Viva El Birdos
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The NEW Viva El Birdos podcast will feature a flavor of a little bit of everything! Cardinals roster news and info, team updates, and everything in between!
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This week, Jake and Gabe are joined by former VEB writer, and current writer for FanGraphs, Ben Clemens. The guys touch on various topics this week including: Ivan Herrera's injury, Josh Baez and how deliberate should the Cardinals be with his promotion, Dustin May returning to form, Ben's 2026 Cardinals breakout candidate, the new tools available at FanGraphs, and much more!
This week, Jake, Gabe, and Scott talk about the Oli Marmol extension, what - if anything, you can draw from the first 10 games of spring training, and finally, we wrap up with our predictions on how we think the division will shake out in 2026!
This week we are doing a crossover episode with one of the most entertaining and underrated Cardinals podcast. Ben and Nate of "Talking about Birds" joins us to talk about their show and how it started, the Ramon Urias signing and how it could impact other players on the roster, Zak Kent and the way that Chaim Bloom has re-shaped this roster, are the Cardinals are .in a Rebuild or Rebrand? Plus, we finish with a game in true Talking About Birds fashion! podcastsjoinand whether
This week, Jake, Gabe, and Scott all sit down with Jeff Jones, Cardinals beat writer for the Belleville News Democrat, to discuss Valentines day, Spring battles, Chaim Bloom's first offseason as POBO, and the state of local newspaper writers and their evolving state.
This week, while fighting through MORE technical difficulties, Jake gives you his thoughts on the Brendan Donovan trade, the addition of Bryan Ramos off of waivers, and finally, Jake, Scott, and Gabe answer some reader questions!
Jake and Gabe discuss the latest on the Brendan Donovan market and the direction that situation is headed. We also talk about the current countdown of top 20 prospects on the site as we are through our first 6 players as voted on by the readers. Finally we wrap up after a lengthy battle with some technical difficulties with discussion around spring battles for spots on the roster.
Jake, Gabe, and Scott talk about the upcoming International signing period that begins on Thursday with Tyler Gettinger (@RedbirdFarmhands). We also discuss the Cardinals acquiring LHP Justin Bruihl from Cleveland, the Ryne Stanek signing, and we finish the episode with a quick discussion about the RSN situation that once again faces the Cardinals.
Jake, Gabe, and Scott are joined by 2025 minor league Rule 5 selectee right handed pitcher Ryan Murphy! Get to know Ryan and his journey to becoming a hopeful big leaguer with the San Francisco Giants now to the St. Louis Cardinals!
Jake, Gabe, and Scott talk about the holidays and specifically how sad Willson Contreras being traded before Christmas made Scott. We also talk about the return for Willson, what RH bat could fit the mold that Chaim Bloom described, and upcoming guests for the show!
Jake, Gabe, and Scott share their thoughts on the winter meetings and perhaps how they could make them more eventful, the Rule 5 draft and the draft lottery results, as well as the Dustin May signing and the trade rumblings heating up on Cardinals players. If you enjoy this episode considering subscribing and share with your Cardinal consuming friends!
Jake, Scott, and Gabe come together to talk about Thanksgiving, the Sonny Gray trade, and answer questions from the readers of the site! A great conversation and lots of fun back and forth between the writers. Thanks for listening, and if you enjoyed this episode, and aren't already, please consider subscribing to our show (it's free). Leave us a rate and review and we love interacting and reading comments!
Jake, Gabe, and Scott check in after a busy week for the Cardinals and MLB as a whole. The guys discuss the prospects added to the 40 man roster and the players whose Cardinals tenure came to an abrupt end. The guys also talked about Phil Maton joining the rival Chicago Cubs and a special shoutout to one of Scott's former teammates!
This week Jake, Gabe, and NEW site manager Jeff sit down with Brian Walton of TheCardinalNation.com talk all things Arizona Fall league and the players the Cardinals sent in 2025. The group also discuss their 40 man roster possibilities of who to keep and who gets removed ahead of Tuesday's deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 draft! Please be sure to leave a rate and review and subscribe!
Jake goes 1 on 1 with the co host of the "Dealin' the Cards" Podcast Josh Jacobs! We talk about our early impressions of Chaim Bloom, the effect he's already had on the organization, his continued adding to the infrastructure, who stays and who goes, and we even highlight the guys upcoming charity live stream featuring Brendan Donovan!
This month's edition of the reader mailbag is a little bit different! Like the one we did with Blake Newberry and JP Hill, I am putting question power in the hands of you, the fans, to ask what you want to know! This week silly questions like "Is a hotdog a sandwich" or a reference to "The Office" to hard hitting questions about Jordan Walker, Joshua Baez, the pitching lab, and more! Please if you enjoyed this episode subscribe to our show we will have more great content and awesome guests, like Rob, all offseason long!
This week Jake is joined by Kareem Haq and Kyle Reis to interview Cardinals 7th round pick out of Gonzaga RHP Payton Graham. Get to know Payton and learn about his rise through high school and college ball, getting drafted, and his recovery from TJ as he looks forward to hitting the ground running this spring. Of course, it wouldnt be a getting to know you session without some fun non baseball related questions as well! If you enjoyed this episode or are new to the channel consider becoming a subscriber!
Jake, Heather, Gabe, and Scott all catch up with the host of "Meet Me at Musial" and "Gateway to Baseball Heaven" Daniel Shoptaw and the group all react to both press conferences that took place last week after having some time to digest what was said and what could possibly be in store for this offseason. Lots of great Cardinals conversation this week!
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!
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