Ben Cerutti 3/11

Mar 3, 2021
2 min

2021 Projection Series - Paul Goldschmidt

Please check out the Projections Primer, to see how I come about getting these projections. Prior to getting started, I want to take a...

Ben Cerutti

Mar 2, 2021
3 min

2021 Projection Series - Jack Flaherty

Please check out the Projections Primer, to see how I come about getting these projections. Prior to getting started, I want to take a...

Ben Cerutti

Mar 1, 2021
2 min

2021 Projection Series - Yadier Molina

Please check out the Projections Primer, to see how I come about getting these projections. Prior to getting started, I want to take a...

2021 Projection Series - Adam Wainwright

Ben Cerutti

Mar 1, 2021
2 min

2021 Projection Series - Adam Wainwright

Please check out the Projections Primer, to see how I come about getting these projections. Prior to getting started, I want to take a...

Ben Cerutti

Feb 12, 2021
3 min

2021 Projections Primer

Hello Birds on the Black and Flyover Country Baseball friends! Welcome to February! This year's projection series debuts soon. It’s...

Ben Cerutti

Feb 1, 2021
10 min

The Obligatory Nolan Arenado Post

The Cardinals did it. They truly, really, finally, unbelievably, fantastically, incomprehensibly did it. Nolan Arenado is a St. Louis...

Ben Cerutti

Jan 21, 2021
4 min

Illustrious Outfield Production

Growing up in the late 80s and early 90s with a father as much into baseball as mine, one thing that I heard year after year going into...

Ben Cerutti

Dec 25, 2020
9 min

Trading Carlos Martinez

Carlos Martinez was an ace of sorts for the St. Louis Cardinals in the mid-2010s. From the beginning of 2015 through July of 2018,...

Did Tyler O'Neill Simply Have a Fastball Problem in 2020

Ben Cerutti

Nov 23, 2020
6 min

Did Tyler O'Neill Simply Have a Fastball Problem in 2020

On the surface, Tyler O'Neill's 2020 season looks pretty cut and dry. On one hand, he was a tremendous LF defender, garnering himself a...

Dispelling A Narrative Through The What If Rabbit Hole

Ben Cerutti

Nov 19, 2020
3 min

Dispelling A Narrative Through The What If Rabbit Hole

Have you ever heard Cardinals fans (or been the Cardinals fan) that contend John Mozeliak just isn't willing to make the moves like Walt...

Ben Cerutti

Jul 30, 2020
4 min

(Way Too) Early Returns 2020

Today, since I believe we'll be shut down very soon in regards to baseball's 2020 season, I'm going to take a look at Statcast's (VERY...

Ben Cerutti

Jul 18, 2020
9 min

What Do We Know About The Youngsters?

During every offseason, I come up with all sorts of scenarios in my head that I discuss with anyone that will listen. The last couple of...

Pitch Movement - Does Maddux have an effect in this arena as well?

Ben Cerutti

Jun 23, 2020
8 min

Pitch Movement - Does Maddux have an effect in this arena as well?

In the the second of (what is now but was not intended to be) a series of posts about the differences in pitchers under former St. Louis...

The Changing Dynamics of Cardinals Pitchers Under Mike Maddux's Tutelage

Ben Cerutti

Jun 4, 2020
10 min

The Changing Dynamics of Cardinals Pitchers Under Mike Maddux's Tutelage

Today I wanted to take a look at some data and see if we can make any sense of any changes that MIke Maddux has actually (not...

Ben Cerutti

May 23, 2020
2 min

Bill DeWitt Jr.'s Cardinals

Bonus offseason time has given me time to think about just how good the St. Louis Cardinals have been over the last 25 years with Bill...

Zac Gallen talked Pitching with David Laurila - Let's fact check it!

Ben Cerutti

May 23, 2020
8 min

Zac Gallen talked Pitching with David Laurila - Let's fact check it!

If Gallen can continue to do this rather than just have pitches play off one another, he's gonna be really good for a while.

Ben Cerutti

May 17, 2020
9 min

Where Extra Base Hits Go To Die

Back on April 22nd, I asked a simple question, "Can Paul Goldschmidt Regain His Arizona Stroke?" In it, I looked at how he really left a...

What one August start might show about Dakota Hudson's future fastball usage

Ben Cerutti

Apr 22, 2020
6 min

What one August start might show about Dakota Hudson's future fastball usage

In the third and sixteenth games of the 2019 season, Dakota Hudson and the St. Louis Cardinals faced off against the Milwaukee Brewers at...

Ben Cerutti

Mar 25, 2020
3 min

PITCH MADNESS 2020!

Hello Birds on the Black family! I hope your COVID-19 "break" is filled with health and...really nothing beyond that matters. Just be...

Outs Above Average and the St. Louis Cardinals Defense

Ben Cerutti

Mar 19, 2020
5 min

Outs Above Average and the St. Louis Cardinals Defense

Earlier this offseason, Baseball Savant put up leaderboards for infield defense (how they determine it), which was previously uncharted...