St. Louis Cardinals

The Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals lift the lid on the new season when they meet Thursday at Busch Stadium for a 4:15 p.m. ET first pitch.

Advantage St. Louis in this one, but PIRATES +1.5 (-140) is the play with the best leverage overall. That amounts to underlying production numbers not fully backing the St. Louis win percentage and the same numbers giving Pittsburgh a small benefit of the doubt. BACK THE OVER 7.5 (-130). Use the couple code SBW22 for $15 OFF a Draft Prep or full-season subscription. Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. They took second place in the NL Central and earned an NL Wild Card berth. Cardinals odds with MLB picks and predictions. He logged a 1.30 WHIP, 2.8 BB/9, and 9.3 K/9 through 124 1/3 IP last season.Current St. Louis bats own a 1.063 OPS against him. However, that leverage is not much at all. Has held current Pittsburgh batters to a whiff-heavy .289 OPS in his career. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Pirates vs.

The major league baseball organization from Missouri is opening the 2022 season with Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina against the Pittsburgh Pirates on ...

His skill set and the team’s trust in him both suggest he’ll have many opportunities to pitch in front of them, and on happier occasions. Unfortunately, Pallante’s family will not be in attendance this weekend, traveling instead to Ohio for the funeral of his grandfather, who passed away last weekend at 97 years old. “That was never part of my mind,” Pallante said about the possibility that he would break camp with the club this spring. And my best got me to this point, and that’s all I can ask for.” Hicks estimated that he would only be able to provide approximately three innings on Tuesday against Kansas City, but the club intends to build his strength on a regular starter’s schedule during its first month. “It’s an amazing feeling,” a widely beaming Hicks said of being named the team’s fifth starter.

See photos taken from the St. Louis Cardinals pre-game batting practice before the 3:15 p.m. first pitch. Keep checking this gallery as it will be updated ...

There are six realistic milestones that Albert Pujols could achieve in 2022 for the St. Louis Cardinals, including hitting 700 homers and 3000 games.

As baseball fans, let’s hope that Albert Pujols can get at least 21 homers and 65 RBI as if he can reach those two milestones, he will achieve all of the other milestones on here. Pujols had 65 hits in 296 plate appearances in 2021 and 120 hits in 545 plate appearances in 2019, so the 118 hits will be much more difficult but not insurmountable. Albert Pujols is third on the all-time RBI list with 2,150. He had 119 total bases in 2021 and 211 total bases in 2019. Albert Pujols also has played in 2,971 games in his career, which is 12th all-time. The only player with more is Pete Rose, who started on Opening Day in 23 of his 24 MLB seasons.

1. Dylan Carlson rf · 2. Paul Goldschmidt 1b · 3. Tyler O'Neill lf · 4. Nolan Arenado 3b · 5. Albert Pujols dh · 6. Paul DeJong ss · 7. Yadier Molina c · 8. Harrison ...

We talk about a lot of different areas of our game here and ... l don’t think the offense is at the forefront of people’s thoughts, as far as what they’re capable of doing. We talk about this ball park and how it’s a pitcher’s park. On his first game day as the Cardinals’ manager, Oliver Marmol said he didn’t feel any different than if it was a spring training game.

Last week the world learned that Diedre Pujols was undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor while her husband Albert was at spring training.

The team's 28-player active roster includes six first-time Cardinals (Aaron Brooks, Corey Dickerson, Steven Matz, Andre Pallante, Drew VerHagen and Nick ...

The team’s 28-player active roster includes six first-time Cardinals (Aaron Brooks, Corey Dickerson, Steven Matz, Andre Pallante, Drew VerHagen and Nick Wittgren), one rookie (Andre Pallante) and 17 players that were developed within the Cardinals organization. INJURED LIST (2): Jack Flaherty-RHP (10-Day), Alex Reyes-RHP (60-Day). CATCHERS (2): Andrew Knizner and Yadier Molina;

After 11 years away from the team, Albert Pujols is back in a St. Louis Cardinals uniform on Opening Day. Fans couldn't be more excited.

Pujols still hit 17 home runs across just 275 at-bats in 2021 with a strikeout rate of 15.7%. The future Hall-of-Famer hasn’t lost his swing or his patience. We’ll see just how it pays off in 2022 as they navigate a 162-game schedule. After 10 seasons split between the Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers, Pujols is back where he belongs, creating an emotional scene on baseball’s 2022 Opening Day.

As usual, the Redbird Rants staff is expecting big things out of the St. Louis Cardinals. Here are our expectations and predictions for the 2022 season.

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Thousands of fans turned out to celebrate the return of St. Louis Cardinals baseball without pandemic restrictions for the first time in two years.

