Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images The Cardinals didn't do anything this offseason, other than sign a few relievers to minor league deals. I guess that's better than nothing, but the point is, they didn't accomplish a...

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images A lot of veterans left after last season, and the younger players have taken it upon themselves to lead the team. It can seem kind of funny how much the players, the reporters, and the ...

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty ImagesThe Cubs appear as NL Central favorites in 2025 There really is no other way to put it: the 2025 projection systems all agree that the Cubs should be better than the Cardinals this season. Let there be a moment of silence for that. Well, there’s that experienced fan part of me th...

Jim Rassol-Imagn Images Everyone has reported to spring training and it's time to take stock on how I predicted it would go. My first article I submitted for Viva El Birdos back at the beginning of November was actually...

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This is one Raniel Rodriguez (3) and Yairo Padilla (7) Also a chance to vote on the 16th best prospect I have decided on my schedule. As you can see, today we are going to be voting on the #16 prospect. Pretty simple r...

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Soon we might actually have some data on the wind! Ground broke on the St. Louis Cardinals Ballpark Village in February of 2013 and by March of 2014 it was open to the public. It was...

John Mozeliak clearing the decks for Chaim Bloom | Rick Cinclair/Telegram & Gazette Staff / USA TODAY NETWORK Reviewing the early off-season analysis and seeing how things turned out. Pitchers and Catchers have repo...

Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images The Alex Bregman sweepstakes are over. The two-time All-Star is headed to the Red Sox on a three-year, $120 million deal with two opt-outs. This is bad news for the Cardinals. Why is it ba...

They actually interviewed together at Winter Warmup, so this picture is appropriate. | Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images Both Brant "Brownie" Brown and Jon "Chief Justice" Jay have been hard at work before camp even...

Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWhere I look at all of the projections and read the tea leaves on the first official day of spring training 2025 Last week I suddenly realized that all of the projection systems are now published and that my yearly writing project was drawing nigh. So I scrambled an...

Photo by Rich Pilling/Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images Go Crazy Folks! Probably the best player to wear the number 1 was Ozzie Smith. Smith was drafted in 1977 by the San Diego Padres and made his debut wi...