The Baseball Tonight panel at ESPN sure likes the Cardinals as a World Series favorite for the National League.

Peter Gammons downplays concerns over Ryan Franklin’s latest “struggles.” John Kruk says the team now has the power to match that of…

ST. LOUIS — With some of the National League’s finest sluggers and two hometown hitters on display Monday night in the annual Home Run Derby, the St. Louis area shattered the television rating record for the event, which was carried…

ESPN’s Baseball tonight crew made their predictions for tonight’s Home Run Derby. After some prelim votes tossed out for Ryan Howard, Joe Mauer and Nelson Cruz, the group came to their senses and went with Albert Pujols.

Bernie Miklasz points out the pitfalls in a potential trade for Roy Halladay in his blog. ESPN’s John Kruk and Buck Showalter have similar observations.

Post-Dispatch baseball writers have been contributing to ESPN’s Baseball Tonight during the season. As part of the quid-pro-quo, the Post-Dispatch has access to some of the World-Wide Leader’s video. Here’s a taste:

How Baseball Tonight’s crew at ESPN sees this year’s…