Did The St. Louis Cardinals CROSS The Line with Kershaw Troll Job? | Trading Ryan Helsley?

why is one of the greatest pitchers of this generation calling the Cardinals Bush League this is Locked on Cardinal you are Locked on Cardinals your daily St louis Cardinals podcast part of the Locked On Network your team every day hey there Cardinal fans i’m JD Havern and I am your host for Lockdown Cardinals part of the Lockdown Podcast Network covering your team every day follow me on X at JD Sports Radio as well as the podcast at L_Cardinals we’re on YouTube make sure you like subscribe and comment hit that notification button so you don’t miss out on things we’re on Tik Tok and Instagram at Locktown Cardinals this is a show serving Cardinal Nation and giving the best fans in baseball all of the info about the birds on the bat today’s episode is brought to you by Game Time download the Game Time app create an account and use code locked on MLB for $20 of your first purchase so the St louis Cardinal just had a fine series against the Dodgers taking two of three yay uh but they did lose on Sunday which you know kind of put put a little bit of a damper on the festivities a little bit you know it’s weird how you do win two of three but because you lost the last one it kind of leaves a bad taste in your mouth kind of like you lost the series even though you didn’t cardinals didn’t lose this series they won two of three three and three on this home stand right now uh against the Royals and the Dodgers with the Blue Jays in town for the next few and one of the big big reasons why they lost on Sunday was because of Clayton Kershaw clayton Kershaw uh obviously one of the best pitchers you know we we’ve seen the future Hall of Famer was outstanding in what could be his final start in St louis we we don’t know what the future holds for Clayton Kershaw you know we uh we’re not sure where he’s going to end up like if he’s just done you know is he is he finished being a uh a Major League Baseball player i I I don’t know i don’t know uh this could be his last year though he’s been dancing around retirement for a couple of years now but you know he keeps coming back and with the way the Dodgers are built I don’t really blame him for wanting to come back going “Why wouldn’t you want to try to snag a couple of rings uh before you head to the Hall of Fame why not?” So um I get it but after his performance on Sunday which again was outstanding uh he he looked great um he had some choice words for what was happening before the game what was happening before the game all right so uh reporting done here uh by Katie Woop from The Athletic she says “Prior to Sunday’s series finale the Cardinals played a throwback video of Matt Adams go ahead three-run home run game for the 2014 National League Division Series one that was hit off Kershaw the homer ultimately clinched the series for St louis which beat the Dodgers 3 to2 to advance to the National League Championship Series the video played on loop for several minutes before starting lineups were announced and apparently Kershaw did not like this telling reporters after the game I think it’s a little bush league but I don’t expect anything less from these guys so it’s no worries well hello hello there Clayton Kershaw um I personally think that putting it on loop is a bit much maybe play it once to get the crowd going putting it on loop is a bit much so I guess I can sympathize a little bit there not sure if the Cardinals game day production crew is is known for doing stuff like this i have no idea the way Kershaw responded you would think that they were like known trolls that are always trying to get under the skin of the opponent before a game starts i I honestly don’t know that i don’t know if that’s true or not because when I’m at Bush Stadium and it’s pregame I’m usually chatting it up with with friends and family having a tall cool Budweiser i am not paying attention to what’s going on on the video boards or anything any of the pregame stuff they usually got 800 people coming out on the field and catching a ball or getting recognized for something that they’ve accomplished i I’m not normally paying attention to that i just not um shenanigans like that I I wouldn’t even know if it happened or not i mean I’m not really paying attention until the national anthem starts usually that catches me off guard i’m like “Oh oh we got to go we got to go.” Um and if I was honestly I feel like that would be more annoying as a fan too uh you know not just to Kershaw but as a fan of the stands i’d be like why do they keep playing this have you ever had something like stuck on your computer on loop over and over and over and you can’t change it and you keep hearing that same thing constantly like my wife does Tik Tok videos and when she’s like editing it and it keeps playing the same thing over and over I want to take her phone and I want to chuck it into the river you ever had a really bad song stuck in your head and you’re just like “Oh my gosh I can’t get it out of my skull.” That’s what it would feel like if that’s what what they were doing so I guess that’s what they were trying to do to curse y’all but I I don’t know as a fan I’d be like “Bro stop already that’s enough um but there’s a level of trolling that goes on from time to time but to have it playing on repeat that seems a little bit much uh was probably funny at first i probably would have laughed at the beginning but after like the third fourth and it kept going i’d probably be like “All right this is this is annoying this is getting a little old.” Either way it didn’t work kershaw went out and threw a gem against the Cardinals to pick up the win on Sunday and ruin the Cardinals ambition of gaining a sweep over the defending champion so it backfired so my guess is they probably won’t be doing such things quite to that extent from here on out but I’m curious what you guys think am I Am I just being too nice do you guys Do you guys think this was too much do you think it was not a big deal is Kershaw being a big baby do you consider it Bush League i don’t I just I don’t know i feel like there’s part of me that thinks it’s funny at first but then because it was on loop that it got a little bit of