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Ep. 794: Four Runs All Weekend... What Happened To The Hitters? And We've Gotta Talk About Fedde... Jun 02, 2025

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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 of walking batters popped up again.

Still, he had the Cardinals in position to mount another rally after holding serve against ace Jacob deGrom. But when Oli Marmol decided to go for the gusto with offensive substitutions in the 7th, it did not pay off into runs being scored--and it also left the defense somewhat vulnerable.

Brenden gives his take on the offense scoring only 4 runs all series -- long-term concern or just one of those instances of running into a tough pitching staff?

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Ep. 793: Sonny Gray was OUTSTANDING for the Cardinals on Saturday! Jun 01, 2025

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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 got their scoring early on an Arenado sac fly and an RBI double by Willson Contreras.

We also discuss the roster moves from Saturday that included Jordan Walker hitting the IL.

Plus, down on the farm, the Springfield Cardinals shelled Royals star Cole Ragans during his rehab assignment! You don’t see that everyday!

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Ep. 792: Cardinals Promote Rising OF Prospect! Could McGreevy Fit Into June Rotation Plans? May 30, 2025

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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 there a case to be made that Michael McGreevy will be up with the big-league team sooner rather than later? A look at the June schedule may be all it takes to compel the Cardinals to give him a call.

Ep. 791: The Cardinals Just Don't Quit. Another Comeback Win Secures A Series W In Baltimore! May 29, 2025

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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 swing to ensure the Cardinals had something to build upon as they scrapped back from an early deficit.

The trade deadline rhetoric has completely shifted from what we expected it would be, right? Tons of good listener questions in this episode!

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Ep. 790: Cardinals Come Back In Baltimore! Big Swings, Big Win! May 28, 2025

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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 was tasked with a key spot against a lefty in the sixth inning, but was unable to tie the game, somewhat predictably. Brenden explains why Oli Marmol was anything but blind to that moment -- we have to see the bigger picture in 2025.

Rest assured, later swings by Masyn Winn and Nolan Arenado put the Cardinals back ahead. And then lo and behold, we saw the 'runway' crew Gorman and Jordan Walker go back-to-back triples to help pad the newly-found lead.

A lot to like about this one from the Cardinals perspective.

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Ep. 789: You Can't Count The Cardinals Out Of ANY Game Right Now! May 25, 2025

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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 clutch swing to regain the lead, that's pure serendipity.

Ryan Helsley on a back-to-back is often a little nerve-wracking but great defense by Nolan Arenado and Alec Burleson in the ninth helped guide Helsley to a key... win? Why not a save? Regardless, impressive stuff from STL

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Ep. 788: Oli Marmol Shows Some FIRE As Cardinals Hang On To Beat D-backs! May 24, 2025

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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 Arenado turn into four runs.

Miles Mikolas was brilliant once again as the Cardinals have now won five straight starts with him on the mound. What a turnaround it's been for the veteran!

Helsley had a hiccup in the ninth but held on for his 10th save.

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Ep. 787: Cardinals Drop Their First Series In A Month -- Are We Worried? May 22, 2025

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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 Tuesday night? It's an interesting question.

And as we often see, you have to be willing to use your whole bullpen in games that you're behind rather than chasing the game with your favorite reliever or two.

Plus, we discuss the returns to the mound of Tink Hence and Quinn Mathews in recent rehab assignments!

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Ep. 786: St. Louis Cardinals Battle Back On Skubal, But Lose It Late -- Did Oli Marmol Handle Key Decisions Effectively? May 21, 2025

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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 Oliver Marmol had to make, I'm not necessarily convinced that he erred with, really, any of them when you boil down the thought processes behind each.

But in what he spoke at the most length regarding in the postgame, Oli revealed the one decision point that clearly ate at him the most in retrospect of a hard-luck loss for the Cardinals.

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Ep. 785: So... The Cardinals Might Just Be Legit. They THUMPED The Best Team In Baseball Monday! May 20, 2025

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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 against the Detroit bullpen and old friend John Brebbia after a rain delay.

Is the play on the field turning up the heat on this idea that the Cardinals may not be able to afford to sell off contracts at this trade deadline the way many expected we would see coming into the year? This 2025 season could be one to remember, come what may.

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