1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: The Saint Louis Cardinals split the four games set with 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 1: the Reds in Cincinnati. They head into May with the 3 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: fourteen eighteen record, fourth place in the NL Central. They 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: certainly hope the new month will be kinder to them 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: than April was. But hey, they did at least double 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,120 Speaker 1: their amount of road victories this week, so there's a positive. 7 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: They went from two to four. Welcome back to Cardinal territory. 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Katie Woo, back with you after a 9 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: series off. Now, candidly, I don't really like to skip series, 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: but if I'm going to choose one four days in 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,880 Speaker 1: Cincinnati in which there was a rainout, a day night doubleheader, 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: and a rain delay on getaway Day, I'm okay with 13 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: missing that one, but nonetheless very happy to be back 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 1: with you all. Back at Bush Stadium, where the Cardinals 15 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: are headed to kick off a six game homestand on Friday, 16 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: three games versus the Mets, who enter play with the 17 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: best record in baseball, followed by three against the Pirates. 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: We are final seeing some more division matchups. The Cardinals 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: have you only yet to play the Chicago Cubs in 20 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,919 Speaker 1: the division. Chicago, by the way, had a great April. 21 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: They certainly sit currently sit in first place in the 22 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: NL Central. You're probables for this three game set against 23 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: New York. You're gonna see Sunny Gray, Eric Fetty, Andre 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: Pilante taking on Clay Holmes, Tyler McGill and griff and Canning. 25 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: The Cardinals would very much like for their series against 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: the Mets at Bush Stadium to go much better than 27 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: their series against the Mets at City Field. Did we 28 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: know how that went, though, we don't have to talk 29 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: about it, And then of course they'll follow it up 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: with three games against the Pirates. So let's just jump 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: right in to this current episode of Cardinal Territory. It 32 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: is a Cardinals Beatwriter mailback episode, which means for the 33 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: next thirty forty minutes or so, the only thing you're 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: gonna hear is my voice. Sorry in advance, but thank 35 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: you to all of you who contributed your questions either 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 1: to myself or through Twitter on our page at card Territory. 37 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: I thought this would be like a pretty good time 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: to check in with the pulse of the fan base. 39 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: We're one month into the season. I combined March and 40 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: April into one month because they only play a couple 41 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: of games in March anyway, and as we record this 42 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: on May first, I just kind of wanted to see 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: how we're feeling after a month of play. And one 44 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: thing I know about Cardinals fans who are very vocal, 45 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: very passionate, and you are not afraid to let me 46 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: know how you feel. So let's just jump right to 47 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: it again. Thank you so much for all of you 48 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 1: who asked questions or submitted questions. There were a lot 49 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 1: of repeats kind of around the same topic, so I 50 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: tried to pick the topics that people were asking the most, 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: but I thought this one here from Oh No, there 52 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,959 Speaker 1: we go from Tim Ellerbrook was a good way to 53 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: kick it off. Tim asked, how do you personally view 54 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: this team after one month compared to the twenty three 55 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: and twenty four team? Are you seeing progress where you 56 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: think it should be yet? I like this question because 57 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,799 Speaker 1: it's I mean, it's easy to talk about the transition here. Right, 58 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: we are evaluating twenty twenty five so much differently than 59 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: how we evaluated twenty three and twenty four. Now twenty 60 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 1: three kind of an outlier, right, Cardinals come in after 61 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,079 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two and all Central champions, everyone kind of 62 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: thought that they would make a much deeper run in 63 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: the playoffs than they did. Didn't happen, and they followed 64 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: it up with one of their most disappointing seasons in 65 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: franchise history twenty four. You're trying to bounce back out 66 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: of that, and they had a much better season. They 67 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: finished over five hundred, but did not miss the or 68 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: did not make the playoffs for the second year in 69 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: a row this year. It's not necessarily about winning games now, 70 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 1: certainly they're trying to, but the primary objective of the 71 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five season is what it's runway. It's development, 72 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: it's seeing what the younger players can do with consistent 73 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: playing time, and the organization has pubably said that that 74 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: is priority number one. Now. What they have not come 75 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: out and said, but they have certainly implied, is that 76 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 1: they are okay losing games to ensure that they are 77 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: giving these young players enough runway to play and so 78 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: that they the organization can make a decision on their 79 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: future in twenty twenty six. So with that in mind, 80 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: the fourteen eighteen record not good. I actually personally believe 81 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: the Cardinals are better than that record, which begs the 82 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: question then why aren't they Which is a fair question. 