St. Louis Cardinals -- 2025 and trying to contend

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Record: 27-37, 4th, 21.5 GB Chicago Cubs

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Nevermind

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Record: 27-38, 5th, 22.5 GB Chicago Cubs

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St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Jake Eder and Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Juan Zaragoza have both been suspended after a bench-clearing brawl broke out during the Pirates' 12-2 win at PNC Park on Une 14.
Eder hit Zaragoza with a pitch after giving up a home run to Dylan Cupp.
Zaragoza charged the mound and the benches cleared.

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With their season in the toilet, the St. Louis Cardinals have made a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers acquiring right-handed relief pitcher Clayton Beeler in exchange for outfielder Kerry Carpenter and righty reliever Jhoan Duran.
Beeler, 31, has been the Dodgers closer, although not that good of a one, recording 17 saves while posting a 5.25 ERA and a 1-2 record in 23 games.
Duran, meanwhile, had started the season as the Cardinals' closer before a series of bad outings knocked him out of the role.
In 20 games this season, Duran has gone 0-2 with six saves and an 8.38 ERA.
In his three seasons in St. Louis, Duran pitched in 208 games going 11-10 with 59 saves and a 3.23 ERA.
For his career, Beeter, has pitched in 272 games/114 starts and gone 44-44 with 46 saves and a 4.54 ERA.
He broke into the majors in 2023 with the New York Yankees.
Beeter also has played for the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays, Washington Nationals and had two stints with the Dodgers.
Acquired in the offseason as a free agent after playing with the Blue Jays, Carpenter struggled in a reserve role for the Cardinals.
In 27 games/19 starts, he hit just .173 with one home run and seven RBIs.
Carpenter, 32, recently requested a trade.

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Cards news: June 15 -- Reaction to trade with Dodgers

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Record: 28-28, 4th, 21.5 GB Chicago Cubs

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MLB news: June 16 -- Week 4 - All-Star game fan voting

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MLB news: June 17 -- Week 11 - Awards and standings

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Record: 28-39, 4th, 22.5 GB Chicago Cubs

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Following an 8-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals manager and general manager Mike Renkes announced he was stepping away from the franchise.
"It's been a rough season. We don't hit when the pitchers are doing well. And when the hitters have got it going, we can't stop anyone," Renkes said as his team dropped to 28-39 and 22.5 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central Division.
"We've got some really good players on this team. But they've all have seemed to have regressed. I guess it's on me. My job is to make sure they are ready to play."
After opening the season, 14-11 in the month of April St. Louis has gone 14-29 and rank as the worst offensive team in the National League hitting just .202 with 252 runs scored in 68 games.
In his seven plus seasons managing the Cardinals, the team owned a record of 622-580 (.517 winning percentage) and made the playoffs four times.
They lost in a seven-game World Series to the Cleveland Indians in 2023 and defeated the Los Angeles Angels in seven games in 2025.
St. Louis reached the playoffs in 2029 as a wild card in 2029 but were eliminated in the division round by Cincinnati.
(I have no clue who will replace me, since I am not sure what I am going to do next. --
INSIDER NOTE: The number of strikeouts my team was incurring was just too much to deal with. Even players, who had decent eye and K-rates were striking out 25-30 percent of the time. It's just no fun to hear the umpire cry out "strike three" 13 to 20 times a game. I may even come back to this. The stress of the game just not even being competitive is not something I want to deal with at this moment.