Viva El Birdos

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images A quick look at the Mo tenure, based on winning % I am going to make this quick — a classic Birdos in Brief. The Duke posted a tweet in the comments of Gabe’s post from earlier this week, Three-team trade proposals with Bohm and Arenado, and I thought it was interesting and fun. Interesting and fun enough that I wanted to share it with … [Read more...] about Birdos in Brief: The 2010s were a golden era for the St. Louis Cardinals

Jerome Miron-Imagn Images The hot stove beckons Hello fellow VEB’rs! This week I am going to take a visual look at where the current MLB WAR powers lie according to current (at the time of this writing) Fangraphs’ Depth Charts data, and also what remaining free agents are out there available to teams, to help get a general idea of what could happen in roster … [Read more...] about Coastal Bias? Free Agents? 2024?

Andrew Jansen/News-Leader / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cardinals were one of the big winners of the Draft Lottery but that doesn't mean they're guaranteed a star. The St. Louis Cardinals finished the 2024 season with a winning record of 83-79 and STILL secured a top 5 pick in the upcoming draft! Thats the good news. The bad news is the draft is still an imperfect science … [Read more...] about Delvin Perez: The cautionary tale of the falling draft talent

Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Have burning questions that you just can’t quite get an answer for? Ask us! We’ll answer just about anything.... Good morning, all! This week’s episode of the Viva El Birdos podcast is our December reader mailbag! We received several great questions from you, the readers, and as always we appreciate your engagement with us the writing … [Read more...] about Viva El Birdos Podcast Episode 6: We answered your questions in our December reader mailbag!

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images I still don’t know why the Phillies would do this, but it’s speculation season There have been rumors and discussions in the offseason about trading Nolan Arenado to the Phillies, which would necessitate the Phillies trading Alec Bohm. The Cardinals don’t have any use for Bohm, so it stands to reason to think if such a trade were to … [Read more...] about Three-team trade proposals with Bohm and Arenado