St Louis Cardinals 2026

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wpr
pruman91 said:
THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...............Been a long day for ole pru with a doctor's appt this morning with some concerning news from results from some tests........nothing major but things to work on..........LET'S GO CARDINALS !!!!!!!!! ...................
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Take care and get better. Illinois has a championship coming. We want you at your best.
 
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pruman91
wpr said:
Take care and get better. Illinois has a championship coming. We want you at your best.
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#1,178      
ptgrd23
I like the deadline trades

Moz was stuck in past refusing to trade inside division. The division means nothing with the new balanced schedule.

We have not been competitive with Brewers or Cubs since 2021 when we fired our manager for making playoffs 3 of 3 years and going on a 17 game winning streak in 2021 to make they playoffs. Schildt went on to lead the Padres to playoffs 2 of 2 years. Imagine if we had kept him in St. Louis.

Lars was fan favorite but due to injuries etc. never played to potential.
Dustin was rental but so injury prone we were lucky to trade him before he made his annual injury
JoJo is decent left reliever but was going to get expensive as FA.

We got

Dustin/Jo Joe : 2 great outfielders Frias and Ragsdale who were 11 and 13 in Brewers system but became Frias became 4 in Cardinals system Ragsdale 10. Shows how much stronger Brewers farm system is
Noot: 2 good pitchers Eagan Cardinals 17 and Santana Cardinals 22

Outfield is a major Cardinal weakness. We have Walker and ? Lars was not the answer.

I only wish they had traded Gorman too.
 
#1,179      
pruman91
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THAT'S A WINNER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..................

Cardinals get the lead early and held off the Rockies to win the opening game of this 3 game series by the score of 3-2......

Leahy 5 IP , 8 H , 2 ER , 0 W , 8 K's.........now has record of 8-4..............
Bruihl 1 IP ....
Ferguson 1.1 IP , 1 H , 2 K's ....
Stanek 0.2 IP , 1 H .........
O'Brien 1 IP , 1 W .......Got big double play in 9th and his 28th save..........

Herrera 1-4 , 1 RBI .....
Church 0-2 , 1 RBI , SAC FLY.........
Torres 0-1 , 1 RBI , SAC FLY .............

Tomorrow's game is a 6 :15 ct start.....................let's go Cardinals !!!!!!!!!!!! now 3rd place 14 GB.............
 
#1,183      
gibb52
Pretty obvious they are keeping Baez where he's at to give him AB's as much as possible.
 
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pruman91
whatahack said:
Also want to keep his eligibility for ROY next year.
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yep , there were a couple articles stating he won't be called up before August 15th to preserve his rookie status for next year.....
 
#1,186      
IlliniFan85
He also still strikes out a ton. He could very well turn into the next Gorman.

Which got me thinking (this is never good):

Hindsight is always 20-20, but damn we have held onto some of our stud prospects for too long sometimes, or you know, flip them for the wrong player and lose out that way too. I feel like we haven't done well trading and/or holding onto them the majority of the time.

Traded Shelby Miller (ok he wasn't a prospect anymore) for Jason Heyward. We get 1 season which was pretty decent but he bolted. The Braves trade Miller to Arizona for Dansby Swanson.

Traded Alcantara and Gallen to Miami for Ozuna, who forgot how to hit HRs with us. And those 2 turn into cy young winners, and Ozuna learns to hit homers again after leaving.

Carson Kelly might be the only one that ended up fine. We got MVP Goldschmidt and Kelly got better once leaving the desert.

I hope Bloom is better than Mo in this regard.
 
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