4/21 GDT: Cardinals(May) @ Marlins(Paddack) 5:40 PM CT

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Cardinals @ Marlins
5:40 PM CT - April 21, 2026
loanDepot Park - Miami, FL
Watch: Cardinals - Cardinals.TV/Marlins - Marlins.TV
Listen: Cardinals - KMOX 1120,104.1 FM/Marlins - WQAM 104.3, WAQI 710

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Urias is the team's eyes to the world.

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On this date in Cardinals history, it took 20 innings for the Mets to beat the Cardinals in a nationally televised game at Busch Stadium in 2010. Position player Joe Mather takes the loss for the Cardinals and Mike Pelfrey, a starter, gains his first save. The game took 6 hours and 53 minutes.

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The Cardinals and Marlins have completed five trades in their history:

December 14, 2017. The Miami Marlins traded Marcell Ozuna to the St. Louis Cardinals for Daniel Castano (minors), Sandy Alcantara, Zac Gallen, and Magneuris Sierra.
July 24, 2015. The Miami Marlins traded Steve Cishek to the St. Louis Cardinals for Kyle Barraclough.
July 31, 2012. The Miami Marlins traded Edward Mujica to the St. Louis Cardinals for Zack Cox (minors).
April 9, 2001. The St. Louis Cardinals sent John Mabry to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.
December 14, 1998. The St. Louis Cardinals traded Armando Almanza, Braden Looper and Pablo Ozuna to the Florida Marlins for Edgar Renteria.

54 players have played for both organizations, including Dan Haren and Placido Polanco.

[jagtrader]

The Cardinals have several fringe prospects who might not be big leaguers and are hitting at an absolutely atrocious level: Scott, Church, Saggese. I don't know what the plan is here, but we're close to seeing enough to know they're not integral parts of the future. Church probably deserves more run. The others? I'm not sure.

Scott is 25, is approaching 700 plate appearances in the major leagues and has an OPS+ of 63. At some point, you have to acknowledge he's just not going to hit and you need to try something else.

Even worse, Scott and Church are redundant and Saggese and Fermin are redundant. The goal doesn't have to be win now to formulate a better roster.

[ghostrunner]

I don't think they're giving up on Scott this season. He was 5th defensively at CF last year and 20th in WAR (1.7) among all CF. Walker's almost a year and half younger, but he's had more time in MLB and was dead last (92nd) at -1.2 WAR among anyone who played right field last year. If they didn't ditch him, I can't see them ditching Scott.

Beyond that, I think if they were giving up on Scott now they'd hand it to Church and what's the point? Torres is the next likely option in AAA, but that'd be trading defense for a little potential improvement in offense. He seems more like a Fermin/Saggese replacement. I don't think they're giving up on Saggese yet either.

My impression from hearing Bloom talk about this several times now is he's going to let players cook in the minors until they're good and ready, and maybe then some. Unless they're forced to do otherwise due to injuries or whatever.

[jagtrader]

Good defensive players who can’t hit are always overrated by WAR. I guess the point of trying someone else is maybe that guy can post a .700 OPS instead of one that starts with 5.

Scott’s defense is pretty overrated. He can’t throw a lick and his reads aren’t great. He’s super fast so he can compensate for it. For now.

Scott, by the way, has four hits that have left the infield and has stolen one base since opening day. There’s not enough defense in the world to justify putting that profile in the lineup every day.

[st.lewis11]

Scott is basically Billy Hamilton with less stolen bases. He's not a major leaguer.