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The Cardinals are about to begin what should be a very productive and busy offseason. That could start as soon as Saturday, as the Blue Jays return home ahead 3-2 in the World Series with a chance to close out the Dodgers in Friday’s Game 6. If necessary, Game 7 will be Saturday night, and […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
When I was listening to the radio yesterday, something that has long fascinated me came to my attention. You see, they were not talking about the Cardinals, they were talking about the Blues. The Blues had recently called up a prospect, a former top 10 pick who recently turned 20. They called up Dalibor Dovorsky. […]
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Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Dodgers – A World Series Game 5 thread for October 29, 2025
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Ok, admittedly I have been planning on writing this since last week’s article about solutions to the outfield conundrum/dilemma/failure. But just before writing this I found a link to an mlb trade rumors article talking about the same deal! So now it’s time to compare my limited ideas with whatever mlb trade rumors is talking […]
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Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Dodgers – A World Series Game 4 thread for October 28, 2025
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I’ve now been with VEB for 1 year! Time has truly flown by, and I’ve had a blast being afforded the opportunities I’ve had since joining the team and continuing the great history of this website. Bringing you great readers’ insights, information, and interacting in general has been (mostly) enjoyable. But, enough about me, let’s […]
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Toronto Blue Jays at Los Angeles Dodgers – A World Series Game 3 thread for October 27, 2025
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Cardinals Assistant General Manager and Head of Player Performance, Rob Cerfolio, joined me on Friday and answered your questions! Thank you to The_Hoff_STL, cardinal511, CRThrelkeld, Schmidthead, country stuff, jdog55, and districtofcardinals for your questions! Rob had a lot of fun answering and provided a lot of great insight on the provided topics! Next week, we […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Last week, I tried to take a peek into what would be necessary to trade Nolan Arenado, and as expected, the conclusion was that the Cardinals would have to include more than half of his salary and also not really get anything back. I may revisit Arenado trade possibilities by looking into bad contract swaps […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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, […]
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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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
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! […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Seattle Mariners at Toronto Blue Jays – An ALCS Game 7 thread for October 20, 2025
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
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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 […]
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Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodges/Toronto Blue Jays Seattle Mariners – A LCS Game thread for October 17, 2025
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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 […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads