Wednesday With Walton and Reis of The Cardinal Nation

Brian and Kyle open with an overview of Kyle’s new Monday column at cardinals.com. They cover standouts and opinions of players in the early action by Triple-A Memphis and St. Louis, pitching transactions, and potential roster standouts at Double-A Springfield, High-A Peoria and Low-A Palm Beach.

Brian and Kyle discuss St. Louis Cardinals Spring Breakoutand Springfield exhibition games, roster decisions (26-man and 40-man), Memphis starting and relief pitching, spring standouts from Minor League Camp and more.

Brian and Kyle discuss St. Louis Cardinals’ roster battles,Masyn Winn’s contract, Minor League rule changes, TCN’s series on Cardinals top prospect rankings and backfield observations from Jupiter.

Brian and Kyle discuss the early roster for the upcoming Spring Breakout Game and especially Yairo Padilla. Three sets of cuts from St. Louis’ camp are noted, including Jimmy Crooks, Tink Hence and Joshua Baez. They look at remaining candidates for the second lefty reliever and for the Memphisrotation.

Brian and Kyle discuss St. Louis Cardinals manager OliverMarmol’s contract extension, the first round of spring roster cuts, MLB Camp news and then go into detail on the Minor League Sim Game held on Tuesday. Some mammoth home runs were hit. They close with putting context around the team’s six draft picks in the top 86.

Brian and Kyle discuss the implications of the addition ofRamon Urias, possible backups on the infield and standouts from St. Louis’ first three spring games and why to not get excited over them. Coach Yadier Molina, two hitters transitioning to pitching and the opening of the full Minor League Spring Camp are also among topics covered.

Brian and Kyle provide injury updates on Brandon Clarke, Ixan Henderson, Pete Hansen and Cooper Hjerpe and surprises in camp including Jake Shelagowski, Jacob Odle, Juan Rujano and Leonel Sequera. They discuss St. Louis Cardinals 40-man roster changes, the catching situation at the majors and upper minors, The Cardinal Nation’s 2026 Prospect Guide Addendum and much more.

This week, Brian and Kyle start with Tuesday’s all-reliever trade of Andre Granillo for George Soriano. Next up is very early spring training camp news, the St. Louis Cardinals’ no. 2 farm system ranking by Baseball America, the acquisitions of P Justin Militello and 3B Bryan Ramos and more!

Before they dive into the Brendan Donovan trade, Brian and Kyle discuss local TV plans for 2026, new scouting director Zach Mortimer and the two additional draft picks acquired.

They say goodbye to Donnie then cover the three new Cardinals prospects, Cijntje, Peete and Ledbetter, including where they may be ranked on The Cardinal Nation's 2026 Cardinals Top 50 Prospect List.

Brian and Kyle discuss The Cardinal Nation's 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Prospect Guide, the return of Yadier Molina, Cardinals on national Top 100 prospect lists, Spring Training non-roster invitees, including newcomer Nelson Velazquez, and those passed over.