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

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the St. Louis Cardinals walk-off win over the Dodgers from Saturday at Busch Stadium as Nolan Arenado delivered the clutch swing off the bench to send the stadium into a frenzy and mitigate the damage from a bizarre top of the ninth inning that allowed Los Angeles to tie the score. Nolan Gorman, Pedro Pages and Masyn Winn delivered key contributions with offense and b...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night at Busch Stadium as Shohei Ohtani's club didn't hold up to the might of Sonny Gray's arsenal in this matchup. Gray cruised to another scoreless appearance against a stout lineup as he's looking like the ace that was promised all along. The bullpen rounded into form, too, as th...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the St. Louis Cardinals doubleheader split against the Royals on Thursday at Busch Stadium as the Cardinals rallied to win Game 1 in dramatic fashion but lost the nightcap amid a concerning development for Matthew Liberatore. Willson Contreras was locked in and emotional in the way he carried the Cardinal lineup on Thursday, which is a great sign to see. Plus, we chec...

Andre Pallante unraveled in Tuesday's loss for the St. Louis Cardinals as the Royals got the better of the Redbirds in the renewal of the I-70 series at Busch. Is Pallante in danger of losing his rotation spot after his ERA increased to nearly 5.00 in Tuesday's rough outing? Michael McGreevy could be on the way soon, but not necessarily in Pallante's stead.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1 loss to the Rangers from Sunday. We've got to talk about Erick Fedde, as the right-hander wasn't bad by any stretch of the imagination on Sunday, but there were just several elements of his game that made it a little less palatable to watch. His inability to hold runners was noticeable Sunday, at the least, and the season-long trend o...

Sonny Gray was dominant for the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, holding the Texas Rangers to a measly four hits and a goose egg in the runs column across seven stellar innings. Gray racked up 10 strikeouts for the second time over his last three starts. Phil Maton and Ryan Helsley shut the door out of the Cardinal bullpen on a day where the Cardinals shut out the Rangers in a 2-0 win. The Cards g...

The St. Louis Cardinals promoted rising outfield prospect Joshua Baez from High-A Peoria to Double-AA Springfield this week after the 21-year-old former 2nd round draft pick (2021) showed everything the organization needed to see from him at A-ball. We discuss Baez’s promotion in the context of the crop of other outfield prospects that the Cards have working their way through the system. Plus, is...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 win over the Orioles on Wednesday night in Baltimore as the Cardinals came from behind for a second night in a row, battling through the rain drops to claim a series victory on the road! Masyn Winn and Brendan Donovan came up with big games offensively but not until after Jordan Walker truly set the tone for the comeback effort with a clutch...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals coming from behind to win over the Orioles on Tuesday night in Baltimore. Lars Nootbaar put together a big day including a home run to help push the Cards out to a lead, and Andre Pallante was rolling along to maintain it -- until he wasn't. A 3-run homer for Baltimore meant the Cardinals had to find a way to come from behind. Nolan Gorman wa...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals win on Saturday over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Busch Stadium. Matthew Liberatore has been remarkable and was again on Saturday. But some defensive mishaps caused a solid lead to disappear as Jordan Walker and Brendan Donovan had some unfortunate moments in the field. But for Jordan Walker to be the reason the Cardinals brought it back with his...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals win on Friday night against the Diamondbacks as Oliver Marmol was ejected after arguing against the objectively terrible strike zone of home plate umpire Ron Kulpa. As so often seems to happen, Oli's fire may have sparked the Cardinals are the sixth inning became a rally that saw a key bases loaded walk by Herrera and a clutch swing by Arenad...

The St. Louis Cardinals took their first series loss since nearly a month ago in Atlanta, when they lost to the Tigers 5-1 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday. Andre Pallante was not at his best and struggled with walks, but he kept the Cardinals in it. Unfortunately, the offense did not produce the way you wanted to see in a bullpen game. Was there a bit of a hangover after the tough way they lost Tues...

