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

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Ep. 593: Pedro Pagés does it again... In front of his dad on Father's Day! Cardinals down Cubs! Jun 17, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Father's Day heroics by Pedro Pagés who provided the only semblance of Cardinals offense in Sunday's win over the Cubs, 2-1 at Wrigley.

Where is the rest of the offense and when will it show up?

Plus Miles Mikolas was nails again and the Cardinals are still getting away with Ryan Helsley not being at his sharpest.

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Ep. 592: Imanaga Shoves -- Why Did Marmol Pull Pallante So Early? Jun 16, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-1 loss to the Cubs from Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Wrigley Field in this episode of B-Schaeff Daily.

Shota Imanaga shoulda been a Cardinal, eh? Instead, he's going to terrorize the Redbirds for the next for years, isn't he? It sure happened on Saturday.

What happened with Andre Pallante? He was pitching pretty well, showing some moxie... But Oli Marmol gave him the quick hook, pulling him after 3.1 innings for Chris Roycroft.

Which didn't work out even though he delivered the exact type of soft contact Oli was looking for when he made the call. Them's the breaks.

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Redrafting MLB Teams: Who Would You Take 1.01? Which Cardinal Would You Be Your Top Keeper? Jun 15, 2024

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Matt Whitener and Brenden Schaeffer hold down the fort while Cam Janssen leaves the studio to join another radio show during our show. We chirp him for it and then get into a discussion of the most overrated franchises in sports before diving into a really fun Cardinals topic: Who would you protect in the Cardinals organization in the event of a full redraft of all 30 MLB teams? Matt and Brenden have the same answer for their top slot, but there’s a healthy debate regarding who some of the other most valuable players in the Cardinals organization actually are. When Cam returns, the show devolves into more chaos as outlined in the timestamps below! ------------------------- 0:00: We make fun of Cam Janssen for leaving in the middle of the show and telling Matt Whitener and Brenden Schaeffer to ‘just talk Cardinals or something 1:30 - Is it weird the Blues announced the Alexander Steen news during the Stanley Cup Final? 4:13 - Most overrated franchises in professional sports 9:13 - Why do we constantly count out the Brewers and act like they’re about to fall flat at any minute? We all did it last year too! 10:54 - Who would you take 1.01 if you were the POBO of a team in an MLB redraft of all 30 teams? 13:29 - Who would be your one keeper for the Cardinals to protect from the imaginary MLB redraft? 20:19 - Cam returns from doing an interview mid-show on NHL Network Radio so we make fun of him for it 23:15 - Brenden explains that he’s not named after Brendan Shanahan… Probably? 27:20 - Is ANYONE going to the UFL Championship at the Dome now that the Battlehawks are eliminated? We kinda doubt it…

Ep. 591: Friday Was CLASSIC Wrigley — Cardinals Prevail Thanks To Gibby & Pedro! Jun 15, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 3-0 win over the Cubs at Wrigley on Friday, June 14, 2024.

Kyle Gibson was masterful. Kyle Hendricks was annoying. Pedro Pagés launched one into the wind and somehow found the basket for his first big-league homer, with his family in attendance.

Pedro also called a heckuva game and guided the Cardinals staff to the W.

JoJo gave up a bomb that Brendan Donovan caught in left field to end an inning. Helsley still can't find his fastball but it didn't matter. I could go on. I did go on, breaking down all of that as well as the Cardinals playoff prospects after climbing back to .500 once again.

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How Is Kyle Hendricks STILL HAPPENING To The Cardinals In 2024?! Jun 15, 2024

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Andy and Brenden of the KTGR Big Show discuss the Cardinals 3-0 win over the Cubs from Friday.

How in the world is Kyle Hendricks still owning the Cardinals in The Year Of Our Lord 2024?!

Annoying though it may be, the Redbirds still won. We talk Pedro Pages and Kyle Gibson's big contributions, among other tidbits.

Tune into the KTGR app to listen to the Big Show, weekdays from 4-6pm CT!

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Ep. 590: The Cardinal Bullpen Was Nails, Bailed Out Lance Lynn Again Jun 14, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 4-3 win over the Pirates from Thursday, June 13, 2024.

Lance Lynn failed to get through five innings for the third straight time, and for the third straight time, his teammates bailed him out.

Goldy and BFD homered to pace the offense.

The bullpen was sensational, tossing 4.2 scoreless innings after John King got the Cardinals out of the fifth. He allowed a couple of inherited runners to score, but nothing was charged to the STL pen all day.

How do we feel about the bullpen now, and what could happen to it when Giovanny Gallegos returns very soon?

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This NL Wild Card Picture Is MESSY Jun 14, 2024

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Andy and Brenden discuss the Cardinals, Royals and the messy NL Wild Card picture on the KTGR Big Show on Thursday, June 13, 2024.

Where would you set the Over-Under for the win total of the third NL wild card team in 2024? Lots of teams are vying for the chance at it, but none of them are currently at or above .500!

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Ep. 589: 'We're Not Going Down Like That' After The First Two Hitters Reached, Sonny Didn't Give 'Em A Chance Jun 13, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 4-2 win over the Pirates on Wednesday, June 12. 2024 at Busch Stadium.

Sonny Gray was looking to rebound from a rough outing last Thursday in which walks came back to haunt him. That meant a gameplan Wednesday of attacking hitters in the middle of the strike zone and trusting his stuff to do the rest.

Well, after Gray had allowed a walk and a double to begin the game, he had to mentally lock back in and tell himself to put up or shut up. He wasn't adhering to the plan he had discussed with his catcher and coaches leading into the game, and didn't want to be the type to talk about something without doing it.

Needless to say, Gray did it the rest of the way, striking out the side in the first on his next 10 pitches to escape the jam and set the tone for his night.

Although the final RISP numbers for the Cardinals look more favorable than it was (we'll explain), the offense did enough to back Gray in his eighth win of the year.

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Ep. 588: Mikolas matches Skenes but Cardinals lose as their feeble bench is becoming a real problem Jun 12, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' 2-1 loss to the Pirates from Tuesday, June 11, 2024.

In Ep. 588 of B-Schaeff Daily we discuss the duel between Miles Mikolas and Paul Skenes as the rookie phenom lived up to the billing for the Pirates--but Mikolas matched him stride for stride.

It was the Cardinals offense that disappointed in this one, unable to get to Skenes or the Pittsburgh bullpen in a meaningful way.

Ryan Helsley had a hiccup, but the loss really shined a light on the bench that John Mozeliak has built here in 2024. It left Oli Marmol with precious few real options to deploy resources effectively late in the game.

Oh, and Brenden got shot by an airsoft gun downtown while walking back to his car late at night. True story.

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Ep. 587: Which MLB Player Do Other Players Think Is The Most Overrated? That & More From The Athletic's MLB Player Poll! Jun 11, 2024

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Brenden Schaeffer discusses the recent MLB Player Poll conducted by The Athletic that dove into several hot topics around the game, including asking players to name their most overrate peer, which player has the best vibes, and what organizations have a bad reputation among players.

Were the Cardinals listed among the bad organizations or as one that players would want to play for? Or both?!

We'll discuss that as well as which former and current Cardinals were listed within the various categories.

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Link to The Athletic player poll: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5529966/2024/06/10/mlb-player-poll-overrated-underrated-worst-organization/