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Cardinals' Oli Marmol breaks silence on Erick Fedde decision
The St. Louis Cardinals, after dropping a must-win game to the last-place Colorado Rockies, decided to designate starting pitcher Erick Fedde for assignment. John Denton of shared Cardinals manager Oli Marmol's reaction to the team's decision to designate Fedde for assignment. Marmol praised Fedde and was also candid about why the team cut ties with the 32-year-old veteran. "He understood it," Marmol said of Fedde. "He was a pro about it. He understood that we gave him several chances to try and correct and get on the other side of it. Unfortunately, it wasn't translating into games. He was working hard at it, but he also understood where we are as an organization, and that it opens up a spot for one of the young guys that's going to contribute moving forward." Marmol's overall message about Fedde's release is an accepting one. While it's difficult to cut ties with anyone, Fedde was understanding, and Marmol was able to articulate why the move had to come to pass. Fedde's DFA'ing comes on the heels of one of his worst starts of the season. He lasted just three innings against the Rockies, allowing six earned runs and notching his seventh straight loss. This season, Fedde had a 5.22 ERA and a 3-10 record before being designated for assignment. Earlier in the year, against the Washington Nationals, Fedde had a complete game shutout. MORE: MLB insider reveals three relievers Cardinals are most likely to trade But, even at that point, despite being just eight starts into the year, Fedde's ERA was sitting at 3.86. After 5.1 scoreless in the next game, Fedde took a major step back in his next 11 starts. He had a 7.11 ERA from May 20th until the July 22nd start against the Rockies, which was the final straw. But, most of the damage came in his final five starts in a Cardinals uniform. In his final five-start, Fedde had a 13.25 ERA, allowing eight home runs, 33 hits, 26 runs, walking 11, and striking out only eight. His struggles were too much, and as Marmol mentioned, Fedde had plenty of chances to turn the corner. But, he couldn't, which led to him being designated for assignment in the final year of a two-year, $15 million deal. Fedde now will hit the open market, and while he wasn't the best, he could find a new home. MORE MLB NEWS: Padres make Dylan Cease, Michael King trade deadline decisions Padres 'don't match up' with Red Sox in trade for All-Star MVP Tigers 'make a lot of sense' in trade for $275 million All-Star third baseman Tigers expected to aggressively pursue impact closer at trade deadline Astros named a 'strong trade fit' for Braves three-time All-Star silver slugger MLB insider reveals Guardians' trade demands for Steven Kwan
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Cardinals designate starting pitcher Erick Fedde for assignment
DENVER — The St. Louis Cardinals have designated right-handed starting pitcher Erick Fedde for assignment, the team announced Wednesday morning. Fedde, 32, had struggled mightily over his last several starts. In his nine starts since June 1, he logged just 39 1/2 innings and posted a 7.32 ERA, allowing 32 earned runs, 51 hits and 21 walks. Despite those struggles, the Cardinals kept Fedde in the starting rotation, hoping he would be able to turn his performance around and boost potential trade value. Advertisement But the organization reached its reckoning point after Fedde's start on Tuesday, where he allowed six earned runs over three innings against the Colorado Rockies. 'The truth is I've been awful,' Fedde said after Tuesday's game, an 8-4 loss. 'I'm putting the team in terrible spots, giving up runs early, putting our batters in tough spots. Confidence? For sure, all-time low. But I've had lows, I've had highs in this game, and I'm just trying to be professional, show up every day and give it my best. The team deserves better.' With the Cardinals (52-50) clinging onto their season, and president of baseball operations John Mozeliak expected to make trade deadline decisions in the near future, the club could not justify having Fedde, who was acquired in a deadline deal with the White Sox last July, take another start. '(Fedde) understood it,' Cardinals manager Oli Marmol said Wednesday, before St. Louis' series finale against the Rockies. 'He understood that we gave him several starts to try to correct and get on the other side of it. Unfortunately, it wasn't translating into games. He was working hard at it, but he also understands where we are as an organization, and that this opens up a spot for one of the young guys to contribute going forward.' Right-hander Michael McGreevy will slot into the rotation after spending the first half of the season shuffling between Triple A and the majors. He remained with the team after making a spot start against the Rockies on Monday, scattering two runs over seven innings in the Cardinals' 6-2 victory. The expectation is that McGreevy, the club's first-round pick in 2021, will spend the rest of the season in the Cardinals rotation. McGreevy holds a 3.49 ERA in the majors this season over five appearances (four starts). Reliever Andre Granillo was recalled from Triple-A Memphis as the corresponding move for Fedde. (Top photo of Erick Fedde:)
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Cardinals at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 30
Its Monday, June 30 and the Cardinals (46-38) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (34-50). Erick Fedde is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Andrew Heaney for Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh earned its second sweep of the season on Sunday with a blistering game from Oneil Cruz, who homered twice. The Buccos offense stayed hot against the Mets in a 12-1 win and scored 30 runs over three games to New York's four. Advertisement St. Louis is coming off a three-game sweep of the Guardians. The Cardinals outscored the Guardians 21-6 over three games and shutout Cleveland's offense twice. The Cardinals are 10-3 over the previous 13 contests and 3-0 against the Pirates this season. Let's dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on how to catch first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Cardinals at Pirates Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Time: 6:40PM EST Site: PNC Park City: Pittsburgh, PA Network/Streaming: FDSNMW, SNP Advertisement Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Cardinals at the Pirates The latest odds as of Monday: Moneyline: Cardinals (-125), Pirates (+105) Spread: Cardinals -1.5 Total: 8.