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Cards notebook: Checking in on Arenado trade talk, the player-development reboot takes the next step, belated praise for JJ Wetherholt

Bag 'O Mail: Helsey, Arenado, infield shuffling, unwritten biographies, work avoidance, and more

Rapid Response: Nolan Arenado reportedly invokes no-trade clause to block deal with Astros

A brief Winter Meetings review – meaning, mostly, Nolan Arenado trade talk – plus a call for mailbag questions

Your Cardinals Winter Meetings preview plus quick thoughts on the new front-office hires

Be thankful the Cubs refuse to press their advantage in the NL Central

What Sonny Gray’s return means – or should mean – for the Cardinals’ rotation in 2025

Willson Contreras is staying for now, and that's a good thing

Bag O' Mail: Jordan Walker's defense, the 2025 rotation, the other reason Mo stuck around, movies, books, documentaries to avoid, and more

Quick thoughts on the Rob Cerfolio hire plus a call for mailbag questions

Pondering a full teardown and what the 2025 Cardinals would look like, Part II

Pondering a full teardown and what the 2025 Cardinals would look like

The Cardinals' end-of-season press conference wasn't all good news, but they got the most important thing right

Here’s how the Cardinals’ end-of-season press conference should go

Jordan Walker is giving us a reason to watch and a reason to believe

The Cardinals’ player-development turning point is coming soon

Birdy Work Bag O' Mail, Part 2

Birdy Work Bag O' Mail, Part 1

UNSPEAKABLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag questions

Holding my fire

Let's talk about Jordan Walker's reworked swing

Breaking down the Cardinals' remaining schedule and their playoff hopes

The Cardinals’ deadline success and sorting out the rotation

What I would like the Cardinals to do before the trade deadline

Talking Cardinals 2024 draft with CBS Sports' R.J. Anderson

Tommy Edman is finally on his way back, so let’s sort out a roster spot and a role for him

Quinn Mathews is hereby interesting, some encouraging Alec Burleson comps, and the psychic burdens of Nolan Arenado

Checking in on Jordan Walker

Mailbag addendum: Hey, I forgot to answer two questions I included in Thursday's newsletter

Bag O' Mail: Jordan Walker, the run differential, center field, books, the only reality show I watch, idle Luis Robert trade speculation, contention without excellence, and more

UNSPEAKABLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag questions

It's time for some Nolan Arenado pessimism and some Andre Pallante optimism

The good: Nolan Gorman lately; the bad: center field all season

A programming note, the near impossibility of a deadline sell-off, and an introduction to my friend (and Cardinals fan) Frank

In praise of Masyn Winn; in denunciation of the back of the rotation

Bill DeWitt III thinks you better keep buying tickets

The loss of Willson Contreras and what passes for hope for the 2024 Cardinals

Oli Marmol had a rough series against the Mets

Cards notebook: Jordan Walker to Memphis, the stadium grift is on the horizon, and early returns on the pitching makeover

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Birdy Bullets: The good and bad of Jordan Walker so far, Gorman's glove, on (not) booing DeWitt, in praise of Herrera, the schedule ahead, and more

Mailbag: Worrying about Arenado, bullpen decisions, a proposed Lance Lynn theme song, positive signs from Victor Scott, realistic expectations, and more

UNSPEAKABLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag questions

NL Central prediction for 2024 plus Victor Scott and the aesthetics of team defense

The strange Oli Marmol extension and a different way to think about Cardinal hitters this season

The future of Birdy Work

Cards Notebook: The specter of the luxury tax, outfield injuries, and pondering the bullpen game

Sonny Gray's hamstring injury reminds us that the Cardinals' rotation is still missing something

Possible milestones for Cardinals players in 2024

Apparently I have 28 Cardinals hats; I'd like to tell you about two of them

Two ways of looking at the Cardinals’ 2024 schedule

The Cardinals’ offense was “double unlucky” in 2023

Bag O’ Mail: Brandon Woodruff, Zack Thompson, books, in-season trade targets, spring NRIs, and more

Cards Notebook: SEPBURP30 rotation projections, the Keynan Middleton addition and what the bullpen looks like, the (presumed) fall of the Brewers, plus call for mailbag questions

Introducing the “Stare at Each Player’s Baseball-Reference Page for 30 Seconds” projection system and applying it to the Cardinals’ hitters for 2024

The Miles Mikolas problem

Understanding the Cardinals' Regional Sports Network situation

Cards Notebook: Tommy Edman's status, the Chaim Bloom hire, and recapping my 2023 in Cardinals viewing

The Cardinals' offseason is probably over, and that's because of ownership

So let's talk about the bullpen

Evaluating and ultimately appreciating Jordan Walker’s swing