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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the developing situation between the St. Louis Cardinals and Nolan Arenado after the star third baseman spoke to media about the ongoing trade rumors Friday night at Busch Stadium. Why is it, though, that Arenado is needing to answer for questions for which he doesn't really have full authority over the answers? John Mozeliak is the one with the authority to put an end...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the ejection of Miles Mikolas as the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Thursday night at Busch Stadium. Everyone seems to be losing their minds in various ways about this incident, so I will explain what I agree with and disagree with when it came to the public perception of the incident. There are certain things Mikolas and the umpiring crew both could have don...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses whether the recent hot streak for Nolan Gorman should remind the St. Louis Cardinals and John Mozeliak that he needs to be untouchable ahead of this year's MLB trade deadline. We discuss the update on Brendan Donovan's arm injury and how that could impact the Cardinals' deadline dealings. We also dig into some defensive stats for Willson Contreras and get in...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the report by Katie Woo that the Cardinals are moving toward a contract extension with closer Jordan Hicks. Does it make more sense for the Cardinals to trade Hicks than it does to commit millions of dollars to a relief pitcher over a multi-year deal? We discuss all angles of the decision facing St. Louis as the trade deadline approaches.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the recent report by ESPN's Alden Gonzalez regarding the possibility of the St. Louis Cardinals trading Nolan Arenado to the Los Angeles Dodgers. For a Cardinals team that has identified its intention to compete in 2024, that would sure be a shocking turn of of events, wouldn't it? We discuss all angles of this one and give our view of things. We also dive into...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the death of the dream as we now know definitively what the St. Louis Cardinals must do ahead of the MLB trade deadline after the team lost 3 of 4 over the weekend at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cardinals are sellers, for sure. But who will actually be moved in the impending sell-off? After one report from a national insider, Willson Contreras' name has been throw...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the 4-3 loss for the St. Louis Cardinals from Friday, July 21, 2023 as the game arguably came down to a controversial at-bat in the top of the eighth. Alec Burleson got hosed by home plate umpire Ron Kulpa and the rest is history. We discuss the game itself and the impact it could have on the Cardinals as they move forward in yet another daily episode of our Cardinals p...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 7-2 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field on Thursday night as Steven Matz finally earned his first W of 2023. The offense came to life against Marcus Stroman with several big swings by the likes of Nolan Arenado, Paul DeJong and in his first-ever game at Wrigley, Jordan Walker. Now that the run has reached six wins in a row, Cardinals fans are surprisin...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Marlins for the St. Louis Cardinals as the winning streak was extended to five games. With a four-game series at Wrigley Field set to begin, could the Cardinals possibly play their way into avoiding the sell mode that has been already decreed by John Mozeliak? Stick around for the full episode, because toward the end, Brenden dives into...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the thrilling 5-2 win for the Cardinals over the Marlins Tuesday as St. Louis walked it off on a homer by Nolan Arenado. We hear from Nolan on the pod regarding the notion that he might be playing for anything other than still prioritizing each and every game of 2023--he's not worried one bit about 2024 just yet. Plus, Dylan Carlson continues to make Brenden look so...

Brenden Schaeffer dives in on a marathon episode on the podcast, giving you a chance to hear from Dylan Carlson, Nolan Arenado and of course, John Mozeliak from a jam-packed Monday at Busch. In the afternoon, Mozeliak spoke to reporters to announce more formally the fact that this team is in sell mode, looking to improve their roster for 2024. We dive into a ton of details pertaining to that decla...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Sunday's 8-4 win for the Cardinals over the Nationals. With the trade deadline looming, was this outing Jack Flaherty's final home start at Busch Stadium? If it was, he went out on a solid note by recording a Quality Start in a Cardinals win. The lineup responded with a glowing performance, particularly at the top of the order. General thoughts clarifying our vi...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Saturday's split in the doubleheader between the Cardinals and Nationals. It seems poor relief pitching and fundamentals--two common themes of the season--were to blame for the Game 1 loss. Is it time to just call it what it is with Willson Contreras behind the plate? But Game 2 featured an eruption for the offense as the bats came alive with some help from the corn...

Brenden Schaeffer dives into the swirling social media rumors -- largely driven by Yankees fans, it seems -- that the Cardinals might be looking to trade Nolan Arenado at the upcoming deadline. Plus we get into which Cardinals we think are truly untouchable leading up to July 31. Honestly, the list isn't all that lengthy, but there definitely are some names we would be surprised to see on the...

Brenden Schaeffer reacts to the recent comments made by St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak in an interview with Fox 2 KTVI's sports director Martin Kilcoyne. Mozeliak basically has acknowledged what we've all expected for some time based on the team's record: the Cardinals will be sellers at the MLB trade deadline. We get into our thoughts on Mozeliak&#3...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the former Cardinals who thrived in Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game as the National League beat the American League for the first time since 2012. It leads into a deep-dive retrospective on how the Cardinals front office landed in the predicament of watching their former prospects balling out for other teams on a big stage. The painful conversation we've all known w...

Brenden Schaeffer touches on the home run derby results before diving in on an in-depth discussion on the state of the St. Louis Cardinals pitching rotation and how trading from a surplus by moving a young position player that they probably don't want to trade might arguably be the best path toward improving the rotation for now and into the future. Plus, we get into the Quinn Mathews draft pi...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' 4-3 win over the White Sox as well as the selection of U. of Arizona outfielder Chase Davis with the 21st overall pick in Sunday's MLB Draft first round. Plenty of breakdown on the newest member of the Cardinal organization before we dive into how fundamentals nearly tanked the day on the South Side, but Steven Matz was fantastic in his return t...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 3-0 win over the White Sox from Saturday as Miles Mikolas pitches a gem to earn his first win in more than a month while Jordan Walker wallops another home run to continue his sturdy rookie campaign. We get somewhat of an update on the Jordan Montgomery hamstring injury and reading between the lines, it doesn't seem like a positive one. Tink Hence in...

Brenden discusses the Cardinals' 8-7 loss to the White Sox from Friday night as the hamstring injury suffered by Jordan Montgomery is a nightmare for the Cardinals in more ways than one. And the St. Louis bullpen rears its ugly head once again, proving that it is the most prominent anchor weighing down the Cardinals in 2023. Key timestamps: Monty’s hamstring injury -- How bad is it? (7:35) How...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the 3-0 win for the Cardinals over the Marlins from Thursday night as Jack Flaherty turned in another gem of an outing. Is his trade value going to peak at the right time for the Redbirds?

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a 10-9 Cardinals' loss as Jordan Hicks quite literally throws the game away down the right field line, wasting what would have otherwise been the most emphatic home run of the season for St. Louis. What happens next? I don't know either, so we just let everyone vent about it with me as the reluctant tour guide.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 14-0 loss to the Astros from Thursday. The conversation revolves heavily around Adam Wainwright following the latest deflating performance for the St. Louis Cardinals franchise icon. What should the Cardinals do about Waino's struggles? What do we expect them to do after hearing from the relevant parties following Thursday's game? And perhaps...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a 10-7 Cardinals' loss as Giovanny Gallegos flat-out didn't have his good stuff on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. Houston tagged him for five runs as the Astros stole one away from St. Louis. How much blame falls on Gallegos for the loss? Should Oli Marmol shoulder some responsibility for having him in the game? Brenden breaks it down blow by blow and explain...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Tuesday's 4-2 win for the Cardinals over the Astros and dives into a discussion stemming from a recent article by Ken Rosenthal which suggested that St. Louis either needs to commit to going all-in on free agent spending to finance a winner--or tear this roster down to the studs by trading star players over the coming months. Does Brenden see this situation the same...