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The St. Louis Cardinals received what I thought to be surprising news when both Brendan Donovan and Alec Burleson were named Silver Slugger award finalists. They were not honored for just a single position, though, as they will compete along with Jake Cronenworth for the Utility award. Donovan is more the mold of that utility […]
The Dodgers hand the ball to Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2–1, 1.83 ERA) for game 2, whose electric stuff and pinpoint command have made him a postseason standout. The right-hander has allowed just four earned runs across three starts, striking out 18 and keeping hitters off balance with his splitter. Toronto has yet to announce its starter, […]
I started a project with a plan for three light-weight articles while we fill the dead space before the Winter Meetings kick in the hot portion of the Hot Stove League. These would be one each for the biggest surprise in the category of defense, offense and pitching. I did pitchers and hitters and now […]
The Fall Classic kicks off tonight as the LA Dodgers roll into Toronto to face the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series. Blake Snell (3–0, 0.86 ERA) gets the ball for L.A., looking to continue his dominant postseason run. The veteran lefty has been nearly untouchable in October, racking up 28 strikeouts […]
With the 2025 Major League Baseball season coming to a close, award season is nigh and on Thursday two Cardinals were named finalists for the Silver Slugger. There is a 66 percent chance a Card takes home some hardware for their efforts this season as Alec Burleson and Brendan Donovan were named two of the […]
On Tuesday, Jeff Jones announced that both Lars Nootbaar and Brendan Donovan underwent surgeries. Donovan’s was to deal with a sports hernia, which shouldn’t impact his offseason too much. Nootbaar’s was more severe. He had two surgeries, one on each heel to repair a Haglund’s deformity. For those who don’t know, this is the same […]
A couple months ago, I talked about the Cardinals somewhat odd pitching depth situation. The pitchers who were supposed to be solid MLB depth for the 2026 season (if not in the rotation) got hurt. Tekoah Roby, Cooper Hjerpe, Tink Hence and Sem Robberse without injuries were supposed to all be pitchers you were relatively […]
The St Louis Cardinals 2025 outfield produced more WAR than only 4 other teams. That is a glaring weakness. When your outfield is only better than the Rockies, Royals, Pirates, …and Guardians? outfields, you know there’s a problem that needs to be solved. I cannot say that I was excited by our outfield in couple […]
The October monthly reader mailbag episode features Cardinals Assistant General Manager and Head of Player Performance Rob Cerfolio! Last time, we, the writing staff, were able to ask our questions. Now it’s the fans’ turn, and I will filter through the best, of course, and have them answered on this weeks episode of the podcast! […]
Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays – An ALCS Game 7 thread for October 20, 2025
For the first time since at least when there was some buzz about the Cardinals maybe signing Bryce Harper (which if you remember correctly, peaked when Harper and Nelly appeared in a video together), this offseason brings about a lot of uncertainty. We’ve had quite a string of predictable offseasons. There were no real questions […]
The article title may upset some of you who feel that Willson Contreras has been treated exactly as he should. I will say that I am probably one of the biggest Contreras and supporters of him on the Cardinals, but it was not always that way. As a Cardinals fan in the Chicagoland area, anything […]
You asked and I delivered! I bring to you, the fine citizens of Viva El Birdos, a player interview! The Cardinals 2025 7th-round pick joins the show! Jake is joined by guest hosts and minor league content creators Kareem Haq and Kyle Reis in an effort to get to know Payton more fully and learn […]
I started a project with a plan for three articles, one each for the biggest surprise in the category of defense, offense and pitching. I did pitchers and now I’m moving on to hitters. Who was the most surprising (in a good way) hitter this year? We have a couple of entries people could advocate […]
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodges/Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners – A LCS Game thread for October 17, 2025
In the ever changing world of Minor League Prospect rankings, future Card JJ Wetherholt is now the No. 5 overall prospect and new President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom seemed pretty adamant that Wetherholt will get a chance to earn a spot on the Opening Day roster once camp begins. “He’s impressive and he’s got […]
By now, everyone knows what just took place with former Cardinals manager Mike Shildt in San Diego and how it mirrors what led to him being fired in 2021. I have to say it’s nice to finally have some answers, but I don’t think I’m alone in that my opinion on the matter has changed. […]
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodges/Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners – A LCS Game thread for October 16, 2025
I hesitate to write this article, but one cannot deny its newsworthiness and timeliness. It was talked about in yesterday’s comments and I’m sure it will be talked about in the future on this site. It just seems weird to not address the Mike Shildt situation in an official article. Especially given the complete lack […]
Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays – An ALCS Game 3 thread for October 15, 2025
So I am on a big Soundgarden kick lately. I really got into their last album King Animal more than I had when it was released. It’s actually a really good album! So today I have been revisiting the entire Soundgarden discography. In my opinion the two best rock vocalists of all time are Chris […]