Cardinals on My Time

Willson Contreras was an awesome part of the Cardinals in a bad era. The guys reflect on his time in St. Louis - including what worked and what didn't. Then, they speculate on the position player side of the roster as is and dive into the prospect return. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

With the offseason creeping along, the guys do a proper deep dive into Dustin May. They talk about his repertoire, pedigree as a prospect, injury history, and what might make him more successful as a Cardinal. After this pod, you'll know Dustin May as well as his own mom does. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

A lot has happened in the last week and the guys assemble to review it all. Dustin May (Gingergaard!), the Winter Meetings, and whether Chaim Bloom's recent comments about Ivan Herrera were a shot at John Mozielak's regime. We anticipate more trades coming, but we react to the news we have! Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help us grow the community.

The guys run down some of the brightest prospects coming on the horizon of the franchise. Along the way they offer upside and downside comps for each player and estimate when we'll see each prospect at the big league level. It's the most exciting part of the Cardinals franchise - let's dig in! Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

Chaim Bloom strikes with the first big move of the offseason for the Cardinals in dealing away team ace Sonny Gray. The guys come together to say so long to Sonny and then think through the return. What should we expect from Richard Fitts and Brandon Clarke? What does it tell us about the way Chaim Bloom will continue to operate? Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help gro...

The guys give their takes on the 40 man roster decisions before talking the changes coming to baseball. Namely they weigh in on thone introduction of the ABS system, talk ghost runners in the playoffs, and stare down the looming lockout in 2027. They debate whether fixes to the financial system of baseball are worth sacrificing games. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to hel...

If the Redbird Rundown guys were GM this offseason, what would our opening day roster look like? We answer that question and have some interesting philosophical debates along the way. It could be quite the offseason! Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community!

The bullpen has a number of intriguing arms and the guys wrap up their 2025 performance review series by deep diving the lot of them. Who's worth keeping? Who doesn't have the talent to stick? And how does the bullpen show the Cardinals franchise as a whole? Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and reivew to help grow the community.

The guys reflect on an all-time World Series - they're fans of the game after all! But then they transition to a performance review of the starters. Is there anything worth keeping here? What is Matthew Liberatore, really? On paper, it's the weakest part of the team. We take stock of what's there. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help us grow the community.

Herrera, Burly, and...what else? The guys take a dive into a weak spot in the Cardinals organization at the major league level and see who's worth the spot on the roster next year and who needs to go. The results are quite surprising in some cases. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community,

Contreras, Donovan, Gorman, Saggese, Winn, and Arenado - who's worth their weight? Who's worth keeping and who would the guys from Redbird Rundown like to see go this offseason amongst the infielders? The guys tackle it from every imaginable angle in this episode. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

Hate Oli Marmol? Time to listen to the other side of things. The guys lay out the case as to why Oli Marmol is a fine choice to continue into 2026 as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. They evaluate him based on his in-game management, media relations, and how much the players like him. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

Mo is out. Chaim is in. The guys talk about both pressers, sharing their feelings as fans and observers of the Cardinals franchise as a whole. Did Bloom do enough to soothe Cardinals fans wanting a real change? Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

With the season at its conclusion, the guys assemble to dish our some season awards with a twist - each performance is compared to a household item. Found out who the plunger was this year! Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

The guys have come to praise and bury John Mozeliak. They take on the full sweep of his Cardinals career and consider his performance on a wide variety of metrics. The reminisce on the highs and the lows and why the last few years have really tarnished a Red Jacket career. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

The guys go under the hood on Matt Svanson and Kyle Leahy with an eye towards the future. With a cavernous hole in the 2026 rotation, are there any in-house candidates to fill in? Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and reveiw to hlpe grow the community.

The Cardinals coaching staff was shockingly open about Jordan Walker's struggles and preparation. The crew comes together to give their thoughts on the issue and highlight a player and pitcher of the month for August. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

As the season drags to a close the guys draft who they think has the most to win or lose down the stretch. This season is now about 2026, and so was this draft. What players will seize the moment with new POBO Chaim Bloom coming on board? Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

The guys touch base with the major league club and then spend most of the time talking about the huge wave of exciting players cresting towards St. Louis. Strikeout punch. Power. It's an exciting time down on the farm and the guys bring you all the analysis you'll need. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

The guys deep dive the successes and failures of Gorman, Herrera, and Walker post All-Star break and consider some big questions about each of them. Each figures to be integral in the offseason plans of Chaim Bloom and the guys get a jump on considering what the Cardinals might do. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

The guys take a step back from the season and ask what it's all for? Will Cardinal fans stand behind a team that wins 85-88 games every year? Should the new front office consider a more aggressive teardown in the offseason? What are the pros and cons? Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

Jonathan and Matt convene to review the trade deadline. How well did the Cardinals do? Did they go far enough? Was this the most "Mo" thing in the past decade? They also crown a player and pitcher of the month for July. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

This is it, the guys deep dive the trade deadline. They weigh out how consequential this is for the franchise moving forward. Talk about what they want to see and what they think we will actually see, and even propose a couple of fake trades! Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help grow the community.

Smack in the middle of perhaps the low point of the season, the guys consider the biggest second half questions. What runway guys will shine? Will Oliver Marmol survive the season? Is Andre Pallante a rotation piece moving forward - and more! Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help us grow the community.

As the Cardinals head into the All-Star break, the guys ruminate on the recent results on the field, preview the midsummer classic, and go through the list of possible names that the Birds could use the number 5 pick on. Thanks for supporting the show! Follow, rate, and review to help us grow the community.