B-Schaeff Daily

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the slate for Week 3 in the NFL, covering his picks on the total and against the spread for every game. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the incredible achievement of 700 career HRs by Albert Pujols as the Cardinals defeat the Dodgers 11-0 to get into playoff shape on the heels of an amazing accomplishment by one of their legends on Friday. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Thursday's win for the Cardinals that featured the first ever grand slam for Brendan Donovan, a good outing by an improved Flaherty, plus plenty more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the concerns over the Cardinals bats going dormant of late, a trend for the team in recent postseason exits. A team built upon its strong offense can't break down in that regard and still thrive in October. We dive into the worries. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

After a 9-7 NFL Week 1 with his ATS picks, Brenden Schaeffer runs through the entire NFL slate for Week 2 and offers his picks against the spread with some discussion sprinkled in on game script and attackable totals. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals doubleheader win over the Reds on Saturday at Busch Stadium. Plenty of talk on Dakota Hudson, Jose Quintana, Andrew Knizner, Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and others whose contributions made a difference. (Oh and we totally forgot to mention that Carlson is back and O'Neill is on the IL, but that happened too--sorry) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the latest achievement by No. 5 along with a history-making ninth inning for the Cardinals closer, as Ryan Helsley did something that's only happened 109 other times in the rest of baseball history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down a tough loss to the Reds in which the Cardinals only got 3 hits. Will an untimely quiet offense be their undoing for arguably the fourth straight year in the playoffs? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down a magical night at the ballpark. Hear from Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina after their record-breaking 325th start, a win which led to a fantastic clubhouse celebration that we discuss on the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer provides a temperature check for Cardinals fans after Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Will the Cardinals cough up this division lead? Will Goldy see his MVP stranglehold disappear? Plenty of consternation to discuss on the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Albert Pujols hitting career homer No. 697 on Sunday in a Cardinals win in Pittsburgh. Now just three away from 700, can he get there this week before the Cardinals head off on a lengthy road trip? And what would you do with a notable home run ball if you were lucky enough to catch it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

