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B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every Day
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the topics of the day in Cardinals baseball, MLB and the sports world at-large. Become a subscriber for an ad-free listening experience here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bschaeffer12/subscribe
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B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayAUDIO: Ryne Stanek opens you into the psyche of a reliever
Ryne Stanek spoke in the clubhouse to reporters after the Cardinals 5-3 win over the Rangers on Wednesday, answering questions about Riley O'Brien's rebound…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 921: Cardinals beat Rangers, 5-3 -- And Noot is BACK on Friday!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 5-3 win over the Rangers and details the impending return of Lars Nootbaar, which was announced as official…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 920: Oli Marmol was blunt after Cardinals' loss Tuesday: "We didn't deserve to win that game"
Oli Marmol had some blunt comments after the Cardinals lost 7-4 to the Rangers on Tuesday. They were in the game until the ninth inning, but it strangely…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 919: Hunter Dobbins gave the Cardinals EXACTLY what they needed! Cards claim the series vs. Cubs
Welcome back, Hunter Dobbins. The starter turned reliever for a day turned out to be exactly what the Cardinals needed to spell the bullpen and to vanquish the…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 918: Cardinals fans, is PCA already an all-time hateable Cub?
Pete Crow-Armstrong took over the game on Saturday at Busch as the Cubs beat the Cardinals, 6-1.Is PCA already nearing the top of your list of Cubs you love to…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 917: Nelson Velazquez brings THUMP in Cardinals win over Cubs!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 6-5 win over the Cubs from Friday night at Busch Stadium, discussing the arrival of Nelson Velazquez changing the…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 916: After Brewers asserted it was "handled," Cardinals fell flat in response to Abner Uribe antics
Christian Yelich asserted that the issue between the Cardinals and Brewers with respect to Abner Uribe had been "handled." Nobody handled it with the guy who…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 915: Call up Crooks to catch? Cardinals' plans on it seem clear
Jimmy Crooks raking at Memphis does not necessarily mean the Cardinals are ready to call him up to be a primary catcher. After discussing the Cardinals loss to…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 914: The Cardinals just keep getting plunked by pitches, man
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the trend of the Cardinals leading the majors in HBPs this year... Which showed up on Wednesday night.
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 913: TARPS OFF, WALK-OFF! Cardinals do it AGAIN! Herrera the hero in the 10th!
Ivan Herrera was the hero on Tuesday night at Busch Stadium as the Cardinals walk off another game in extra innings with the SFA club baseball team in the…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 912: What just happened? Behind the scenes of the Cardinals' SURREAL collab with SFA club baseball
St. Louis Cardinals x Stephen F. Austin club baseball Apparently, it's a match made in Baseball Heaven. Brenden Schaeffer takes you behind the scenes with…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 911: Friday at Busch Stadium was A MOVIE! Pozo! Shirtless fans! PANDEMONIUM!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down an epic night at Busch Stadium that leaves us wondering if the Cardinals are on the verge of something truly special this summer.
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 910: Brewers walk JJ to face Herrera? "Okay, you got it!" | Cardinals win, 6-3!
Brewers manager Pat Murphy chose to walk JJ Wetherholt to face Ivan Herrera at a pretty early spot in the game on Monday night -- and Herrera made him pay…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 909: Cardinals pitchers just did something to Ohtani that no team ever had 👀
The Cardinals dropped the series finale to the Dodgers on Sunday at Busch Stadium, 4-1, as the bats just could not get anything going against Justin Wrobleski…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 908: SIX STRAIGHT! Cardinals are ROLLING through the defending champs!
Cardinals did it again on Saturday night, winning over the Dodgers 3-2 thanks to strong outings from Michael McGreevy and Jordan Walker. The ninth inning took…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 907: Cardinals BLAST Dodgers 7-2 to win 5th in a row! Plus, a new home run celly?!
The Cardinals debuted a home run chain on Friday night, beating the Dodgers 7-2 at Busch to win their 5th straight game. More details on the homer celebration…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 906: Cardinals Go From Perfect Game Victims To STUN Pirates! That's the best win of 2026!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals wild comeback win over the Pirates from Monday night, 4-2 at PNC Park. The Cardinals went from perfect game victims…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 905: Cardinals close-game fortunes have totally reversed -- can they avoid spiraling?