annoying but I don’t know what do you guys think i need your opinions on this we’re going to talk about the Cardinals offense and what transpired this weekend plus I got power rankings to get to and what is the Cardinals most intriguing trade ship moving forward because we’re talking about two months trade deadlines going to be here cardinals might have to make some decisions so who would be that most intriguing trade ship moving forward we’ll talk about this and more coming up on Locked on Cardons looking for a snack that’s both delicious and nutritious then crack into a good source of protein with Wonderful Pistachios wonderful pistachios one of the highest protein nuts that you can get your hands on now each 1 oz serving going to hook you up with six grams of protein it gives you over 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team batting average at 258 fourth overall again this is major leagues this is not just the National League this is overall batting 258 they are fifth in hits they’re tied for eighth in runs uh fourth in doubles they are down they’re getting lower and lower in the home runs uh just 24th in home runs but that’s not how they’re built that’s not something we expected them to be really good at they’re ninth in RBI’s they’re 18th in walks which uh it feels like they’re a better team at taking walks maybe uh lately things have been a little bit different clearly one particular Cardinal who is struggling uh has something to do with that but uh we’ll get to him in just a moment but 18th in walks but 24th in strikeouts which is great uh they’re just not swinging and missing and striking out a whole lot 23rd in stolen bases which I wish they would become more of a a running team i mean imagine where they’d be without Victor Scott like they would have almost no stolen bases they just they don’t run much um sixth in OBP 13th in slugging ninth in OPS seventh in batting with runners in scoring position which is a huge jump from last year that was a big issue uh split-se wise because I’ve been seeing a lot of people talking about okay do we suck against lefties or are we just really good against righties versus right-hand right-handers they are second in the league in batting average at 266 the Dodgers the only team ahead of them uh they’re sixth in OBP they’re 12th in slugging seventh in OPS so they like them some right-handed pitchers against lefties i wouldn’t say they suck they uh they dip quite a bit they’re more of a mid team we’re like they’re very good against the righties and they’re just kind of me against the lefties the batting average of 240 that’s 16th 10th in OBP again leaguewide not National League Leaguewide uh 17th in slugging again you’re not hitting home runs your slugging is going to be down 13th in OPS um and recently you’ve seen a lot of lefthanders haven’t we as far as like the starting pitchers you know teams seem to be stacking their left-handers against the Cardinals recently uh Royals started two the Dodgers started two um Monday night they’re going to get a right-hander Jose Bereos uh Tuesday you get another righty in Chris Basset and on Wednesday we don’t know yet to be determined tbd so far for the Toronto Blue Jays so I don’t know but my guess is if they’re going to go with like a bullpen game or something like that they might start a lefty because just looking at the stats the Cardinals are better against right-handers than they are against lefties that’s just the facts right now u but that’s some good news at least uh the first two nights you know you get two back-to-back right-handers and um that’s good so hopefully they get on the right get off on the right foot to begin this series against the Blue Jays so your top guys against the righties for the Cardinals so far this year Brendan Donovan is hitting 353 mason Wins at 312 ivon Herrera is at 312 alec Burles at 307 joel Poso 273 victor Scott who’s really been slumping we’re going to talk more about him in a little bit too um but is hitting 271 this year against the righties wilson Contrus is at 250 um and I if I saw it correctly Wilson’s like dead on 250 against righties and lefties which is amazing uh shockingly lose large NewAR only at 247 and then it you know trickles off and gets much worse after that but over the last seven days here’s who’s hot here’s who’s not for the Cardinals alec Berles is on fire right now 467 over his last five games he’s got a dinger he’s got four RBI’s he’s creeping on batting 300 for the season just out of nowhere and we remember last year um he came out of the gate very similar came out of the game gate a little bit cold and then he started picking it up and you’ve noticed that with more bats he’s hitting better which makes you wonder if that would be something that would work out for our next guy here Nolan Gorman who I suspect will get some time against these two right-handers that are starting the next two games four for his last nine with a home run and it sucks that these guys keep throwing lefties lefties and Gorman just cannot hit lefties and Ali has to take him out of the lineup when they start a lefty so um but he got a couple righties here so hopefully we’ll see him more and hopefully he continues uh to get better pedro Pz four for his last 10 with a homer wilson Contreras hitting 320 in his last six games with a homer and seven RBI’s natto’s at 318 in his last 18 of bats with five RBI so uh those are the guys that are doing well who’s not victor Scott II is not hot right now he’s good-looking good looking man but he is not hot at the plate 0 for his last 12 with five strikeouts and in his last 75 plate appearances is batting just 141 with one RBI he’s only got five walks he struck out 23 times he’s got six stolen bases again when he gets on base he’s going to take off he’s going to run but he is not getting on base nearly enough anymore the 23 strikeouts is um would love to to see him be a little less aggressive maybe and take some more walks i You don’t have to get a hit to get on base you you can take a walk it’s just as dangerous because you can turn a walk into a triple with Victor Scott the second speed so uh but he’s been ice cold recently and and uh not having him as like that secondary leadoff guy at the bottom