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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 4-3 win over the Braves on Monday at Busch Stadium as Willson Contreras made his triumphant return to the lineup. We saw a very good version of Lance Lynn lead the Redbirds in this game as he managed to stay entirely away from giving up free passes for the second outing in a row. The offense didn't do much outside of the third inning but they prov...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 5-3 win over the Giants from Sunday, June 23, 2024 at Busch Stadium. Sonny Gray was perfect through 6.2 innings before that ended in a relatively emphatic way... But he was still elite in another seven-inning performance that paved the way for a Cardinal winner. Is Oli Marmol pulling Sonny too early from these starts or are we just getting too wrapped up...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Saturday's Cardinals win over the Giants, 9-4 at Busch Stadium. Jordan Hicks made his return to Busch and the St. Louis lineup greeted him with a really savvy approach to be able to score plenty of runs and chase him from the game after four innings. The Cards kept the approach solid against the SF bullpen in a game that finally saw the Redbirds wins on a day where...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the memorable event at Rickwood Field on Thursday as the Cardinals beat the Giants 6-5 in a game that was only a small part of the pageantry that took place down in Birmingham. What an incredible event put together by MLB. Brenden discusses all angles of the event and takes you behind the scenes in as many ways as he can before diving into the nuts and bolts of the Ca...

The boys of Hot Take Central dig into a controversial topic on whether Oli Marmol or John Mozeliak is more responsible for the underwhelming play of the Cardinals in recent years. Have the standards of the organization declined? If so, this conversation is probably a lot deeper than just one individual being the issue. Tune into Hot Take Central weekday mornings on 590 The Fan KFNS and 590thefan.c...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Wednesday's Cardinals loss in the series finale in Miami as the Marlins walked it off in the ninth after Matthew Liberatore made the start on zero days rest. That is correct. With Kyle Gibson coming up injured moments, literally minutes before the game, Liberatore was summoned to pitch into the fourth inning despite having thrown about 16 hours prior. It started as...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 9-8 loss to the Marlins in 10 innings on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The Cardinals knocked three homers off Miami's starter and scored seven runs across four innings. It was finally going to be the easy, coast to the finish type of win that we've rarely seen the bats provide this year. Except, Lance Lynn didn't pitch well. And Oli Marmol felt no ch...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 7-6 win in 12 innings over the Marlins in a live stream on Monday, June 17, 2024. This is the audio from the YouTube live. Sonny Gray was fantastic and efficient until running into a spot of trouble in the eighth. Oli Marmol went with JoJo Romero for the spot against Jazz Chisholm, who had crushed Sonny all night. But it did not pan out, leaving many to wo...

Brenden Schaeffer shares info on Monday's voting update from MLB regarding the All-Star Game ballots. It does not look like the Cardinals will have any starters in the game. We dive into who has the best chance to rally as well as which players are most likely to fill the one representative that is guaranteed for each team. Follow this feed for daily Cardinals updates all season!

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Father's Day heroics by Pedro Pagés who provided the only semblance of Cardinals offense in Sunday's win over the Cubs, 2-1 at Wrigley. Where is the rest of the offense and when will it show up? Plus Miles Mikolas was nails again and the Cardinals are still getting away with Ryan Helsley not being at his sharpest. Follow this podcast feed on the B-Schaeff Da...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-1 loss to the Cubs from Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Wrigley Field in this episode of B-Schaeff Daily. Shota Imanaga shoulda been a Cardinal, eh? Instead, he's going to terrorize the Redbirds for the next for years, isn't he? It sure happened on Saturday. What happened with Andre Pallante? He was pitching pretty well, showing some moxie... But Oli...

Matt Whitener and Brenden Schaeffer hold down the fort while Cam Janssen leaves the studio to join another radio show during our show. We chirp him for it and then get into a discussion of the most overrated franchises in sports before diving into a really fun Cardinals topic: Who would you protect in the Cardinals organization in the event of a full redraft of all 30 MLB teams? Matt and Brenden h...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 3-0 win over the Cubs at Wrigley on Friday, June 14, 2024. Kyle Gibson was masterful. Kyle Hendricks was annoying. Pedro Pagés launched one into the wind and somehow found the basket for his first big-league homer, with his family in attendance. Pedro also called a heckuva game and guided the Cardinals staff to the W. JoJo gave up a bomb that Brendan Don...

