Cardinals Conversations

We are 63 days away from Cardinals Opening Day!

Join Matt Pauley and Mike Claiborne for tonight’s edition of the Cardinals Countdown To Opening Day Show! It will feature many interviews from this past weekend’s Winter Warm Up, including Brendan Donovan, Steven Matz, and Ryan Helsley with Matt Pauley. Masyn Winn and Quinn Matthews are interviewed by Tom Ackerman, Joe Pott talks with Jordan Walker and Pedro Pages, and Ethan Hannaford chats with Kyle Leahy.

Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras joins Tom Ackerman at Ballpark Village to talk his off season and his preparations to move to first base.

Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar sits down at Ballpark Village to talk about his off season and getting ready for 2025.

Cardinals OFD prospect Matt Kaperniak joins Joe Pott from Winter Warm-Up to talk about what his offseason has been like, his reaction to the Cardinals pushing for a youth-movement, the next-man up mentality being even more important in baseball, his journey though the minors starting during COVID, being managed by Albert Pujols and moving down to Florida being camp starts.

Cardinals P Zach Thompson joins Joe Pott at Winter Warm-Up to talk about his preparation during this offseason, his experience with the Cardinals Caravan, getting excited about the depth of the pitching staff, his excitement to work with all the coaches & analysts the team has added and the competition from the staff depth breeding more success.

Cardinals pitcher Ryan Loutos joins Joe Pott at Winter Warm-Up to talk about his unique way of finding himself in the Cardinals bullpen, how the app he helped the Cardinals develop for pitchers works and how it is used by the pitchers and his expectations going forward into Spring Training.

Cardinals infielder Jose Fermin joins Joe Pott at Winter Warm-Up to talk about his preparation for Spring Training through the offseason, how the prep and work through the season is different as a bench/utility player and his special relationship with Brendan Crawford, who was his favorite shortstop growing up.

Cardinals pitcher Riley O'Brien joins joe Pott at Winter Warm-Up to talk about his recovery from the injury, looking forward to a healthy & consistent season, how it felt to get time in the bigs despite the lack of success, how his game has developed over the last few years, his expectations for this year and his plans for Spring Training.

Cardinals OF Jordan Walker joins Joe Pott from Winter Warm-Up to talk about his main focuses of work during the offseason, why his priority was getting back to feeling comfortable at the plate, getting back to his stance from '22 and producing like '23, fighting through the ups and downs as a professional, knowing he can compete at the major league level, his excitement to get started at camp and why consistently getting bat-on-ball is the most important aspect to him hitting line drives.

Former Cardinals pitcher Mitch Harris join Joe Pott from the Winter Warm-Up to talk about why these events and Cardinals fans make this city so special as a baseball player and his biggest peices of advice to young players.