of the order is a a big missing component that this offense would love to get back in the swing of things you know when this offense is going full blast Victor’s doing things at the bottom of the order which is driving pitchers nuts you know after you get through like the first five or six and then you get to like whoever the catcher is that day whether it’s Pahz whether it’s Poso which I’m not trying to say they’re easy outs but they’re not quite the hitters as everybody else then you get to Victor and he’s kind of like that new leadoff guy and then it turns over again uh the other guy that’s not hitting so well right now is the primary leadoff man and that’s Lars Nupar hitting just 174 over his last six games and that’s been an issue because you know having Lars Newar be the guy in the leadoff spot you know I’ve said it over and over and over that as Lars Newar goes so does this offense and it just has not been there for him recently um 174 in his last six games no home runs no RBI’s seven strikeouts compared to four walks so he’s still getting walked but the strikeouts again that’s an issue kind of the same boat that Victor Scott’s in um and when N’s on he’s usually walking a ton taking a lot of pitches driving the ball for extra bases he’s got zero extra base hits in his last six games and in his last 24 he’s got just six total three home runs and then three doubles but the alarming stat is the strikeouts for Lars Neward new leads the team in strikeouts over the last month with 31 whiffs second is Victor Scott with 25 the 31 strikeouts by N is the fourth highest strikeout total in the National League over that time span over the last 30 days he’s fourth in strikeouts kyle Schwarber leads with 37 but we know that he’s going to swing and miss a lot he’s a slugger o’neal Cruz is at 35 he strikes out a lot always has probably always will p crow Armstrong of the Cubbies PCA he’s got 34 but he’s also you know hitting eight home runs with 27 RBI’s over that time span too and then there’s new with 31 strikeouts and only eight walks that is very un nudish if I can call it that uh that is not what we’re used to so if there’s a guy in this lineup that really needs to get going it’s Lars Newar at the top of the order there because when he’s on base this team wins and right now he is not getting on base nearly enough and um you know it was pointed out to me I hadn’t really noticed it as much but I you know people are saying that he’s been swinging at the first pitch a whole lot more instead of taking maybe because people to combat his good eye they’re trying to get one over on him right away to put him behind in the count maybe that’s something so you know it’s a chess match between the hitter and the pitcher a lot of times so maybe that’s what’s going on but either way we would love to see N get back to doing the things he was doing earlier on in the season where you know when he was hitting doubles and stuff and I don’t know I was saying he’s never going to be like a 280 290 type of batter like he’s just not that guy he’s more of a 250 260 270 right in that spot but the walks is where he really makes up for that with the on base percentage and it just hasn’t been what he was doing earlier in the year which was really really nice so hopefully we get him back we get Victor Scott going again and uh that’ll really kind of amp up what this offense could be moving forward uh we got the power rankings and what is the most intriguing trade chip for the St louis Cardinal moving forward that’s coming up 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season long at local analysis on a national scale you can find MLB Game Night on Lock on MLB on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcast i will be there hosting tonight if you want to come out and say hi uh new MLB power rankings have dropped and the Tigers remain at number one they’ve won six of their last 10 they got the best record in the league at 43 and 24 they are just a fundamentally sound team that in all honesty you know it’s kind of like when the Cardinals are winning that’s what they’re doing they’re a fundamentally sound team there is not a I wouldn’t say there’s a superstar on the offensive side of that roster ter Scooble S Young Award winner obviously he’s incredible so I get that uh but as far as anybody else Riley Green Spencer Tolson I mean these guys are good are they superstars no but it’s a it’s a good team and that’s how they do it and that’s how the Cardinals have been able to do it so far this year um Cubs jump one spot from number three to number two they’ve won six of their last 10 as well se Suzuki PCA number two and three in RBI’s in the National League heck of a one-two punch uh they’re going to be in Philly to start this week and uh unfortunately for the Cardinals fans they’re going to see Philly at a really good time because Philly has been slumping big time they’re without Bryce Harper right now so it’s a prime time for a team to go play the Philadelphia Phillies and unfortunately that team is the Cubs who the Cardinals are chasing in the NL Central mets go from five to number three they got the second best record in Major League Baseball at 42 and 24 pete Alonzo the polar bear has been amazing continues to mash he’s uh 3017 dingers and MLB leading 61 RBI’s it’s still hard to believe that he couldn’t find a home this off season that nobody wanted to pay him the big bucks i I was mind blown while it was happening mets got him back and they’re going to have to pay him because they got him back but um he’s going to want a bigger extension than what he’s got right now so they’re at home against Washington beginning on Tuesday the Yankees jump from six to four aaron J judge pops two more home runs on Sunday night he’s tied with Otani for second in the majors behind Kyle Raleigh of the Mariners who has 26 already which is crazy the Cardinals as a team have 58 home runs kyle Raleigh has 26 by himself cardinals aren’t a home run hitting team but it’s just a funny stat uh Dodgers drop from number two to number five after losing two of three to the Cardinals phillies go from number four to number six thought they would drop a little more than that losers of nine of their last 10 padres’s stick at