The New Fantasy Baseball? Having Fun With Plans To Start The Season!

The “Arizona Plan” didn’t fly very well when MLB tried to gauge public reaction by floating a potential plan for starting the 2020 season. This hot air balloon was intriguing for a little while but got shot down by agitated media.

101 ESPN

Butterfly Effects & The Jason Heyward Signing

’Twas the winter of 2015-16. Jason Heyward wasn’t the best-available player in a well-stocked free agent class. But he was a high-quality performer and still tantalizingly young (26). While hardly a traditional corner outfield star due to his middling power, Heyward was well-established as a quality hitter and superlative defender and baserunner.

MLB Trade Rumors

Carlos Martinez Looks Every Bit The Top-Of-Rotation Starter He Used To Be; Tommy Edman Good On Both Ends; Kwang-Hyun Kim Bounces Back; Fourth-Inning Explosion; Mets Sock Adam Wainwright; Mike Shildt Is Light-Hearted

On a day when the Cardinals slugged six homers — three each in Jupiter and three more here Thursday as they scored 18 runs for the day — the biggest news was on the mound.

Post-Dispatch

"A Big-Leaguer Right Now': Dylan Carlson Excelling As Center Of Attention For Cardinals

Selected in the same draft as Dylan Carlson, six rounds and 193 picks later, catcher Andrew Knizner first shared a dugout with the outfielder in Low-A Peoria and wondered when exactly this heralded teenager was going to put the hitter in switch-hitter.

Post-Dispatch

Carlos Martinez Dazzles In Three-Inning Stint; Paul DeJong Goes Deep To Right; Extra Bases

Catcher Matt Wieters could tell. Cardinals righthander Carlos Martinez was dialed in Saturday.

Post-Dispatch

To Step Forward, Paul DeJong Simplifying Things

As he thought about ways to work his approach back to what it was at the beginning of last season, Paul DeJong realized that at times, he was overthinking his plan at the plate.

St. Louis Official Site

The 2019 World Series: Can Max Scherzer & The Nationals Upset The Astros?

According to most sportsbooks in Las Vegas, The Washington Nationals are the biggest World Series underdog since 2007, when the bigfoot-favorite Boston Red Sox swept the hopeless Colorado Rockies in four straight.

101 ESPN

Cardinals Simply Didn't Fly With MLB's Flock Of Offense

In late July, as the Cardinals’ offense started to perk up and bring the winning with it, hitting coach Jeff Albert sat in the visitors’ dugout in Pittsburgh and, smartphone and notebook nearby, picked apart some of the inconsistencies he saw improving, inconsistencies in the lineup that resurfaced and lingered all the way to the last out of October.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals Postseason Run Collapsed Under Inexperience, Roster Depth, Plate Approach

It happened so quickly that there was hardly time to be upset.

Belleville News Democrat

In A Season Of Contradictions, The Cardinals Had A Good Year. But Not Great.

If you’ve been on this planet long enough you’ve come to realize that life is filled with contradictions.

101 ESPN

2019 Was A Success For The Cardinals, But The Front Office Can't Afford To Be Complacent

Complacency is considered the enemy in sports. No matter if it's the player or the fan, nobody wants to settle for a certain notch achieved on a belt that doesn't equal a championship.

KSDK

Inconsistent Offense Finally Catches Up With The Cardinals

If it wasn't for a Marcell Ozuna hit in the eighth inning on Tuesday, the Cardinals would've finished the postseason under “The Mendoza Line.”

Hochman

Paul Goldschmidt Goes Down Quietly In Nationals' Sweep Of The Cardinals

Distill it down to one single swing.

BenFred

NLCS Game Four Preview: Cardinals Look To Extend Their Season Behind Dakota Hudson

In Game 4 of the NLCS, Nationals Park will host either a funeral or a potential rebirth.

KMOV

No Excuses For Feeble & Futile Cardinals Offense

The Cardinals probably had no idea what they were walking into, but Halloween came early. The Washington Nationals are a frightening, intimidating, scary-good baseball team right now.

101 ESPN

Facing Elimination, Cardinals Couint On Dakota Hudson

For the second time in a week, Dakota Hudson will start a game Tuesday night for the Cardinals with his team facing elimination in a playoff series.

Post-Dispatch

Bob Gibson Advises Jack Flaherty: 'Go For It'

Jack Flaherty, the new Cardinals ace, often has cited the guidance he has received from other club aces such as Adam Wainwright, not long removed from that role; Chris Carpenter, a little less recently the top pitcher on the club; and historic ace Bob Gibson.

Post-Dispatch

Tommy Edman Is Suprising Source Of Value

It seems like it happens almost every season. The Cardinals calling up some mid-tier prospect in the middle of the season and that call-up turning into a key piece of their lineup by season’s end. Matt Carpenter, Jose Martinez, and Paul DeJong to name a few.

Beyond The Boxscore

The Cardinals Don't Belong Here

Identifying the strengths of a team vying for a pennant shouldn't be a struggle.

The Score

Cardinals Find Themselves In A Hole Before Nationals Field Their Best Team

As Paul Goldschmidt retraced his steps toward the Cardinals’ dugout for the third time in Friday night’s 2-0 loss to the Nationals in Game 1 of the National League Championship series, he slowed for one second in front of first base and used his toe to tuck a divot of dirt back into place.

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