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This week’s episode of the podcast, Jake, Gabe, and Scott all give their thoughts on the Willson Contreras trade, their thoughts on the return, and how the young pitching the Cardinals have received in return will benefit them long term, not just from an on-field standpoint but also from a talent acquisition standpoint. Jake gave […]
about 16 hours ago | 0 reads
I am going to say a controversial statement that also feels difficult to argue is false. The Cardinals minor league pitching depth right now is the greatest it’s ever been, at least since the Cardinals owned 70% of the minor league teams because Branch Rickey created the farm system. The major league pitching is not […]
about 19 hours ago | 0 reads
You don’t need me to tell you that the St. Louis Cardinals have a lot of roster issues to figure out. That’s been well documented, but there’s also a mammoth problem that the team has with marketing. How do you sell this team to the fans moving forward? According to Baseball Reference, here’s the St. […]
1 day ago | 0 reads
Heading into this offseason, I put a very low number on the odds that the St. Louis Cardinals would deal Willson Contreras as I saw him to be an important transition piece in the first year of the true rebuild. While Brendan Donovan is commonly referred to as a “good clubhouse guy”, Contreras felt more […]
1 day ago | 0 reads
We are in the baseball dead zone between Christmas and New Year’s, so it’s as good a time as any to reflect on the last calendar year. We are now more than one year into the rebuild, regardless of how the Cardinals front office and ownership have changed the branding. There have been some notable […]
3 days ago | 1 read
Well it has certainly been an interesting off-season, right? Who would have picked the Cardinals to pay such a large proportion of Boston’s 2026 payroll and NOT have it involve Nolan Arenado? Anyway, I’m not much of a hot-take guy (it is a good thing others are). Instead, today I go off-topic again. During the […]
4 days ago | 0 reads
I thought about exploring this possibility when the offseason started, but dismissed it since it felt extraordinarily unlikely. But, I have seen many comments over the past few weeks that mentioned why the St. Louis Cardinals should attempt to sign free agent Bo Bichette. Let’s dig into why this might be a great idea, but […]
4 days ago | 2 reads
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, happy holidays to those who don’t, and the rule of thirds dictates that I have a third point here, but I kind of covered it. Do you perhaps wish for the Cardinals to make a big signing in free agency? And perhaps this signing can come from abroad, from […]
5 days ago | 0 reads
President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom has already made moves to finally kickstart the St. Louis Cardinals rebuild moving Sonny Gray and Willson Contreras, but his next move might be to bring a right-handed power bat into the fold based on what he said earlier this week. The question is whether that bat will come […]
5 days ago | 0 reads
Willson Contreras You were a Cardinal Great Bat Tape Chewer I will always remember Willson Contreras fondly as a Cardinal. He was a total pro when it comes to putting up with the Cardinals organizational moves and their handling of his catching and subsequent move to first base. Which he excelled at. His personality was […]
6 days ago | 0 reads
Chaim Bloom has made it a priority this offseason to strengthen the team’s pitching staff and depth as a primary goal. After trading veteran starting pitcher Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox before Thanksgiving and returning MLB-ready Richard Fitts and minor league upside starter Brandon Clarke, as well as the recent trade of First […]
7 days ago | 0 reads
Yesterday the Cardinals made their second major trade of the offseason, this one much less shocking. It is maybe surprising that it also involves the Boston Red Sox, but after it was reported that Contreras would waive his no-trade clause for the right fit, it seemed inevitable that Contreras would be on the move. In […]
8 days ago | 0 reads
The St. Louis Cardinals have made another major move and traded Willson Contreras to the Boston Red Sox for right-handed pitcher Hunter Dobbins and other minor league pitching prospects. Jeff Passan was the first I saw who shared word of this new move by the St. Louis Cardinals. According to MLB Trade Rumors, the St. […]
8 days ago | 0 reads
Coming into the offseason, I was excited for what I thought was going to be plenty of moves made early and often by the St. Louis Cardinals. Those expectations were met quickly with the trade of Sonny Gray, but then it has been tumbleweeds on the trade market since. With the holidays approaching, the unwritten […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
As the last days of 2025 pass us by, the Major League Baseball trade wire is heating up, but so far the St. Louis Cardinals have remained silent – for now. One of the biggest and most complicated trades this offseason was just completed between the Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays. […]
9 days ago | 0 reads
Alec Burleson did some interesting things at the plate during the 2025 season. He improved his wRC+ from 106 to 124 while rewarding the Cardinals front office for their continued faith in him. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Burly. After a rough start to the 2025 season, things came to a head when Oli […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
I have nothing to add in regard to Dustin May that hasn’t already been said. A plan and direction seem to be emerging. I will continue to watch, turn the pages and see how the story unfolds. In the meantime, I’ve tried to assemble more mental floss as the off-season slowly unfolds. This is a […]
11 days ago | 1 read
After a fast start with Sonny Gray being traded from the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox, the trade market has slowed to a crawl. There are, however, two changes to the potential trade market that could affect what the St. Louis Cardinals do with Brendan Donovan. As I shared a few days […]
11 days ago | 1 read
The Cardinals mostly chose to sit out doing anything last offseason, but they did do one thing. They signed Phil Maton in the middle of spring training to a 1 year, $2 million deal. He pitched well enough that, at the deadline, they received left-handed starting pitching prospect Mason Molina, right-handed reliever Skyler Hales, and […]
12 days ago | 2 reads
I want to be clear that this is not a complaint. The St. Louis Cardinals lack of dialogue about the status of Nolan Arenado is both necessary and expected, but as the winter months roll along it’s becoming difficult to imagine a happy ending to the desire to move him to another team. There are […]
12 days ago | 2 reads
It was almost a foregone conclusion that the Cardinals would sign some middling but somewhat capable innings eater this offseason, with the rotation already looking pretty thin before Sonny Gray was traded away. To my knowledge, Dustin May was not mentioned by anyone in connection with the Cardinals. But when it happened, what made the […]
13 days ago | 2 reads
This week Jake, Gabe, and Scott discuss their thoughts on what could make the winter meetings more interesting, the rule 5 draft and draft lottery results, the Dustin May signing and how the rotation lines up in their eyes, and finally we finish by discussing the latest Brendan Donovan update and what the percentage chance […]
14 days ago | 2 reads
We’re just 66 short days away from Pitchers and Catchers reporting for Spring Training, and baseball will be back in full force before we know it! Let’s do a mid-offseason reset after the first 6 weeks have resulted in quite a bit of roster churn so far. Starting Rotation: Subtractions – Sonny Gray and Miles […]
14 days ago | 2 reads
I am a big believer that quality is much more important than quantity when it comes down to what we share with you here about the latest St. Louis Cardinals news and rumors. I try to make sure that I’m sharing real substance and not just the mystical whims of another sports writer. That being […]
14 days ago | 2 reads
On Saturday, the Cardinals signed right-handed starting pitcher Dustin May to a one-year contract with a mutual option. As far as I know, the details of the contract are unknown aside from that. It’s irrelevant anyway in my opinion. If we knew the Cardinals had $20 million to spend, whatever he gets would be relevant. […]
15 days ago | 3 reads