NON-CARDINALS BASEBALL EPISODE DISCLAIMER: Brenden Schaeffer dives into the Week 1 NFL slate with his ATS pick for each game on the schedule. Scroll back to episode 287 for a breakdown of Saturday's Cardinals game. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Saturday's win for the Cardinals over the Pirates as Pujols continued to amaze, Flaherty gave us more questions than answers, and the team's two biggest power threats may have re-centered with their key at-bats in the ninth inning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Thursday's 11-6 loss for the Cardinals to Washington as Yadi goes deep twice in a record-tying day for he and his batterymate. The pitching wasn't bueno Thursday but the Redbirds' standing in the division still is. Plenty to discuss from a busy day for the 'birds! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the latest example of Devil Magic in our midst as the Cards scored five in the ninth to comeback and stun the Nats. {raise for Montgomery, Edman and others inbound. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' win over the Nats from Tuesday as Quintana returned to his roots as a quality game-manager. Nolan Gorman burst out offensively after a recent lull in production. And Ryan Helsley has the coolest entrance in MLB. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer hops back behind the microphone for the first time as a FATHER (wow) to discuss the birth of his beautiful baby boy and chat a little Cardinals baseball before going to find approximately 31 minutes of precious sleep. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down another troubling outing for Dakota Hudson and explains why Oli Marmol's reaction to it could be telling in terms of where the team may look to go from here. Jake Woodford gets praised and we talk about his possible role moving forward. It's not a simple as a 1-for-1 swap, though, with Jack Flaherty's return to the rotation looming--and potentially soon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Albert Pujols passing Barry Bonds by homering off the 450th different pitcher of his MLB career; and wouldn't you know it, it's a local product who attended Brenden's same high school who gave up the blast. Small world. More discussion of the homer, the chase for 700 as well as the impact of Tyler O'Neill's resurgence for the Cardinals lineup. We also dig into the weeds on the playoff picture and how the starting pitching could line up very favorable in October despite some recent stumbles for the group. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals weekend at Busch as the Redbirds came back twice in the series to win games and take two of three from the defending World Champs. What kind of omen is that for October? And which members of the lineup are giving the most confidence that the Cardinals could be on a special trajectory? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Thursday's 8-3 win for the Cardinals over the Cubs in Chicago, including a discussion on Goldschmidt's triple crown chances and more of an amazing turnaround by Corey Dickerson at the plate. He just keeps doing it, en route to a franchise record in Thursday's win. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals Wednesday night loss to the Cubs at Wrigley as Nolan Arenado was ejected in the third inning by John Libka after a questionable check swing call. I give my thoughts on that play and we hear from Oli Marmol on his. Plus more talk about Noot, platoon splits and how the best Cardinals' linuep against RHP might feature Corey Dickerson at this point... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals doubleheader split against the Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley, looking into the offensive troubles from game one and the triumphs from game two. We also discuss more deeply the resurgence of Corey Dickerson and ponder whether Tuesday's outing gets Jake Woodford out of purgatory in the Cardinals pitching pecking order. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer dives into the Cardinals 1-0 over the Cubs on Monday at Wrigley as Jordan Montgomery throws a Maddux, a 99-pitch one-hitter. Oh, and Albert Pujols went deep AGAIN. 693. His latest heroics inspired the question: Is this the greatest stretch of his MLB career? Brenden researched that question for about an hour and came up with some fascinating results. You won't wanna miss this pod! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 6-4 win over the D-backs Sunday as Lars Nootbarr and Brendan Donovan continue to rake atop the STL lineup. Oli Marmol got ejected and had a hilarious response, plus an update on Yadi's weekend trip to Puerto Rico. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down a jam-packed Cardinals win over the D-backs, 16-7 on Saturday. Pujols hits 691 and 692... Is 700 gonna happen? Goldy is the MVP. Hudson still needs to fix the walks. And what do we make of the Yadi situation? All that and more in this episode of the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down a streak-breaking win for the Cardinals Friday as Mikolas was brilliant once again. And those Goldy and Nado fellas weren't so bad themselves. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the 13-0 win for the Cardinals over the Rockies Thursday as Albert Pujols provided another amazing memory after Oli Marmol decided to pinch-hit him into a 6-0 game in the third inning. Spoiler alert: Good decision, Skip! We also get into more discussion on how the Cardinals roster is set up as good as it has been for quite some time, at least offensively. And Waino reminds the world that the team's pitching is still getting it done, too. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 5-1 win over the Rockies Wednesday as Nolan Gorman and Brendan Donovan make the most of their opportunities offensively. Plus, Jordan Montgomery continues to be precisely the the doctor ordered as he and Jose Quintana have provided previously unforeseen consistency to the starting pitching in St. Louis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the bizarre game between the Cardinals and Rockies at Busch on Tuesday. Did St. Louis find a way to win or did Colorado, one of the worst road teams in baseball, find a way to lose? Thoughts on Jose Quintana, Jordan Hicks and more on today's episode breaking down a Cardinals win. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Albert Pujols' memorable day at the office as his two home runs and one epic bat flipped helped push the Cardinals to a series win over the Brewers at Busch Stadium on Sunday. We get into the heroics from Albert and the offense along with the ace-like bounceback from starter Miles Mikolas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' 3-2 loss to the Brewers from Saturday as the Redbirds let Wainwright's latest masterpiece go for naught. Plety on this episode regarding how Corbin Burnes, a Manfred Man and Corey Dickerson ended up contributing to a tough loss to swallow for St. Louis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Friday's Cardinals win over the Brewers as they extend the lead in the NL Central behind the second straight day of homers from both Goldy and Arenado. Jordan Montgomery was also brilliant again, throwing a career-high pitch count en route to another batch of scoreless innings. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses Thursday's 8-6 loss to the Rockies, including the good, the bad, and the ugly. Hear why Brenden is still irked with Hudson after a generally solid start. Brenden also weighs in on the Twitter notion that Oli Marmol should stop asking Jordan Hicks to get more than three outs in a given relief appearance. We also boast only slightly about the Leadoff Noot prediction coming true, while diving into the rest of the state of the team offensively. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' 9-5 win on Wednesday in Colorado as the offense erupted with major contributions from Pujols, Arenado, DeJong and Nootbaar. We discuss each player in-depth as well as the reason Quintana's quality effort surprised Brenden more than it should have. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down arguably the ugliest Cardinals loss of the year and searches for what we should be taking away from it, if anything. A discussion on the bullpen move that probably needs to be made this week, as well as a look at two underperforming spots in the STL lineup. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

With the Cardinals off-day Monday night, Brenden Schaeffer took some time to dive into a look ahead at how the 2023 Cardinals starting rotation could shake out. Who are the candidates, does Wainwright retire, do the Cardinals make any trades or re-sign any pending free agents? Speculative predictions on all of that within today's episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Sunday's marathon win over the Yankees to complete the sweep of the weekend series at Busch. Nolan Arenado is catching fire in a big way. And don't sleep on Paul DeJong, either, as his damaging swings continued in a major way Sunday. Also, does the construction of the bullpen need tweaking after what we saw Sunday? Plenty of fun in this episode from another thrilling STL win. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' second improbable, gritty win in as many days as they beat the Yankees 1-0 in Jordan Montgomery's STL debut. Defense from Nolan A. and Noot came up huge in the win. We talk bobbleheads, Matty C walk-up songs and so much more in tonight's episode. Plus, hear audio from Nolan Arenado that probably didn't play in many places due to the lack of a local TV postgame show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the return of Matt Carpenter to Busch Stadium as the Cardinals win arguably the game of the year to this point over the Yankees. Pallante was huge in relief of a struggling Dakota Hudson. Should the two switch roles moving forward? And Paul DeJong gets to play hero in a year that has been so difficult on the veteran player. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Thursday's doubleheader between the Cardinals and Cubs as St. Louis wins both games to extend their winning streak and draw even with Milwaukee for first place in the NL Central. An in-depth breakdown of a great day at Busch! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

With a rainout on Wednesday meaning no game to discuss, Brenden Schaeffer takes a look at a remarkable stat involving Adam Wainwright that surfaced on Twitter Wednesday, and then he gets into the meat of the episode with a look into the crystal ball: Following the happenings over this week's trade deadline, what do we predict the St. Louis Cardinals lineup will look like two years from today? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 6-0 win over the Cubs from Tuesday as well as the final tally of what went down for STL at the trade deadline. What does the trade of Harrison Bader mean for the outfield moving forward and did the Cards do enough on the pitching front? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer hops on the mic for an EMERGENCY episode of the podcast as we break down the Padres' deal for Juan Soto. Could the Cardinals have beaten the final offer from San Diego? Why didn't they? And is it acceptable for the team to sit on their hands for the remainder of the day? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' trade for Jose Quintana to bolster the rotation as well as the surprising move by the Brewers to trade Josh Hader to the Padres. How do Monday's moves change the race for Soto that will unfold in the coming hours? Lock in for the FINAL pre-trade deadline episode of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Edmundo Sosa trade to the Phillies and the names that are reportedly in play for the Padres in a Juan Soto trade. Can the Cardinals match and exceed the Padres' potential offer? And better yet, should they? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 6-2 win in DC over the Nationals as Nolan Gorman keeps looking like the kind of piece you'd like to keep in your lineup. But what if the alternative is Soto? Also, Brenden explains why the Luis Castillo trade that the Mariners made with the Reds on Friday should scare people about what it could cost the Cardinals to upgrade their own rotation. Is it all worth it? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer hops on the mic with another trade-tastic episode breaking down why trading Dylan Carlson should not be in John Mozeliak's vocabulary this week. Plus--should the Cards pursue Soto or should they focus on starting pitching instead? And we get into whether the Angels trading Shohei Ohtani actually seems plausible. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals win from Wednesday over the Blue Jays in Toronto before getting into the weeds once again on the latest in the Juan Soto pursuit for St. Louis. Could Nolan Gorman be the key that unlocks this deal--and should Cards fans be prepared to trade Gorman AND Jordan Walker in the move?? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer starts the show by talking about a full day of Twitter discourse on the topic surrounding the Cardinals this week with the team missing its two best players in Toronto. But rest assured, in addition to some sincere talk about society and human decency--stay with me!!--today's show offers big-time insight into how Brenden would like to see the Cardinals handle the trade deadline. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message

Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals' loss to the Reds in the weekend series following the All-Star Break, as well as the notable news from Sunday as Arenado and Goldschmidt will be unable to join the team on this week's trip to Toronto. We delve into the sensitive topic with as much candor as possible while still staying true to how Brenden genuinely views the situation. We also discuss the latest on the Juan Soto Watch and the irksome fraud Twitter accounts. Plus, updates on the Matz injury that leaves the Cardinals in dire need of pitching help--same as it ever was. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bschaeffer12/message