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 comp...

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 […]

The third and final part in my mini series looking at some names to keep in mind as the Cardinals head into an offseason full of question marks. We’ve “Armed the rotation” and “built the bullpen,” now let’s turn our attention to the players responsible for scoring runs on a nightly b...

If you’ve been following along, I have been sharing the final season stats of the relevant Cardinal minor leaguers. Relevant being something that is admittedly determined by me, but I’ve also certainly shared players who I personally don’t think will make an impact too. I covered so many high minors p...

Probable Pitchers (postseason stats): Bryce Miller, RHP | #500-0 | 4018 ERA | 2 K Kevin Gausman, RHP | #341-0 | 1.59 ERA | 3 K

Those of us that can either stay up past 9pm or live on the West coast have been treated with some phenomenal postseason baseball. Unfortunately, I don’t fall in either of those categories so most of my playoff baseball experience has been through social media or conversation at work. What I didn’t need hel...

One of the projects I plan to tackle at the start of this off-season is to profile a player who was, in my opinion, the most pleasant surprise. I plan 3 articles, one each for the category of defense, offense and pitching. That’ll get me to the part of the off-season where there is some […]

If you’re reading this, we’re assuming you love St. Louis Cardinals baseball as much as we do. Viva El Birdos is looking for a new site manager. If you already spend a good amount of your days bantering about the Cardinals and Major League Baseball, then this might be a perfect opportunity to take that [&he...

The offseason is already underway for the Cardinals. They missed the playoffs again after going 78-84 during the regular season. I can’t really say I’m surprised this is how it turned out for them, and it’s hard to be super disappointed about it when the expectations were so low. Chaim Bloom is now in...

While the MLB’s postseason is at the halfway mark, the Arizona desert the Arizona Fall League officially began on Monday and the Cardinals have eight prospects taking part in baseball’s “finishing school.” The Cards have five righty pitchers at the AFL: Chen-Wei Lin (No. 16 in the organization),...

Good morning, Viva El Birdos! I have written this post to share some site news with you all. Later this afternoon, a post will go up announcing that Viva El Birdos is looking for a new site manager. I wanted to share the reason behind that post directly: October 31 will be my last day […]

The postseason pressure ratchets up in todays doubleheader. Phillies at Dodgers — NLDS Game 2, 5:08 PM CDT Probable Pitchers: Tyler Glasnow, RHP | #31 4–3 | 3.19 ERA | 106 K Cristopher Sánchez, LHP | #61 13–5 | 2.50 ERA | 212 K Cubs at Brewers — NLDS Game 2, 8:08 PM CDT Probable […...

On Monday, I covered the hitters in the minor league with the exception of anybody in the rookie leagues. Today, it’s time to look at how the pitchers in the system performed – again with the exception of the rookie leagues. That’ll be covered next week. Let’s not waste any more time, we got a [...

The stakes rise, elimination is possible. Today’s lineup features Game 4s in the American League and Game 3s in the National League. Every pitch could be a turning point. Here be your game thread. Tigers at Mariners — ALDS Game 4, 2:08 PM CDT Detroit leans on Casey Mize to extend the series. Seattle counter...

April In April Matthew Liberatore was on fire. 3.19 ERA, 1.94 FIP, 2.92 xFIP, and 1.2 fWAR. Couple that stat line with Ivan Herrera’s 301 wRC+ and .6 fWAR in 7 games, and that had me pretty excited for the season. Brendan Donovan had over 1 fWAR in the opening month, Nootbaar looked like a […]

Mariners at Tigers — ALDS Game 3, 3:08 PM CDT In Detroit, the Mariners send Gilbert to the mound hoping to build on a strong Game 1, while the Tigers turn to Flaherty to take the series lead at home. Probable Pitchers: Logan Gilbert, RHP | #36 6–6 | 3.44 ERA | 173 K vs. […]