Eduardo Sanchez News

There seems to be some generalized angst about the bullpen as of late. Losing a string of one run games, some in extra innings, will do that to you, I suppose.

The Birds never mounted a serious threat against Philadelphia starter Kyle Kendrick who entered the game with an 0-4 record and an earned run average well north of 5.00. It took Kendrick only 94 pitches to send the Cardinals to their third straight defeat.

It's easy to look at the Cardinals' woeful May record and blame injuries to key offensive players Lance Berkman, Allen Craig, Carlos Beltran and Jon Jay for the sudden downturn in the club's fortunes.

The Memphis Redbirds will be giving fans a chance to see the 2011 World Series trophy in Autozone Park May 27 through June 1. Ticketholders to the games can view this historic piece and capture the memories in pictures.

The Cardinals are staring at a loss potentially much more critical and enduring than the one Clayton Kershaw dealt them at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night.

Although the dominance of the St. Louis Cardinals ' pitchers has not really shown over the past week, the starting rotation and bullpen have been mainly dominant throughout a large part of this young 2012 season.

That's not to say the Cards haven't faced any adversity before now, of course; there have been a couple of really tough losses already in 2012, and they have seemed to come in bunches, little clusters of misery amidst what has been to this point an incredibly encouraging start to the season.

You Can't Win Them All or Luck Evens Out, Eventually aren't quite sabermetrically appropriate phrases, but there's something more satisfying about them than the idea of things regressing to the mean.

The Chicago Cubs swamped the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Monday night.

Man, that happens every time I try to post the picture I have to go along with Eduardo Sanchez's nickname.

The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled right-handed reliever Eduardo Sanchez from Triple-A Memphis and released struggling lefty J.C. Romero.

The St. Louis Cardinals have released 35-year-old veteran reliever J.C. Romero , who has been thoroughly disappointing this season and has allowed 14 hits and nine runs in eight innings this year.

Louis Cardinals General Manager, John Mozeliak, will present six Memphis Redbirds players as well as key members of the coaching staff tonight, Tuesday, May 8, with their 2011 World Series Championship rings during a pre-game ceremony on the field.