Viva El Birdos

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A late update on a couple levels in the minor leagues. Well, this one’s my bad, but I forgot to give the end of season update on the minor leagues. I guess I had other things to write about. But then again, there really is no timer on this, so I can write it very late and during a period when there is no new … [Read more...] about End of season minor league update: A ball

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images A personalized retrospective on Viva El Birdos and baseball writing. Good morning, Viva El Birdos! It was five years ago this week when I decided to send an email to then Viva El Birdos Site Manager Josey Curtis expressing interest in writing at the site. I had chatted with VEB writer John LaRue (JL21) about writing at VEB. We were … [Read more...] about The Days Are Yours, Viva El Birdos

Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports A new POBO on the way and a revamped focus on player development highlight the Cardinals plans for the future. In case you missed it somehow, the St. Louis Cardinals held an end-of-the-season state-of-the-organization press conference yesterday that probably left you feeling a number of things. One one hand we got some major questions … [Read more...] about The Cardinals Have a Plan for the Future

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/MLB Photos via Getty Images Listen to the Cardinals’ press conference and react. The Cardinals have scheduled a special press conference for 2 pm Monday afternoon. You can watch the press conference live on Bally Sports. Or listen to it live on KMOX radio and their live stream. Here’s your spot to react to the press conference! … [Read more...] about Cardinals to Announce Changes in Player Development Strategy – Press Conference, 2 pm CST

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Also some thoughts on Goldschmidt and Arenado The era of Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado is officially over. In their time together, the Cardinals won.... zero playoff games. That’s unfortunate. I keep seeing the sentiment that the front office failed them, but that sort of ignores their role in that stat. In his three … [Read more...] about Rooting interest in 2024 playoffs