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There's reason to be optimistic about Masyn Winn as the Cardinals' starting shortstop in 2024

The Yamamoto dream hath died

What history says about No. 7 overall draft picks

Bag O' Mail, Part II: RDR2, Marmol's performance, Mo's future, the outfield, the offseason to date, the Ohtani contract, and more

Bag O' Mail, Part I: Revenue worries, spending outlook, the 2024 lineup, the Tyler O'Neill trade, the Royal Family, PS4 vs. PS5, wedding invitations, and more

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The Dylan Cease rumors are encouraging

The structure of the Sonny Gray contract gives the Cardinals flexibility, but will they use it?

The Sonny Gray signing is both a very good thing and a concerning thing

The Kyle Gibson signing provides clarity but not necessarily the good kind

Cards Notebook: Welcome back, Lance Lynn; the Herrera Era; No on Nola; Brandon Woodruff is a risk worth taking

The other way to think about the Cardinals' rotation needs

The case for making painful trades

Payroll panic and an interesting arm added to the fold

Bag O' Mail, Part II: Bullpen blueprint, extensions for young hitters, walk-up music, chances at contention in 2024, pitching investments, and more

Bag O' Mail, Part I: Randy Arozarena and Adolis García angst, Jordan Walker's rookie season in context, the decline of the defense, a reader album recommendation, and more

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Thinking about a Paul Goldschmidt contract extension

Replaying the Cardinals’ 2023 season on MLB The Show and (almost completely) fixing it

On Sonny Gray and Aaron Nola

Believe in Jordan Walker

The Cardinals’ failures of 2023 are hurting attendance, and that’s a good thing

The Cardinals should retire Adam Wainwright's No. 50

Bag O' Mail Part II: The outfield situation, Japan's incoming pitchers, books, Marmol's performance, Jordan Walker's glove, and more

Bag O' Mail, Part I: An AI-generated image of a truck, movies, reasons to keep paying attention to the 2023 Cardinals, Miles Mikolas, Miguel Mejia, the catcher logjam, and more

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Zack Thompson's very promising turn in the rotation

Dakota Hudson is not an answer to the rotation's problems

Draft lottery odds, a missed opportunity, Jordan Walker's progress, Noot's injuries, and a new nickname for a rookie

The Cardinals should be all-in on Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Let us now spend perhaps too much time thinking and talking about Alec Burleson

The art of the hitter stat line: a subjective exercise informed in part by old baseball cards

Cards Notebook: What to look for next from Liberatore, Noot's promising approach versus lefties, and Marmol's latest weird comment about bullpen usage

What's behind Steven Matz's rebirth?

Q&A: Talking Cardinals trade deadline prospects with R.J. Anderson

How the Cardinals should fix the rotation this offseason

Please do not trade Nolan Gorman

Introducing a private Slack channel for Birdy Work paid subscribers

The Angels and White Sox may have helped the Cardinals’ trade deadline outlook

Trading Willson Contreras would be complicated and risky but not entirely ridiculous

The case for not trading Paul DeJong

John Mozeliak speaks!

Finding trade deadline fits for what the Cardinals have to offer

Q&A: Draft expert R.J. Anderson talks Cardinals 2023 picks

It’s too soon to judge Dusty Blake’s performance as pitching coach

Ownership is probably to blame for the Cardinals' flawed rotation

Cards Notebook: Marmol's bullpen thought process, an encouraging season on the farm, possible rotation help in Japan

The Cardinals sound prepared to do the right thing at the trade deadline

Let's talk about Jordan Walker's leap forward

Bag O' Mail, Part II: Arenado's defense, Contreras' bat, stretch-drive wish list, RDR2, assigning blame, and more

Bag O' Mail, Part I: Marmol job status, reliever pipeline, terrible prestige television, 2024 roster dreaming, dear old England, and more

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Using Stoic philosophy to cope with the 2023 Cardinals

What might a Cardinals trade deadline sell-off look like?

Let's talk about Luken Baker so we don't have to talk about other things

Cards Notebook: Arenado rising, a trade target to be wary of, more rest on the schedule, roster issues

Let us process this information: Andrew Knizner has out-hit Willson Contreras so far in 2023

Cards Notebook: Liberatore, our two Jordans, DeJong, and a Cardinals luchador mask

Nolan Gorman could be a star

There's opportunity in the road ahead

Lars Nootbaar is the engine

It's time to think about removing Jack Flaherty from the rotation

The strange and probably self-defeating decision to move Willson Contreras off of catcher

Digging into the pitching staff's two-strike problems

Have the Cardinals chosen to have a strikeout problem?

You may now begin worrying about the Cardinals

This is Mike Shannon's pencil

The front office's work this past offseason keeps getting worse

Bullet points, mostly about the Cardinals but also partly about the modern condition

Bag O’ Mail: Jordans Walker and Hicks, center-field state of affairs, rotation trade targets, panic meter, movie run times, and more

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Did the Cardinals miss an opportunity with Jordan Montgomery?

Jack Flaherty's last start was encouraging for many reasons

The profoundly impressive start to Jordan Walker's career

Is Matthew Liberatore the next man up for the Cardinals' troubled rotation?

Thoughts on L'Affaire de Tyler O'Neill

Digression: Ted Simmons and his hair

Brendan Donovan's Opening Day performance gives cause for optimism

Can the Cardinals replace Albert Pujols’ production?

Making some changes to Oli Marmol's (likely) Opening Day lineup

Jordan Walker and the value of reaching the majors at age 20

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