83 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: But if we're going to evaluate this team based on 84 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: what the primary objective that the front office has laid 85 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: out for us is, it's about if individual players are 86 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: taking steps forward, and I can name off the top 87 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: of my head plenty that are doing so. Victor Scott 88 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: the second dynamic, fun to watch, game changing speed, confident, 89 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: he's worth the price of tickets alone. I think because 90 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: he's playing a such an assured, big type of baseball 91 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 1: and center field. I mean, he's perfect ten for ten 92 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: in stolen bases. I really like the brand of baseball 93 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: Victor Scott is playing because I think it's authentic, it's genuine, 94 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: and it's himself. So one month into the season, the 95 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: Victor Scott, the second experiment in center field is going well. 96 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,119 Speaker 1: From a starting rotation standpoint, both Andre Polante and Mathaw 97 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: Libertire look great. I really like what we're seeing at Olivia. 98 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: I know the rain today kind of shortened his star, 99 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: but he's been I think the most consistent starter for 100 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: the Cardinals so far this year, and he just keeps 101 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: getting better with each outing, so that's really great to see. 102 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: Kyle Layhy has been a gem as well. Ivon Herrera 103 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,719 Speaker 1: took steps forward offensively before landing on the injured list. 104 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: The good news is he kicked off a rehab assignment 105 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: with Triple A Memphis on Thursday, Homer two, and the 106 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: Cardinals hope that he'll be back within the next week 107 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: or so. Pedro Pa has done a nice job behind 108 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: the plate as well. So individual guys taking steps forward, 109 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: we love to see that. Now the face of the 110 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,679 Speaker 1: youth movement, if you will keep in mind, they didn't 111 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 1: ask to be the faces, but here they are. Nonetheless, 112 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: Jordan Walker and Nolan Gorman not exactly the starts to 113 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,679 Speaker 1: the season that I either wanted or the team wanted. 114 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: But this is kind of by design. If you're going 115 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: to start the season in struggle, the Cardinals want to 116 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: see how you're going to get out of it. So 117 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: Jordan Walker has much better defender and right field. I 118 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: want to point that out. He has really put in 119 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: a ton of work to be a better outfielder and 120 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: it's showing. So I like what we're seeing on that 121 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: side of the ball. Well, you want to see better 122 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: offensive performances from both players. So am I seeing progress? Yes? 123 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: I am? Is it translating in the win loss column. No, 124 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: And I think that is what is super frustrating to 125 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: fan base. To the fan base because as Cardinals fans, 126 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: you are conditioned to expect a certain caliber of play 127 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: from your local baseball club. And right now, the fact 128 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,559 Speaker 1: that we are touting four games under five hundred record 129 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 1: and saying, oh, but the kids are playing well, you're 130 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: probably like, okay, and are we winning? No? So why 131 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: do I care? I get it. I understand, I can relate. 132 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 1: But if we're going off the messaging of what the 133 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: season is going to be about from the front office, 134 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: from ownership all the way down, it's measuring individual improvement 135 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: and seeing what the next core of Cardinals could look like. 136 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: I think you're seeing many players take steps forward. It 137 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: just gets kind of get bogged down because they're not 138 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: winning as many games as they could. So thank you 139 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: Tim for that question. It's a good one. Let's get 140 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: into our next one. These are all coming up randomly 141 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:07,400 Speaker 1: by the way I pre selected them, but I have 142 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: no idea which order they're going to be in, so 143 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: it'll be just as surprised as you are. Okay, from 144 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: Trent at the real underscore, t Cliff how sure are 145 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: we Alli is gone next year? Seems like a long 146 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 1: shot cards make the playoffs. Is he one hundred percent 147 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: done if Saint Louis isn't in the post season? Okay, 