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Quick thoughts on the Willson Contreras trade

Reader mailbag: Brendan Donovan trade returns, the Arenado market, the 2026 rotation, highlight defensive plays, college football, Iván Herrera's future role, and more

Call for mailbag questions

Winter Meetings recap

Finding trade fits for Cardinals veterans

Quick thoughts on the Sonny Gray trade with Boston

Let us now dream on Joshua Baez

Reader Mailbag, Part 2: Brendan Donovan trade talk, the Nolan Arenado market, "The Wire" characters, football coaching carousel, Blue Jays pain and suffering, and more

Reader Mailbag, Part 1: Possible rotation additions, causes for 2026 excitement, Iván Herrera's future at catcher, Brendan Donovan's future anywhere, and more

We back up: Call for mailbag questions

25 questions facing Chaim Bloom in his first offseason in charge, plus a brief Birdy Work hiatus

Reader Mailbag, Part 2: Extensions for young players, the attendance problem, imagining a high payroll for 2026, unhelpful cooking advice, the crazy offseason ahead, and more

Reader Mailbag, Part 1: Oli Marmol's future, college football, walk-up and entrance music, ballparks, guessing at the 2026 lineup, offseason trades, and more

BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag submissions

Thoughts on Nolan Gorman and three other young “runway” hitters

Let’s get excited about JJ Wetherholt

The Cardinals' strikeout problem in the rotation must be addressed

Reader Mailbag, Part 2: The attendance problem, the payroll future, logjam talk, mascots, mistakes, and more

Reader Mailbag, Part 1: The strikeout problem, the quiet and obvious trade deadline, Chaim Bloom's tough decisions ahead, Happy Gilmore 2, and more

BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag submissions, post-trade deadline edition

What the Cardinals’ trade deadline might look like

The Cardinals’ 2025 draft haul is promising

The rotation is a mess

Reader Mailbag: The coming trade deadline, a possible Marlins target, Val Kilmer movies, profound thoughts on Miles Mikolas, and more

BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag submissions

Cards Notebook: Some Nolan Gorman optimism, the catcher playing time problem, a polite suggestion for Jordan Walker

The Rafael Devers fiasco is a reminder of what Chaim Bloom dealt with in Boston

Reader Mailbag Part 2: Nolan Arenado trade talk, video games, electric vehicles, non-fiction books, rotation worries, and more

Reader Mailbag, Part 1: What's wrong with Noot? What's wrong with Helsley? Plus trade-deadline talk and more

BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag submissions

Cards Notebook: Permission and cause to believe in the 2025 Cardinals; Encouraging signs from Jordan Walker; Miles Mikolas skepticism

Reader mailbag: The coming trade deadline; Iván Herrera's potential, Nolan Gorman's playing time, missing strikeouts, summer movies, cheesesteaks, and more

BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag questions

Pondering the possibility of a Jordan Walker decision point

Should Iván Herrera's future be at DH?

Cards notebook: Here’s to Walt Jocketty; Jordan Walker's ailing bat; Victor Scott II’s hidden skill; the Cubs' easy road ahead

Most things aren’t going well with the Cardinals right now, so let’s talk about something that is – Matthew Liberatore

Mailbag Part 2: A Donovan extension, Marmol's merits, the defense, fast food, LOTR power rankings, and more

Mailbag Part 1: Uniforms, the Mikolas Question, breakfast foods as Cardinal players, Marmol's status, premature trade-deadline thoughts, and more

BREATHLESSLY IMPORTANT: Call for mailbag questions

Some (almost entirely positive) thoughts on the Cardinals' offense so far

The numbers that will tell the story of the Cardinals' 2025 season

Reasonably Rapid Reaction: Victor Scott II wins center-field job (!), Matthew Liberatore cracks rotation

Behold: My preferred Cardinals Opening-Day roster

Cards Notebook: The Cardinals finally signed a major-league free agent, plus thoughts on the battle for starting catcher

Thoughts on Masyn Winn, Leadoff Hitter

Adjusting to the new Nolan Arenado reality

Cardinals spring training broadcast schedule

MAILBAG, PART 2: The 2025 lineup, Yadi's Hall of Fame case, a wild guess at when Quinn Mathews debuts, international draft thoughts, and more

MAILBAG, PART 1: The Arenado non-trade, "reset" check-in, bad baseball movies, books, and more

CALL FOR MAILBAG QUESTIONS (plus a change of heart regarding that recent announcement)

The future of Birdy Work

Cards Notebook: More thoughts on a six-man rotation idea, most interesting spring NRIs, Arenado trade check-in

Cards Notebook: Present and future payrolls, the case for a six-man rotation in St. Louis, checking in on the Cubs

Brendan Donovan and the importance of his 2025 season

The Nolan Arenado trade talk update

What other teams may be seeing when they look at Nolan Arenado