number seven the Cardinals were at number eight but they’re not anymore they actually fall to number 10 got leaprogged by the Astros and the Giants um the reasoning behind this two frustrating series losses to the Rangers and the Royals had some wondering if their recent boom may have been an illusion but then they followed up with a deeply fun downright inspiring series win at home against the Dodgers with a pinch hit walk-off single from Nolan Aronado on Saturday providing the biggest emotional boost the Cardinals have had difficulty drawing crowds from a somewhat skeptical fan base this year but the stands were booming this weekend do fans believe in this team yet because they probably should himlby wrote that not me but it was nice to see the big crowds out there this weekend when the Dodgers were in town um still had some good crowds while the Royals were there but of course that was during the week so but things really picked up business picked up o over the weekend with the Dodgers um was also an interesting write up uh on the Cardinals most intriguing trade ship i wanted to share that with you too uh John Denton so MLB did this where they talked to all the beat writers for each team and each writer had to pick somebody from the roster that they thought was the most intriguing intriguing trade ship and the Cardinals uh chip according to John Denton is Ryan Hley the closer Mr hellley hell’s Bells um here’s what he has to say about it cardinals explored the trade market for their two-time all-star closer earlier last winter but they pulled him off the market after the Yankees traded for Williams and the Philly signed free agent reliever Jordan Romano uh they aren’t likely to do so again at the trade deadline with Hley about to hit free agency for the first time in his career this winter hley who was still holding out hopes of signing a long-term extension with the Cards hasn’t worked nearly as much this season as in 2024 when he set the club record with 49 saves and that has affected his sharpness thus far Ellie is 3-0 with a 3.52 RA and he’s converted 13 of 17 save opportunities however strikeout rate has fallen from 29.7% to 25.2 his walk rate has climbed from 8.6 to 11.7 could the Cardinals potentially package Helley and veteran third baseman Nolan Aronado to a contender in a mega deal at the trade deadline so interesting right u if the Cardinals stay in contention which there’s been no reason to think they’re going to drop off so much that they won’t be in contention i think it’s going to be really difficult to sell to the fans on trading those two guys away but I understand the thinking and the logic behind it i’ve said all along that the the risk with keeping Hell’s before the season was injury and production drop off he stayed healthy which is great but as Den pointed out the dude is far from a sure thing in that ninth inning and you’ve heard me rant and complain about it on X plenty lots of base runners lots of base runners either via hits or walks it’s just constant there is always somebody on base against Ryan Hley and he’s blown a couple saves recently because like he pointed out he’s just not getting the strikeouts like he was and he’s walking too many dudes so if someone does come calling even if the Cardinals are in contention and somebody’s like “Yo yo yo we need Helley big time and they want to fork over a decent exchange I am pulling the trigger pronto on that if you’re not going to sign him to an extension there is no need to keep him around cuz odds are he’s not going to like rebound all of a sudden become better again maybe he will but it’s highly unlikely the most likely scenario is he starts losing bo and then he really becomes a worse pitcher but some people will get desperate at the at the trade deadline and need somebody to and he he may not even be a closer for whoever goes to get him it could just be a setup guy or something that might be a possibility but the other side of it is the Cardinals have to be thinking about who’s going to fill that role who is the closer of the future for the Cardinals if they do move on from Helley or or trade him at the deadline or just don’t sign him in the offseason but sure the Cardinals have already thought about that right uh Aronado I’m sorry but Nolan looks to be having fun look at this picture right here on YouTube natada looks like he’s having a good time with this team right now of course winning is a big part of that and he’d also have to wave his no trade clause so it’s really on him if he wants out or not if he wants out like he might have thought about it this off season and if he wants them to explore things I’m sure they will do that for him because they’d want to it’s the money it’s not the player that they don’t like it’s the money if they can move on from that money they’ll do it but right now they’re winning he’s been a big part of that with some timely hitting and his outstanding defense at third base clearly the clubhouse loves him fans love him so I don’t know we’ll see you know at the end you know we’ll see what happens in two months but you know Natada wants to win a ring and I don’t blame him and is this Cardinals team as good as they’ve played so far this year are they somebody who’s really in competition for the World Series title this year at this moment no they’re not they’re a good story and they’re playing very good i’m enjoying every moment of it but there are quite a few look at Power Rankings got them at 10th that’s how that’s what MLB thinks of them that there’s nine teams out there that are better than them right now before making moves at the trade deadline so just got to keep that in mind right thank you for making a lock card your first listen every day if you haven’t already give us a follow on X at L_Cardinals and at JD Sports Radio Tik Tok and Instagram at Locktown Cardinals like subscribe on YouTube help our channel and love for the Cardinals grow you guys are the best fans in baseball for reason let’s Let’s Let’s get a winner let’s go get a winner tonight let’s win another series i want to I want to put my ugly loud shirt on again that was fun doing that against the Dodgers you guys are the best fans in baseball i’ll see you next time on Locked on Cardinals

