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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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!
This week Jake and Adam are re-joined by Mike Jones, and newest writer for the site Scott Plaza to talk with guest Rob Cerfolio. Rob is an Assistant General Manager and head of player development and performance for the St. Louis Cardinals. We cover a wide range of topics with Rob in just a 30 minute span! This is one you're not going to want to miss as a Cardinals fan! Please leave a rate and review it helps us grow our show!
Happy Fathers day to all the dad's who shared memories with their fathers or share baseball as a passion with their children! Today's episode has a slightly different feel than our typical episode. Father-Son duo Andy Carroll and his son Noah join Jake to talk to Double A Manager for the Springfield Cardinals Patrick Anderson! We talk with PA about a variety of different topics in relation to the dynamics of todays relationship between parent and child in sports and of course we couldn't let him get away without asking some of the real hard hitting questions you die hard's wanted to know as well! Thanks for listening and we'll talk to you again next week!
This week we're bringing you the full audio from our blogger day event held annually by the St. Louis Cardinals where Bloggers/Podcasters have the chance to talk with Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak. This was, as always a wonderful opportunity to get the state of the franchise from Mo. Thanks for listening and if you're new to the channel consider subscribing! We have more awesome Cardinals content coming weekly!
Jake, Adam, and Heather all sit down with the TV voice of the Memphis Redbirds Alex Coil! We talk about topics such as Michael McGreevy, Jimmy Crooks, Thomas Saggese, Andre Granillo, and the impending arrival of JJ Wetherholt. Other topics include expansion, broadcast preparation, and more! Give us a follow and subscribe to be notified as soon as new episodes are released! Go Cards!
This week it's just the boys talking ball! Jake, Adam, and Gabe talk about their early impressions of the season, is it better to be stuck in the middle and winning or losing, Paul Skenes future, MLB Draft, Nolan Gorman and Jordan Walker runway talk, biggest positive surprise on the team so far, and some rapid fire at the end! Thank you for listening! If you enjoy make sure to Subscribe and please share with the Cardinals fans in your life!
Jake, Adam, and Heather all talk to Cardinal fan and writer of the website Pitcherlist Nate Schwartz! The team cover just about every pitcher on the staff and talk a bit about Ivan Herrera's future role! Rate and Subscribe it helps us out a ton!
Jake, Adam, and Gabe are talking to prospect guru and online scout/evaluator Kareem Haq! If you like talking about or learning about the Cardinals minor league players this is the episode for you! We cover a wide range of players across all levels of the minor leagues! Please leave us a rate and review as it helps boost our viewership!
It's that time again! Jake, Gabe, and Heather answer your questions. Like, what will the team do if they're close to contention at the deadline, the backup shortstop situation, Chaim Bloom's managerial choices, and much more! Please consider subscribing (its free) and leave us a rate and review as it helps grow our show!
This week Jake, Heather, Gabe, and Adam all talk to host of "BK and Ferrario" on 101.1 ESPN in St. Louis Brandon Kiley. We talk about Wednesdays loss to the pirates, the business of radio, and so much more!
Jake, Heather, and Gabe all discuss their takeaways from the opening weekend! Nolan Arenado was our player of the week and we really couldn't find much to nit pick about this weekend. Looking ahead the Cardinals have a 3 game series starting with the Mike Trout led Angels and the Cardinals first early season test against the Red Sox to determine if this new look high energy group has staying power. Thanks for listening and make sure to leave us a rate and review!
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