Latest news and updates about the Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals continue their Spring Training schedule with a matchup against the Houston Astros starting at 12:05pm Central. According to MLB.com, Matthew Liberatore will take the mound for St. Louis for his 2nd start of the Spring. The Astros starter was to be determined according to the last update I’ve seen.
From Viva El Birdos | about 1 hour ago | 0 reads
The Cardinals are tanking. Oh, they can deny it all they want and claim it’s a “rebuild that’s not a rebuild” like a certain team we know did, but this is full-out tanking. It’s not surprising, given that they have a new executive in charge in Chaim Bloom, their new President of Baseball Operations who […]
From Bleed Cubbie Blue | about 4 hours ago | 0 reads
Meet the Mets The Mets fell to the Cardinals 6-0 and are now 2-2 in Grapefruit League action. Jonah Tong saw his first game action of spring and gave up a three-run home run in 2.2 innings of work. One of the candidates to make the bullpen, Adbert Alzolay, had a successful appearance in his […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
When I added Nathan Church to the vote, I compared him to Moises Gomez and Matt Koperniak. I’d like to apologize for doing so. I ridiculed those choices and I’m not going to do the same for Church. I don’t know where Church will place on my list, but him being on the list makes […]
From Viva El Birdos | about 6 hours ago | 0 reads
The New York Mets (2-2-1) dropped a listless game to the St. Louis Cardinals (3-2), 6-0 at Clover Park in St. Lucie. The Mets scattered eight hits, but couldn’t bring any across in their fifth game of spring. The Mets take on the Astros in West Palm Beach tomorrow at 1:05pm. Nolan McLean will make […]
From Amazin' Avenue | about 22 hours ago | 0 reads
The St. Louis Cardinals continue their Spring Training schedule as they take on the New York Mets. According to MLB.com, Richard Fitts will start the game for St. Louis. This will be his first appearance in a game since he came to the Cardinals in the Sonny Gray trade early in the offseason.
From Viva El Birdos | 1 day ago | 0 reads
Mets lineup Jonah Tong – RHP Cardinals lineup Richard Fitts – RHP Broadcast info First pitch: 1:10 PM ESTTV: PIX11Radio: Audacy Mets Radio WHSQ 880AM, Audacy App, 92.3 HD2
From Amazin' Avenue | 1 day ago | 0 reads
The St. Louis Cardinals have 4 new nominees for their Hall of Fame and Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina are among them. Brian Jordan and George Hendrick are also on the ballot. The St. Louis Cardinals made the announcement today of the 2026 Hall of Fame nominees that fans can vote for now through April […]
From Viva El Birdos | 1 day ago | 0 reads
For the past month or so, I have been working on a summary of the top 20 players on each NL Central team, according to ZiPS DC, Fangraphs Depth Charts, The Bat X, and OOPSY projections. I made a consensus WAR projection for each statistically important player and each team in the NL Central. This […]
From Viva El Birdos | 1 day ago | 0 reads
With newly signed free agent Ramón Urías opting to report to Spring Training with St. Louis Cardinals, Mexico is replacing the veteran infielder with Atlanta Braves infielder Nacho Alvarez, Jr. for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. Alvarez, Jr. will be the sixth Braves player in camp for Spring Training slated play in this year’s WBC […]
From Talking Chop | 1 day ago | 0 reads
It’s game 4 of the St. Louis Cardinals Spring Training schedule as they take on the Washington Nationals with a start time of 5:05pm central. According to MLB.com, Andre Pallante will get the start for the Cardinals while the Nationals will send Cade Cavalli to the mound.