148 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 1: we're not sure that Ali is gone next year. Let's 149 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: break down what we know right. Olie Marvel is under 150 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: contract through twenty twenty six. Now is it fair to question, 151 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 1: with the new front office taking over, if they'll stay 152 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: with the current manager. Yeah, of course. John mozelex done 153 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: after the twenty twenty five season. Heim Bloom is coming in. 154 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 1: We have no idea what heim Bloom looks for in 155 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: a manager, because he has never hired one fully. Alex 156 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: Cora was already in place with the Boston Red Sox 157 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: when heim Bloom took over their baseball operations, so we 158 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: have no idea what he's looking for, what he's coveting, 159 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 1: and we probably won't until we get to the off season. 160 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: I know many of you are not necessarily all you 161 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: Marmal fans, but bear with me right now, and I 162 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: promise I'm not being like the beat writer apologist. He's 163 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 1: tasked with running out twenty six guys, and he's been 164 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: told which players he needs to prioritize playing time with 165 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: and sometimes that means not putting your best nine forward 166 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 1: every day. He's also been told, hey, we're prioritizing long 167 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,080 Speaker 1: term development in which you may or may not be 168 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: here for, and it's going to cost you some games 169 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,720 Speaker 1: and you just have to wear it. That's great. You'd 170 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: love to hear that as a manager. So let's cut 171 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: a little bit of slack there, because what he's been 172 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: asked to do by his bosses is not easy, and 173 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: not many organizations, if any at all, would ask this 174 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: of their manager. So we're not sure he's gone next year. 175 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: I do agree. Currently constructed, it does feel like a 176 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: long shot the Cardinals make the playoffs. But if the 177 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: Cardinals don't make the postseason, that's not necessarily an indictment 178 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 1: on Olli Marmal. They weren't expecting to. They literally said 179 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: at their end of season press conference last year, like, hey, 180 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 1: we're focusing on long term development and the twenty twenty 181 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 1: five season is going to look different. They didn't hand 182 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 1: him a playoff caliber roster. In fact, they kind of 183 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: just handed him a like worst water down version of 184 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, in which they overachieved and won a 185 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: ton of one run, two run ball games to finish 186 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: four games over five hundreds. So I get the concern. 187 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: I think the manager, anytime anywhere a team is struggling, 188 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 1: that's the one that's going to catch the most, just 189 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: the most flack. You look at what Brandon Hyde is 190 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: going on with the Orioles. I mean, it's always the 191 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: manager's fault when a team is losing. That's just how 192 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: a fan base is, That's how we are. I get it. 193 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: You're also from a fan base perspective. You have names 194 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,440 Speaker 1: like Albert Poohole's linked to this, you have the Audia 195 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 1: Molina throwing, Skip Schumacher, all three beloved respected Cardinals. So 196 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: I think it's natural to just be like, Okay, who's 197 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: going to be the next manager. Certainly it can't be Alie, 198 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: but it can be. He's under contract through twenty twenty six. 199 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 1: We have no idea what the dynamic of the team 200 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: is going to look like next year, and I think 201 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: he's done a nice job in managing the personalities of 202 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: the clubhouse. We can go back and forth on bullpen management. 203 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,680 Speaker 1: I know that's a hot topic for you guys. Save 204 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: that for another time, But managing the personalities of the 205 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: clubhouse when you have a ton of veterans who came 206 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: to Saint Louis to win and are now part of 207 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,199 Speaker 1: a youth movement that they did not sign up for 208 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 1: but agreed to be a part of. Nonetheless, you have 209 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: a bunch of guys who want to play, but you 210 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: know some of them are on the bench or in 211 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: triple A so that guys can play every day that 212 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: they were promised to. That's really hard to manage. You 213 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: have twenty six egos in there at all times, all 214 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: some of the highest competitors in the world, and you're 215 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: telling some of them, hey, we're not going to play 216 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: you right now because we have to play other people. 217 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: That can be really hard to manage as well. So 218 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: I expect to answer some version of is all marmal 219 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: fired every day for the next however many games we 220 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: have left right now, though no guarantee he's going anywhere, 221 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 1: and we won't really know that until heinm Bloom takes over. 222 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: Thank you Trent for your question. 