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Cardinals at Pirates Pitching matchup for June 30, 2025: Erick Fedde vs. Andrew Heaney Cardinals: Erick Fedde, (3-7, 4.11 ERA) Last outing: 3.2 Innings Pitched, 7 Earned Runs Allowed, 8 Hits Allowed, 2 Walks, and 2 Strikeouts Pirates: Andrew Heaney, (3-7, 4.48 ERA) Last outing: 4.0 Innings Pitched, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 7 Hits Allowed, 3 Walks, and 3 Strikeouts Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Cardinals and the Pirates Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Advertisement Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday's game between the Cardinals and the Pirates: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the St. Louis Cardinals on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Pittsburgh Pirates at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC. Advertisement Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cardinals at Pirates Both the Pirates and Cardinals have won three straight The Cardinals have won 5 straight road games The Under is 13-9-1 in the Cardinals' matchups against NL Central teams this season The Pirates are up 2.71 units on the Run Line in their last 5 games at PNC Park St. Louis is 3-0 on the ML against Pittsburgh this season If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff:
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Cardinals counting on pitching against woeful Rockies
July 22 - If the St. Louis Cardinals are going to stay in the postseason race, they will the starting rotation to deliver. Michael McGreevy gave them a strong start Monday night in a 6-2 win against the Colorado Rockies, and it will be Erick Fedde's turn to do the same Tuesday in the second of a three-game series in Denver. Fedde (3-9, 4.83 ERA) takes the mound against Colorado's Bradley Blalock (0-2, 9.97) in a clash of right-handers. Fedde was strong at the beginning of the season, tossing at least six innings in five of his first eight starts, which included a complete game shutout at Washington on May 9. He hasn't won a game since then, and he has finished six innings only once in the 11-game span. In that time his ERA has increased by a just shy of a run per game since the game against the Nationals, leaving Fedde to search for answers. "My sinker is not running, which is really killing me," Fedde said after a recent start. "My cutter is moving, in my opinion, a little too much. I need to clean up the mechanics to hopefully get back to those shapes that I like. "I'm throwing a lot of balls. When I am throwing strikes, they're being hit well. It's a difficult situation to navigate. Maybe in a sense, I'm thinking too much about outside things, about my mechanics, about tipping, about holding runners. I'm just not focusing on making a quality pitch right then and there. That's something that's inexcusable and I have to be better about." Tuesday will mark his seventh career appearance (sixth start) against the Rockies, and he is 2-2 with a 5.00 ERA. He has pitched well in Denver, going 2-1 with a 3.32 ERA in four outings (three starts). Blalock, who has not faced St. Louis in his young career, is pitching at home for the first time since Colorado's most lopsided loss of the season. The Rockies were routed 21-0 by San Diego on May 10, a day before the Rockies fired manager Bud Black. He allowed 12 runs on 13 hits in just 3 2/3 innings and was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque the next day. The Rockies called him up two weeks ago to make his fourth start and sixth appearance of the season. Blalock had a better experience at Cincinnati on July 12 when he allowed just one run on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. Whenever St. Louis comes to Denver, it evokes memories of Nolan Arenado anchoring third base and crushing home runs for the Rockies. He was the star on Colorado consecutive playoff teams in 2017-18, but it has been downhill for the franchise since. The Rockies are in the midst of their seventh straight losing season and on pace to lose 100 games for the third consecutive year. With just 24 wins in their first 100 games, Colorado also is on pace to win just 38 games. If that holds true, they'd replace the 2024 Chicago White Sox as the team with the most losses in MLB's modern era. This White Sox finished 41-121. Only Kyle Freeland, German Marquez, Antonio Senzatela and Ryan McMahon remain from that 91-win team in 2018. DJ LeMahieu, a Gold Glove winner at second and the 2016 National League batting champion, wasn't re-signed. Arenado was traded to the Cardinals in February 2021 and shortstop Trevor Story left via free agency and signed with the Boston Red Sox. "It was very good," Freeland said of that team. "You look at that core of veterans who moved on and what they have done in the game, and you do wonder, 'What could have been?'" --Field Level Media
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Cardinals at Rockies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 22
Its Tuesday, July 22 and the Cardinals (52-49) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (24-76) in Game 2 of their series. Erick Fedde is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Bradley Blalock for Colorado. The Cards' bats woke up and collected 15 hits in a 6-2 win last night over the Rockies. Willson Contreras and Masyn Winn led the offense with three hits apiece as St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Cardinals at Rockies Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Time: 8:40PM EST Site: Coors Field City: Denver, CO Network/Streaming: FDSNMW, COLR Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Cardinals at the Rockies The latest odds as of Tuesday: Moneyline: Cardinals (-156), Rockies (+130) Spread: Cardinals -1.5 Total: 12.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Cardinals at Rockies Pitching matchup for July 22, 2025: Erick Fedde vs. Bradley Blalock Cardinals: Erick Fedde (3-9, 4.83 ERA)Last outing: July 12 vs. Atlanta - 4.2IP, 3ER, 6H, 1BB, 1K Rockies: Bradley Blalock (0-2, 9.97 ERA)Last outing: July 12 at Cincinnati - 5.2IP, 1ER, 6H, 0BB, 1K Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Cardinals at Rockies The Cardinals have won 26 of 50 games following a win The Rockies' last 6 games against National League teams have gone under the Total Ryan McMahon is riding a modest 5-game hitting streak (6-18) Nolan Arenado is 3-15 over his last 4 games If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Cardinals and the Rockies Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Tuesday's game between the Cardinals and the Rockies: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the St. Louis Cardinals on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Colorado Rockies at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the under on the Game Total of 12.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
