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• Three things the Royals need to do this offseason

Ha-Seong Kim #7 of the San Diego Padres singles in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on August 18, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images The offseason blueprint For a dozen years, Royals Review hosted the annual SB Nation MLB Offseason Simulation, where 30 writers from the 30 team sites would get together digitally over the course of a...2024
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• On-base options: Trade candidates

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s make a deal! The Royals have made getting a leadoff hitter who can get on base a top priority this off-season, after the team got a line of .228/.270/.334 from the top spot. Last week I looked at free agents who could fill that void, but with a weak market, a trade might be a more effective route. The Royals are reportedly open to trading their...2024
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• Some quick knee-jerk reactions now that the season is over

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images What’s next? The season is over, as the Royals fell in four games to the Yankees in the ALDS. The Royals had an incredible bounceback season after losing 106 games, but also face a lot of questions as we begin the off-season. Just a few quick thoughts. The Royals did have an amazing season that they should be proud of, and no one expected them to get thi...2024
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• Bullpen shines, offense sputters in second straight extra-innings loss

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images A dramatic late comeback was undone by a failure to score in extra innings Box Score Having split their games on Monday and Tuesday, the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals needed to decide a series winner tonight at American Family Field. After Brewers starter Colin Rea got off to a shaky start, it looked like it might be a high-scoring affair, but after th...2024
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• Brewers drop extra-innings battle against Cardinals, 7-4

Michael McLoone-Imagn Images Chourio, Ortiz homer but Crew falls short in extras Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers dropped the second game of their three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night, losing 7-4 in extra innings in what was a closely-fought battle for most of the game. Things got off to a quick start for the Cardinals as Masyn Winn doubled off Aaron Civale and moved...2024
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• Brewers put on a fireworks show in Labor Day rout of Cardinals

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Three home runs account for all of the runs scored. Box Score It may have been a day game in Milwaukee, but the fireworks came out anyway. The Brewers scored nine runs, all off of three home runs. The end result was a 9-3 rout of the Cardinals. All it took was five batters for the Brewers to take the lead. After Jackson Chourio and Jake Bauers drew walks, ...2024
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• Cubs 5, Cardinals 1: The Professor holds class, again

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images And the Cubs put together another varied offense and defeated their arch-rivals. Just when the Cubs needed Kyle Hendricks to come through the most, he did that, in spectacular fashion. The Professor threw seven shutout innings, his best outing of the year, and the Cubs put together a number of good offensive rallies and won the first ...2024
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• Braves News: Reynaldo López continues All-Star campaign, Ian Mejia shoves, and more

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves are back in the win column after Friday night’s 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics. Reynaldo López turned in another impressive start, tossing six innings and limiting the A’s offense to just one run on four hits. He walked two and fanned eight. Reynaldo López on e...2024
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• Lars Nootbaar injury: Surging Cardinals place outfielder on IL ahead of big road trip vs. Phillies, Astros

Nootbaar has been particularly effective in May, with seven extra-base hits in 22 games...2024
• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Cardinals series preview

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Cubs finally face their biggest rival. The Cubs won’t see old friend Willson Contreras in this series, as he’s out for several weeks after having suffered a fractured arm on a swing by J.D. Martinez of the Mets. This is the first Cubs/Cardinals game this year in the season’s 52nd game. Nevertheless, it’s not the latest in the year for the first Cub...2024
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• Brewers pick up tight 5-3 victory over Cardinals

Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee goes up 3-0 in series on big Hoskins homer The Milwaukee Brewers picked up comfortable victories in the first two games of this series against the St. Louis Cardinals. Tonight, they had to sweat a little more, but they picked up an exciting come-from-behind victory, winning 5-3. In the spirit of Hughie Jennings and Ron Hunt, the Brewers scored their fi...2024
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• Robert Gasser shines, Brewers offense thrives in 11-2 rout of Cardinals

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Gasser pitched six shutout innings in his MLB debut. Box Score The whole team came together for a dominant performance on Friday night. Robert Gasser was stellar in his big league debut, and the Brewers offense provided plenty of run support. All of it added up to an 11-2 win over the Cardinals. Gasser came out strong and never slowed down in his start to...2024
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• Padres welcome similar Cardinals into San Diego

Photo by Scott Kane/Getty Images Both clubs are looking to rebound after disappointing 2023 seasons Who were the most disappointing teams of 2023? The San Diego Padres (82-80, missed postseason) are up there—maybe at the the very top—but so are the St. Louis Cardinals (71-91, missed postseason), who come to town looking to rebound from a series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Both clubs ...2024
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• Opening Day is Here - March 27th, 2024
Available Opening Day Starters If you have room on your roster and want to get someone on the mound out of the gates tomorrow, here are some Opening Day starters that should be available in free agency. Garrett Crochet, CHW (7.8% ROST) The 24-year-old southpaw is getting the nod tomorrow against the Tigers. Crochet has made 72 relief appearances in his three-year big league career, but this will...2024
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"In any case, Pham wound up on third, where he scored on a sacrifice fly by Lars Nootbaar."