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I was 250 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: really surprised by how many questions I got about Thomas 251 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: A JC being sent down to Memphis. And maybe that's 252 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,559 Speaker 1: on me for not explaining it well enough, but I 253 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: kind of thought this one was pretty self explanatory. And 254 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: the reason I picked Mason's question here is because the 255 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 1: question over valuing production over potential is key here. But 256 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: I first want to break down why SJC was sent 257 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 1: down to Memphis, because you guys were having fits over 258 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: that coming into the season, which second baseman was promised 259 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: playing time by John Mosey Lock. I'll give you a 260 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: hint's Nolan Gorman. Nolan Gorman. They actually sat for a 261 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 1: little bit to start the season because Alec Gurlson has 262 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: such a hot spring, and Alc Gerlson is a part 263 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: of this youth movement, He's just not necessarily the face 264 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,240 Speaker 1: the face, Like we talked about a Gorman Walker and 265 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 1: new Bartman extent so on. So so jac came up 266 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: because Gorman was hurt and then Mason was hurt and 267 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,080 Speaker 1: you need an infield depth and he was playing every day, 268 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: which was the designation. Now both Gorman and Mason are healthy, 269 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: you have Brendan Donovan, and we're gonna get Brendan Donovan 270 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: by the way, because I feel like I haven't given him. 271 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: I have not been giving him enough credit. And you 272 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,560 Speaker 1: have your your middle and field set. So there's no 273 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: way or no room for Thomas and Jason to be 274 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: playing every day. So he's gonna go to Memphis, which 275 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 1: is a blueprint similar to how John Mozelac and the 276 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 1: Saint Louis Cardinals have operated for years and years and years. 277 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: I understand. We look at the production line. So Jace 278 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 1: was hitting three forty, had a slugging percentage over five hundred, 279 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: really swinging the bat. Well, I get that from a 280 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: results standpoint, offensively didn't make sense, but we have to 281 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: look at the overall body of work and so Jace's future. 282 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: Why does my hand look so big behind me? My shadow? Okay, podcast, people, 283 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: you're not going to get it, but that really freaked 284 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: me out. Look like a ghost. Anyway, back to s 285 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: Jac from an offensive production standpoint, Yeah, he was hitting 286 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: the cover off the ball. He looked good. The game 287 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 1: was a little raw. He's a little raw, right. The 288 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,400 Speaker 1: game was a little fast for him. He was making 289 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 1: some mistakes, whether it was covering the bases or running 290 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: the bases, and he's supposed to. I'm big on s Jac. 291 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a major league caliber 292 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: player one day. I just think he's going to benefit 293 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 1: for more time in Triple A. And I think the 294 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,840 Speaker 1: majority of baseball fans would agree. If he's not playing 295 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: every day, he's just sitting on the bench getting rusty. 296 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:56,440 Speaker 1: So that's why he went down a Triple A. Guys, 297 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: they were always going to play Nolan Gorman over him. 298 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: They've said that since October on. Stay with me. Now. 299 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: The bigger question here, as Mason points out, is how 300 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: soon before the Cardinal's value production over potential will they 301 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: They're going to give Walker and Gorman a very long runway. 302 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,240 Speaker 1: The whole point is for these guys, if they struggle 303 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: and they fail to not feel the impending pressure of 304 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I'm going to triple A if I 305 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 1: don't figure it out, It's hey, I'm going to have 306 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: time to figure this out and adjust in real time 307 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 1: and see what kind of player I can be and 308 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,040 Speaker 1: if I can fight through my struggles or not. How 309 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: long the Cardinals keep up that experiment is a big 310 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: question for the organization. They aren't going to like call 311 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 1: this experiment off after one month. Now, if we do 312 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: two months and they are eight games enter five hundred 313 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: and in danger of spiraling out of relevancy before we 314 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: even get to June, could they switch it up? I 315 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: don't know. I'd get into the impression that you should. 