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

Brenden Schaeffer returns to the podcast to break down the results of the London Series between the Cardinals and the Cubs. Despite earning a split in the short series, do Cardinals fans have more uneasiness about the team than they did before the Redbirds ever took flight to Europe? Or are there signs to be encouraged by after Sunday's come-from-behind effort? Plus, the vitriol that Adam Wain...

Brenden Schaeffer returns to discuss Wednesday's 3-0 Cardinals' loss to the Nationals before spending the majority of the episode discussing a concept from one national MLB reporter that speculates on the potential for the Cardinals and Seattle Mariners to pair up for a possible trade in the weeks ahead.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a 9-3 Cardinals win over the Nationals as St. Louis has now rattled off four wins in a row, showing some signs of life despite the reality of the team's place in the NL Central standings. Does the Cardinals' current winning streak rejuvenate your faith in their potential to make a run at this thing in 2023? What do you need to see in the weeks ahead to demonstra...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Monday's 8-6 win for the Cardinals over the Nationals as Jack Flaherty struggled early but stayed in the game long enough to become a winner thanks to the St. Louis lineup grinding out a quality performance in the clutch. And how about Jordan Hicks for the third straight day? En Fuego. Plenty of conversation on the interesting lineup we saw Monday as well as how t...

Brenden Schaeffer returns after a three-day hiatus (which he explains in the episode) to break down the Cardinals' series win over the Mets in Queens. We also discuss the news from Saturday that David Freese has declined induction into the Cardinals Hall of Fame. Plus, what could the lineup look like upon Lars Nootbaar's impending return?

Brenden Schaeffer went live with St. Louis Cardinals fans to discuss Wednesday's stunning loss to the Giants as Giovanny Gallegos gave up a last-gasp home run to lead to the Redbirds' eventual demise. Oli Marmol said that eventually, there comes a point where this team simply needs to go do it. But they haven't done it. Can they do it? This is the worst Cardinal baseball in a generatio...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses an 11-3 Cardinals loss to the Giants at Busch Stadium Tuesday night, 6/13/23. Jack Flaherty imploded, the bullpen wasn't any better and the offense treated the deficit like they already knew the outcome of the game. It's the same story, told in slightly different words over and over again for this Cardinals season. Is there any hope left for this team?

Brenden Schaeffer describes the Cardinals' 4-3 loss to the Giants from Monday at Busch Stadium as the team keeps losing in very similar ways day after day in this putrid stretch. But should criticisms of this team and their play in 2023 extend beyond the low-hanging fruit of raging about Oli Marmol's bullpen management? What if I told you these issues are more a product of another factor t...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 4-3 loss to the Reds from Sunday afternoon as the team's lapses in the fundamentals of the game are getting glaring once again.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a 7-4 Cardinals win over the Reds Friday night at Busch Stadium. It's the first time we've seen the St. Louis lineup muster more than four runs in a week. It's the first time they've topped five runs since May 23, and the first time the Cards have won a Monty start since... APRIL EIGHTH?! HOLY CRAP.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the 1-0 win for the Cardinals over the Rangers from Wednesday night as St. Louis was narrowly able to avoid another sweep on the road trip. Jack Flaherty settled in for a tremendous outing following a tumultuous first inning, while Alec Burleson picked up the rest of his teammates at the plate on another largely hapless night for the Cardinal offense. Add a spicy perfor...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 6-4 loss to the Rangers from Tuesday night as it's getting bad enough that we're now dissecting whether the dugout is excited enough about a teammate's home run... Yeah, that's where things are for the Cards. We also get into a conversation of a long-range plan, how long Mozeliak could be around, the factors that could influence that,...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 4-3 loss to the Rangers in the YouTube Live stream Monday night. The Cardinals are spiraling and the comment section was rowdy with their thoughts on the struggles. Brenden had a pretty decent rant or two within the 'sode, as well.

Brenden Schaeffer recaps the brutal weekend in Pittsburgh and discusses why the sweep against the Pirates is the first time that he has legitimately wondered whether the Cardinals might be able to win the division, after all.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a 7-5 loss for the Cardinals on Friday night in Pittsburgh. St. Louis was cruising behind a solid Flaherty start and a five-run third inning, but the bullpen coughed up a disastrous six-run seventh inning to lead to an unthinkable loss to the Pirates. How did this happen and do you find the offense or the bullpen more responsible for the L? Subscribe to B-Schaeff Daily...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the reported return of Jordan Walker in a live stream from Thursday night. We also get into a discussion with commenters on hypothetical trades for pitching and the general state of the St. Louis outfield.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses his somewhat controversial take on the Bottom Five MLB teams at this point in the calendar. He gets into his MVP of the Cardinals' stretch of 19 games in 19 days and then spends some time reflecting on whether we've been overlooking one particular departure from the team when discussing how bad the pitching has been this season. Plus, an update on Jordan Walker.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the sensational outing by Miles Mikolas for the Cardinals on Tuesday as he put the team on his back in a 2-1 win over the Royals. The live stream from Tuesday night also touches on Jordan Walker thoughts, potential roster moves, and plenty of other topics of conversation as the Cards head into consecutive off-days this week.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses how the Cardinals nearly had a perfect game thrown on 'em on Memorial Day. We also get into some old Mike Mayers stories, some discussion on how tired the Cardinals really are right now, a hilarious insult of Brenden on Twitter, plus is this new Jordan Walker audio a bombshell or is it no big deal? The Cardinals top prospect is now ignoring the Cardinals' instru...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 4-3 loss to the Guardians from Friday night and ponders whether Matthew Liberatore did enough in his five innings of work to earn a continued opportunity in the starting rotation. Brenden reiterates what he would do with this Libby/Matz situation and adds further context to the numbers that suggest Matz could actually be a successful piece of the St....

Brenden Schaeffer discusses an excellent and timely outing from Miles Mikolas as the Cardinals beat the Reds to earn a split Thursday with their B-lineup in play. Plus, what does Matt Liberatore have to do on Friday in order to replace Steven Matz in the rotation on a more permanent basis? For more Cardinals content and to tremendously help Brenden reach his goal of 1000 subscribers on YouTube, go...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 10-3 loss to the Reds from Wednesday in a live stream on YouTube. Steven Matz put the team behind the eight-ball. How long will STL allow that to continue with him in the rotation? What's the fallout of the Matthew Liberatore situation and the latest news on the everchanging plan for him? Plenty to dive into in an angsty episode of the show.

Brenden Schaeffer goes live on YouTube to discuss Tuesday night's Cardinals win over the Reds, 8-5, as we get into topics including how the team honestly needed more from Waino than it got on Tuesday. Plus, Arenado was ejected -- who is to blame there? Big games for Goldy and Edman, Helsley and Gio on back-to-back days... Tons of conversation in a jam-packed episode.

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Monday's Cardinals loss in Cincinnati as STL fell to the Reds 6-5 in extra innings. We dive into what the cause of the loss was, as Twitter wanted to blame Oli Marmol's bullpen management for sticking with Ryan Helsley for a second inning of work. Poor at-bats from the top of the order to go along with an inneficient night from Jordan Montgomery merit further...

Brenden Schaeffer returns from a weekend hiatus to break down the Cardinals' recent wins over the Dodgers as we discuss the contributions of Nolan Gorman, Paul DeJong, Oscar Mercado and more. How does the absence of Tyler O'Neill further exemplify the value of a player like Mercado? What did we think of Liberatore being used out of the bullpen Sunday? Plenty of Cardinals nuggets to catch u...