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Jeff Jones
@jmjones.bsky.social
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I cover the St. Louis Cardinals for the Belleville News-Democrat. Everything else is a take specially designed for you.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 5h
Five straight winning seasons, homegrown superstars locked up for the duration of their careers, a starting pitching factory and a middle of the road payroll? Suddenly Seattle’s 54%ers look like the model for what the Cardinals want to be:

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The Mariner model might be a good one for the rebuilding Cardinals to copy
The Mariners are in a big city with big dollar owners who haven’t had to fork over big cash to free agents because their player development system is spinning like a top.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 16h
Two *force* outs on the same play?
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 16h
I know a guy.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 16h
Forget everything else about that play, if that’s at all possible — how often does a catcher record two force outs on one play? How often does anyone?
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 17h
They say you can see something brand new every day at the park, but they don’t usually mean *that*.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 18h
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 1d
In a letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Mike Shildt announced his retirement from managing, citing the physical, mental and emotional toll the job has taken on him.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 4d
They do PFPs for a reason, folks.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 4d
And Memphis gets the JV version on March 7-8.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 4d
Savannah Bananas are coming back to Busch next August 21-22.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 4d
The guy I always think about him in comparison to is Jim Leyritz, except for like three times as long.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 4d
Hasn’t published yet but I wrote for this weekend grading my start of year predictions, one of which was Nolan Arenado being traded to Philly. I copy and pasted a chunk of it to re-use. Still smells right.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 6d
Ran into Pete Kozma with his kids at Wrigley a couple weeks ago. Doing great!
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 7d
MLB Trade Rumors is out with their arbitration projections:
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 7d
There is new music from The Format…and it’s good? Oh, it’s an incredible day to be 38 years old.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 8d
Skip Schumaker has a new job. All signs point toward Albert Pujols having one soon. That’s not a surprise to anyone with the Cardinals (or anywhere else in baseball), but it is an indication of the multiple, overlapping variables which led them to stand pat:

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Cardinals stay the course with Marmol as MLB managerial carousel spins
One former Cardinals player signed on to manager the Texas Rangers and another legend is the favorite to take over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 8d
Keeping a respectful eye on lots of posts about good old team-first Canadian boy Connor McDavid today so that when he takes 8x$24M from Anaheim in two years we can do a compare and contrast.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 8d
I covered this game and have no memory of this, primarily because by the end of the fourth in that game I was fully dug in on a season obituary.
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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 8d
Trey Yesavage’s 10 strikeouts are tied for most in postseason history through 4 innings

With 2019 NLCS G4 Patrick Corbin
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 9d
This is a preseason game.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 10d
You know who’s having a killer weekend? Jack Antonoff
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 10d
Texas making it official with Skip Schumaker officially puts the Cardinals on Jon Jay Watch.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 11d
The things Chaim Bloom said he hadn’t yet gotten into and the things he didn’t say were some of Tuesday’s standouts, but even without conceding anything, it is clear the Cardinals are prepared for short term pain:

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Can Bloom restore Cardinals’ winning standard without big spending on payroll?
And what challenges do possible MLB labor strife pose at the end of next season?
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 11d
Win or go home baseball is so much fun because managers just start Doing Stuff. There are simply almost never buttons that go un-pushed. Gimme a messy scorecard.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 11d
…unless it’s that Jack. If it’s that guy, Guards are cooked.
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Jeff Jones @jmjones.bsky.social · 11d
Guards, Cubs, Yanks
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