Bernie Central

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May 22, 2026 Bloom Has The Answer Already, And Won't Use It!
Chaim Bloom keeps telling us 2026 is about evaluating young Cardinals talent, but somehow that logic stops the second you cross the line into Memphis. Bernie Miklasz breaks down the internal moves that could fix this lineup right now, no trade deadline required.
On today's Bernie Show, Bernie digs into why Jimmy Crooks is still in Triple A after doing exactly what the front office asked, why Oli Marmol's catching schedule for Iván Herrera is costing the offense, and why playing Nolan Gorman at DH weakens the Cardinals on both sides of the ball.
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33min
May 21, 2026 Marmol Is Doing What He COULDN'T Before
Cardinals manager Oli Marmol is suddenly everywhere in 2026, doing things he simply could not do under John Mozeliak.
Bernie Miklasz breaks down why this isn't a cynical PR play, and what Chaim Bloom's arrival quietly unlocked behind the scenes.
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30min
May 20, 2026 The QUIET Win Hiding in the Cardinals 2026 Start
The payroll obsessives demanded Bill DeWitt sell the team. Six weeks into the 2026 season, Bernie Miklasz says the receipts tell a very different story.
In this episode of The Bernie Show, Bernie unloads on the critics who insisted the Cardinals had to spend their way out of mediocrity, and explains why the Chaim Bloom rebuild is already exposing the flaw in that thinking. From a $20 million starting rotation outperforming last year's $47 million version, to a payroll sitting beneath 14 teams the Cardinals are currently beating in the standings, the numbers tell a story St. Louis fans need to hear.
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37min
May 19, 2026 Bernie Names His ONE Real Worry About 2026
The Cardinals own the 5th best record in MLB over the last three weeks, and Bernie is still worried. In today's episode, he explains why one quiet trend in May has him more concerned than anything else about the 2026 season.
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24min
May 18, 2026 Why the Cardinals CANNOT Afford to Waste This Weekend!
Busch Stadium hasn't sounded like that since 2022, and the loudest voices in the building didn't even live in Missouri. Now that the Tarps Off crew has bused back to East Texas, the Cardinals are left holding the biggest marketing gift they've stumbled into in years, and Bernie has a plan for what they should do with it.
Bernie Miklasz breaks down the Stephen F. Austin phenomenon that transformed all three games of the Cardinals-Royals weekend, the Oli Marmol moment that's reshaping his Manager of the Year case, and a four-step playbook to make weekend nights at Busch feel like a Premier League match every homestand.
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22min
May 15, 2026 What the Analytics Crowd Keeps MISSING! | Bernie Miklasz + Randy Karraker
Bernie Miklasz drops one of the boldest comparisons of the 2026 Cardinals season, and his verdict on a struggling outfielder might be even more pointed. Randy Karraker and Bernie break down why this young Cardinals roster is starting to look like something special, and which player simply isn't ready for the big leagues.
In this week's edition of Bernie's weekly visit on The Randy Karraker Show, Randy and Bernie cover the Cardinals as a gift season, JJ Wetherholt's emergence as a future star, why analytics critics are getting Michael McGreevy completely wrong, Nolan Gorman's underrated production at third base, the looming catcher logjam with Pedro Pages, Jimmy Crooks, Leonardo Bernal, and Rainiel Rodriguez, Joshua Baez heating up at Memphis, and a wild Roger Goodell story about how the NFL schedule used to get leaked under restaurant tables.
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57min
May 15, 2026 There's a REAL Reason Nolan Gorman Looks Different in 2026!
Bernie thinks Nolan Gorman is finally playing the position he was built for, and the numbers, both offensive and defensive, are starting to back him up. But Bernie also has a theory about why this is working in 2026 that has nothing to do with mechanics, splits, or swing changes.
In today's show, Bernie Miklasz breaks down where Nolan Gorman ranks among MLB third basemen, what Statcast says about his defense compared to Nolan Arenado in Arizona, and the psychological reason Oli Marmol's decision to anchor Gorman at third may be the move that finally unlocks his career.
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31min
May 14, 2026 Something Strange Is Happening to Victor Scott
Bernie Miklasz is fired up, and the numbers behind his frustration are uglier than even Cardinals fans realize.
After a loss to the A's, Bernie pulls up Stathead, runs a search going back to 1961, and asks the question the front office keeps refusing to answer: how much longer with Victor Scott II?
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27min
May 13, 2026 The "Competitive Rebuild" NOBODY Saw Coming in St. Louis

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27min
May 12, 2026 Bloom's BIGGEST Decision Is Coming Faster Than You Think!
Chaim Bloom is sitting on the deepest pile of catching talent in baseball, and Bernie Miklasz says the math no longer works.
With a 19-year-old phenom climbing levels in a hurry, a likely December lockout on the horizon, and the Patrick Bailey trade quietly rewriting the market for defense-first catchers, the Cardinals' President of Baseball Operations is running out of reasons to wait.
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