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An old geezer on a high dollar contract | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images The narrative is that this market is CRAZY Today I’m taking a look at off-season Free Agent activity, particularly of the starting pitcher variety. Of the 14 pitchers that have signed so far, 6 of them (Snell, Wacha, Martinez, Flaherty, Manaea, Severino) are returnees from last year’s market, so we … [Read more...] about What is with the pitching market anyway?

Photo by Suzanna Mitchell/San Francisco Giants/Getty Images The Cardinals seem less likely to trade Ryan Helsley than they did earlier in the offseason. But we’re getting closer to the start of spring training, and some new rumors have emerged. On Thursday, John Denton of MLB.com reported that both the Blue Jays and Diamondbacks were showing “strong interest” in … [Read more...] about Blue Jays, Diamondbacks showing interest in Ryan Helsley

Photo by Jill Weisleder/MLB Photos via Getty Images Also vote on the fifth prospect here! The vote ended up more lopsided than I expected, although all but one player got at least 5% of the vote and every player got at least 15 votes. But Thomas Saggese is your winner and fairly easily. Proximity means a great deal to the voting bloc, and understandably so given the … [Read more...] about Thomas Saggese is your #4 prospect

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Just a quick message from us at VEB We hope you you all enjoyed the holidays! Now it's back to business! The calendar has turned and pitchers and catchers are set to report February 10th. Winter Warm Up is 3 weeks away and we will be bringing you daily coverage of the happenings at Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village. Some have suggested that … [Read more...] about Happy Holidays from Viva El Birdos!

Reminiscing about the year that was 2024 Is it too soon to feel nostalgic about 2024? I cannot believe I just wrote that, but writing this is making me realize this last year wasn’t quite the absolute terror that it felt like much of the time. Or at the least, I am able to think about the things that weren’t so bad. And here we are, in a new year, probably hungover or maybe … [Read more...] about A Howling 2024 Review