B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every Day

Andre Pallante unraveled in Tuesday's loss for the St. Louis Cardinals as the Royals got the better of the Redbirds in the renewal of the I-70 series at Busch.

Is Pallante in danger of losing his rotation spot after his ERA increased to nearly 5.00 in Tuesday's rough outing? Michael McGreevy could be on the way soon, but not necessarily in Pallante's stead.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 loss to the Rangers from Sunday. We've got to talk about Erick Fedde, as the right-hander wasn't bad by any stretch of the imagination on Sunday, but there were just several elements of his game that made it a little less palatable to watch. His inability to hold runners was noticeable Sunday, at the least, and the season-long trend of walking batters popped up again.

Still, he had the Cardinals in position to mount another rally after holding serve against ace Jacob deGrom. But when Oli Marmol decided to go for the gusto with offensive substitutions in the 7th, it did not pay off into runs being scored--and it also left the defense somewhat vulnerable.

Brenden gives his take on the offense scoring only 4 runs all series -- long-term concern or just one of those instances of running into a tough pitching staff?

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Sonny Gray was dominant for the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, holding the Texas Rangers to a measly four hits and a goose egg in the runs column across seven stellar innings. Gray racked up 10 strikeouts for the second time over his last three starts.

Phil Maton and Ryan Helsley shut the door out of the Cardinal bullpen on a day where the Cardinals shut out the Rangers in a 2-0 win.

The Cards got their scoring early on an Arenado sac fly and an RBI double by Willson Contreras.

We also discuss the roster moves from Saturday that included Jordan Walker hitting the IL.

Plus, down on the farm, the Springfield Cardinals shelled Royals star Cole Ragans during his rehab assignment! You don’t see that everyday!

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The St. Louis Cardinals promoted rising outfield prospect Joshua Baez from High-A Peoria to Double-AA Springfield this week after the 21-year-old former 2nd round draft pick (2021) showed everything the organization needed to see from him at A-ball.

We discuss Baez’s promotion in the context of the crop of other outfield prospects that the Cards have working their way through the system.

Plus, is there a case to be made that Michael McGreevy will be up with the big-league team sooner rather than later? A look at the June schedule may be all it takes to compel the Cardinals to give him a call.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 win over the Orioles on Wednesday night in Baltimore as the Cardinals came from behind for a second night in a row, battling through the rain drops to claim a series victory on the road!

Masyn Winn and Brendan Donovan came up with big games offensively but not until after Jordan Walker truly set the tone for the comeback effort with a clutch swing to ensure the Cardinals had something to build upon as they scrapped back from an early deficit.

The trade deadline rhetoric has completely shifted from what we expected it would be, right? Tons of good listener questions in this episode!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals coming from behind to win over the Orioles on Tuesday night in Baltimore.

Lars Nootbaar put together a big day including a home run to help push the Cards out to a lead, and Andre Pallante was rolling along to maintain it -- until he wasn't.

A 3-run homer for Baltimore meant the Cardinals had to find a way to come from behind. Nolan Gorman was tasked with a key spot against a lefty in the sixth inning, but was unable to tie the game, somewhat predictably. Brenden explains why Oli Marmol was anything but blind to that moment -- we have to see the bigger picture in 2025.

Rest assured, later swings by Masyn Winn and Nolan Arenado put the Cardinals back ahead. And then lo and behold, we saw the 'runway' crew Gorman and Jordan Walker go back-to-back triples to help pad the newly-found lead.

A lot to like about this one from the Cardinals perspective.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals win on Saturday over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Busch Stadium.

Matthew Liberatore has been remarkable and was again on Saturday. But some defensive mishaps caused a solid lead to disappear as Jordan Walker and Brendan Donovan had some unfortunate moments in the field.

But for Jordan Walker to be the reason the Cardinals brought it back with his clutch swing to regain the lead, that's pure serendipity.

Ryan Helsley on a back-to-back is often a little nerve-wracking but great defense by Nolan Arenado and Alec Burleson in the ninth helped guide Helsley to a key... win? Why not a save? Regardless, impressive stuff from STL

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals win on Friday night against the Diamondbacks as Oliver Marmol was ejected after arguing against the objectively terrible strike zone of home plate umpire Ron Kulpa.

