I'll just start today's post with telling you that I really dislike the two trades the Cardinals made at the 2021 Trade Deadline. In fact, I dislike it so much that I think it is the worst series of moves since the Ozuna, Grichuk, Piscotty debacle. I would imagine that those three trades had a minimum of 5-7 players that are at a higher caliber than anyone in these two deals and I am nearly as pissed off about these as I was that. Not quite. Now, let me be absolutely clear, I

In Rounds 11-20, #STLFLY chose 10 more players. At #331, they chose University of New Mexico SS Mack Chambers. He played just one year there and hit .371/.444/.624/1.067 with 31 runs, 31 RBI, 16 doubles, 3 triples, 7 homers, and 5 steals (3 caught) in just 196 PA over 41 games. At #361, they chose Virginia Tech LHP Chris Gerard. According to MLB Pipeline, Gerard was "An effective starter for Virginia Tech since 2019, Gerard missed a good chunk of the 2021 season with a groin

I don't know if resident prospect guru Kyle Reis is going to write up any analysis of the 2021 MLB Draft picks for the St. Louis Cardinals. I've been busy hanging out with my children this week and have lazily not asked him. So here is simply a dump of information about each of them, mostly from Prospects Live, MLB Pipeline, and Fangraphs among other information I have found online as well. Use this how you will. At #18, the #STLFLY St. Louis Cardinals select RHP Michael McGr

If you are one of the 175,000,000 people on the mailing list, you receive regular emails from the St. Louis Cardinals Communications department. The emails cover topics like player transactions, injury updates, upcoming homestand highlights, and most importantly - the promotions schedule. Just in case you aren't on that mailing list, here is a glimpse at what one of those promotions emails contains with a smidge of artistic license to protect the innocent. Mike Leake Tshirt