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The Viva El Birdos Podcast – Episode 52: Interview with Jeff Jones
This week, Jake, Gabe, and Scott talk to one of the last remaining beat writers left covering the St. Louis Cardinals. Jeff Jones of the Belleville News Democrat (@jmjones) is currently in Jupiter, Florida, obtaining minute-by-minute accounts of players as they prepare for the 2026 MLB season. We cover topics like Jeff’s recent story about […]
Predicting the St. Louis Cardinals 2026 Roster: Pre-Spring Edition
The seeds of the 2026 Major League season are being planted in Jupiter, Florida. With that comes the annual exercise of trying to sluth out who will make the initial cut and be rewarded with riding around the warning track in a Ford-sponsored vehicle following the Clydsdales, the “poop scoop troop,” and Cardinals Hall of […]
Smart or Risky? Saggese Considered for St. Louis Cardinals Outfield
Thomas Saggese has proven that he is a versatile player, but does he have the skill set to transition to the outfield? There are reports that the St. Louis Cardinals are at least considering it. I came across this story from MLB Trade Rumors over the weekend that says the St. Louis Cardinals are exploring […]
Tekoah Roby is your #11 St. Louis Cardinals prospect
Last year, when Tekoah Roby was voted as the 10th best prospect, he had not yet proven that his stuff would return. Had fans known that he would have the 2025 season he did, he would have been voted higher. So weirdly, these rankings do not reflect his rise and fall, so to speak, as […]
Comparing the Cardinals: Can the rotation be worse than last year?
The St. Louis Cardinals have arrived in Jupiter and the reports about players being in the best shapes of their lives has begun! The newly renovated and almost finished Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium is hosting the Cardinals and Miami Marlins for the next six weeks as most of us wait for the days to get […]
Want Hope for 2026? Look at the 1985 St. Louis Cardinals
I have been rightly accused of being over optimistic about the St. Louis Cardinals and I want to be clear this is not something I share with the intention of inferring that the upcoming 2026 season will turn out this way. However, if you’re looking for just a tiny glimmer of hope that the upcoming […]
Spring Training Is Here — Let’s Overanalyze Everything
The Cardinals have had one of the more interesting off seasons in recent memory. Chaim Bloom did his best to keep the fanbase engaged by completing one big transaction each month starting with Sonny Gray in November and culminating with the Brendan Donovan trade in February. Despite Bloom’s best efforts to keep us entertained, there […]
The end of the St. Louis Cardinals’ Off-season Draws Nigh
Well, I can’t say the off-season moved at a dizzying pace. More like ambled. But there was churn and I found myself wanting to do a 360 around the league and get a sense of who did what as the dust settles right before teams’ head to Florida or Arizona. I worked to keep the […]
Matthew Liberatore Shows Off St. Louis Cardinals’ New $108M Training Site
The St. Louis Cardinals revealed their new Spring Training facilities by turning the camera over to Matthew Liberatore for their tour with a creative play on words. As pitchers and catchers have now reported to Jupiter, Florida, Matthew Liberatore and a lone camera person gave a tour of what the new training facilities are like. […]
Tink Hence is your #10 St. Louis Cardinals prospect
For the fourth straight season, Tink Hence has made the VEB top prospects list and he’s been a top 10 player every season. I think he was actually top 5 in the previous three years. Some of that is because Hence’s health issues have become a little more concerning, but if you took the exact […]
Why I’m Unrealistically Optimistic About the St. Louis Cardinals 2026 Season
Whenever I share content, I strive to make sure that it’s based on facts. I need to disclose that this will not be based on many of those, but instead on my admittedly unrealistic optimism about the upcoming St. Louis Cardinals 2026 season. Let’s get the facts out of the way from the get go. […]
Where do StL Cardinals fans think the Reds will finish in 2026?