As so often seems to happen, Oli's fire may have sparked the Cardinals are the sixth inning became a rally that saw a key bases loaded walk by Herrera and a clutch swing by Arenado turn into four runs.

Miles Mikolas was brilliant once again as the Cardinals have now won five straight starts with him on the mound. What a turnaround it's been for the veteran!

Helsley had a hiccup in the ninth but held on for his 10th save.

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The St. Louis Cardinals took their first series loss since nearly a month ago in Atlanta, when they lost to the Tigers 5-1 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday.

Andre Pallante was not at his best and struggled with walks, but he kept the Cardinals in it.

Unfortunately, the offense did not produce the way you wanted to see in a bullpen game. Was there a bit of a hangover after the tough way they lost Tuesday night? It's an interesting question.

And as we often see, you have to be willing to use your whole bullpen in games that you're behind rather than chasing the game with your favorite reliever or two.

Plus, we discuss the returns to the mound of Tink Hence and Quinn Mathews in recent rehab assignments!

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The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in a tightly contested game on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Brenden Schaeffer breaks it all down here in the latest episode of his daily Cardinals podcast, B-Schaeff Daily, describing some of the key points in the matchup that ultimately turned against St. Louis in a tough loss.

While there were numerous key decisions in the game that Oliver Marmol had to make, I'm not necessarily convinced that he erred with, really, any of them when you boil down the thought processes behind each.

But in what he spoke at the most length regarding in the postgame, Oli revealed the one decision point that clearly ate at him the most in retrospect of a hard-luck loss for the Cardinals.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals THUMPING the best team in MLB on Monday as the Cards beat the Tigers 11-4 to maintain this incredible run they're on recently.

Sonny Gray was outstanding and continued a trend of his this season in the way that he rebounds from rough outings by showing his best work in the follow-up.

The offense stuck with it and put together a late barrage against the Detroit bullpen and old friend John Brebbia after a rain delay.

Is the play on the field turning up the heat on this idea that the Cardinals may not be able to afford to sell off contracts at this trade deadline the way many expected we would see coming into the year? This 2025 season could be one to remember, come what may.

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This St. Louis Cardinals defense is unbelievable!

Masyn Winn, Victor Scott II, Brendan Donovan, and yes, in perhaps a more subtle way, Willson Contreras was a significant contributor to the Cards 1-0 win on Saturday in Kansas City.

Jordan Walker came up with the key swing, powering the lone run in the ball game as Miles Mikolas was brilliant yet again. If you don’t realize how good Mikolas has actually been this year, take a listen to some of these stats in this episode!

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Brenden Schaeffer hosted a live episode of B-Schaeff Daily during the St. Louis Cardinals off-night on Thursday and ended up tackling a lot of long-view type of topics in a Q&A with Cards fans.

What will the Cardinals do at the trade deadline if they are winning and contending? What if they aren't? What if they're in the middle? And how much influence would Chaim Bloom have over that deadline, or is it all John Mozeliak?

Would Nolan Arenado still want out at the deadline?

The Cardinals wouldn't trade guys like Brendan Donovan and Lars Nootbaar, right? What about Walker and Gorman?

Will Oli Marmol be the manager next year?

So many topics handled in this hour-long podcast.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals splitting the doubleheader against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

Game 1 was a tightly played contest that had a playoff atmosphere to it, and the Cardinals simply came a play or two short from finding a way to come out on top. So, the winning streak ended.

But in Game 2, the Cardinals were resilient, overcoming an early 5-1 deficit with Sonny Gray not having very good stuff, and finding a way to score a bunch of runs off Aaron Nola and the Philly bullpen in a 14-7 onslaught victory.

Masyn Winn and Alec Burleson starred in the nightcap as the Cardinals kept the good vibes rolling into Kansas City.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals on the Tuesday off day after the rains poured down in Philly to set up a DH on Wednesday.

Cards fans jumped into the live comments on the stream that originally aired on YouTube, asking about the plan for Gorman and Walker, Herrera's future position, my predicted win total for the Cardinals this season, my 2026 rotation projection and so very much more.