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"He then walked pinch-hitter Lars Nootbaar to load the bases."

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"The Cardinals made hard contact several times, but generally right at Cubs fielders, until Lars Nootbaar hit a one-out homer in the fifth."

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"Outfielder Lars Nootbaar has been recalled from Triple-A Memphis to take his spot on the active roster."

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• Braves News: Reynaldo López continues All-Star campaign, Ian Mejia shoves, and more
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• BCB After Dark: St. Louis wishes it was boring

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks how the Cardlnals are going to do this season. It’s another Monday evening at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad you could stop in this evening. Come on in. There’s no cover charge. There are still a few tables available. Bring your ...2024
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• 2024 NL Central Preview: A division where it is truly anyone’s game

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports From Chicago to even Pittsburgh, the NL Central is truly up for grabs in this upcoming season. Let's not beat around the bush, here: The National League representative for this season's World Series very likely won't come out of the Central Division. While it's certainly true that we do live in a baseball world where anything is possible as long as you make t...2024
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• Braves News: Hurston Waldrep reassigned to minor league camp, college baseball watchlist, and more

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday The Atlanta Braves made a series of moves on Friday to trim the roster to 41. Most notably, right-hander Hurston Waldrep was reassigned to minor league camp. The #Braves reassigned top pitching prospect Hurston Waldrep to minor league camp, after he impressed again Friday. Move was expec...2024
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• Preseason Prep, March 9th, 2024
Minnesota's Outfield Byron Buxton, CF As has been the case since he arrived in Minnesota in 2015, Buxton has the highest potential in the Twins' outfield. Of course, staying healthy is the key for the 30-year-old. Buxton has only played in more than 100 games once in his career, which was back in 2017. He battled a knee injury last season that limited his playing time severely and kept him out of...2024
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• Brewers put on a fireworks show in Labor Day rout of Cardinals
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• Brewers survive late threat to win their sixth straight game

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Frankie Montas pitched seven shutout innings of one-hit baseball Box Score When the Brewers and Cardinals play, it’s generally a good idea to throw out the expectations. It’s always going to be a competitive series no matter how the teams are doing. That continued tonight, as the Brewers built an early lead but the Cardinals rallied hard late. However,...2024
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• Cardinals 5, Cubs 4: The complaint department is OPEN

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images This space intentionally left blank because otherwise it might have bad words in it. As most of you know, I have been watching Cubs baseball for more than 60 years. In that time I’ve seen a lot of bad baseball and a lot of losing. Most of the time, I can slough off the losses, been there, done that, seen it before. This one pissed me off. The Cubs should ...2024
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• Braves hit four homers but can’t defeat devil magic in 9-5 loss to Cardinals

A lot of things happened in an eventful game, but big BABIP innings did the Braves in So many things happened in the Braves’ 9-5 nightcap loss to the Cardinals on Saturday that it feels like the game wasn’t nine innings played over two-and-a-half hours, but maybe an entire geochronologic era. In the end, though, the Braves proved unable to overcome a .500 BABIP by the Cardinals despite four homers...2024
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• Cardinals 7, Cubs 6: Another bullpen failure

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports And this time, by someone who had been reliable all year. Well, at least the Cubs scored some runs. Unfortunately, they also blew two leads and Mark Leiter Jr., who had been nearly lights-out all season, got hit hard in a four-run St. Louis eighth inning, giving the Cardinals a 7-6 win over the Cubs. It’s the first time in 2024 the Cubs have lost three in a row,...2024
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• Brewers take series opener over Cardinals, 7-1

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee gets to Sonny Gray early with three homers Box Score The Brewers took their series opener against the Cardinals Thursday night, as Milwaukee homered three times and totaled six runs off starter Sonny Gray in a 7-1 victory. After Brice Turang was robbed by Lars Nootbaar to open things up in the first, Milwaukee got on the board quickly as William Cont...2024
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• Bullpen shines, offense sputters in second straight extra-innings loss
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• Brewers take series opener over Cardinals, 7-1
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• BCB After Dark: Who is the Cubs’ biggest threat this year?

Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is likely to win the NL Central, if not the Cubs. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. There are still a few tables available. Let us know if there is anything we can do for you. The show will start...2024
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• Bird App Recap: Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
Boy do these teams stink. Once again we are here for a Sunday rubber match. And boy, it turns out to be a weird one It’s Lucas Giolito Day, as the White Sox attempt to win another series before the All-Star break. Let’s tweet about it! Lucas starts off with a strike out of Lars Nootbaar. Every time I hear that guy’s name I think of this tweet. https://t.co/7QTQk7UiMQ— Not Larry, White...2023
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• Cardinals 3, White Sox 0: Bullpen shines, while offense goes into hibernation
Touki Toussaint threw five solid innings of two-run ball, with five K’s. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images The pitching staff kept the South Siders in the game, but can’t find the run support to get the win The White Sox drop game two to the Cardinals in typical South Side fashion. The pitching did everything it needed to do to keep a hot-hitting St. Louis team at bay, but once again the South ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Things are better than they seem
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports The Rockies’ Ryan Feltner was hit by a scary line drive. More nonsense from the Cardinals and the A’s relocation efforts. Looking ahead to the trade deadline. Tributes to moms. I asked Bard, Google’s new AI, to write an introduction to this feature: Sure, here is an introduction for the “Outside The Confines” feature on Bleed Cubbie Blue: Welcome to “O...2023
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. homers twice as Braves beat Cardinals

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves homered five times to snap a three-game skid. The Atlanta Braves flexed their muscles Thursday night snapping a three-game skid with an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Braves didn’t waste any time getting going Thursday as Ronald Acuña Jr. jumped on the first pitch he saw from Adam Wainwright and drove it over the wall in center for...2023
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• Cubs 8, Cardinals 6: A long day’s journey into... victory!
Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images It rained, then rained again, but the Cubs came from behind multiple times to defeat their arch-rivals. You guys are fortunate, because before the Cubs came back and won this game 8-6, I had a whole rant ready about how they outsmarted themselves with the “opener” strategy with Michael Fulmer and Drew Smyly, because not starting Smyly led the Cardinals to ...2023
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• Cubs 4, Cardinals 3: Is the Cubs’ season saved?
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs put runs on the board early and held on to win. This game might have saved the Cubs’ season. All right, maybe I’m being a bit overdramatic about the Cubs’ pulsating 4-3 win over the Cardinals on a gorgeous afternoon at Wrigley Field, but I’m pretty sure of this: Had they blown a 4-1 seventh-inning lead and lost this game, that probably would have...2023
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• Cubs 7, Cardinals 1: The complaint department is closed
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs got solid pitching efforts and timely hitting and defeated their arch-rivals. One day after the Cubs put together one of their biggest stinkers of 2023 in the doubleheader Game 2 loss to the Cardinals, they posted one of their best efforts of the season against the NL Central leaders. They got a solid effort in a spot start by Luke Farrell, shu...2022
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• Cardinals Place Lars Nootbaar On Injured List
The Cardinals have placed outfielder Lars Nootbaar on the 10-day injured list. The placement, which is retroactive to March 31, is due to a left thumb contusion. Outfielder/designated hitter Juan Yepez has been recalled from Triple-A Memphis to take the vacant active roster spot. Nootbaar suffered the injury diving into a base on Opening Day. He’d been…...2023
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• Royals send off Wainwright in a farewell full of fireworks, win 12-8

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports Wainwright’s last start in Kansas City was a good one...for the Royals Adam Wainwright started his 404th game as a big league pitcher tonight, and likely his last in Kauffman Stadium. The Royals gave him the shortest start of his career. He went 1+ innings, but never recorded an out in the second leaving after giving up 8 runs, all earned. The Royals lineup...2023
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• Cardinals outfielder drove the ball right into his own nuts

Two balls, one strike. It was a rough night for Lars Nootbaar and Cardinals. Not only did St. Louis lose to the hapless A’s, but in the bottom of the fifth ball met balls in the worst way. Ouch pic.twitter.com/TVmsPt6zg4— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) August 17, 2023 You know it’s bad when you’ve been hit in the nuts so hard that you do that weird circular Three Stooges walk around home plat...2023
• Cardinals 3, Cubs 0: All good things...
Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Cubs’ eight-game winning streak came to an end. You knew the Cubs’ winning streak was going to end eventually, no long winning streak lasts forever. Steven Matz was the reason. The Cubs haven’t been able to solve Matz all year. With this game, a 3-0 loss that snapped their eight-game winning streak, that gave Matz 15⅓ scoreless innings against the ...2023
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• Outside The Confines: No Rays of sunshine

