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The pitching revamp continues for the Cardinals
Reports at the start of the offseason stated that the St. Louis Cardinals were expected to be a popular target for rival teams looking to enhance their rosters for next season. While we are used to the Cardinals usually being the ones hoping to add to a postseason roster, the organization has fully committed to [...]
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Former St. Louis Cardinals Closer Ryan Helsley is Now a Baltimore Oriole
The wheels continue to turn as the baseball offseason rolls on with another free agent signing. This time it's former St. Louis Cardinals closer Ryan Helsley who is now reportedly a Baltimore Oriole. I first saw this shared by MLB Trade Rumors. It's based on a share on X by Katie Woo of The Athletic [...]
Nov 29, 2025
Cardinals Rumors: Latest on Nolan Arenado & Brendan Donovan
As the Winter Meetings in December draw closer, we're likely to learn the fate of Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan and maybe even Alec Burleson soon as the St. Louis Cardinals continue to reshape their roster for the 2026 season and beyond. Here's the latest reports on which teams seem to be interested and what the [...]
Nov 29, 2025
The St. Louis Cardinals have some work to do to be competitive in 2026
This article is a result of a bunch of data queries I wrote to explore the idea you are about to read about. So it will be a little dense with data, hopefully not too much so. I purposely scheduled it for the holiday weekend, thinking people might be looking for something a little more [...]
Nov 28, 2025
November Monthly Reader Mailbag/Open Thread
The Hot Stove is heating up, and the St. Louis Cardinals have already been plenty active as the calendar prepares to flip to December. Sonny Gray has already been traded to Boston, and more deals are on the horizon as the new President of Baseball Operations, Chaim Bloom, continues to re-imagine this roster and repleni...
Nov 28, 2025
A look at the new Cardinals - Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke
On Tuesday, the Cardinals - to somewhat of a surprise - traded Sonny Gray. Most encouragingly, they traded Sonny Gray and picked up $20 million of the check. Well, I was wrong in two ways. I thought Gray had limited his trade pool more than he had and I did not expect Bill Dewitt to [...]
Nov 27, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals Eye Marmol Extension, But Why?
I am mystified about a new report that the St. Louis Cardinals are already talking to manager Oli Marmol about an extension. I cannot come up with a good reason to explain the reason why. I just came across this article from MLB Trade Rumors that appears to be based off of a Derrick Goold [...]
Nov 27, 2025
The Walker/Gorman Conundrum-Should Cards Hold Em or Fold Em?
An argument can be made that if Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman had lived up to their potential, the St. Louis Cardinals would not be in a rebuild now, but they haven't so here we are. Is it time for the Cardinals to move on or should they hang on to these very talented players? [...]
Nov 27, 2025
Thinking of some St Louis Cardinals fair trades
It's time to dream and warm up to the hot stove. Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone! I am about to go from fasting to feasting in record time. Although tonight I ate heartily: a bison burger with garlic, seasoning, havarti, stone ground mustard, chipotle mayo, a dash of ketchup, and some sauerkraut. But it will soon [...]
Nov 26, 2025
Report: St. Louis Cardinals Trading Sonny Gray to Boston Red Sox
The hot stove has just started to boil. A new report says that the St. Louis Cardinals are trading Sonny Gray to the Boston Red Sox. This is being reported by MLB Trade Rumors based on a share by John Heyman of the New York Post on X. Jeff Passan reporting that the Cardinals are [...]
Nov 25, 2025
The St. Louis Cardinals Have a Hot Commodity to Trade!
It appears that the St. Louis Cardinals are going to be in a position this offseason to trade one of their best players and cash in on his value. Cardinals All-Star 2nd baseman/Outfielder Brendan Donovan is generating "massive" interest across the league from rival teams, according to reports. While personall...
Nov 25, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals Sign Yohel Pozo to Major League Contract
Many were expecting based on recent reports that Yohel Pozo would return to the St. Louis Cardinals organization for 2026, but not many would have guessed it would be for a major league contract which is what the club just announced. MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that Yohel Pozo's contract is a split-deal which will [....
Nov 25, 2025
Meet the the new addition to the 40 man: Bryan Torres
In a surprise to some, the Cardinals added 28-year-old Bryan Torres to the 40 man roster on November 6th. This predated the 40-man deadline by a couple weeks, because unlike Cooper Hjerpe, Leonardo Bernal, and company, Torres had spent seven seasons in the minors, and thus would have qualified for free agency. They add...
Nov 24, 2025
The Viva El Birdos Podcast: Episode 43 40-Man Roster and Non-tender Decisions
Last week was an eventful one for MLB and the St. Louis Cardinals as the 40-man roster protection deadline passed as well as the non-tender deadline. The Cardinals added 4 players and subtracted 5 leaving their 40-man count total at 37. Jake, Gabe, and Scott all sat down to discuss the last week of decisions [...]
Nov 24, 2025
Projecting the 2026 Cardinals offensive performance
The next full season projection for next year was recently released as FanGraphs published the Steamer projections for the 2026 season. The season is expected to be full of growing pains as Chaim Bloom begins the first year of a rebuild of unknown length. While there is plenty of time for the 26-man roster to [...]
Nov 23, 2025
All Aboard the Wetherholt Hype Train: What Can Cards Expect?
There's a sense that the St. Louis Cardinals have a special player in JJ Wetherholt. There's no debating his talent, but can anyone possibly live up to the hype that is building around him? I found an all-star comp that provides an encouraging look at what the Cardinals can expect. When the St. Louis Cardinals [...]
Nov 22, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals Just Non-Tendered 4 Players
The St. Louis Cardinals non-tendered 4 players today including pitcher John King and catcher Yohel Pozo reducing their 40-player roster to 37. John King ended 2025 with a 2-1 record, a 4.66 ERA over just over 48 games appearing in 51 games with a 1.63 WHIP. Yohel Pozo had a .231 batting average for the [...]
Nov 22, 2025
Of prospect runways and when they take-off
I'm going to tell you a story about a young prospect. An outfielder, no less. Tall and rangy. His most noticeable tool is his power, but he is not one-dimensional. He isn't the greatest right-fielder anyone has seen, but he is playable. He was what the Cardinals needed, really had since Matt Holliday aged out. [....
Nov 21, 2025
Big Changes for St. Louis Cardinals Caravan This Winter
If you look forward to the St. Louis Cardinals Caravan every winter, you would be wise to check the just-announced locations as there are some big changes and omissions compared to previous years. This was the share by the St. Louis Cardinals on their social media places today. The 2026 version of the St. Louis [...]
Nov 21, 2025
Free Agent Profile: Michael Conforto
Rather quickly, there has been a growing assumption that Brendan Donovan will be traded. The stove is hot for Donovan, and it seems like it's a fairly safe assumption to think he won't be a Cardinal in 2026. A consequence of this is that the Cardinals' outfield situation is rather bad next year to put [...]
Nov 20, 2025