Cardinals’ “Bush League” Tactics Spark Kershaw’s Ire. Is St. Louis Getting Under Opponents’ Skin?

JD Hafron breaks down Clayton Kershaw’s surprising comments about the Cardinals’ pre-game video antics. The host analyzes St. Louis’ offensive prowess, ranking 4th in team batting average but struggling with power numbers. Key player updates include Alec Burleson’s hot streak and Victor Scott II’s recent slump. MLB power rankings and potential trade scenarios for Ryan Helsley and Nolan Arenado round out the discussion.

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17 comments
  1. About the video thing. . .To lighten this up. . .I think it's too bad we don't have a video of Bob Uecker, as a Cardinal in 1965, hitting a home run off of Sandy Koufax. Playing that would have been a "fun" way of needling the Dodgers. RIP Bob. . .

  2. Big Nothing Burger. If the Royals showed Joaquin Anduer blowing the Series in 85' do you think he would have said anything? I thought it was pretty mild? But then again, I grew up when people didn't get offended so easily. Kershaw took that montage and carved us up for 5 innings! Just tip your cap and hopefully we'll face him again in the playoffs?🤣

  3. The StL front office needs a good cleaning out. I agree, playing that video over and over would motivate the opponent, not help our team in any way. And it DID motivate Kershaw, clearly!
    Without that extra motivation, we might have swept the series.

  4. I know Helsley has had some bad luck recently, but I swear I haven't seen a game where he comes in to close and has a 3 up 3 down inning. Always makes it really really interesting.

  5. Seems like the Cardinals always beat Kershaw. There is three players STL must keep, Burleson, Winn, Donovan. All others should be traded. The catchers will be the most intereresting. Yerza, and Crooks are the future catchers, one hits right, one left, so Pages and Pozo can be traded. Pozo could be used as a DH. Herrera will need to split time at first with Burleson. Weatherby will play 2nd, trade Arenado, Helsley, Jo Jo, Contrenas and all the outfield. Siani will hit .200 and cover center with Donovan and Burleson on the corners. Gorman and Saggese will play third.

  6. Thunbs up DJ for giving us good content regardless of the cards being up or down. Its going to be a interesting season, better so far than myself and others had believed. Hope the club can force manaments hand in july to go for post season.

  7. Bush league is celebrating a frickin walk. Or a single down 6 it's ridiculous. I could careless what Kershaw thinks. I must say I don't think he would have been as good in a playoff game

  8. Hey JD;

    If Cards can get good young talent for Helsley, they should trade him while his value is high and enticing.

    Dry powder always fires resulting in projectiles being launched at the bullseye. Sometimes you hit it and win the prize.

    The situation and risk make it ideal to consider all inquiries.

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