It was a very fun conversation with the Cardinals fans who joined us!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals pulling off a thrilling win in Philadelphia Monday night, 3-2 over the Phillies to extend their winning streak to nine games!

The hottest team in baseball just did it in dramatic fashion, on the road, and this time it came against a legitimate contending opponent.

We dive into all the moments that mattered from this game, including key swings from Ivan Herrera and Masyn Winn, as well as some important defensive plays that didn't necessarily go the Cardinals' way.

We recap Matthew Liberatore's outing and make a (bold?) proclamation regarding his standing in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

Plus, a bullpen that has been absolutely nails during this streak was at its best Monday, with Kyle Leahy and JoJo Romero setting the table for a vintage version of Ryan Helsley in the ninth (with a little help from Jordan Walker defensively).

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Some of the stats surrounding this St. Louis Cardinals eight-game winning streak are absolutely incredible, especially when considering the numbers for the starting rotation and a bullpen that hasn't given up a run in a week!

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 win over the Nationals on Sunday, Mother's Day, as the Redbirds keep things rolling by sweeping the Nats and winning their eighth straight game!

Miles Mikolas once again did all you could ask for, even if he felt like he could see his game extended beyond the 69 pitches that he threw, we explain why it was certainly the right choice by Oliver Marmol to turn to Steven Matz for what ended up being the biggest leverage spot in the game.

The Cardinals offense got some early power swings off against MacKenzie Gore with Nootbaar and Contreras both launching their sixth home runs of the season. It was even more impressive, though, the way the Cards kept at it against Gore and chased him from the game with a key insurance rally in the seventh inning.

Nolan Arenado tacked on a two-run homer of his own in the eighth to allow the Cards to comfortably complete the sweep!

Now, a big series in Philadelphia looms as the Cardinals send their top arms to the mound against the Phillies. Would a series win get the fans to totally buy back into what we're seeing? Sound off in the comments!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 win over the Nationals on Saturday as Andre Pallante became the latest Cardinals starter to pitch an absolute gem.

Were we surprised to see him stay in the game for the eighth inning considering the rested nature of the bullpen? Perhaps, but it's also fair to say there weren't really any obvious signs of him slowing down prior to the Dylan Crews homer.

At that point, it was up to JoJo Romero and Ryan Helsley, the latter of whom had an adventurous ninth inning after some questionable pitch sequencing seemed to throw him off his game in the Josh Bell at-bat.

All's well that ends well for the Cards as they've now won 7 in a row. Can Miles Mikolas keep it going against a big-time strikeout pitcher on the other side Sunday?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0 win over the Nationals on Friday night as Erick Fedde was masterful in a complete game shutout, the first of his MLB career! And it happened in the place that he was drafted all those years ago.

More on Fedde's outing and his outlook, as well as the Cardinals lineup falling into form. Ivan Herrera is back and he contributed to a big game offensively for the Redbirds, who took their walks and hit their way in timely fashion to a 10-run output without the benefit of a single home run.

How are we viewing this Cardinals club as they creep up on the Cubbies? Sound off in the comments!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals optioning Luken Baker to Triple-A Memphis ahead of the weekend series in Washington D.C. Does this mean van Herrera is returning? And is it a bad thing that the Cardinals now have so many catchers on the active roster?

Plus, on their day off, the Cardinals elected a new pope, who, despite erroneous reporting earlier in the day Thursday, is NOT a Cubs fan--and we can prove it!

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Brenden Schaeffer and Grant Salsman discuss the previous 24 hours for the Cardinals as Sonny Gray followed up Matthew Liberatore's brilliance with some of his own on Wednesday.

The Cardinals have won five straight games. Are they changing the opinions yet of what you had thought about them coming into the season? Or do we still need to see more to adjust our expectations?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 win over the Pirates on Tuesday at Busch Stadium as Matthew Liberatore outdueled Paul Skenes, who has to be about plumb tired of facing the Cardinals at this point.

He still hasn't beaten this St. Louis team and it was Liberatore's brilliance combined with Alec Burleson's timely hitting against Skenes that made the difference on Tuesday.

Plus, did Gordon Graceffo just show us that he's a closer in the making at the MLB level?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 win over the Pirates on Monday at Busch Stadium as Miles Mikolas got the team through five innings and the power supply came from Alec Burleson, Willson Contreras and Jose Barrero!

