Ben Cerutti 5/10

Jan 4, 2020
4 min

A Cardinals Tale: A Lefty Nobody Discusses

I have been doing some research over the past couple of weeks that led me to find a very interesting tidbit of data that I felt the need...

Ben Cerutti

Dec 30, 2019
4 min

Cardinals Mount Rushmore(s)

I believe it was from Chris Lollis over at Cardinals Nation 24/7 on both Facebook and Twitter that I originally saw the "Who is on your...

Harrison Bader Had A Confusing 2019 Season At The Plate

Ben Cerutti

Dec 4, 2019
7 min

Harrison Bader Had A Confusing 2019 Season At The Plate

I was talking with my dad over the Thanksgiving post-"dinner" (1 PM dinner), belly-full-football watching digestion period about...

Maximization of the Current STL Cards 2020 Roster (Hitters)

Ben Cerutti

Nov 14, 2019
8 min

Maximization of the Current STL Cards 2020 Roster (Hitters)

On the Two Birds on a Bat show called Bowties and Bullshit, the day before Halloween, Birds On The Black's own Kyle Reis and Bruno...

Cerutti's Projections Analysis 2019: the pitchers

Ben Cerutti

Nov 3, 2019
6 min

Cerutti's Projections Analysis 2019: the pitchers

Back in February and March, I unveiled my 2019 Projection Series for all of the assumed Cardinals position players and pitchers for the...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 31, 2019
5 min

OFFENSE or Offensive?

In 2019, the St. Louis Cardinals OFFENSE was better than in 2018. My proof? (*all stats in this section are non-pitcher statistics) They...

Cerutti's Projections Analysis 2019: the position players

Ben Cerutti

Oct 25, 2019
8 min

Cerutti's Projections Analysis 2019: the position players

Back in February and March, I unveiled my 2019 Projection Series for all of the assumed Cardinals position players and pitchers for the...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 16, 2019
6 min

St. Louis Cardinals Post-Mortem 2019

If you solely concentrate on the stained glass of the Cardinal, it looks like it could be in a church somewhere. It would be fitting for...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 9, 2019
3 min

2019 NLDS Game 5 Pitching Preview

Good morning! I hope I find you readers as stressed and excited and nervous and anxious (and did I say EXCITED?) as I am for game 5...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 7, 2019
2 min

2019 NLDS Game 4 Pitching Preview

Game 3 was...a bit of a charlie foxtrot, no? Oof. Tara has a little preview of Game 4 here (when available). Unfortunately, I think that...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 6, 2019
2 min

2019 NLDS Game 3 Pitching Preview

The St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves play again this afternoon - what's with all of the afternoon games? We have another one...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 4, 2019
4 min

2019 NLDS Game 2 Pitching Preview

Game 1 was a doozy, wasn't it? Oh my goodness that was fun. The starting pitching matchup turned out to be about as close as I thought it...

Ben Cerutti

Oct 3, 2019
4 min

2019 NLDS Game 1 Pitching Preview

Tara Wellman has already given BotB readers a look at prior series between the Cardinals and the Braves and will take a look at each of...

Ben Cerutti

Sep 20, 2019
4 min

What to Expect From Alec Mills Today

Alec Mills is not a household name for Cardinals fans. That's all well and good. He's the Cubs' replacement starter for today's game. It...

A Mishmash of Cardinals Notes During the Stretch Run

Ben Cerutti

Sep 14, 2019
7 min

A Mishmash of Cardinals Notes During the Stretch Run

I apologize for the delay between posts. I am a teacher. The beginning of every school year is always very stressful on the Cerutti...

Matt Carpenter's 2019 issues aren't what you think they are

Ben Cerutti

Aug 10, 2019
8 min

Matt Carpenter's 2019 issues aren't what you think they are

I was having a conversation on the Cardinals Nation 24/7 Facebook site the other day that led me to an interesting conclusion. Matt...

Ben Cerutti

Jul 31, 2019
3 min

Cheers, Jedd Gyorko

Here on trade deadline day 2019, it seems as though only one thing is certain for our St. Louis Cardinals. Jedd Gyorko seemingly will be...

Can Dex's Bounce Back Season Help Us See Carp's Future?

Ben Cerutti

Jul 28, 2019
4 min

Can Dex's Bounce Back Season Help Us See Carp's Future?

Listening to Cardinals radio call in shows, reading Cardinals Facebook groups, or reading Cardinals Twitter, and you might get the sense...

Ben Cerutti

Jul 21, 2019
10 min

John Gant's Surprising Repertoire

In what might be known as the last trade that the Cardinals have made that was selling high on a player rather than selling low or just...

The Second Half Begins with the Cardinals Crushing Robbie Ray

Ben Cerutti

Jul 12, 2019
4 min

The Second Half Begins with the Cardinals Crushing Robbie Ray

Well, that article headline is what we want the newspaper headlines to be tomorrow, right? In 2018, the Cardinals won a game against...