From Viva El Birdos | 2 days ago | 0 reads
This week, Jake and Gabe are joined by Ben Smorka and Nate Heininger of “Talking about Birds.” These two combined their love for Cardinals baseball and beyond surface-level stats with comedy and real-world humor. If you have not listened to their show, you should. The fellas talk about the origins of TAB, all that they […]
From Viva El Birdos | 2 days ago | 0 reads
“All progress occurs because people dare to be different” is what the fortune cookie from my lunch said last week. That little sliver of paper with a generic response now sits on my work desk as a reminder to think outside the box and to challenge the minds of Cardinals fans, including myself. The 2026 […]
From Viva El Birdos | 2 days ago | 0 reads
The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Miami Marlins for game 3 of Spring Training at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium starting at 12:05pm Monday, February 23. According to MLB.com, Michael McGreevy will take the mound for the Cardinals while Eury Pérez will start for the Marlins.
From Viva El Birdos | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Brycen Mautz is a hard player to place, because scouts don’t really seem to believe in him, believe that he has enough good pitches to start, and yet statistically speaking, it seems hard not to believe in him. In a hitter friendly league, he struck out over 28% of batters, didn’t walk many, and had […]
From Viva El Birdos | 3 days ago | 0 reads
Week 1: The Starting Rotation Week 2: The Catchers. All of them. My Comparing the Cardinals Spring Training series moves forward to the other half of the battery as this week, I focus on the six… or seven… catchers that are trying to force their way onto the next great Cardinals team when this rebuild […]
From Viva El Birdos | 4 days ago | 0 reads
Baseball is back and the Washington Nationals have come out on top not once, but twice. The team had a split squad double header today, where half the group went to Jupiter to face the Cardinals, while the rest of the team stayed in West Palm Beach to play the Astros. Both teams won, with […]
From Federal Baseball | 5 days ago | 2 reads
The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Washington Nationals for the first Spring Training game of the 2026 seasons. You can listen to the game on KMOX 1120 AM/104.1 FM, WIJR AM 880 (En Espanol) or the Cardinals Radio Network. Matthew Liberatore is scheduled to make the first start of the Spring according to MLB.com. […]
From Viva El Birdos | 5 days ago | 1 read
Baseball is back, which means it is time for game threads. Here at Federal Baseball, we do game threads for every regular season game and will do some for Spring Training as well. It is a space for you guys to follow the games and comment your thoughts. Last year, we got hundreds of comments […]
From Federal Baseball | 5 days ago | 2 reads
Baseball is back! Spring training opening day has arrived for the Cardinals, which is the perfect time to suspend reality and indulge ourselves in some good old-fashioned optimism. Expectations for the team are at an all-time (or at least this century) low. It is easy for national media types and casual fans to look at […]
From Viva El Birdos | 5 days ago | 0 reads
In what was an evenly matched contest from the get-go, it was the little things that made a difference In Nebraska’s 4-2 loss to Louisville. Ty Horn and Ethan Eberle faced off, both of them coming up with huge pitches when they needed them. Both of them have pitched better than they did today, but what was […]
From Corn Nation | 6 days ago | 0 reads
Spring Training games still haven’t begun but that didn’t stop Kevin Cash from declaring the team’s Opening Day starter. Taking the mound on March 26th in St Louis for the Tampa Bay Rays on Opening Day will be Drew Rasmussen. “I’m really honored. It’s really cool to get the opportunity to pitch on opening day. […]
From DRaysBay | 6 days ago | 0 reads
Spring Training is underway! There is new stuff coming out of camps everyday now, a respite from the off-season doldrums where we hashed and re-hashed the same few unresolved debates. Who knew that they were running a special on hamate bone repair this month? As is my want, I tend to zig on writing topics […]
From Viva El Birdos | 6 days ago | 1 read
The latest Cardinals adding former Chiefs LB coach to staff | Clutch Points Former Kansas City Chiefs outside linebackers coach Rod Wilson is joining the Cardinals to work the same role, according to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports. Wilson also has playing experience in college and the NFL, but has been a coach in Kansas City […]
From Arrowhead Pride | 6 days ago | 0 reads
One of the biggest non-player questions St. Louis Cardinals fans have as the 2026 season is about to begin is what will Yadier Molina’s real role be with the team. We’re starting to get answers and it appears his impact with the 2026 St. Louis Cardinals team will be greater than the past which could […]
From Viva El Birdos | 7 days ago | 1 read