Plus, the Cards should have had more insurance but the umpires absolutely missed a call at home plate that somehow was not overturned on replay, either.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the unbelievable St. Louis Cardinals doubleheader sweep of the Mets on Sunday at Busch Stadium as Michael McGreevy put the team on his back in Game 2.

Victor Scott II made one of the best catches you'll ever see to rob a home run from Juan Soto.

Erick Fedde and Andre Pallante walked way too many guys. Will the Cardinals look more closely at their rotation spots with clear candidates for promotions into the starting five, or will it be business as usual?

It was a potentially season-shifting day at Busch, so we'll talk about the implications as the Cards pull to within three games of .500 out of nowhere.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals calling up Michael McGreevy to the big-league roster on Saturday, optioning Roddery Munoz to Memphis.

Is McGreevy joining the Cardinals rotation or is he simply here to provide some protection for the weekend? What do we see as his long-term path in 2025 and how will the Cardinals handle their expiring contracts if they can't climb back into competitiveness as the year unfolds?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the mounting St. Louis Cardinals losing streak in games against the New York Mets, dating back to last season as Sonny Gray got hit around by a Mets lineup that piled up 17 hits in a 9-3 beatdown on the Cards on Friday at Busch.

Willson Contreras has largely been very steady at 1B defensively during this transition, but his biggest blunder came in a key spot on Friday night.

Plus, the Blues beat the Jets at Enterprise Center to force a Game 7 on Sunday night in Winnipeg!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses a rain-soaked loss for the St. Louis Cardinals in Cincinnati on Thursday as the rain delay knocked Matthew Liberatore from his start prematurely and apparently took any chances the Cardinals had in the game with him.

Are we concerned about the offense after being completely stymied by the Reds bullpen again? Or is this one to plain wash away and forget it ever happened?

Plus, we preview the weekend ahead as the Cards will do battle with the Mets at Busch Stadium.

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Brenden Schaeffer provides the comprehensive breakdown of the St. Louis Cardinals thrilling doubleheader sweep of the Reds on Wednesday in Cincy as Miles Mikolas got his first win of the season with the Cards bats finally waking up.

Masyn Winn has a two-homer game and caps a back-to-back-to-back sequence in the ninth inning of Game 1.

Victor Scott and Lars Nootbaar bring their lumber, too.

Oliver Marmol got ejected in a stylish way!

Gordon Graceffo was pumping 99-mph heat and covering five innings behind Steven Matz in the nightcap, allowing the Cardinals bullpen (which has suddenly been really good lately) to save bullets for the rest of the week.

Willson Contreras and Jordan Walker helped build up a nine-run cushion in that second game.

Great stuff all around by the Cardinals on Wednesday.

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Andy Humphrey and Brenden Schaeffer discuss Oli Marmol telling the Gashouse Gang show on KMOX Tuesday that "there's nothing to point at from a preparation standpoint or a from a player standpoint where there's something indicating why we should not have success on the road."

Marmol sees the Cards' 2-12 road record as a blip on the radar that doesn't have a concrete answer and he expects it will be something that levels out over the course of the season.

With the rainout Tuesday, the guys discuss Cardinals topics looking into the rest of the Cincy series (understanding that we later learned of Tuesday's postponement after recording).

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals dropping the series opener in Cincinnati against the Reds at Great American Ballpark, 3-1 as Nick Martinez out-dueled Andre Pallante.

Pallante gave the Cardinals a quality start and saw the bullpen do a solid job behind him, but he did not get the run support he needed to win this game.

Why have the Cards struggled so much on the road compared to their output at home this season? The road record is down to 2-12 while the club is 10-5 in games at Busch Stadium.

It's confusing, but it's the trend at this point--we talk about what Oli Marmol had to say about it postgame and whether it's impacting the team at this point in the year.

Hey, at least Jordan Walker made a stellar play in RF!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses two big games in downtown St. Louis from Sunday as the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Brewers 7-1 and the St. Louis Blues won Game 4 over the Jets, 5-1, to even up the Stanley Cup Playoffs series.

