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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 11-3 loss to the Red Sox from Sunday, May 19, 2024 at Busch Stadium.

In Ep. 568 of B-Schaeff Daily, we dive into the Cardinals' handling of Matthew Liberatore this season as he began the year thriving in a bullpen role but has been tasked with a return to the rotation on the fly.

What does it say about the Cardinals' drafting and development of pitchers if their best option for filling in for the rotation is a player that they had already assigned to a bullpen role? Is Liberatore going to be miscast by the Cardinals as a "failed starter" in the same way that Jordan Hicks was? Because he's looking like a pretty successful starter over with the Giants this year... Simply put, this falls on the Cardinals front office.

We also discuss the frequent off-days for players like Masyn Winn and how (and perhaps why) they have coincided with Sunday games in which the Cardinals have mightily struggled this year.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 7-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Busch Stadium.

The Cardinals have continued to swing the bats well recently, racking up a ton of hits as every player in the lineup came up with at least one base knock on Saturday.

But most importantly, they came through with a clutch late rally in order to seal the deal and set up another sweep chance for Sunday afternoon at Busch.

We talk Liberatore getting set for that contest as well as Miles Mikolas' outing from Saturday. Plus, thoughts on Oli's bullpen management in the win and how important it was that Ryan Helsley was again not needed to win a game.

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In Ep. 566 of B-Schaeff Daily, Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 10-6 win over the Boston Red Sox from Friday, May 17, 2024 at Busch Stadium.

The offense was the star of the show Friday as the Cardinals mashed four home runs in the win, including Masyn Winn's first of the year and a key blast by a slumping Nolan Gorman to perhaps help him toward a turnaround.

The Cardinals scored in seven out of their eight innings offensively and banished the RISP monkey from their backs for a night.

Kyle Gibson pitched well enough and deep enough into the game to secure the win for St. Louis, but we'll get into the sustainability of a rotation that is teetering toward the bottom five of MLB in ERA.

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the recent comments made by Cardinals team president Bill DeWitt III on 'The Kilcoyne Conversation' podcast with Martin Kilcoyne (hosted by the Scoops Sports Network).

DeWitt referred to the notion of Cardinals fans deciding not to show up to games anymore in order to send a message to ownership regarding the fans' displeasure with the state of the club as an "illogical" line of thought.

In doing so, DeWitt demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of what a team's relationship to its fans should be.

Brenden dives into full depth on the comments and many elements surrounding them in this hour-long episode.

Link to original podcast episode of the interview between Kilcoyne and BD3: https://www.scoopswithdannymac.com/bill-dewitt-may-2024-the-kilcoyne-conversation/

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the letdown by the Cardinals on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 as the opportunity to cement a sweep once again evaded St. Louis in a non-competitive 7-2 loss to the Angels.

Instead of keeping up the momentum and securing a winning road trip, the Cardinals reverted back to their struggles with RISP and saw a further deterioration to their standing in the pitching staff and in particular, the starting rotation numbers.

Where the Cardinals stand statistically in these categories makes it clear why they are currently seven games below a .500 record. How should fans feel about the current state of things for the Redbirds? We'll try and dissect as many of the relevant topics as possible here in this episode.

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Brenden Schaeffer goes into more detail on the Ron Washington comments about Luis Guillorme's failed squeeze bunt that HE called for but did not want to take responsibility for the failure!

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 7-6 win over the Angels from Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

Ep. 563 of B-Schaeff Daily delves into big moments offensively by Pedro Pages and Alec Burleson as the offense for St. Louis posted its fourth straight game with a double-digit hit total.

We get into the outing from Sonny Gray as the Cardinal ace left a few too many pitches over the heart of the plate, which set up a thrilling final few frames as a result of the closely contested score.

Ron Washington bailed out JoJo Romero in a major way in the eighth inning and Cowboy JoJo made sure not to waste the gift.

Cardinals have won three in a row and will look to go for the jugular on Wednesday -- Can they get their first sweep of 2024?

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Brenden Schaeffer returns from his weekend hiatus at a wedding in NJ for a new B-Schaeff Daily discussing the weekend that was in Milwaukee but focusing heavily on the scrutiny and scuttlebutt that suggested the Cardinals could be close to making a move at manager.

Mozeliak spoke to KMOX on Sunday morning, adding some fuel to the fire.

Are the Cardinals close to firing Oli Marmol? Did the win Sunday potentially calm the waters on that front? And a better question -- Should Mozeliak really be allowed to execute another managerial firing in the first place? He built the roster, after all.

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