Viva El Birdos

Jake, Heather, Gabe, and Scott all give their thoughts on the potential trades of veterans Nolan Arenado and Sonny Gray, as well as, will Willson Contreras change his mind on whether or not he will waive his as well. We also give out our team superlatives. MVP, Cy Young, Reliever of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Most Improved, and biggest disappointment. A fun face paced conversation you wont want to miss! Let us know your answers for these superlatives we'd love to hear them!

Memphis Redbirds play by play announcer Alex Coil and Double A Springfield reporter for the Scoops with Danny Mac network Andy Carroll drop in to discuss their thoughts on the 2025 minor league season and Jake, Heather, and Gabe discussed a variety of topics including JJ Wetherholt, the young pitching ascending through the minor leagues, their assessment of what the new regime has already put in place and their confidence level in that and so much more!

Jake, Heather, and Gabe all come together again (finally) to answer reader questions about Jordan Walker, how to improve the team going into 2026, Chaim Bloom and his financial flexibility in the offseason, and more!

Jake talks 1 on 1 with The Lou Sports talk show host and the guys discuss Jordan Walker, Liam Doyle and the evolving pitcher profile target, Chaim Bloom and his nearing take over of the baseball ops department, and finally we finish with a conversation about 1 player who positively surprised and 1 guy who disappointed this season in terms of expectations.

Jake and Heather catch up with creator of thecardinalnation.com Brian Walton. We talk about the Cardinals recent post deadline stretch and all that's come with that as well as players to keep an eye on at each level of the minor league system and some potential Arizona Fall League names and minor league players the Cardinals acquired at this years trade deadline. We wrap with some of the more interesting names from the Cardinals draft class that took place this past July and some of Brian's thoughts on those players.

Jake, Heather, and Scott catch up with Jeff Jones, Cardinals beat reporter for the Belleville News Democrat, and discuss a wide range of topics such as the Cardinals sluggish start out of the break, why Arenado continues to bat 5th, the Erick Fedde trade, who else could be traded at the deadline, and more!

We're doing a midseason check in with 1120 KMOX sports personality Kevin Wheeler. We talk about the draft as a whole, Bob Nightengale's Cardinals snippets in his Sunday column, how soon could we see JJ Wetherholt, and more!

Jake is joined by Prospect guru Kareem Haq and Director of Pro Scouting for Prospects Live Rhys B. White as they provide their insights in how the draft could unfold picks 1-4 leading up to the Cardinals pick number 5, the potential names available at 5, names to know at picks 55, 72, and 89, as well as a sleeper name to watch later in the draft!

Jake, Heather, and Gabe talk about the Cardinals going 4-5 on their recent road trip. The group also digest some snippets of Katie Woo's recent article where herself and other assembled media got a mini state of the union on where the Cardinals are at 4 weeks from the trade deadline. Please consider subscribing if you don't already. It helps drive listenership to our site!

Its a full cast! Jake, Adam, Gabe, Scott, and Heather all answer your questions! Matthew Liberatore workload concerns, Oli Marmol future as manager, trade and offseason talk. That and much more on this episode of the Viva El Birdos podcast!