We discuss Erick Fedde's lackluster performance and Thomas Saggese's impending demotion.

On Blues, we break down the win and look ahead to how the Note can find some success in Game 5.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 win over the Brewers on Saturday at Busch Stadium as the Cards walked it off on a Nolan Arenado home run in the bottom of the ninth.

The Cardinals actually played a very solid game all the way through to the ninth, getting timely hitting and good defense to go along with a solid outing from Sonny Gray.

Even the bridge to Ryan Helsley was good from the STL bullpen on Saturday. But, well, Helsley himself... left something to be desired.

Still, Nolan Arenado called game and sent the fans home happy! So do the Cardinals have more juice than people think in 2025?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals win over the Brewers on Friday night at Busch Stadium as Nolan Arenado made of one his finest defensive plays as a big-leaguer to cut down the tying run at home plate and help Phil Maton out of an eighth inning jam.

Kyle EveryDeahy pitched, too, showing his own escape tricks in the seventh. All of it led to a Ryan Helsley save.

But none of it happens without the efforts of Matthew Liberatore, who continues to "post" every fifth day for this Cardinals team.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Blues 7-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs series on Thursday at Enterprise Center.

Hear from Jim Montgomery from after the win as we break down the game and the way in which it may have shifted the state of the series moving forward with a massively important Game 4 looming on Sunday.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the stubbornness of the St. Louis Cardinals management as it pertained to the bullpen construction this past series in Atlanta.

There were guardrails on many relievers in the bullpen, guardrails which individually, we completely agree with being in place. But add it all up, and collectively, it arguably meant the Cardinals should have anticipated that they couldn't afford to carry the exact bullpen construction that they had for the Braves series.

We talk about it in depth on this episode of B-Schaeff Daily.

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Andy, Brenden and Grant discuss the St. Louis Cardinals' loss to the Atlanta Braves from Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park.

No matter who Oliver Marmol turned to behind Miles Mikolas, the relievers didn't get the job done on Wednesday unless their name was Kyle Leahy (AKA Kyle EveryDeahy).

For everyone else, what did it matter the order Oliver Marmol called upon them? They flat out didn't do the job. So it begs the question, how did the Cardinals get into this spot in the first place?

Brenden defends Oli's in-game management while also criticism the overall approach that led to Ryan Fernandez still being with the big club for this series in Atlanta. Stubbornness may have gotten the better of Cardinal management with this one.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night as the Cards got a hugely clutch swing from Nolan Gorman to break a tie in the eighth inning and propel St. Louis to the end of the five-game losing skid.

Willson Contreras also worked one of the toughest walks you'll ever see, and bat-flipped the heck out of it to set up the key Gorman moment.

We discuss how this night from Gorman is a prime example of the runway that Oliver Marmol and the Cardinals are expecting to give him in the days and possibly weeks ahead.

We break down the pitching, too, and potentially coin a new nickname for Kyle Leahy? #KyleEveryDeahy

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses another rough go of things for the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen as this time the Redbirds had a lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning and the top setup men were unable to deliver the game safely to Ryan Helsley for a ninth inning save chance.

Plus, we're seeing a number of the young core players offensively regressing in their statistics lately. Although, credit where it's due, we saw some good things from Gorman, Victor Scott and others at the plate this evening.

It's just not enough lately to get the Cards over the hump, so we dive into exisential crisis time on B-Schaeff Daily.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 loss to the Mets on Sunday, capping a series sweep for New York as the Cardinals fall to a pitiful 1-9 record in road games this season.

The trio of Lindor, Soto, and Alonso combined to drive in more runs in this series than the entire Cardinals team scored.

Ryan Fernandez's recent struggles reached a new level on Sunday as we're left with more questions than answers about the state of the Cardinals after a series like this one.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals shutout loss to the New York Mets on Saturday at Citi Field as Kodai Senga carved up a Cardinal lineup that is suddenly looking extremely pedestrian over the past couple of weeks.

The season-long numbers don't yet fully reflect just how quiet the St. Louis lineup has become. What gives, here? Tough pitching or something more sinister about the Cardinals?

Masyn Winn homered twice in Memphis on Saturday, so he's closing in on a return from the injured list.

