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Brian and Kyle discuss the Cardinals organization’s Pitcher and Player of the Month for August, Luis Gastelum and Joshua Baez. They touch on Palm Beach’s three Florida State League All-Stars, Rainiel Rodriguez, Deniel Ortiz and Jason Savacool. The closing topic is a review of the eight players selected to the Arizona Fall League and how they differ from previous years, noting parallels to Cleveland’s recent AFL approach.

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Brian and Kyle begin with Liam Doyle’s professional debut with Palm Beach and Tanner Franklin’s first start with Peoria. More late-season promotions announced on Tuesday were discussed, including Doyle to Springfield and Rainiel Rodriguez to Peoria. Also covered were Quinn Mathews, Springfield’s record-breaking season and a look back at the 2025 results of the two Class-A teams, Peoria and Palm Beach.

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This week, Brian and Kyle start with minor league playoff status, then major league news, including September 1 roster expansion and Jordan Walker. Other topics include a change at minor league hitting coordinator, another draftee activated, a league Player of the Week and The Cardinal Nation’s August Player of the Month.

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Brian and Kyle start with recent promotions, including Tanner Franklin and Chen-Wei Lin. They share their fondness for the prior September 1 roster expansion rules and expect this year’s additions will not be what fans want. They close with a discussion of Cardinals hitters and pitchers who are performing well during August.

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This week, Brian and Kyle are joined by guest Kareem Haq. The three started with recent promotion, injury and award news across the system. Most of this extended session was spent discussing Cardinals draft picks from rounds 8-20 this year. Not surprisingly, some interesting skills make several of them must-watch players, whether already active in 2025 or officially debuting in the spring.

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This week, Brian and Kyle start with recent award winners Quinn Mathews, Brycen Mautz, JJ Wetherholt and Braden Davis. Their primary focus is adjusting their respective Top 50 prospect lists for August. Key changes include performance-related jumps (and slides) as well as incorporating players acquired via trade at the deadline.

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It is another busy week as Brian and Kyle start with the six minor leaguers the St. Louis Cardinals acquired via trade at the deadline. They discuss a pair of interesting waiver wire moves as well as the implications of another starting pitcher injury at the upper levels. The Cardinal Nation’s Player and Pitcher of the Month are recognized before the two conclude with a review of the newly activated players from the 2025 draft class.

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Brian and Kyle cover a lot of ground, from Tekoah Roby to the pitching pipeline to JJ Wetherholt. The promotions of Deniel Ortiz and Andrew Dutkanych and the progress of catchers Leonardo Bernal and Jimmy Crooks are discussed, as are expectations for the trade deadline.

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Brian and Kyle continue their focus on the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2025 draft. But first, they delve into the major pitching moves of the week, including McGreevy, Rajcic, Winquest and Davis. Brian offers his view of how the Cardinals’ spending was different this year from prior drafts. They conclude with which draftees they place in their personal Cardinals top 50 prospect rankings (Kyle picked 14 while Brian selected six), where they rank relative to others and why. This is another extended edition loaded with information.

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Brian and Kyle are joined by guest analyst Kareem Haq in an extended podcast covering all aspects of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2025 draft. They begin with how the first round played out, before and after St. Louis’ fifth overall selection. Many of the organization’s 21 selections are reviewed as well as what was clearly a different focus by AGM/Scouting Director Randy Flores and his team in this draft. You don’t want to miss this edition!

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