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New Bernie "stack". A visual on how Busch Stadium unplugged the power and smothered the #STLCards offense in 2026. I have charts! This column is free for everyone...
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Bernie column: Can the Mizzou Tigers Rebound and Take the Florida Gators Down on Saturday in CoMo? QB Austin Simmons and a sluggish Mizzou rushing attack are key factors for the Tigers. This is for paid subscribers. Please consider doing that. Thank you!
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The latest from the Bernie stack, free to read. The #stlblues are younger and have less experience, but can they find a way to barge into the NHL playoffs? Please subscribe to my column service, with rates starting for as little as $7 per month. Thank you.
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Bernie Show for Friday: if the #STLCards want to establish a core that can stay together, that starts by giving Alec Burleson the contract extension he's earned and deserves.
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My latest column from the stack. The #STLCards record of payroll spending is embarrassing. But not for the reason you think. This is for paid subscribers. Got some great stuff in here. Join our community and subscribe. $7 per month; discounted rate on a yearly sub. Thanks!
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The #STLCards used to have one catcher. For 19 seasons. Now they have a small village of them. Who will be Yadier Molina's generational successor?
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Bernie Show for Wednesday: The #STLCards will make progress and get better in 2027 -- but it won't be through payroll enlargement and big trades. No rebuild is completed on one year.
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New Bernie stack for Monday: 10 Things I Really, Really Liked About the 2026 #STLCards
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Mason Wynn is hitting .232 with 5 HR’s this year…
He hit .267 with 15 HR’s in his best professional season in 2024….
People that value expected stats will tell you his XOBA is 2 points higher this year so he must have bad luck….
People that value actual stats will tell you he is slugging 100 points lower this year and luck is created by the hitter’s ability to not hit the ball to a fielder….
People that value sound swing mechanics based on a hundred plus years of evidence will tell you his spacing is a disaster this year compared to 2024 and someone should look a little deeper into what exactly projects these expected stats..…
#STLCards age-19 phenom Rainiel Rodriguez was chosen as the annual “Prospect of the Year” for 2026 by Keith Law of The Athletic.
“Rodriguez’s year would have been incredible if he were 22 years old. That he did all of this at 19, almost all in Double A, makes him a fairly easy choice for this honor,” Law wrote. “He continued to catch and throw well enough that he could stay at the position — unless the Cardinals think his bat is so valuable they want him to play every day.”
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This season the Baez Brothers, Josh and Jesus, combined for 82 home runs, 203 RBIs, 44 doubles and 28 steals -- and had a collective slugging percentage nearing .560. This includes Joshua's 29 games with the #STLCards Looking for ward to Baez, Baez, Burley and Bernal in 2027.