316 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: I don't really think it is the best decision to 317 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: concede an entire season. You can concede winning some games, sure, 318 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: if that means it's going to help you figure out 319 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: the long term trajectory of some of your players. But 320 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: conceding in an entire season that I don't know if 321 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 1: this fan based can stomach. I know we've all seen 322 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: a bushtadium looks like lately. It does not look good. 323 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 1: Doesn't look very Baseball Heaveny to me. But fans have 324 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: a reason and a right to express their disappointment. They're 325 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: disdaining their frustration. Pick your word here. So, yeah, if 326 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: you're going from an offensive standpoint, said, Jac had the 327 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: better numbers than Gorman and Burley. But this isn't to 328 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 1: jc's development here, this was always designated to be Nolan 329 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: Gorman's to an extent, Alec Burlison's. We're just like we're 330 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 1: seeing Gorman getting a run right now, we're gonna see 331 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 1: Burlison get a run of consistent playing time and when 332 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: there is a window for Thomas and Jac to play 333 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 1: every day, we are going to see him right now. 334 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: I thought we saw some really encouraging signs from him. 335 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: He knows what he needs to work on. He knows 336 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: that the situations what to look for. So when he 337 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: comes back to Saint Louis the game isn't as fast, 338 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 1: He's going to be just fine. But that's why he 339 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 1: was sent down. So Amazon, thanks for that question. I 340 00:16:56,160 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 1: thought you asked that one really. Well, all right, next, 341 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: are guys tired of my voice yet? I'm kind of 342 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 1: tired of my voice? Who do you got next? I 343 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: don't think we've heard from Logan yet. Logan who Logan? 344 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: Richie at el Richie Underscore thirteen asked who will we 345 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: making the decisions at the deadline, Mo Bloom or both? 346 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 1: Will the front office turnover guarantee you the Cardinals standing 347 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:29,320 Speaker 1: pat a lot to break down here. The forty man 348 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: twenty six man roster decisions, those are John mosalocks decisions, 349 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: and they have been and they will be until the 350 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: end of the season. Now, if the Cardinals get to 351 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:43,199 Speaker 1: a point where they are either trading players away or 352 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: incrementally adding at the trade deadline, that's when Moe is 353 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: going to discuss with him what this is going to 354 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: look like if those moves are going to alter the 355 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: roster past the twenty twenty five season, because after the 356 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five season, this is no longer John Mosalok's team, right, 357 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: it's Heim Bloom's team. So if you are let's say 358 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,560 Speaker 1: the Cardinals spiral out of this thing at the trade 359 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,399 Speaker 1: deadline and they are fire selling and we're seeing a 360 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: trade deadline similar to twenty twenty three, where if you 361 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: are on an expiring deal, you are out of here. 362 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: MO is certainly going to talk to him about what 363 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: you want in a return, because the return is about 364 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: the future. Now, on the flip side, let's say the 365 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: Cardinals are hovering right around five hundred, and we know 366 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,720 Speaker 1: in the NL Central if you're around five hundred, you're 367 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 1: considered in it. And let's say John Mozelac, because we 368 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: also know this doesn't want to go down like this, 369 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,520 Speaker 1: no way. If the Cardinals are even close to contending, 370 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: he's going to, in my opinion, add incrementally to give 371 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: them the best shot of sneaking into maybe the wild card. 372 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: Now these are all hypotheticals. I don't really love talking 373 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: about the deadline on May first, but I certainly understand 374 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: why fans do so. If he's just incrementally adding, he's 375 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 1: probably not going to take on any contract past twenty 376 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: twenty six, They're going to be rentals, right, So Moe 377 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: is going to be ultimately making the final decisions, but 378 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,959 Speaker 1: he's going to be conversing with him, especially if some 379 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,840 Speaker 1: of these deals end up impacting twenty six and beyond 380 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: the front office turnover guarantee the Cardinals standing pat Maybe 381 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: it really just depends. It depends on what which players 382 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: are excelling where the team is at. Are they playing well, 383 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: do they have good chemistry? Are certain guys taking steps forward? 384 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,440 Speaker 1: Does Nolan Arnatto look like a trade candidate. Does Ryan 385 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: Helsley look like a trade candidate? Is Eric Beetti pitching 386 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: well Stephen Mattz So way too early to tell. But 387 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 1: in terms of who's making the decisions from a front 388 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 1: office major league roster standpoint, it is still John Mozeylock. 389 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,040 Speaker 1: He's not going to do anything that is going to 390 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: impact the future of this team though past the twenty 391 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: twenty five season, because it's not his team anymore. After that, 392 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: I think it's time for another adread, which means we 393 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:45,640 Speaker 1: get to hear our favorite song in the whole world. 