Viva El Birdos Podcast

John and Heather discuss the acquisition of Marcell Ozuna from the Miami Marlins, the trade of Stephen Piscotty to the Oakland Athletics, more rumors surrounding Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles (among others), and the 2018 St. Louis Cardinals ZiPS projections.

John and Heather closed the book on new Yankees right fielder Giancarlo Stanton (0:55), discussed the potential impact of Angels pitcher/DH Shohei Ohtani on Albert Pujols (20:52), the signings of Miles Mikolas and Luke Gregerson (38:21), and discuss the potential of acquiring Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna, Chris Archer, Alex Colome, Josh Donaldson, and/or Manny Machado (49:24).

John and Heather are joined by Viva El Birdos writers Tyler Kinzy and As You Van Slyke It (i.e. Gail) to discuss the results of readers' choices for Cardinals MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year, as well as discussing the trade of Aledmys Diaz to the Toronto Blue Jays.

John and Heather are joined by St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Benjamin Hochman to draft their favorite things about the St. Louis Cardinals. Link--The Vince Coleman interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBg3dX7AdSg

John and Heather discuss the late Roy Halladay, Giancarlo Stanton rumors, the new Hall of Fame ballot, and listener questions about just about everything.

John and Heather take a look at how the Astros and Dodgers built their rosters, the potential end of the Trevor Rosenthal and Lance Lynn eras in St. Louis, and rumors around free agents and Giancarlo Stanton.

John and Heather compare the instant classic Game 5 of the 2017 World Series to Game 6 of the 2011 World Series, the firings of postseason managers John Farrell, Dusty Baker, and Joe Girardi, and the Cardinals' hirings of Mike Maddux and Jose Oquendo.

John and Heather are joined by Rotoworld's Drew Silva to discuss the results of the Viva El Birdos community's picks for American League and National League Rookie of the Year, Cy Young Award, and Most Valuable Player.

John and Heather discuss the final week of the season for the Cardinals, compete in trivia about 2017 Cardinals statistical leaders, and make postseason picks as well as ranking the remaining teams by rootability.

John and Heather discuss the increasingly unlikely possibility of the Cardinals making the playoffs, recent interviews featuring Tommy Pham and Bill DeWitt Jr., and Heather emcees John and others in trivia about quotes from Mike Matheny and Winston Churchill.