Richard Montgomery, of Brandon, Mississippi, drove to St. Louis with his wife and family friends to watch the matchup. Check out these scenes around downtown St. Louis during this year's Opening Day: Thousands of fans celebrated the return of baseball, with renewed energy and without pandemic restrictions, as the St. Louis Cardinals take on the Pittsburgh Pirates during this year's Opening Day matchup.

The St. Louis Cardinals hosted a pep rally at Cardinals Nation ahead of their 2022 opening day game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Thursday, April 7, ...

From Albert Pujols back on the team, reuniting with Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright, to seeing the Clydesdales trotting around the warning track once again, ...

Yadier Molina threw out a runner trying to steal second in the first game of his final big league season, and Nolan Arenado and Tommy Edman also homered for the ...

The Cardinals played a video narrated by St. Louis native actor Jon Hamm to honor Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright. Pujols and Molina have said ...

Wainwright throws six shutout innings for his 100th victory at Busch Stadium and extends his scoreless streak to 32 consecutive innings vs. Pittsburgh.

Pujols twice reached base as a result of an error by a Pirates’ infielder, and two other times the Cardinals were able to get a runner on base when a play was not made by a Pittsburgh defender. Leadoff hitter Dylan Carlson hit a fly ball that got caught in the wind and veered down into fair territory, out of the reach of Pirates’ third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes. Paul Goldschmidt followed with the first of his opening day record four walks, and then Carlson scored from second on O’Neill’s infield single. He did not walk a batter in sixth inning, and he extended his scoreless inning streak against the Pirates to 32 consecutive. The return of Pujols, the retirement of Molina, and the presence of 16 members of the team’s Hall of Fame brought a sellout crowd of 46,256 to Busch. Pujols, who signed with the Cardinals this spring after 10 years out west, was greeted with an ovation upon in his introduction before the game and as he came to the plate for his first at-bat. So it went during the pomp and prelude with first pitch, as the Cardinals tapped a vein of nostalgia and let it go. He finished with five RBIs to tie a career high and become only the third Cardinal in history with that many on opening day.

When Albert Pujols left the Cardinals in 2011, it was right after the team won the World Series. There was some hurt then, but time seems to have healed ...

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... OF Greg Allen was placed on the 60-day injury list with a left hamstring issue. The 42-year-old played 11 seasons in St. Louis (2001-2011) and helped the Cardinals to a pair of World Series championships before leaving to join the Los Angeles Angels. Added Wainwright: “The time that he was here (before), he was a franchise player. The DH helps a lot as well. “We have a lot of depth, one through nine. Hayes said the issue was minor and not related to a wrist injury that spoiled his 2021 season. “I was trying to hold it in a little bit,” Pujols said. Molina made his franchise-record 18th successive opening day start. Wainwright (1-0) allowed five hits in his sixth opening day start and first since 2016. The 40-year-old struck out six and did not walk a batter. A guy who changed the game and was the face of baseball in St. Louis. To see him come back, to be a part of this clubhouse again, is really, really cool.” Fans stood and cheered Pujols for nearly a full minute prior to his first at-bat, a flyout to left in the first inning.

ST. LOUIS -- Oliver Marmol was still three hours from managing his first Major League Baseball game when he notched his first unofficial victory.

But I think we’re going to have a very powerful offense.” Arenado’s words were very similar to what Marmol said three hours before the first pitch, when he predicted the Cardinals would surprise with their offensive firepower. Six Cardinals players had a hit, led by the two from O’Neill and Harrison Bader. Newly installed leadoff hitter Dylan Carlson led off the bottom of the first with an opposite-field double and later had a sacrifice fly. “The speed and the power that we have at the top of this lineup, it’s pretty much everything we can ask for. O’Neill made the Pirates pay both in the first and second innings when they pitched around Goldschmidt and were forced to face his wrath with runners on base. The top five hitters were on base 13 times, and even No. 9 hitter Edman drilled a home run through a burst of rain late in the day. Other than the many emotions he felt, Pujols said his biggest takeaway was the potential of the Cards' lineup. 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predicted the Cardinals would surprise with their offensive firepower. “You take [Goldschmidt], for example, where as a club we’re stubborn about not leaving the [strike] zone, and he was great with that. All St. Louis proceeded to do the rest of Opening Day -- while smashing three home runs, pounding two doubles and coaxing Pittsburgh pitchers for seven walks -- was make its young manager look like a genius. Marmol said while much of the focus has been on St. Louis’ historic five Gold Gloves and the steady pitching of the 40-year-old Wainwright, the offense is ready to unload on opponents.\n\n“I think we can be more of an offensive club and create an identity around that. “I don’t think the offense is at the forefront of people’s thought in terms of what they are capable of doing.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright (1-0) pitched six scoreless innings, Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run homer and drove in five, and the St. Louis Cardinals ...