394 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: Let's hear from Fanuel Sports Network. 395 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 2: Me out to my team a band Drill Sports Now, Yeah, 396 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 2: watch mas a finger and not be yes. 397 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: I'm just glad they local du. 398 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,160 Speaker 2: Live forwards root real root for the Cardinals. 399 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: Fan Sports card those guys, the Birds on the band. 400 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: I bet you. Okay, welcome back. Let's get back into it. 401 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: We have a question from Trent and Weber. There are 402 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: reports of a couple of teams interested in Ryan Helsley, 403 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: most notably the Phillies. What are the chances he gets 404 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 1: dealt before at the deadline? What if the Cards are 405 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 1: still in the mix but want to get a good 406 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: return for his great production right now. So we are 407 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: going to go ahead and make Ryan Helsley our FanDuel 408 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: Sports Network player to watch now. The downside here is 409 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: that we haven't really gotten to watch Ryan Helsley a 410 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: lot because there haven't been a ton of saved situations 411 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 1: prefaces with the disclaimer. It is really difficult to say 412 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: what a team is going to do on May first, 413 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 1: nearly three months before the trade deadline. But because of 414 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,879 Speaker 1: recent reports involving Ryan Helsley, I get why you're asking this, 415 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: and I'm happy to answer it. Two of the teams 416 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 1: that I know that are interested in Ryan Helsley the 417 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: Philadelphia Phillies and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Phillies' interest with 418 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,679 Speaker 1: Ryan Helsley dates back to the GM meetings in November. 419 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: I said this on foul Territory earlier in the week. 420 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 1: They were super interested in Ryan Helsley. And you look 421 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 1: at the state of their bullpen right now, not very good, 422 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 1: and you think, yeah, he could certainly help them there. 423 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 1: But the Cardinals MO did not want to do that. 424 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: They wanted to hold onto him because, as we know, 425 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 1: they wanted to try to win as many games as possible. 426 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 1: While still doing their transition rebuild year. I know we're 427 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,119 Speaker 1: not supposed to call it a rebuild, but like it 428 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: kind of is whatever. So yeah, there's interest. There should be. 429 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,800 Speaker 1: The Cardinals aren't using him. I mean, he's their closer, 430 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: but he's not really getting closing opportunities. The chances he 431 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,200 Speaker 1: gets dealt before the deadline, he's not getting traded now, 432 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: if that's what the question is. The Cardinals are not 433 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: going to trade away Ryan Helsley in May, especially when 434 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,159 Speaker 1: that's just not something that they're going to do. Just 435 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: because the team has interest in a player doesn't automatically 436 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: put them on the trading block. I don't know what 437 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: Ryan Helsley's future is past the trade deadline. If the 438 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,400 Speaker 1: Cardinals are in it, they're probably not going to trade him. 439 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: If they're not, they probably will now. Yeah, I totally 440 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: get wanting to get a good return for his great 441 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 1: production right now, But you have trading someone in May 442 00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,400 Speaker 1: like this. This is not something that really any team 443 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: except the Padres do. It's just not something the Cardinals 444 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: are going to do here. So yeah, there's interest. Of 445 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 1: course's interest. He's one of the elite relief pitchers in baseball. 446 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Relief pitching is so volatile, like we've talked about with 447 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,920 Speaker 1: the bullpen mishaps all of April. I understand the fan 448 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,480 Speaker 1: perception of wellf Helsley struggles and lowers his production and 449 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,120 Speaker 1: his value. The return is going to dwindle as well. 450 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: And you're right, But that's not where the Cardinals are 451 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,840 Speaker 1: thinking now. They're thinking they have one of the top 452 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: closes in baseball. They need to figure out a better 453 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: way to bridge their believers to get to him. This 454 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,160 Speaker 1: is a conversation best suited for July, not May. But again, 455 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: with the reports coming out, I get why this is 456 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: a hot topic. So let's pump the brakes on the 457 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: Howsley trade rumors. He's going to be here for a 458 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: minute at least. We'll recircle around June. Middle of June, 459 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: we'll re see where the team is at all. Right, 460 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: coming up on our last few from at Mexi underscore Christo, 461 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: has there been any indication from the front office that 462 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: we'd explore longer term extensions from some of our younger 463 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:47,479 Speaker 1: guys Donnie Newton, et cetera. Seems like many teams are 464 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,120 Speaker 1: doing this nowadays, and we're just letting players age out 465 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 1: of our beers. This is a good question, and the 466 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: real answer is you're not going to see the Cardinals 467 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 1: extend anyone until Heim Bloom comes in. Unlike us, Mo 468 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: Andheim agree on something, you know before mo leaves office. 