The 2017 Cardinals & PECOTA Panic: Distribute The Oxygen Masks

Our dear baseball town was put into a tizzy the other day, when the august Baseball Prospectus rolled out its preseason PECOTA projections, which presented games-won forecasts for 2017. Based on the advanced calculations, the St. Louis baseball Cardinals will be a scrawny non-threat in the upcoming campaign … a sad little team that will stagger its way to 77 wins for the franchise’s lowest victory total since 1999.

101 ESPN

Cardinals Turn To Michael Wacha For Finale With Nationals, Bryce Harper

Three games into a four-game visit to Washington, and Cardinals pitchers have shown no fear of Nationals slugger Bryce Harper: The man who leads the Majors in walks (48) and intentional walks (13) but has yet to draw a free pass this series.
St. Louis Official Site

The Washington Nationals have set a franchise record by winning Stephen Strasburg's last 14 starts. Now he'd like to break a pair for himself.
Fox Sports Midwest

Mike Maroth Hired By Braves As Rehab Pitching Coordinator

The Braves hired former major league pitcher Mike Maroth as their new minor league rehabilitation pitching coordinator, a position created last spring to oversee the many pitchers at various stages of injury rehab at the player-development complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

Mike Maroth Not Returning To Triple-A Toledo As Pitching Coach & Gerald Perry Dismissed

High-profile changes are afoot in the Tigers farm chain, which will include a new manager, and a new pitching coach, at Triple A Toledo.

Detroit News

How Miguel Socolovich Is Like Troy Percival For Cardinals

In one weekend, Troy Percival went from being perceived as a risk to being viewed as a valuable reliever for the Cardinals.

RetroSimba

Mike Maroth, Leon Durham, Gerald Perry, & Mark Johnson Receive Coaching Assignments In Tigers Minors

The last time Mike Maroth took the mound at Triple-A Toledo, he was still trying to work his way back into the Tigers' rotation. That was in 2006, after he underwent surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow earlier that year.

Detroit Official Site

Mike Maroth Moves Up To Coach Pitchers At Triple-A Toledo

The last time Mike Maroth took the mound in Toledo, he was trying to work his way back into the Tigers rotation. That was in 2006, after he underwent surgery to remove bone chips in his left elbow earlier that year.

Detroit Official Site

Could The Cubs Deal Edwin Jackson Before The Deadline?

As we head into the All-Star Break, Chicago Cubs fans – for the most part – feel that the annual midseason fire sale is largely complete, given starting pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel were both already dealt in a single trade to the Oakland Athletics.

Cubbies Crib

Nate Robertson Giving It One Last Try With Tigers

The trip across the parking lot was to watch a major-league pitcher in a minor-league game.
Detroit News

While Rick Porcello got in his work pitching in a Minor League intrasquad game on the back fields at Tigertown, Nate Robertson was quietly standing near the opposite field. Perhaps it was fitting.
Detroit Official Site

Mike Shildt Named Manager For Salt River, Mike Maroth Pitching Coach For Mesa, Rich Gedman Hitting Coach For Surprise

Arizona Fall League Director Steve Cobb announces organization and staff (managers, pitching coaches, hitting coaches, athletic trainers) for the Arizona Fall League's 2013 season that begins Tuesday, October 8.

MLB Official Site

Locking In Jaime Garcia Fits The Master Pitching Plan

Fans spend a lot of time fretting about Albert Pujols and his looming free agency. A lot of folks seem wrapped up in the Internet campaign to trade lapse-prone outfielder Colby Rasmus out of town.

Tipsheet

Grading Cardinals Top Picks Since 2000

In hindsight, the St. Louis Cardinals' first pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft was revealed in August 2010.

Birdland

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-27-11

Tyler Greene reaches base twice, scores one run, and drives in another for Player of the Day honors, while former MiLB Pedro Rodriguez holds two runners on in the LVBP. Ex-MiLB Iker Franco collects a hit in the LMP. Former Cardinal Kiko Calero picks up the hold in Puerto Rico. Ex-MiLB Gustavo Martinez earns the winning decision in LNBP.

The Cardinal Nation

Mike Maroth To Retire

Perhaps more than anyone else, Mike Maroth embodied the Detroit Tigers' three-year turnaround from last-place laughingstock to pennant winner.

Fox Sports

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 12-17-10

Amaury Cazana connects for two hits and drives in one run in the LMP for Player of the Day honors. Manuel De La Cruz was placed on the inactive list in the LMP. Jose Garcia and Antonio DeJesus receive some extra playing time. Former farmhands Stuart Pomeranz and Kelvin Jimenez find new homes for 2011.

The Cardinal Nation

2010 Minor League Free Agents

Baseball America

Mike Maroth, D'Angelo Jimenez, Charlie Zink Become Free Agents

Among the team's Minor League free agents are OF Jacque Jones, 1B Brock Peterson, RHP Tim Lahey, LHP Jose Lugo, INF Matt Macri, LHP Mike Maroth, INF D'Angelo Jimenez, SS Yancarlos Ortiz, RHP Matt Williams and RHP Charlie Zink.

Kelly's Corner

Bernie Bytes 9-23-10: Yes, It Is Embarrassing

I don't like it when a team does not give an effort. But you know what's even worse than that? When the same team tries to claim that the effort is there. But that's how manager Tony La Russa and second baseman Skip Schumaker tried to spin it Wednesday night. After the 11-6 loss at Pittsburgh, they both said there was nothing to be embarrassed about because the team is giving an effort.

Bernie's Five Minutes

Unearned Runs Link Jaime Garcia With Joe Magrane & Bob Forsch

A historical view of St. Louis Cardinals unearned runs by pitcher.

The Cardinal Nation Blog

Jae Westbrook's First Cardinals Start: A Historical Take

A look at how starting pitchers acquired in deadline deals prior to Jake Westbrook fared for the St. Louis Cardinals.

The Cardinal Nation Blog