The St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in a tightly contested game on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. Brenden Schaeffer breaks it all down here in the latest episode of his daily Cardinals podcast, B-Schaeff Daily, describing some of the key points in the matchup that ultimately turned against St. Louis in a tough loss. While there were numerous key decisions in the game that Olive...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals THUMPING the best team in MLB on Monday as the Cards beat the Tigers 11-4 to maintain this incredible run they're on recently. Sonny Gray was outstanding and continued a trend of his this season in the way that he rebounds from rough outings by showing his best work in the follow-up. The offense stuck with it and put together a late barrage a...

This St. Louis Cardinals defense is unbelievable! Masyn Winn, Victor Scott II, Brendan Donovan, and yes, in perhaps a more subtle way, Willson Contreras was a significant contributor to the Cards 1-0 win on Saturday in Kansas City. Jordan Walker came up with the key swing, powering the lone run in the ball game as Miles Mikolas was brilliant yet again. If you don’t realize how good Mikolas has act...

Brenden Schaeffer hosted a live episode of B-Schaeff Daily during the St. Louis Cardinals off-night on Thursday and ended up tackling a lot of long-view type of topics in a Q&A with Cards fans. What will the Cardinals do at the trade deadline if they are winning and contending? What if they aren't? What if they're in the middle? And how much influence would Chaim Bloom have over that deadline,...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals splitting the doubleheader against the Phillies in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Game 1 was a tightly played contest that had a playoff atmosphere to it, and the Cardinals simply came a play or two short from finding a way to come out on top. So, the winning streak ended. But in Game 2, the Cardinals were resilient, overcoming an early 5-1 deficit w...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals on the Tuesday off day after the rains poured down in Philly to set up a DH on Wednesday. Cards fans jumped into the live comments on the stream that originally aired on YouTube, asking about the plan for Gorman and Walker, Herrera's future position, my predicted win total for the Cardinals this season, my 2026 rotation projection and so very muc...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals pulling off a thrilling win in Philadelphia Monday night, 3-2 over the Phillies to extend their winning streak to nine games! The hottest team in baseball just did it in dramatic fashion, on the road, and this time it came against a legitimate contending opponent. We dive into all the moments that mattered from this game, including key swings fro...

#UDPartner SIGN UP FOR UNDERDOG using our promo code: BSCHAEFFUnderdog sign-up link: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-brenden-schaeffer Some of the stats surrounding this St. Louis Cardinals eight-game winning streak are absolutely incredible, especially when considering the numbers for the starting rotation and a bullpen that hasn't given up a run in a week!

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 win over the Nationals on Sunday, Mother's Day, as the Redbirds keep things rolling by sweeping the Nats and winning their eighth straight game! Miles Mikolas once again did all you could ask for, even if he felt like he could see his game extended beyond the 69 pitches that he threw, we explain why it was certainly the right choice by Ol...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 win over the Nationals on Saturday as Andre Pallante became the latest Cardinals starter to pitch an absolute gem. Were we surprised to see him stay in the game for the eighth inning considering the rested nature of the bullpen? Perhaps, but it's also fair to say there weren't really any obvious signs of him slowing down prior to the...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0 win over the Nationals on Friday night as Erick Fedde was masterful in a complete game shutout, the first of his MLB career! And it happened in the place that he was drafted all those years ago. More on Fedde's outing and his outlook, as well as the Cardinals lineup falling into form. Ivan Herrera is back and he contributed to a big game...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals optioning Luken Baker to Triple-A Memphis ahead of the weekend series in Washington D.C. Does this mean van Herrera is returning? And is it a bad thing that the Cardinals now have so many catchers on the active roster? Plus, on their day off, the Cardinals elected a new pope, who, despite erroneous reporting earlier in the day Thursday, is NOT a...

Brenden Schaeffer and Grant Salsman discuss the previous 24 hours for the Cardinals as Sonny Gray followed up Matthew Liberatore's brilliance with some of his own on Wednesday. The Cardinals have won five straight games. Are they changing the opinions yet of what you had thought about them coming into the season? Or do we still need to see more to adjust our expectations? Tune into the Big Sho...