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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Monday's news of Jordan Walker's return to the St. Louis Cardinals roster. Matt Carpenter goes on the IL to make room for the return of the one of the most exciting Cardinals prospects in recent memory. Walker has been heating up at AAA. Is it time for him to emerge as an everyday threat for the Cardinals lineup? The usefulness of the Cardinals roster just incre...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 8-5 win over the Royals on a live stream Friday night. Miles Mikolas struggled, but Libby picked him up with three stellar innings of relief. The Cardinal offense got to work with huge swings from Contreras, Burleson and a breakout moment from Victor Scott II. Helsley closed the door and the Cardinals beat the Royals for the first time in 2024. Follow this...

Brenden and Josh (from @DealinTheCards podcast) discuss the Cardinals for their weekly Friday podcast. Episode 4 dives into the question of who could rise up on this roster to carry the torch and the team down the stretch for a playoff push. If there's not one name that can be responsible for doing it, should the Cardinals consider a few bold roster moves to make sure they're maximizing th...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 6-4 loss to the Rays in a live stream Thursday night. The Cardinals staked out an early lead with Kyle Gibson giving them exactly what was needed, but a bullpen stretched thin was forced to turn to one of its non-leverage guys in a leverage spot--and things quickly went downhill from there. The offense did some good things, but not enough of them. They hit...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-2 win over the Rays on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium as Erick Fedde did what he had to do in his home debut as a Cardinal. Fedde had to grind through a couple long innings but he limited damage and got through 5 innings of one-run baseball to set the Cardinal bullpen up for success in the late innings. A key component of the win was the Cardinals comi...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 4-3 win over the Rays on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Sonny Gray started rocky, allowing a 2-run homer in the first inning and needing 30 pitches to escape the opening frame. But he settled in like an ace is supposed to do, securing seven innings with just those initial two runs allowed. The Cardinal offense still has a ton of work to do to improve with...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the state of the Cardinals season after their 6-0 loss to the Mets on Monday night at Busch. There was a play in this game that made some Cardinals fans think Arenado was dogging it, not giving his best effort. Brenden gives his take on that play and other burning questions from Cardinals fans in this latest episode of B-Schaeff Daily. Follow this podcast feed for Cardi...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals loss on Sunday night baseball to the Cubs as they eventually dropped 3 of 4 on the long weekend at Wrigley. After a hot couple of games against the Rangers, the offense simply cratered this weekend. And the Cardinals also lost Michael Siani to an oblique injury, and the latest update on his status isn't too encouraging. Victor Scott II is up with the b...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-4 win over the Cubs from Saturday at Wrigley as the defensive antics of the Baby Bears in the eighth inning allowed the Cardinals to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. We discuss the PCA and Hoerner mishap at length while also wondering aloud why Nolan Arenado did not end up at second base on the play (not that it mattered in the end, but I know it...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 6-3 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley on Friday as Erick Fedde did not exactly shine in his Redbird debut. Nolan Arenado also had a moment in this contest that Brenden insists was "bad baseball" and cost the Cardinals a chance to climb back into the game. There was another moment perhaps even more costly, though, in the eighth inning that involved Bran...

Josh and Brenden link up for the third episode of Philosophical Differences! as they discuss their impressions of the Cardinals trade deadline as well as what's going on with Ryan Helsley. Plus a peek ahead at how the moves this past week have reshaped our view of how the Cardinals could attack the off-season as they fill out their rotation for 2025.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals walk-off loss to the Cubs from Thursday night at Wrigley as Ryan Helsley picked a bad day to have a bad day. Instead of riding into the rest of the weekend on a nice winning streak, the Cardinals were knocked down a peg by the rival Cubs who scored three in the ninth to come back from a multi-run deficit. Down to their final strike, the Cubbies found a way...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the epic first career start and MLB debut by Cardinals pitcher Michael McGreevy on Wednesday as the Cardinals trounced the Rangers, 10-1. McGreevy sailed through seven innings to make a great first impression at the big-league level. Lance Lynn went on the IL, shuffling rotation plans. And Tommy Pham not only continued to hit the cover off the ball, but has seemingly ha...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down one of the games of the year as the Cardinals beat the Rangers 8-1 at Busch Stadium on Tuesday, trade deadline day, with newcomer and old friend Tommy Pham calling GAME in the fifth inning as he delivered a pinch-hit grand slam in front of a raucous crowd. Pham showed exactly why the Cardinals needed him as Oli Marmol now has a fighting chance to do some interesting m...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Monday night's Cardinals loss to the Rangers, 6-3 at Busch Stadium. Andre Pallante pitched, and he did what he does -- he got groundballs. This time, though, they found holes. Cards got a HR from Carp. But not much else. Will Pallante be replaced by Fedde in the rotation? We'll explain why it seems like that could be the case. Can Mozeliak swing another trade be...