What should happen to Thomas Saggese, one of the very few Cardinals swinging a solid bat lately, when Winn returns from the IL? Brenden lists some names he would see demoted to AAA instead of Saggese.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses a painful loss for the St. Louis Cardinals as Francisco Lindor and the Mets walked it off on Friday night at Citi Field.

That's the seventh road loss of the year for the Cards in only eight games, and it was a frustrating one considering they got a few timely hits (including a clutch home run by Brendan Donovan in the top of the ninth) and decent enough starting pitching from Miles Mikolas.

Frankly, it was the bullpen slowly revealing some cracks that ultimately came back to haunt the Redbirds in this one.

Plus, JJ Wetherholt leaves early with an injury in Springfield.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals loss to the New York Mets from Thursday night as the bats were quiet and one bad inning cost Andre Pallante on the mound.

The Cardinals are now 1-6 on the road this season, which is a stark contrast to their 8-4 record at home. What do we make of this differential and is it something that is a cause for concern for the full season?

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The St. Louis Cardinals got a key series win on Wednesday over the Astros at Busch Stadium, so we had plenty to talk about on this episode of B-Schaeff Daily!

From a strong start by Steven Matz to prospect buzz in Springfield, here’s what we’re diving into in Ep. 756:

🧢 Steven Matz delivers a solid start in his first turn back with the rotation — What happens with his rotation spot down the road if he just keeps being great?

💣 Lars Nootbaar launches a key home run to spark the offense

🧼 Victor Scott II legs out a bunt hit — and somehow keeps it fair?

🤝 Kyle Leahy earns his way into the Circle of Trust

📈 Down on the Farm: JJ Wetherholt goes OFF for Springfield 🔥

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In Ep. 755 of B-Schaeff Daily, Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals losing 2-0 to the Houston Astros on Tuesday at Busch Stadium.

-Hunter Brown was darn good for the Astros, and the Cardinal bats were unable to take advantage of their best chances, going 1-for-7 with RISP

-Erick Fedde was good in his own right, giving up only one run to lower his season ERA to 3.43

-Kyle Leahy is an intriguing piece that continues to attract attention in this bullpen

-How will the Cardinals align their bullpen for Wednesday behind Steven Matz as the club expands to a six-man rotation on the fly?

-He will learn it if he has not already, but Paul Goldschmidt is not doing your celebration, Aaron Judge

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 win over the Astros on Monday night at Busch Stadium.

-Brendan Donovan went 4-for-4 and now leads MLB in hits. Is it time for the Cardinals to deliver him a muffin basket and right a wrong from over the winter?

-Arenado could have been an Astro, but he didn't want to be, and now he's hitting nukes against them. That's fun!

-Sonny Gray shoved and this time, he navigated that pesky seventh inning and kept his composure all the way through

-Jordan Walker is turning into a stud defensively and the Cardinals may have Jon Jay to thank for it

-Willson Contreras' vibe is all the way back

Each of those topics and more in this episode of B-Schaeff Daily!

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 win over the Phillies from Sunday, including the revival of Willson Contreras at the plate as he put together a strong day offensively.

Plus, Contreras had a strong message for Cardinals fans, leaning into the notion that this team plays for the fans -- and is hoping to see them back at Busch soon.

Matthew Liberatore was terrific again for St. Louis on the mound, which allowed us to reset our views of the rotation now that the Cards have gone a full three times through it. Is the rotation in better shape than we thought?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 2-0 win over the Phillies behind Andre Pallante's sterling outing on Friday night.

There are some negative topics, though, too, as uncertainty forms over Masyn Winn's status after he left Friday's game with back spasms.

Plus, what do we see looming for Miles Mikolas in a key start on Saturday?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the lineup move that sends Jordan Walker up into the two-hole for Friday's game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies at Busch Stadium.

What does it mean for Willson Contreras?

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' ugly loss from Wednesday in which two key baserunning blunders came back to haunt the Redbirds.

Plus, we discuss the bullpen and the news that Chris Roycroft is being optioned to Memphis Thursday. What needs to happen for the Cardinals' plan to shift to a six-man rotation to come to fruition? Is it even possible?

A lot could be riding on Saturday's start for Miles Mikolas.

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