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

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals losing to the Atlanta Braves on Friday night by a 6-5 score. Matthew Liberatore struggled out of the gate and never really recovered.

The bullpen was good, though, with Riley O'Brien and Matt Svanson throwing up zeroes to keep the Cards in the game.

The offense posted five runs in the early innings but were unable to get anything across the board thereafter.

Nolan Arenado left th...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the big rebound performance from Miles Mikolas as the Cardinals beat the Nationals 8-1 at Busch Stadium on Thursday night. Really solid collective display from the offense, as well.

But we spend plenty of time in this episode discussing the news that Erick Fedde will start for the Cardinals again on Saturday despite previously believing the nod would go to Michael McGreevy.

We go in on John Mozeliak's ...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the 8-2 loss for the St. Louis Cardinals to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday at Busch Stadium, and puts the loss in the context of the season as it pertains to how the Cardinals should approach the deadline upcoming for trades.

But then we get into more enjoyable topics, breaking down JJ Wetherholt's AAA debut with the Memphis Redbirds, in which he launched a home run and logged a triple.

When mig...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 4-2 win over the Nationals from Tuesday night's game at Busch Stadium.

We break down why Sonny Gray departed after five innings and 70 pitches in the game.

We discuss the big swing by All-Star Brendan Donovan that got the Cardinals back into a tied game in the third inning, plus Lars Nootbaar's power stroke coming with wonderful timing after some interesting discussion about him on so...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the St. Louis Cardinals sweep of the Cleveland Guardians as the Cardinals won the finale of the series 7-0 on Sunday.

Nolan Gorman set the tone of the game in the first inning, refusing to let lefty Logan Allen off the hook for his first inning troubles. A massive homer for Gorman gave the Cardinals the lead.

Despite not having his best command, Matthew Liberatore never relinquished that lead, throwing s...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the St. Louis Cardinals comeback win over the Guardians on Saturday, 9-6.

After falling behind 6-1, the Cardinals figured out a way to battle back, chasing the Cleveland starter from the game and continuing to hammer away at the bullpen.

Can the Cards find a sweep on Sunday morning?

Checking in on the minor leagues, the Cardinals affiliates also had a huge day at the plate, including Jordan Walker's ...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the masterful Sonny Gray performance from Friday as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Guardians 5-0. Sonny threw a one-hitter, a shutout, a MADDUX (fewer than 100 pitches) by retiring the Cleveland lineup for 27 outs on just 89 pitches, walking none, giving up just one hit, and somehow doing those amazing efficient things while striking out 11 batters.

He was as good as we've ever seen, and doled out...

Born of a small difference in philosophy on Twitter, Brenden Schaeffer and Josh Jacobs jumped into the podcast studio to debate whether the Cardinals should have traded Erick Fedde in the winter.

Of course, this comes after a game in which Fedde gave up seven runs and did not get through the fourth inning, so it's going to be tougher for Brenden to defend his stance - the only reason the Cardinals got Fedde in the first place wa...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the thrilling 8-7 win for the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs from Tuesday night at Busch Stadium as the Cardinals highwire act goes right down to the final pitch of the game in this one.

We discuss the concerns for guys like Matz and Helsley while evaluating the outing for Michael McGreevy for what it was.

The offense is a high point of the discussion as we highlight the recent surge for Nola...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 win over the Chicago Cubs from Monday night at Busch Stadium as the Cardinals lefties feasted on Cubs starter Ben Brown. The Cardinals slugged four two-run homers off Brown, all of which came by left-handed hitters.

The other notable lefty for St. Louis was Matthew Liberatore, the starter who logged seven innings and came up with one of the most crucial pitch selections and exe...

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 loss to the Reds on Sunday at Busch Stadium.

Andrew Abbott set the Cardinals down in order with relative ease all afternoon, but Miles Mikolas threw a solid game in his own right. The lineup simply did not back him up on a hot day in downtown St. Louis.

The Cardinals optioned Andre Granillo to Memphis for Gordon Graceffo ahead of the game Sunday.

We explain the reason behind th...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals thrilling comeback win over the Reds from Saturday at Busch Stadium as the Cardinals rallied from nothing in the bottom of the eighth inning to score a couple runs, tacked on an Arenado homer to tie it in the ninth, before seeing Yohel Pozo play the hero in the 11th inning.

We talk Sonny Gray's outing and more that led up to the fateful 11th inning walkoff. Plus, we go down on ...

The Red Sox traded Raffy Devers to the Giants on Sunday. Does this deal have impact on the St. Louis Cardinals? Would Devers have been a fit here? Plus, could Arenado now fit in Boston?

The Cards dropped the final game in Milwaukee despite having every opportunity to win it late. The young guys for the Cardinals are going to have growing pains in key spots and we saw that play out on Sunday.

Michael McGreevy keeps shoving in AAA and ...

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the St. Louis Cardinals snapping the six-game losing streak against the Brewers on Saturday, as Willson Contreras was at the center of some controversial moments.

Contreras had a collision with Caleb Durbin at first base that Rhys Hoskins took some major exception to. From there, guys started getting thrown at and tensions continued to rise.

Willson had the last laugh with a home run later in the game, and...