Brenden Schaeffer went LIVE to discuss the Tommy Edman for Fedde and Pham trade on Monday afternoon, July 29, 2024. The three-team deal with the Dodgers and White Sox leaves A LOT to unpack. This is a major shakeup in which the Cardinals (apparently, still not official) did not give up major prospect considerations to add a controllable SP and a legit RH-hitting CF option. And could Pham be just t...

Brenden Schaeffer did a live stream on YouTube Sunday night following the Cardinals' walkoff win over the Nationals. This is the audio from the B-Schaeff Daily Live stream. The conversation was largely about swirling rumors on Tommy Edman. Will he be traded to the Dodgers or Yankees? And... Why? Does this concept reek of the possibility that -- and multiple outlets reported Sunday -- Cardinals...

The Cardinals announced Sunday morning they have designated Giovanny Gallegos for assignment, ending the run in St. Louis for the most tenured reliever in the Cardinal bullpen. Will Gio find a new gig soon and what are the avenues toward that potentially materializing quickly? Plus, how active will the Cardinals be in replacing his spot with a potential trade? Follow this podcast feed for daily St...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the growing sentiment among some Cardinals fans that it might not even be worthwhile to see the front office buy at the trade deadline amid the team's recent skid. The Cardinals have lost 9 of 14 and have fallen 2.0 games out of a wild card spot in the NL standings. After a 14-3 loss to the Nationals on Saturday, is it fair to wonder whether this team has the makeup...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Friday night's brutal loss to the Nationals for the Cardinals as Sonny Gray struggled, the pitching as a whole walked eight batters and allowed six stolen bases. Then there was Dylan. Have the Cardinals reached the point of no return on Dylan Carlson after Friday's costly flub in the field? Plus, there was a positive moment in the game as Paul Goldschmidt collec...

Brenden Schaeffer and Josh Jacobs are back for another episode of their podcast, Philosophical Differences, to discuss the goings on surrounding the Cardinals as the trade market heats up ahead of the MLB trade deadline. With trade candidates flying off the board, what's the approach the Cardinals should take? We discuss names like Pete Fairbanks, Zach Eflin, Tanner Scott and others! How do re...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses various news surrounding Thursday in MLB, including: -Christian Yelich is aiming to avoid back surgery, but does his absence open the door for the Cardinals in the Central? -Mason Miller's bizarre injury, do we believe the explanation? -Diamondbacks trade for AJ Puk signaling they're buyers and perhaps setting a high bar for the relief pitching market? Can the C...

Brenden Schaeffer went on a live stream Wednesday night fielding questions and comments from viewers on what the Cardinals should look to do at the trade deadline. Dozens of players and potential trade candidates were discussed as well as contextualizing the realism for their potential to become Cardinals -- and what it would potentially cost St. Louis to land said players. A lot of fun was had an...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 2-1 win over the Pirates on Tuesday in Pittsburgh as St. Louis somehow, some way got the better of Paul Skenes to hand the phenom his first-ever MLB loss. We talk all the details of the game including bullpen management and Alec Burleson's late heroics against Skenes. Then we get into some discussion about trade deadline approach and strategy for the C...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 2-1 loss to the Pirates Monday at PNC Park as Andre Pallante once again is NOT performing as a number 5 starter -- he's been much better than that. Six more innings of one-run baseball Monday should have granted Pallante a win against the Bucs, but the offense was dormant outside of a Nolan Gorman solo shot, so it didn't happen. We also share the e...