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Things are going wrong fast for the Rays. Also the Angels, who bet big on one last year with Shohei Ohtani. And other news from around MLB Just a few months ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were the biggest story in the game for the best start to a season since the 1984 Tigers. Now, they’re the biggest story in the game for not-as-pleasant reasons. The Tampa Bay Ray...2023
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• Buy A Nootbaar Next IKEA Run
(NOTE: THIS POST WAS RELEASED EARLY THIS WEEK ON OUR PATREON. IT’S $10/MONTH) "The best part of any candy bar is the stuff inside the chocolate, so I want a candy bar where the nougat, cookie wafer, crushed peanuts are on the outside of the chocolate. Mouth feel matters too, so the crunchy bits on the outside need to have a soft, chewy texture. Swiss and dutch chocolate are for losers. This candy...2022
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• Sean Manaea, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
Let's start here: Sean Manaea's 9Ks. ? pic.twitter.com/nQCTtvidNx — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 9, 2021 Not sure why it's so visually pleasing to watch a pitcher strikeout guys, but, mah gawd, I could watch that all day and twice on Muesday, the magical day that Narnia's itself between Monday and Tuesday. So, Sean Manaea, the real-life Girl Scout cookie--*intern whispers in ear*...n...2022
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• Wain You’re Wright, You’re Right
"When you come through Ellis Island with a whole boatload of Nootbaars, do you go to immigration or declare them with VAT?" That's me talking to myself while watching Lars Nootbaar with a game-saving catch for Alex Reyes and the Cards, and securing the win for Adam Wainwright (8 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, zero walks, 9 Ks, ERA at 3.10). Adam Wainwright has a 3.10-ish ERA across the past two seasons. Sudden...2021
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• Bullpen shines, offense sputters in second straight extra-innings loss
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• Rough day for Nick Mears, umpires sinks Brewers in series finale with Cardinals

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports A non-overturned call followed by a bad outing by Mears leads to loss in rubber match Box Score After a disappointing extra-inning loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday night, the Brewers were looking to bounce back for the series win in St. Louis in Thursday afternoon’s series finale. Instead, the Brewers struggled to muster any offense and a combination of the bu...2024
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• Brewers survive late threat to win their sixth straight game
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 11, 2024

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Always satisfying to beat the Cardinals, doubly so at their yard. Salvador Perez was the difference as the Royals took game one yesterday: Perez made it all count with his 19th go-ahead RBI of the year, which is tied for second with teammate Vinnie Pasquantino in the American League behind Aaron Judge’s 21. And the top of the Royals’ lineup came alive...2024
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• Agitated author aborts alliteration attempt, Royals sweep doubleheader in St. Louis

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports I couldn’t come up with an alliteration to properly convey what happened today. The Kansas City Royals had a blast in St. Louis today, scoring 14 runs to take down their cross-state rivals in both games of a doubleheader. After a grounderfest of a first inning in game one, St. Louis drew first blood in the second frame when Alec Marsh hung a two-strike curveball...2024
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• Cardinals starting center fielder lands on IL with oblique strain

The Cardinals announced Friday that outfielder Lars Nootbaar has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 30, with an oblique strain....2024

• Milwaukee bullpen can’t hold lead as Cardinals win in extras

Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports Arenado’s walk-off grand slam puts exclamation point on back-and-forth game Box Score In a lengthy, back-and-forth game, the St. Louis Cardinals ultimately pulled out a come-from-behind victory in extra innings tonight over a Milwaukee Brewers team that ran out of gas at the back end of their bullpen. All three of the big stars of that bullpen—Bryan Hudson, Devi...2024
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• Braves News: Charlie Culberson released, 2024 season preview, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves have made another move as Opening Day quickly approaches. Fan favorite utilityman Charlie Culberson was released by the club on Friday. The #Braves have released Charlie Culberson. The soon-to-be 35 y/o former utilityman came to Spring Training attempting to become a pitche...2024
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• 2024 Season Preview: St. Louis Cardinals

Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Is a rotation overhaul enough to get St. Louis back to the top of the NL Central? To put it lightly, 2023 was a disaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. The club lost 90+ games for the first time in more than three decades (1990) and finished dead last in the NL Central. The only team in the National League with fewer wins than St. Louis? The Colorado Rockies. Fo...2024
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• Bird App Recap: Cardinals 4, White Sox 3 (10 innings)
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• Sean Manaea, 2022 Fantasy Baseball Sleeper
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