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Cardinals Handled The Obvious At The Trade Deadline — But What’s Next?

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John Mozeliak made no bones about it. As he approached this year’s MLB trade deadline, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations was clear that the Cardinals would be motivated to move short-term assets—with their sights set on long-term gains. In exchanging expiring contracts for the future, Mo wanted to prioritize emerging talents who could contribute to the big-league roster as …

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St. Louis Cardinals Mid-Season Grades: Did ANYONE pass the test?

The St. Louis Cardinals have been an abject failure in the first half of the MLB season, but do any of their players or personnel deserve some credit for their performance? Andy and Brenden take a look at the mid-season report card for several prominent Cardinals. Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado have largely been their regular selves–with some minor exceptions …

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What’s going on with Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks?

The Cardinals had a rough go of things on Monday night at Busch Stadium, falling to the Braves by a score of 8-4 as starter Jake Woodford allowed three home runs to Atlanta batters in the first two innings. Another St. Louis pitcher found trouble in the seventh inning when Jordan Hicks got roughed up for a couple of runs …

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Three Takeaways From Chiefs-Chargers on Sunday Night Football

The Kansas City Chiefs are 8-2 after beating the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27. Here’s three takeaways from that ballgame: Another Day, Another MVP-Caliber Performance for Patrick Mahomes At some point I’m going to just treat the idea of Patrick Mahomes collecting his second NFL MVP award at the end of the season as a formality and drop this narrative thread …

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Three Takeaways from Chiefs-Jaguars on Sunday

The Kansas City Chiefs are 7-2 after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-17. Here’s three takeaways from that ballgame: It’s Patrick Mahomes’s MVP to Lose After the first few games of the season, it was safe to say that the Chiefs offense would still be good enough without Tyreek Hill to make a playoff splash. Nine games in and two games …

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Three Takeaways from Chiefs-Titans on Sunday Night Football

The Kansas City Chiefs are 6-2 after beating the Tennessee Titans 20-17 in overtime. Here’s three takeaways from that ballgame:   This Chiefs Defense Bowed Up When They Needed It Most The task itself was brutal but simple: Key in on the run, contain Derrick Henry, force Malik Willis to beat you. You do all those things if you’re the …

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