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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 win over the Pirates on Tuesday at Busch Stadium as Matthew Liberatore outdueled Paul Skenes, who has to be about plumb tired of facing the Cardinals at this point. He still hasn't beaten this St. Louis team and it was Liberatore's brilliance combined with Alec Burleson's timely hitting against Skenes that made the difference on T...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 win over the Pirates on Monday at Busch Stadium as Miles Mikolas got the team through five innings and the power supply came from Alec Burleson, Willson Contreras and Jose Barrero! Plus, the Cards should have had more insurance but the umpires absolutely missed a call at home plate that somehow was not overturned on replay, either. Follow thi...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the unbelievable St. Louis Cardinals doubleheader sweep of the Mets on Sunday at Busch Stadium as Michael McGreevy put the team on his back in Game 2. Victor Scott II made one of the best catches you'll ever see to rob a home run from Juan Soto. Erick Fedde and Andre Pallante walked way too many guys. Will the Cardinals look more closely at their rotation spots with cle...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals calling up Michael McGreevy to the big-league roster on Saturday, optioning Roddery Munoz to Memphis. Is McGreevy joining the Cardinals rotation or is he simply here to provide some protection for the weekend? What do we see as his long-term path in 2025 and how will the Cardinals handle their expiring contracts if they can't climb back into comp...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the mounting St. Louis Cardinals losing streak in games against the New York Mets, dating back to last season as Sonny Gray got hit around by a Mets lineup that piled up 17 hits in a 9-3 beatdown on the Cards on Friday at Busch. Willson Contreras has largely been very steady at 1B defensively during this transition, but his biggest blunder came in a key spot on Friday n...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a rain-soaked loss for the St. Louis Cardinals in Cincinnati on Thursday as the rain delay knocked Matthew Liberatore from his start prematurely and apparently took any chances the Cardinals had in the game with him. Are we concerned about the offense after being completely stymied by the Reds bullpen again? Or is this one to plain wash away and forget it ever happened?...

Brenden Schaeffer provides the comprehensive breakdown of the St. Louis Cardinals thrilling doubleheader sweep of the Reds on Wednesday in Cincy as Miles Mikolas got his first win of the season with the Cards bats finally waking up. Masyn Winn has a two-homer game and caps a back-to-back-to-back sequence in the ninth inning of Game 1. Victor Scott and Lars Nootbaar bring their lumber, too. Oliver...

Andy Humphrey and Brenden Schaeffer discuss Oli Marmol telling the Gashouse Gang show on KMOX Tuesday that "there's nothing to point at from a preparation standpoint or a from a player standpoint where there's something indicating why we should not have success on the road." Marmol sees the Cards' 2-12 road record as a blip on the radar that doesn't have a concrete answer...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals dropping the series opener in Cincinnati against the Reds at Great American Ballpark, 3-1 as Nick Martinez out-dueled Andre Pallante. Pallante gave the Cardinals a quality start and saw the bullpen do a solid job behind him, but he did not get the run support he needed to win this game. Why have the Cards struggled so much on the road compared to...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses two big games in downtown St. Louis from Sunday as the St. Louis Cardinals fell to the Brewers 7-1 and the St. Louis Blues won Game 4 over the Jets, 5-1, to even up the Stanley Cup Playoffs series. We discuss Erick Fedde's lackluster performance and Thomas Saggese's impending demotion. On Blues, we break down the win and look ahead to how the Note can find some success...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 win over the Brewers on Saturday at Busch Stadium as the Cards walked it off on a Nolan Arenado home run in the bottom of the ninth. The Cardinals actually played a very solid game all the way through to the ninth, getting timely hitting and good defense to go along with a solid outing from Sonny Gray. Even the bridge to Ryan Helsley was good...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals win over the Brewers on Friday night at Busch Stadium as Nolan Arenado made of one his finest defensive plays as a big-leaguer to cut down the tying run at home plate and help Phil Maton out of an eighth inning jam. Kyle EveryDeahy pitched, too, showing his own escape tricks in the seventh. All of it led to a Ryan Helsley save. But none of it hap...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Blues 7-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs series on Thursday at Enterprise Center. Hear from Jim Montgomery from after the win as we break down the game and the way in which it may have shifted the state of the series moving forward with a massively important Game 4 looming on Sunday. Follow this podcast feed for St. Loui...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the stubbornness of the St. Louis Cardinals management as it pertained to the bullpen construction this past series in Atlanta. There were guardrails on many relievers in the bullpen, guardrails which individually, we completely agree with being in place. But add it all up, and collectively, it arguably meant the Cardinals should have anticipated that they couldn't affo...