The 2021 NL Cy Young Award winner allowed three runs and four hits in five innings. Chris Martin (1-0) got two outs for the win in his Cubs debut. It remained tied until the eighth, when the Royals’ Michael Taylor worked a walk off Triston McKenzie (0-1) and then took second on Nicky Lopez’s sacrifice bunt. Andrew Benintendi drove in Witt after his clutch hit, giving Royals reliever Scott Barlow (1-0) a cushion. Fried (0-1) allowed five runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. Megill (1-0), a 6-foot-7 right-hander who reached the majors last June, allowed three hits and no walks while striking out six.

O'Neill becomes first Cardinal hitter since 1928 with five RBIs on opening day, while Wainwright pitches six scoreless for 100th win at Busch III.

The lineup that scored the second fewest runs at home in 2021 would be the unexpected strength of the 2022 Cardinals. The offense, he said, isn’t at “the forefront” when fans discuss the Cardinals, but once the team lifted the blinds on opening day the fans would see it. In the eighth, Goldschmidt capped his day with a single to reach base in all five plate appearances, and after O’Neill’s sacrifice fly, Goldschmidt scored on Arenado’s homer. “We talked about not being a one-trick pony and selling out for (home runs) and being able to do different things,” Marmol said. “We want to get super-stubborn about not leaving the (strike) zone, and when they come in the zone scaring them back out of it. The phrase he repeated as a goal for the lineup: “No breathing room.” For the first time since April 2019, the Cardinals welcomed a full house to opening day and greeted the sellout crowd of 46,256 with the usual parade of players on trucks, showcase of World Series trophies, and the presence of 16 Cardinals Hall of Famers in their red coats. The Pirates, their shallow pitching thinned further by Brubaker’s three-inning start and Duane Underwood Jr.’s injury after facing one batter, hinted at where opponents are going to target in the Cardinals’ lineup. He got nine outs from the first 10 batters he faced, and he struck out five of them. He added a sacrifice fly in between homers from Edman and Nolan Arenado as the Cardinals’ widened their lead on the rudderless Pirates. O’Neill has a home run on three consecutive opening days, prompting a question on whether it was his favorite day on the calendar. Wainwright retired the Pirates in order in the first inning, elevating one of his fastest pitches at nearly 90 mph, to strike out Ke’Bryan Hayes and end the inning. “We have a lot of depth, one through nine, and everyone is dangerous. And Tyler O’Neill’s five RBIs tied a club record for opening day last matched in 1928.

ST. LOUIS — It was no secret who the stars of 2022 opening day at Busch Stadium were. The legendary trio of Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright ...

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The major league baseball organization from Missouri is opened the 2022 season with Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina against the Pittsburgh Pirates on ...

Pujols was 0-for-5 in his first game back as a Cardinal, reaching twice on errors by Pittsburgh defenders. He described catching the eye of a smiling Ozzie Smith and forcing himself to duck down and away, wiping the tears from his face. He mused that if Goldschmidt walked four times in every game this season, O’Neill could very well finish with 300 RBI. That total may be slightly high, but it’s demonstrative of the potential of a lineup that O’Neill himself described as “an offensive force.” Less than half an hour after that meeting with the manager, at 12:11 p.m., Albert Pujols stepped into the cage on the field for his first game day round of batting practice as a Cardinal in more than ten years. Tyler O’Neill racked up four RBI in the game’s first two innings and five total, marking his third consecutive opening day with a home run. The noise was louder at his first appearance in archive footage on the video board.

The Cardinals hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday afternoon in their season debut at Busch Stadium. St. Louis defeated Pittsburgh 9-0 in game one of their ...

"I've been a Cardinals fan my whole life and never made it to Opening Day before," St. Louis native Jessica Patterly said. "My first game, I saw Stan Musial so he’s been my favorite player my whole life. Festivities began at 10:30 a.m. with an official Opening Day Pep Rally at Ballpark Village right outside the stadium. “I went to my first Cardinals game in 1960 at Sportsman's Park," St. Louis resident Gwen Maridel said. Happy— KOMU 8 Sports (@KOMUsports) #OpeningDay2022from Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals are taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first game of the season, pregame festivities are starting right now. ST. LOUIS - After a few years of limited capacity arenas and an off-season of a nail-biting lockout, MLB Opening Day 2022 saw the return of crowded stadiums and happy fans, especially in St. Louis.