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

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Paul DeJong demotion and discusses the impact of young upstart players Juan Yepez and Brendan Donovan for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Brenden explains how he lost a five-year-old Twitter bet Wednesday as well as diving into the Cards' offensive explosion over the Royals in a 10-0 triumph.

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down another quiet night for the Cardinals' offensively while also diving into the latest COVID situation for the team. Juan Yepez is the beneficiary, drawing the promotion from Memphis on Tuesday, so what will his contributions look like to STL when he gets into the lineup on Wednesday?

Brenden Schaeffer dives into the latest lulls for the Cardinals offense and discusses whether it's time for the Cards to pull the trigger on a Nolan Gorman promotion to the big leagues.

Brenden Schaeffer dives in on the brawl between the Cardinals and Mets from Wednesday with lots of audio from the Cardinals' participants as well as a bit of the Mets' perspective from Pete Alonso. We also touch on Dylan Carlson's Throw of the Year from Wednesday's 10-5 win for St. Louis.

Brenden Schaeffer gives an update on Jordan Hicks after the Cardinals starter spoke to reporters following his start Tuesday. Hicks left the game with a wrist contusion after being hit by a line drive. We also discuss in this episode the possibility of a beanball war brewing for Wednesday's series finale between the Cards and Mets.

Brenden Schaeffer shares his thoughts on the brutal top of the ninth inning from Monday's 5-2 Cardinals' loss to the Mets. The Redbirds did the hard part, waiting out Scherzer and scoring off the New York bullpen. But then some stuff happened, eh? Brenden goes into deeper detail than anyone asked for with his thoughts on both fateful plays from that ninth-inning collapse.

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the weekend series for the St. Louis Cardinals as they took two of three from the Reds in Cincy. We discuss the struggles of Paul DeJong and what that could mean for the playing time split at shortstop moving forward. We also touch on the state of the rotation and bullpen ahead of the Cardinals' return home for a series with the Mets.

Brenden Schaeffer returns from a podcasting hiatus to break down the last week of Cardinals baseball and in particular Wednesday night's win over the Marlins. Former Cardinal Sandy Alcantara was great, but the St. Louis pitching staff held serve long enough to see Nolan Arenado deliver yet another big swing. All that and more on this edition of the show.

Brenden Schaeffer talks about Albert Pujols homering for the Cardinals at Busch Stadium Tuesday night, as well as more details from a 6-5 Cardinals' win that saw Arenado and Knizner go deep, as well. We also get into some insight on the season debuts for Jodan Hicks and Dakota Hudson.

Brenden Schaeffer recaps Opening Day at Busch Stadium and dives into details on why this might be the year the offense finally turns things around in a major way for the Cardinals. And hey, 200 episodes. Neat!

Brenden Schaeffer dives deep into a season preview of the Cardinals, sharing his predictions for the final NL Central standings as well as a breakdown of his expectations for the team's position players and pitchers for 2022.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 29-run outburst in their spring training game Wednesday before digging deeper into Paul DeJong's prospects for a bounceback season in 2022.

Brenden Schaeffer reacts to the Cardinals signing Albert Pujols to a one-year contract as he will finish his career where it all began.

Brenden Schaeffer dives into Twitter's favorite trade rumor and takes a stance on whether he believes the Cardinals' signing of Corey Dickerson has made Lars Nootbaar expendable.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the arbitration deadline and how it impacted the Cardinals, and he dives into more on the competition for the fifth starter job in the Cardinals rotation.

Brenden Schaeffer introduces the raw audio from Cardinals manager Oli Marmol from Saturday morning by offering a brief update on the Jack Flaherty news over the last 24 hours. Then he introduces the skipper and let's you peak behind the curtain of a Saturday morning in Jupiter.

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down in-depth the latest with Jack Flaherty after the situation surrounding his shoulder was clarified Friday. We also got more news on Alex Reyes as well as our first look at Adam Wainwright in Grapefruit League play. We dive into all that and more on today's episode.

Jack Flaherty? Alex Reyes? Wednesday in Jupiter brought (some) answers about the health statuses of key Cardinals pitchers. There's still more to learn, but Brenden Schaeffer updates you on the latest and discusses Steven Matz's first live batting practice as a Cardinal. Matz vs. Arenado? You betcha!

Brenden gets back in the saddle after a long off-season and breaks down the latest from the second day of Cards camp on Tuesday. We talk Jack Flaherty's health, as well as Alex Reyes' and Jordan Hicks. As well as a mention of one notable absence from camp to this point.

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Mike Shildt firing by the Cardinals and takes a dive into the possibilities for the team's next manager.

Brenden Schaeffer previews the Wild Card Game between the Cardinals and Dodgers on Wednesday, October 6 in Los Angeles. Previews, analysis and predictions all included in the episode!

Brenden Schaeffer diiiiiives headfirst into the Cardinals clinching celebration from Tuesday, as you'll hear from numerous players from the on-field festivities after St. Louis punched its ticket into the 2021 MLB Postseason. Oh, and they still haven't lost in like three weeks or whatever. Totally normal stuff.

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the resilient Cardiac Cards who kept their win streak alive on Thursday with an epic comeback win over the Brewers. 

Cardinals win their 11th straight. They do so in impressive fashion behind a powerful, opportunistic offense and a sturdy pitching performance. What is the world coming to? Brenden Schaeffer breaks it all down.