Andy, Brenden and Grant discuss the St. Louis Cardinals' loss to the Atlanta Braves from Wednesday afternoon at Truist Park. No matter who Oliver Marmol turned to behind Miles Mikolas, the relievers didn't get the job done on Wednesday unless their name was Kyle Leahy (AKA Kyle EveryDeahy). For everyone else, what did it matter the order Oliver Marmol called upon them? They flat out didn&#...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night as the Cards got a hugely clutch swing from Nolan Gorman to break a tie in the eighth inning and propel St. Louis to the end of the five-game losing skid. Willson Contreras also worked one of the toughest walks you'll ever see, and bat-flipped the heck out of it to set up the key Gorman moment. We...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses another rough go of things for the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen as this time the Redbirds had a lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning and the top setup men were unable to deliver the game safely to Ryan Helsley for a ninth inning save chance. Plus, we're seeing a number of the young core players offensively regressing in their statistics lately. Although, c...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4 loss to the Mets on Sunday, capping a series sweep for New York as the Cardinals fall to a pitiful 1-9 record in road games this season. The trio of Lindor, Soto, and Alonso combined to drive in more runs in this series than the entire Cardinals team scored. Ryan Fernandez's recent struggles reached a new level on Sunday as we're left with mo...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals shutout loss to the New York Mets on Saturday at Citi Field as Kodai Senga carved up a Cardinal lineup that is suddenly looking extremely pedestrian over the past couple of weeks. The season-long numbers don't yet fully reflect just how quiet the St. Louis lineup has become. What gives, here? Tough pitching or something more sinister about th...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses a painful loss for the St. Louis Cardinals as Francisco Lindor and the Mets walked it off on Friday night at Citi Field. That's the seventh road loss of the year for the Cards in only eight games, and it was a frustrating one considering they got a few timely hits (including a clutch home run by Brendan Donovan in the top of the ninth) and decent enough starting pitchin...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals loss to the New York Mets from Thursday night as the bats were quiet and one bad inning cost Andre Pallante on the mound. The Cardinals are now 1-6 on the road this season, which is a stark contrast to their 8-4 record at home. What do we make of this differential and is it something that is a cause for concern for the full season? Follow this po...

The St. Louis Cardinals got a key series win on Wednesday over the Astros at Busch Stadium, so we had plenty to talk about on this episode of B-Schaeff Daily! From a strong start by Steven Matz to prospect buzz in Springfield, here’s what we’re diving into in Ep. 756: 🧢 Steven Matz delivers a solid start in his first turn back with the rotation — What happens with his rotation spot down the road...

In Ep. 755 of B-Schaeff Daily, Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals losing 2-0 to the Houston Astros on Tuesday at Busch Stadium. -Hunter Brown was darn good for the Astros, and the Cardinal bats were unable to take advantage of their best chances, going 1-for-7 with RISP -Erick Fedde was good in his own right, giving up only one run to lower his season ERA to 3.43 -Kyle Leahy is an...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 8-3 win over the Astros on Monday night at Busch Stadium. -Brendan Donovan went 4-for-4 and now leads MLB in hits. Is it time for the Cardinals to deliver him a muffin basket and right a wrong from over the winter? -Arenado could have been an Astro, but he didn't want to be, and now he's hitting nukes against them. That's fun! -Sonny...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 7-0 win over the Phillies from Sunday, including the revival of Willson Contreras at the plate as he put together a strong day offensively. Plus, Contreras had a strong message for Cardinals fans, leaning into the notion that this team plays for the fans -- and is hoping to see them back at Busch soon. Matthew Liberatore was terrific again for St...