Andy and Brenden of the KTGR Big Show discuss the Cardinals 3-0 win over the Cubs from Friday. How in the world is Kyle Hendricks still owning the Cardinals in The Year Of Our Lord 2024?! Annoying though it may be, the Redbirds still won. We talk Pedro Pages and Kyle Gibson's big contributions, among other tidbits. Tune into the KTGR app to listen to the Big Show, weekdays from 4-6pm CT! Follo...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 4-3 win over the Pirates from Thursday, June 13, 2024. Lance Lynn failed to get through five innings for the third straight time, and for the third straight time, his teammates bailed him out. Goldy and BFD homered to pace the offense. The bullpen was sensational, tossing 4.2 scoreless innings after John King got the Cardinals out of the fifth. He all...

Andy and Brenden discuss the Cardinals, Royals and the messy NL Wild Card picture on the KTGR Big Show on Thursday, June 13, 2024. Where would you set the Over-Under for the win total of the third NL wild card team in 2024? Lots of teams are vying for the chance at it, but none of them are currently at or above .500! Tune into the Big Show on KTGR.com weekdays from 4-6pm to hear more Cardinals, Ro...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 4-2 win over the Pirates on Wednesday, June 12. 2024 at Busch Stadium. Sonny Gray was looking to rebound from a rough outing last Thursday in which walks came back to haunt him. That meant a gameplan Wednesday of attacking hitters in the middle of the strike zone and trusting his stuff to do the rest. Well, after Gray had allowed a walk and a double to b...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 2-1 loss to the Pirates from Tuesday, June 11, 2024. In Ep. 588 of B-Schaeff Daily we discuss the duel between Miles Mikolas and Paul Skenes as the rookie phenom lived up to the billing for the Pirates--but Mikolas matched him stride for stride. It was the Cardinals offense that disappointed in this one, unable to get to Skenes or the Pittsburgh bullp...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the recent MLB Player Poll conducted by The Athletic that dove into several hot topics around the game, including asking players to name their most overrate peer, which player has the best vibes, and what organizations have a bad reputation among players. Were the Cardinals listed among the bad organizations or as one that players would want to play for? Or both?! We&#3...

Andy and Brenden of the KTGR Big Show discuss the disappointing series split that the Cardinals had against the Rockies over the weekend at Busch Stadium. By failing to beat up on the weak competition on their current and upcoming schedule, the Cardinals are risking setting up an untenable scenario for what will be required of them later on in the year against more potent opponents. Are the Cardin...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-1 win over the Rockies on Sunday, June 9, 2024. The Cardinals finally had an easy peasy win over the Rockies in this series, but all it got them was a series split. That's not what was needed when the series began, but by Sunday, of course, it was the most they were eligible to do. How do you feel about the split and the state of the team as they con...

In Ep. 585 of B-Schaeff Daily, Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 6-5 loss to the Rockies on Saturday, June 8, 2024. The Rockies did everything in their power to hand the game to the Cardinals on a platter and the Cardinals politely declined to win it. A three-run throwing error helped give STL the lead, but the Cardinals had a rare mishap by Andrew Kittredge that contributed to the loss. B...

Brenden Schaeffer and Charlie Marlow return for the latest episode of the award-winning podcast (in our own minds) Low Hanging Fruit. Charlie says the Cardinals are boring this year. We discuss that contention and numerous other topics pertaining to the team. I actually had fun recording this one with Charlie, and he's a bit of an obnoxious guy usually so that really tells you this one is wort...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 8-5 win over the Rockies from Friday, June 7, 2024 as Dylan Carlson emerges as a hero of the game, producing his first three RBIs of the season. DC3 provided the game-tying swing in the sixth after Lance Lynn had coughed up an early 4-0 Cardinals lead on a little league grand slam... Whoops. But the Cardinals kept battling and had a key eighth inning that...

The boys of Hot Take Central on 590 The Fan KFNS (Cam Janssen, Jim "The Cat" Hayes, Cole Bartemes and Brenden Schaeffer) break down the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday, June 7, 2024. Losing the the Rockies should not be considered acceptable. Sonny Gray had a really tough night. Is good news coming soon on Willson Contreras? Brenden and The Cat love going back and forth on hardcore Cardina...