The Cardinals lost another close game on Sunday, dropping the finale 3-2 to the Mariners. Does this team have the makeup to respond and shake off the recent…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 904: The Nathan Church Game?! Cardinals slug five homers Saturday!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 11-9 loss to the Mariners from Saturday as Nathan Church was a shining star on a day that Cardinal pitching simply…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 903: 8 Ks for Pallante not enough to power a Cardinals win on Friday
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 3-2 loss to the Mariners from Friday, April 24, 2026. Andre Pallante struck out 8 batters but gave up three runs…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 902: Does a JJ Wetherholt contract extension with the Cardinals make sense?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the concept of a JJ Wetherholt contract extension and whether it makes sense for the Cardinals -- as well as from Wetherholt's…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 901: Did the getaway day lineup doom the Cardinals on Wednesday?
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the controversial topic of a getaway day lineup for the Cardinals as Oli Marmol prioritized rest for a number pf key players on…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 900: Stone-cold from Riley O'Brien! Cardinals bail out Stanek to beat Marlins, 5-3
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 5-3 win over the Marlins from Tuesday night as Ryne Stanek continues to be an adventure in the bullpen. But Oliver…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 899: This concerning stat could be the Cardinals' undoing...
The Cardinals lost to the Marlins on Monday night and one stat from the game jumped out at Brenden when it comes to season-long success... This issue has been…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 898: SWEEEEEP! Cardinals do it again! More extra-inning heroics in fifth straight W!
Masyn Winn comes up with the big swing in his home town in the 10th inning in order to help put the Cardinals over the top in a sweep of the Astros on Sunday!…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 897: Four in a row! Cardinals power up over the Astros AGAIN!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 7-5 win over the Astros from Saturday while reminding everyone that this just isn't the year to be nitpicking wins…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 896: Cardinals UNLOAD on the Astros, 9-4! Gorm + Herrera bring the thunder!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 9-4 win over the Astros in which Gorman and Herrera brought the thunder late to help make a winner of Kyle Leahy…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 895: Whitey Ball style in Cardinals win? Is this gritty style of play sustainable?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals gritty win over the Guardians Wednesday, 5-3. Can the team continue playing to a winning record through the mere…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 894: Two bombs for Wetherholt! Church walks it off for Cardinals!
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 6-5 win over the Guardians in walk-off fashion from Tuesday night as Nathan Church had the game-winning RBI sac fly…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 893: Jordan Walker just entered rarified air -- Here's how he matched McGwire, Rolen & Stan the Man
Brenden Schaeffer does another Jordan Walker podcast, because it's J-Walk's world and we're all just living in it at this point.
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 892: Not a typo, not a repost -- it's ANOTHER Jordan Walker podcast! He leads MLB in HRs!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down Jordan Walker homering AGAIN to claim the solo lead of the MLB home run leaderboard on Sunday!
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 891: Jordan Walker just matched his 2025 home run total -- and the last thing he wants to do is talk about it
Brenden Schaeffer discusses Jordan Walker's continued hot stretch and how the last thing he wants to do is, well, talk about it.
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 890: Cardinals keep ROLLING! Is it officially Jordan Walker szn?
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals' 6-1 win over the Nationals as the Redbirds did what they had to do to salvage a series in D.C. Chasing Miles…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 889: Comeback Cardinals! Walker and Church help swing Cards to big win in D.C!
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 7-6 win in extra innings over the Nationals on Tuesday night as Jordan Walker and Nathan Church had big swings to…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 888: So the Cardinals might have a bullpen problem
The Cardinals bullpen reared its ugly head in Monday's loss to the Nationals as Plan A, B and C all failed for Oli Marmol. So why should it have been a…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 887: Cardinals WALK OFF on the Mets! Plus, we gotta talk about this bullpen 👀
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 2-1 win over the Mets in walk-off fashion on Thursday as Masyn Winn delivers the big winning hit in the 11th. The…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 886: Cardinals SHUT OUT the Mets! Graceffo Bails Out Pallante -- But Did Winn Bail Out Graceffo?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 3-0 win over the Mets from Tuesday at Busch Stadium. Andre Pallante pitched really well, but ran into issues in the…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 885: Homers in back-to-back days for Gorman! But Leahy fizzled late his first start
Brenden Schaeffer breaks down the Cardinals 4-2 loss to the Mets on Monday night at Busch Stadium as Kyle Leahy regrouped from early trouble to settle in for a…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 884: Jordan Walker did something Sunday we haven't seen from him since 2024
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals 11-7 loss to the Rays after covering it on Sunday at Busch Stadium. This episode focuses heavily on Jordan Walker…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 883: It's JJ Wetherholt's world. We're all just living in it.
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the latest JJ Wetherholt heroics as the Cardinals win over the Rays on Saturday at Busch Stadium, 6-5 in 10 innings. If you thought…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 882: You couldn't have scripted a more PERFECT Opening Day for Cardinals new era!
