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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Andre Pallante's continued brilliance as he cements himself as a fixture in the rotation even as two injured starters are due to return. He's not going anywhere.

The Cardinals win their third straight, 6-1 over the Twins on Friday as they continue to operate with virtually zero margin for error the rest of the way. What exactly does the playoff picture look like and how hard will this math ultimately be?

Plus, HOOOOOLY smokes Quinn Mathews. Yeah, he did it again. And Gorman did A Thing in Memphis!

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Brenden and Josh tackle the wild last week of Cardinals baseball as the club has turned the corner in terms of its performance, but it hasn't bought them much traction in terms of flipping the standings around.

What would need to happen to get us to buy back into the Cardinals having a real shot at this? And how should playing time be divided the rest of the way?

Plus we get into plenty of interesting conversations about the future and how the Cardinals might approach various pitching decisions once the off-season arrives.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals win over the Brewers in emphatic walk-off fashion on Wednesday night at Busch, 10-6 on the strength of a Nolan Arenado walk-off grand slam.

Luken Baker was another hero of the game with his pinch blast. Who would have thought the big slugger could hit for power?

Gibby started strong but the bullpen had trouble, meaning multiple comebacks were necessary for the Redbirds. It's almost always never easy, but they got the W on Wednesday.

Now it's a question of what they're going to do with it -- build from it or let it fade into being a mere fond memory in a lost season.

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Brenden Schaeffer performs a live stream after the Cardinals loss to the Brewers, 3-2, on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. This is the audio from that stream.

What is left to say about the Cardinals at this point?

Brandon Crawford is gone. Jordan Walker is temporarily; it didn't really make sense to have him here the past week, anyway. Not for the role he had.

Organization feels stale. And the Cardinals still can't score. Yikes.

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Brenden Schaeffer tackles the Cardinals 2-1 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium.

Lars Nootbaar provided a pinch-hit homer but that's all the Cardinals would muster in the game as Clayton Kershaw got the better of the St. Louis lineup.

Sonny Gray gave the Cardinals a chance but dealt with some sporadic command that meant he would only get through five innings in his start.

Ohtani homered against him, too, but he does that against a lot of guys.

The Cardinals are very much running out of time. We spend some time comparing the answers from Oli Marmol and John Mozeliak to an identical question about Jordan Walker.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-2 win over the Dodgers as the Redbirds finally stop the skid. Plenty left to do for this team and the work has only begun if the playoffs are a sincere goal.

The next step: Sonny Gray has no choice but to be great on Sunday. Period.

Plus, we get into the brilliance of prospect Quinn Mathews following his latest feat on Saturday.

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Brenden Schaeffer conducts a live stream discussing the Cardinals 7-6 loss to the Dodgers. The Birds played a solid game. But the only thing that can matter at this point is whether it results in a W. And unfortunately, this one--in a winnable game--did not.

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the state of the Cardinals after their 9-2 loss to the Reds on Wednesday. Being swept in Cincy has the Cardinals a game below .500.

The Jordan Walker role on the roster comes under further scrutiny. Oli Marmol is frustrated in his postgames. Everything is bad right now and the season is on the brink.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 4-1 loss to the Reds on Tuesday night as gets into the deep on the struggles of this club recently.

The Cards fell to .500 with the loss. There's no sugarcoating the mediocrity of the season to this point. So we dive into the data on who the Cardinals have been while wondering if it will confine them to who they're going to be--or whether there is any reason to believe this team still has a run in them.

Let's get into it all.

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