469 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: The reason why would John mozel Like extend any of 470 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 1: these guys when that's not his team anymore. I think 471 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: Brendan Donovan, we promised we'd get to him. Let's let's 472 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: shout him out right now. Three thirty three batting average, 473 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: that's the fifth highest average in all of baseball, thirty 474 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,479 Speaker 1: nine hits ops of eight seventy. He's played every position 475 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: for him basically, and I've seen Brendan Donovan become more 476 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: confident in himself as a leader, as a teammate. I mean, 477 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: he to me, if you're looking at an extension candidate, 478 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: that's who I would go with right now through our beers. 479 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 1: To your point, like he has two remaining years of 480 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 1: arbitration left. I know this is something they talked about 481 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: very early on in his career. But then the front 482 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,959 Speaker 1: office planned to change and Brendan Donovan switched agencies and 483 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,879 Speaker 1: any extension talks kind of fell through. If I'm the 484 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: new front office regime, which I'm not. But if I was, 485 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: and I've come in and I'm heim blue. When I'm 486 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: looking to extend someone, I'm looking at someone like Brendan Donovan, 487 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 1: who I think has just been He consistently posts. He's 488 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: a steady player. He does whatever. He can't stay on 489 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: the field, he can play around the diamond. He's to 490 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 1: me like your true gritty Saint Louis Cardinal back when 491 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,840 Speaker 1: they were churning out like seventeen different versions of Brendan Donovan. 492 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: They've stuck true to that mold with him and it's 493 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: looked really good. So no indications from the most side 494 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: of the front office that any extensions will take place. 495 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,040 Speaker 1: I will be interested to see what him Bloom does 496 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,520 Speaker 1: when he takes over Lars Newbarr. Don't want to leave 497 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 1: him out. I know he's been under a ton of 498 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 1: scrutiny too. He's looked good this year. He's I think 499 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 1: one of the more underrated leadoff players in the game. 500 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,200 Speaker 1: The defense, which was never bad, of course, somehow got 501 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: even better under John Jay's tutelage, and I think you're 502 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: seeing him become more by dynamic player as well. So 503 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: boring answer here, no new extension news, but talk to 504 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 1: me in November. For as boring as this last offseason was, 505 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: and I'm not complaining by the way, I got a 506 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: lot of relaxation, I'm expecting the exact opposite next year. 507 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: But right now, though, guys, I kind of feel like 508 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:04,040 Speaker 1: we are all in purgatory together almost, because we don't 509 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:05,520 Speaker 1: know what this team is going to do. We don't 510 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 1: know which players are taking steps forward. We don't know 511 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,159 Speaker 1: what the front office turnover is going to like. We 512 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: don't know what the manager is going to look like. 513 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: It's okay to say that we just don't know. 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The starting rotation has actually looked 532 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: really good. They consistently post quality starts. You might want 533 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: to see more swing and miss I get that, but 534 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: they've done a really nice job of keeping this Cardinals 535 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: team in ball games. The offense inconsistent. That's gonna happen 536 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: when you have a majority of young players trying to 537 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: figure their swings out. Brandon Donovan looks good. We talked 538 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: about that, Wilson Treis coming into his own, Mason Winn 539 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,080 Speaker 1: all of a sudden a number two hitter who would 540 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: have thought, and the Lenard Atto looks much better as well. 541 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: So the Mets have one of the best rotations in baseball. 542 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 1: It will be a tough test for this offense. You'll 543 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,160 Speaker 1: hope to get Herrera back soon. He will really help 544 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: some thump from the right side. The bullpen will see 545 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: about that. I maintain what I said earlier in the episode. 546 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,159 Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals are better than their record, but 547 00:27:56,240 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: results matter more than anything, so we'll see Thanks as 548 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: always for watching Cardinal Territory, Bernie and I will be 549 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: back with you at the end of the week, most 550 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: likely Sunday night, maybe Monday morning, just depends. Yeah, we'll 551 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: talk soon. Thanks as always,