Trejyn Fletcher Might Become Cardinals' Maine Man

The St. Louis Cardinals have taken seven players out of the state of Maine since the June amateur draft was instituted in 1965. None of them have reached the big leagues. Trejyn Fletcher is looking to change that. Selected 58th overall last summer out of Portland’s Deering High School, the tooled-up outfielder is No. 10 on our Cardinals Top Prospects list.

Fangraphs

The Timing Has Never Been Better For The Cardinals To Get Aggressive & Make Their Power Move

It​ has​ been a long time​ since the​ Cardinals​ added​ a star.​ Not just​ any​ star,​ but​ a young,​ gifted player​ with​​ immense talent, a prosperous future and a charismatic profile to excite the fan base. A star who can raise the team in the standings. A star to carry the weight of an esteemed franchise.

The Athletic

An Amazing Performance By Dazzy Vance Vs. Cardinals

Combining an effective hitting stroke with a strikeout pitch that dazzled a lineup stacked with fellow future Hall of Famers Rogers Hornsby, Jim Bottomley and Chick Hafey, Dazzy Vance gave one of the best individual performances all-time against the Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Reds By The Numbers: #17 Chris Sabo

Selecting the best player to wear the #17 in Cincinnati Reds history was one of the more difficult numbers on the list to pick a winner from, as many in Reds lore have donned the uniform. There is only one man who transcended the number, and was a fan favorite during a golden time in Reds history. Chris Sabo is the best to ever wear the #17 in Cincinnati Reds history.

Blog Red Machine

The Hall Of wWAR: Pitchers

It's here! The last installment of Hall of wWAR series. The conversion from the Hall of Fame to the Hall of wWAR involved kicking 66 of the 206 members of the Hall of Fame out and replacing them with new, more deserving players. That means 32.0% of this new Hall is not in the old one. 19 of the 66 newcomers (28.8%) are pitchers.

Beyond The Boxscore

Top 30 Best Single Seasons Using Adjusted Pitcher Runs

Prior to the begining of the Modern Era, there were a bounty of pitchers who dominated hitters more than you can imagine. For just about every pitcher in the Modern Era who was on the list of best Adjusted Pitcher Runs by season, there were about three times as many before 1901. However, that doesn't mean the past century featured a bunch of duds -- just the opposite...

Beyond The Boxscore

wWAR II: The Pitchers List

Yesterday, I posted rankings of all Hall of Fame position players by Weighted WAR (wWAR), with this year's Hall of Fame ballot mixed in for some perspective. Wait, what's wWAR again?

Beyond The Boxscore

2010, 1924, & The Rajah

In many ways, 1924 was a year like 2010 would later turn out to be for the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Ten Things I Didn't Know About Starting Rotations

Two weeks ago I wrote a column here called "Ten things I didn't know about bullpens" in which I took the splits info at Retrosheet to examine the best and worst of relief units of all time. Since I can just as easily study the starting pitchers, it makes sense to look at that as well.

The Hardball Times

Career Leaders In Wins Above MVP Level (WAM), Pitchers

A little while back, I published the career leaders in Wins Above MVP Level (WAM) among position players. Let's take a look at the career leaders for pitchers.

Beyond The Boxscore

You Could Look It Up: Enhanced?

In the aftermath of Mark McGwire’s confession, one of the more dubious reactions came, as you might expect, from the MLB Network’s own Harold Reynolds. Reynolds said (I paraphrase) that even if you accepted McGwire’s explanation that he received no performance benefit from his usage of so-called performance-enhancing drugs, but rather was doing so to thwart his own physical frailty, then McGwire still did something wrong, because the marathon baseball season requires stamina. If you resort to taking a drug to stay on the field, you’ve cheated your way to overcoming a basic requirement of the sport.

Baseball Prospectus

In Any Era, Numbers Are Huge

When the Baseball Writers Association of America announced that St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols won the National League Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, it wasn’t a surprise.

Peoria Journal Star

The Greatest Cardinal?

When the Baseball Writers Association of America announces the winner of its National League Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday, it is anticipated Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols will get the call.

STL Today

Sully Baseball: All Time Home Grown Team Vs. All Time Acquired Team (Part Something)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Bobby Bonilla, Dick Groat, Andy Van Slyke, Babe Adams, Dave Giusti, Matty Alou, Mike LaValliere, and Harvey Haddix.

Toronto Blue Jays
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Todd Stottlemyre, Pat Hentgen, Mike Timlin, Tom Henke, and Manny Lee.

Los Angeles Dodgers
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Fernando Valenzuela, Willie Davis, Mickey Owen, Pedro Guerrero, Reggie Smith, Dazzy Vance, Claude Osteen, Preacher Roe, and Eddie Stanky.

Cincinnati Reds
Former St. Louis Cardinals Listed: Eric Davis, Vada Pinson, Rawly Eastwick, Will McEnaney, Chris Sabo, Johnny Edwards, Paul Derringer, Pedro Borbon Sr., and Clay Carroll,

A League Divided: Part 2 (1926-1952)

As a sequential successor to this article, we look at historical leagues if they were given divisions and had unbalanced schedules, playing about 55 percent of their games against their division. Full methodology is given in the previous article, but for ease of reference, here are the four divisions we're dealing with in 1926-1952, when the Yankees truly gained dominance and teams went moribund until they got to move:

The Hardball Times