Meet Me At Musial: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast

After all the offseason hype, the Cardinals and Cubs finally met up in the past week, with the Cubs having the upper hand.  Dan and Daniel take a crack at talking about what that means and how worried Cardinal fans should be.  Adam Wainwright hasn't been himself as of late either.  Should there be worrying going on there?  The bats have struggled against good teams.  What about that?  Basically, can we find something we SHOULDN'T be worrying about?  The guys also look forward to the coming week and Dan talks about his favorite TV show.

Don't look now, but the Cardinals just hit another home run.  An explosive week with six games of seven runs or more give Dan and Daniel much more pleasant things to talk about than they did last week after the Pirates sweep.  Will the offense continue, or is it just a factor of playing lesser quality teams?  Matt Holliday hit two home runs against the Reds Friday night.  Can we start to expect a return to his usual form?  With all of this offense, sometimes the pitching gets overlooked.  Jaime Garcia made sure that didn't happen with a dominant performance against the Brewers.  When do you start thinking extension for him?  A rough outing by Trevor Rosenthal has the guys talking about whether it was a blip or if folks should start to worry.  They wrap with discussion of the Cardinals HOF ballot and Dan's movie picks before the summer blockbuster season.

Three games into the 2016 season and it's not been a pretty sight.  The Cardinals were swept in Pittsburgh and Dan and Daniel talk about all of the fallout.  The offense sputtered, the rotation scuffled, and only the bullpen came out of the series with any sort of good vibrations going.  What does it mean that Michael Wacha scuffled again?  Is there a lineup that makes sense with these pieces?  How big is the loss of Tommy Pham.  Plus Dan's entertainment segment, only partly hijacked by the fact that the Rogue One trailer came out, meaning Daniel must comment at length on it.

The last spring training game has been played.  The starting 25-man roster has been determined.  Before the season kicks off, though, Dan and Daniel take one more gander at this team.  Ruben Tejada went down against the Yankees and that leaves the middle infield fairly thin at the moment.  The guys talk about that as well as what Jeremy Hazelbaker might bring to the table.  There's still so many ifs with this offense and spring didn't necessarily answer them in the most positive of manners.  Will the Cardinals be able to click as the calendar flips over to April?  Jordan Walden is also hurt, meaning Matt Bowman makes the team.  Do the Cards really need the Rule 5 player, though?  All of this and more, plus Dan's movie picks.  Just in time for you to enjoy before Opening Day!