The Cardinals' farm system and player-development structure is an embarrassing mess. I knew it was bad, but the deterioration is much worse than I imagined. Thanks to the excellent reporting by Katie Woo, who covers the Cardinals for The Athletic, we received valuable information of how bad things are, and what must be done to fix a long-term foundation that was irresponsibly allowed to collapse. Woo reports that Chaim Bloom has moved into a full-time role, and soon we will know if Cardinals' ownership is ready to put him in charge of the baseball operation.
The 2024 Cardinals will conclude a disappointing season at the end of the week. I'll be handing out some awards -- and some penalties...
This is a "Bernie Bits" style video, an offshoot of the popular Bits column I did for 25 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch....
Bad Baseball. Many Questions. What will Bill DeWitt Jr. do?