Wither Tyler O'Neill?
Few acquisitions in the last year or so have excited the Cardinals’ fanbase more than last year’s trade for Tyler O’Neill. The reports of...
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chbrownson
Sep 8, 20186 min read
Trying to sort through a playoff dilemma
About a week and a half ago, our own Tara Wellman offered up this little gem of a tweet: https://twitter.com/tarawellman/status/103446461...
chbrownson
Aug 29, 201811 min read
A Mike Shildt Roundtable
Good evening BotB readers. Tonight we’ll have a little talk about the Cardinals’ presser from 4:00 p.m. today (8/28/18). That was the...
chbrownson
Aug 27, 20183 min read
Could the Cards finally be in the Josh Donaldson business?
This morning, Bob Nightengale chimed in with this interesting tweet: The Cards have long been tied to Donaldson due to the team’s need...
chbrownson
Aug 25, 20185 min read
The Cards' pen still scares me
First of all, I want to apologize in advance for the general tenor of this post. I don’t want to be that guy. The team is playing great,...
chbrownson
Aug 18, 20189 min read
Carp's historic streak
As you are all aware, Matt Carpenter has been on an epic hot streak, one that has helped propel the Cardinals into the Wild Card chase...
chbrownson
Aug 12, 20188 min read
What to do on 3 and 2
Last Monday the Cards entered the 9th inning down 2-0 to the Marlins and were looking for a comeback. They began the 9th going single,...
chbrownson
Aug 5, 20185 min read
Paul DeJong is mostly fine...I think
In the first month or so of the season, Paul DeJong slugged 7 homers and finished April with a .275/.327/.539 batting line. Sure, he had...
chbrownson
Jul 31, 20185 min read
Cards get interesting return from Rays for Pham
Cards’ fans became huge fans of Tommy Pham following his Pham-tastic 2017 season and this April he appeared to be following it up with...
chbrownson
Jul 29, 20184 min read
Meet our newest Cardinal, Chasen Shreve
In case you missed it, last night the Cardinals traded away 4A first baseman and St. Louis resident Luke Voit to the Yankees for AAA...
chbrownson
Jul 28, 20184 min read
Cards update from Tui to newer, potentially better model
Full disclosure – I never was the biggest Sam Tuivailala fan. Always billed as a hard-throwing righty who could eventually assume the...
chbrownson
Jul 25, 20186 min read
The Cards Trade Deadline Odds
Last week I presented a 2-part series on the top 12 players in the Cardinals’ system in terms of their trade value. Now, with the trade...
chbrownson
Jul 23, 20185 min read
Here's to you, Ponce.
We all know the story by now. About 15 months ago, Memphis Redbirds pitcher Daniel Ponce de Leon was hit in the head by a line drive off...
chbrownson
Jul 19, 20184 min read
Hopefully the Cards drawn this year will be better than they did 15 years ago.
September 1, 2003. The Cardinals sit atop a tough NL Central race, leading the Astros by just 1 game while the Cubs sit just 2.5 games...
chbrownson
Jul 18, 20187 min read
Cardinals Trade Value Series...the top 6
Today we’re going to finish our 2 part Cardinals Trade Value series by going through the top 6 Cardinals in terms of their trade value....
chbrownson
Jul 17, 20188 min read
The Cardinals' Trade Value Series
If you’re a reader of Fangraphs, you know that every year around this time they put out their Trade Value series – a ranking from 50 to 1...
chbrownson
Jul 9, 20187 min read
The Cards' defense just isn't that offensive.
A few weeks ago I had one of those God-awful experiences at a restaurant. It took forever to get a table even though the restaurant was...
chbrownson
Jul 5, 20184 min read
Miles Mikolas is turning back the clock
It’s not exactly Earth-shattering news to report that strikeouts in the game are up. Here at Birds on the Black, we’ve written about it...
chbrownson
Jun 17, 20185 min read
Why is Jordan Hicks now so good?
On May 20, Jordan Hicks threw 2 pitches 105 mph in a major league game. If this is news to you, you just haven’t been paying attention....
chbrownson
Jun 12, 20185 min read
What in the name of Ted Simmons is going on?
Cardinals' catchers did not throw out a potential base stealer until June 8, the team's 61st game of the season. I know that Yadier...
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