How Good Can The Cardinals Be?

On 590 The Fan KFNS, Bernie Miklasz talked all things St. Louis Cardinals & MLB with Andy McCullough of The Athletic.

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[CaptainHowdyFourTwenty]

Thanks for the end of the night listen Charlie!

[RETARDOMONTALBAN]

Thank you for putting this up. YT is easier to use than yall's website.

Anyway, when Bernie says "listen to" the nerds what he really means is "defer to your betters" - the performative open-mindedness is phony, a schtick. The saber revolution that ruined the entertainment value of baseball (take a bow, nerds, and your enablers like Bernie) was actually a class war between baseball lifers ("dinosaurs") who were largely high school educated, the grizzled scouts types, the guys who washed out of AA ball but stayed in the game, and the professional managerial class (often literally ivy league dorks). The PMC won the conflict in both the front office and media theaters, and the result is an unwatchable sport to everyone who didnt, like me, grow up with it before it changed.

[YouMama]

I like the whole thing about changing the DH position to a Courtesy batter type position. When you take out the starter. You lose it ... I wish the NL would of done that instead of going full DH ... Also, robo strikes and balls. Keep the umpire back there. Just take stikes and balls out of his responsibility ... could lower the mound as well ... none of these solutions are gimmicky.

[timmangan]

The last two games including the split with the braves where Libby Dominated, Helsley looked kind of weak even though he picked up the saves..Helsley couldn't get that 102 fastball going.. Michael Siani sure looked good..

[boschlosser]

The cardinals are doing enough to hang around.. they know and we know this current bullpen and rotation isn’t sustainable.. they won’t trade for any bats.. if they do I’ll be beyond shocked.. they have Noot and Edman waiting.. as well as their big righty bat in Walker Mo referenced waiting in Memphis… as of now there aren’t many quality bargain bin arms out there that Mo goes after so we will see what moves are made to make the playoff push

[georgesouthwick]

I still believe that when September rolls around, the Cardinals will be either a game or two over .500 or a game or two under .500, and will not be a playoff team.

[rundmc]

Love your Manfraud comments. Stop screwing with the game jack ball

[boschlosser]

Can someone please explain as to why Ryan Tapera is still on this 26 man roster and I haven’t seen this man pitch once.. also if Gio implodes again.. those two imo have to go immediately!

[chrisweidner]

Thinking the run will continue. Especially as Noot (extended)//Edman have yet to contribute. Thinking Gorman will figure it out. Getting excited about the depth of our line-up. Imagining Walker as a power force off the bench in the playoffs. They MUST take the division. Don’t think about wild card. Will like to see more elite depth in Pitching. The guest on the Cubs; “They’ve stopped scoring points.” 🙄True baseball insider. 😁

[docholliday]

Lets be honest here. Gorman .194 Carlson .198 Crawford .196 Goldy .231 Carp .231. Right now no one on the team is hitting above .300
still have the weakest hitting outfield in the league. If they want to compete with Brewers are even get to the wild card and win... they have to trade for a good hitting outfielder. Edman (if he ever comes back) and Noot are not exactly great hitters (sometimes not even average)
Need a # 5 pitcher, and another very good hitting outfielder.

[MikeSmith-rxuz]

I think they're getting lucky. Goldy, nado, Gorman barely contributing to this point.

[turdferguson]

God love ya, Bernie, but you get winded talking. Get healthy my man.

[drewpballs]

If the game is now a pitching dominant, that is just the way it is, you can't artificially change it.

[dhornjr]

Let's not start high-fiving each other just yet. We'll see how they're playing in August and September.

[nobeardthepirate]

The cardinals reaching the postseason is a win in the front office mind, "We just cant have a repeat of last season" mindset. That mixed with injury, player regression/devolpment, salary, the cardinals wont make a real push till 2026.

[JW]

Charlie! You guys should get Bernie on Hot Take Central