Continuing my series of articles that take a look at NL Central teams using several different projection systems, I now zoom in on the Cincinnati Reds. Last week I noticed that the Pirates could have problems scoring runs, but the Reds are here to outdo them. I will re-do the Pirates article down the road, […]
Baseball Prospectus Predicts Disastrous Season for the St. Louis Cardinals
I think it’s safe to say that many of us have our expectations set low for the upcoming St. Louis Cardinals season based on the newness of the rebuild process that’s underway, but it appears that we’re likely wildly optimistic compared to the new projections just shared by Baseball Prospectus. The new PECOTA Standings shared […]
Cardinals Continue Search For Right Handed Bat?
The St. Louis Cardinals claimed 3B Bryan Ramos off of waivers from the Baltimore Orioles, and his particular fit on the roster is one that feels like a strained one at best. Ramos primarily plays 3B but has played a little bit of 2nd base and left field as well. That situation feels like bringing […]
Will the St. Louis Cardinals Trade JoJo Romero & If So, Where and When?
Most seem to agree that the St. Louis Cardinals have had a very active and successful offseason, but how likely is it that they still might trade JoJo Romero? There are many questions including if, to who and when. As of today, the St. Louis Cardinals are only days away from pitchers and catchers reporting […]
The Viva El Birdos Podcast Episode 51: Donovan Trade and February (2026) Reader Mailbag
As we battle and persist through consistent connectivity issues (mostly on my end) the three of us are still committed to bringing you content that you can enjoy and interact with to help you continue to be some of the most knowledgable fans in the game. This week a majority of the episode is just […]
Brandon Clarke is your #9 St. Louis Cardinals prospect
The Cardinals system is in a very good place. I don’t know how I personally feel about Brandon Clarke – I genuinely don’t know what my list will be at the end right now – but Clarke is a fringey but probably not actual top 100 prospect. You guys have ranked him 9th in the […]
What does the Cardinals lineup look like without Brendan Donovan?
It happened. It stinks, but it happened. The St. Louis Cardinals are in full rebuild (as evidenced by FanDuel’s 69.5 win total), but that reality has sunk in enough that fans seem to embrace the idea of growing pains with the young, but talented roster. With the trade of Brendan Donovan, who it looked like […]
Can You Predict the St. Louis Cardinals Win-Loss Record for 2026?
While I believe that many are very satisfied with what Chaim Bloom has accomplished with his many roster moves during the offseason, we’re about to begin the 2026 season with some fear and trepidation about how competitive or not the St. Louis Cardinals will be. Knowing what we know now, what do you think the […]
Great Scott! Can Victor Hit?
Victor Scott II is one of the most interesting players the Cardinals have rostered in quite some time. He has plus-plus speed, elite defense, and swings the bat with the ferocity of a house cat playing with a ball of yarn. While the Redbird infield has players in place that you could envision playing for […]
Would You Extend St. Louis Cardinals Manager Oli Marmol or Fire Him?
I don’t want to give away my age, but let’s just say that I’ve lived long enough to witness 11 St. Louis Cardinals managers. Of all of them, I can’t remember any that were more polarizing that Oli Marmol. My question for you is would you extend Oli or let him go as your next […]
As the St. Louis Cardinals farm system improves, the decisions will get tougher
Our newest writer, John Latham, had an interesting look at The Cardinals’ 2026 Roster and the Cost of Choosing Too Slowly. It got me to thinking about how things might look after the 2026 season is over and it is time to revamp the 40-man roster again. It can pay to look down the road […]
Should the St. Louis Cardinals Extend Masyn Winn Now, Later or Never?
I think it’s safe to say that most St. Louis Cardinals fans are anxious to identify the next St. Louis Cardinals core group of players you rebuild around. Once identified, you would hope to lock those players into long-term extensions. If you were St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom, would you work […]
Jimmy Crooks is your *#8 St. Louis Cardinals prospect
If you’re reading this in the future without context, probably unneeded in the present, here is some. In the time between when the vote for Jimmy Crooks went out and this current post, Brendan Donovan was traded for multiple prospects, one of whom may have been included on the top 20 list already if this […]
How Would You Grade Chaim Bloom’s St. Louis Cardinals Offseason?
It is with much happiness that I say out loud that we are now only days away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training. That means we can now look at what St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom was able to accomplish. What grade would you give him for his first […]
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