Brenden Schaeffer takes you behind the scenes of an electric opening day at Busch Stadium. Hear from JJ Wetherholt, Oliver Marmol and Alec Burleson, with…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 881: Well, we now know who will cover the Cardinals for MLB.com in 2026...
Brenden Schaeffer jumps on to discuss the news of the day -- his news! Brenden will be covering Cardinals home games for MLB.com and Cardinals.com in 2026, and…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 880: Explaining the Cardinals' surprising Nelson Velazquez decision
The Cardinals' did not create a spot on the 40-man roster for spring training standout slugger Nelson Velazquez, optioning him to AAA to begin the season. Who…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 879: Yadi or Albert for Cardinals HOF? Or will it be... both?
Brenden Schaeffer described the lay of the land with the Cardinals Hall of Fame ballot featuring Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols for the first time.Rest…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 878: Is Ramon Urias signing a good fit for Cardinals roster? What could it mean for Saggese and Fermin?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses whether the Ramon Urias signing from over the weekend is a good fit for the Cardinals roster and what it could mean for Thomas…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 877: Is JJ Wetherholt being considered for Cardinals leadoff man?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the possibility that JJ Wetherholt could be considered for a role as the Cardinals leadoff man in 2026. Would it be putting too…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 876: How is Yadier Molina's presence impacting Cardinals spring training camp?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses a topic that has been often fantasized about by Cardinals fans, but is one that has now come to fruition as Yadier Molina has been…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 875: Cardinals announce decision on Cijntje's switch-pitching future
The Cardinals announced the way they will be handling new prospect Loo Cijntje as a switch pitcher in 2026 big-league camp after the talented 22-year-old threw…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 874: Is Andrew McCutchen the answer to the Cardinals search for RH outfield help?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the concept of the Cardinals reaching out to longtime rival player Andrew McCutchen to fill the need for some right-handed hitting…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 873: Chaim Bloom's latest update reveals why Lars Nootbaar will be delayed in arriving to Jupiter
Chaim Bloom spoke with reporters on Thursday in Jupiter and shared that Lars Nootbaar will be delayed in arriving to Cardinals camp. Don't panic: The reason…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 872: New Era: Oli Marmol reveals which key Cardinals he's most eager to watch this spring
Oli Marmol was asked by STL Sports Central's Mike Claiborne Wednesday about which area of the Cardinals roster he is most looking forward to seeing play out…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 871: NEWS: So... the Cardinals just traded Andre Granillo in one of the strangest trades of the off-season
The Cardinals made a trade on Tuesday, sending Andre Granillo to the Nationals -- and the player they got in return is now on his FIFTH team of the winter!…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 870: Do We Agree With This FanGraphs Projected Cardinals Lineup?
Brenden Schaeffer discusses this projected St. Louis Cardinals lineup for 2026, which comes from RosterResource, a FanGraphs-backed outlet that digs into the…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 869: Cardinals reportedly signed this teenage flamethrower in international free agency!
According to baseball reporter Francys Romero, the Cardinals are signing international free agent Leonil De Leon out of the Dominican Republic.De Leon is…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 868: Did Chaim Bloom just snag a solid piece for FREE? This Cardinals waiver claim could be a nice fit!
The Cardinals made a waiver claim on Friday, snagging third baseman Bryan Ramos from Baltimore. He hit 16 homers in AAA last year... Could Ramos be a good fit…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 867: Did the Cardinals get top value in the Brendan Donovan trade?
The Cardinals traded Brendan Donovan to the Mariners and in a three-team trade, got five total assets in return. Was the haul worth it for their lone 2025…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 866: Yadi is back! But, like, actually this time?!
The Cardinals announced today that Yadi is BACK! What does it mean and what role will he fill in 2026?
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 865: Cardinals Trade Willson Contreras To Boston Red Sox - Let's React
Brenden Schaeffer reacts to the news from Sunday night of the Cardinals trading Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox for Hunter Dobbins and two pitching…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 864: Cardinals 'lost' the MLB Draft Lottery... But here's why it's a blessing in disguise
The Cardinals lost the MLB Draft lottery by landing at 13th pick despite having the eighth-best odds at the number one overall pick. But is this the worst…
B-Schaeff Daily: St. Louis Cardinals Talk, Every DayEp. 863: Cardinals select a reliever in Rule 5 Draft—but lose a pitching prospect to the Yankees?!
Brenden Schaeffer discusses the Cardinals landing RHP Matt Pushard from the Marlins in the MLB Rule 5 Draft, while also diving into the curious case of the…