

RetroSimba

'Rule Of Three' Prevails In Postseason

The Chicago Cubs won 97 games this past season, which would have been enough to win any other division in the National League, including the NL East, where they would have finished seven games ahead of the Mets and 14 ahead of those vaunted Washington Nationals. It was, by many measures, an impressive season on the North Side.

Bird Land

Predicting John Lackey's Next Contract

John Lackey has had an excellent season for the Cardinals while pitching for the league minimum. How much can he expect to make in free agency this winter?

Beyond The Boxscore

Game One: John Lackey Can Give Cardinals Big Advantage

Let’s state the obvious: in a best-of-five MLB league division series, a first-game triumph gives the winner a tremendous advantage and the numbers tell us so. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the teams that have captured Game 1 have gone on to win the LDS series 72 percent of the the time.

101 ESPN

Why Cardinals Fans Should Root For Cubs Win Tonight

Tonight, the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates take aim at each other for the final undecided playoff spot in the 2015 postseason, the National League wildcard spot.

KSDK

Who I'm Rooting For In The NLDS

Make no mistake about it. No matter who the Cardinals play in the National League Division Series starting on Friday will be a tough draw. Both the Pirates and the Cubs are fully capable of taking down the Redbirds. Best case scenario, it’ll be a heavyweight bout.

KMOV

Who Would You Rather Face In NLDS? Cubs Or Pirates?

Not to sound like winning the division is a guarantee – we all know it’s not – but the likelihood of a Cardinals collapse sending them to the one-game wild card game is awfully small. With six games left in the regular season and a relatively comfortable three game lead, it’d be quite difficult to squander the National League Central.

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