#Giovanny Gallegos

First of all, you don't have to tell me twice... I'm very aware that the St. Louis Cardinals are risk-averse, trade-averse, "make a big splash"-averse, and generally fun-averse at the MLB trade deadline. While John Mozeliak and Bill DeWitt have made some big off-season moves (hello Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado), they're typically conservative…

While St. Louis's offense has struggled on the road this year, the Red Sox thrive in the confines of Fenway Park. We're taking Boston to win on Friday night and improve to five games over.500 - read more in our Cardinals vs. Red Sox betting picks. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox will open a rare interleague series at Fenway Park on…

Thankfully, we have baseball. No more wait, no more uncertainty. This Thursday the Pittsburgh Pirates will be in Missouri taking on the St. Louis Cardinals and the world will be a better place for it. As that day approaches there will be plenty of predictions to go around, so I've decided to share some of my own. Though the Pittsburgh Pirates are…

With the Milwaukee Brewers 2022 season set to start on Thursday, it is that time again to give my previews and predictions for each team in the NL Central. With Spring Training finished, the rosters for each team are essentially set and the players that each team have will be the ones they will roll with into the season. For the second year in a…

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their weekend rivalry series at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Cubs-Cardinals prediction and pick, laid out below. Chicago has fallen from the heights of their 2016 World Series championship, and the fanbase…

Why are the Milwaukee Brewers consensus favorites in the NL Central for 2022 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals? The St. Louis Cardinals, with a far superior every-day lineup, ought to be the preseason divisional favorites. For the record, they also ought to be getting substantial interest for winning the entire National League, and possibly the…

After winning last night's game in dramatic fashion, St. Louis has its eyes set on a sweep of this mini two-game series. Which flock of birds will prevail in Game 2? Find out in our MLB betting picks and predictions for Blue Jays vs. Cardinals. The Toronto Blue Jays and the St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their abbreviated two-game series at Busch…

St. Louis and Pittsburgh lock up for Game 1 of a Tuesday double header, with both sides looking for momentum heading into tonight's game. Who will gain it? Find out in our MLB betting picks and predictions for Pirates vs. Cardinals. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals will lock horns in a Tuesday twin-bill at Busch Stadium. It will…

The bats of NL MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt, Tommy Edman, and Brendan Donovan make the Cardinals' offense a deadly one, and one that should do the heavy lifting in sending this game Over the 9.5-run total. The battle for first in the NL Central rages on this Thursday afternoon at American Family Field as the St. Louis Cardinals take on the…

Steven Matz had a breakout season last year with Toronto and turned that into a four-year contract with the Cardinals. We like the southpaw to get have a solid outing tonight against the Reds' struggling offense and for St.Louis to get the win. Find out mo The St. Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds will open their 2022 season series at Great…

A new day brings new opportunities on the MLB card, as a bunch of new series get underway on Friday. We've got a few big numbers out there, but most of the card has competitively-lined games, which were few and far between over the last few days. Hopefully that means it will be the start of a nice stretch in the article. With a lot to get to, let's…

What a day yesterday was. We swept, capped off by some unbelievable finishes. We took the Guardians, and shocker, they came back down 1-0 with a Jose Ramirez home run. We took the over in Phillies vs Cardinals, and I was spazzing in excitement once that hit. It was a complete miracle, but that's post-season baseball for you. Anything can happen. I…

On Saturday evening, the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals will battle under the lights at Busch Stadium in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card series. The Phillies were held off of the scoreboard through eight innings In Game 1, but scored six runs in the 9th inning to take a 1-0 series lead. Hoping to advance to the next…

Just one season ago, the Atlanta Braves proved how important a team's bullpen can be in today's MLB during their World Series run. Postseason games can be won or lost by arms coming out of the back-end of the'pen and this year 11 of the 12 teams playing for the title finished the regular season with the top-14 bullpens by ERA. While some starters…

The second game of today's Wild Card MLB Playoffs slate pits the Philadelphia Phillies against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Phillies snuck into the playoffs with the last wild card spot while the Cardinals used a red hot second half surge to win the NL Central convincingly. This MLB betting preview for the NL Wild Card MLB Playoffs Phillies vs…

The Philadelphia Phillies are in the playoffs for the first time in a decade as they head to the midwest to face off with the St. Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It is a best-of-3 series, and time to continue our MLB odds series with a Phillies-Cardinals prediction and pick. The Phillies finished 87-75 while going 40-41 on the road. It is their first…

The best month of the sports calendar is October, and a big reason why starts Friday with the newly-minted best-of-three Wild Card Series for the MLB playoffs. We've gone from a one-game, winner-take-all format to a short series hosted by the higher-seeded team. MLB (not surprisingly) made a pretty big faux pas with its new postseason format.…

Well, we believe in exit velocity, bat flips, launch angles, stealing home, the hanging curveball, Big League Chew, sausage races, and that unwritten rules of any kind are self-indulgent, overrated crap. We believe Greg Maddux was an actual wizard. We believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment protecting minor league baseball and that…

The Major League Baseball playoffs roll on Thursday with the start of the National League Division Series in Los Angeles and Atlanta. All eight teams still standing have reasons to be optimistic about their chances of bringing home a championship. The road to the World Series should run through Los Angeles in the NL and Houston in the American…