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In our 100th episode, Ben and Ben discuss the big press conference this week announcing Chaim Bloom's pending ascent and other changes on the way.

With the Cardinals eliminated and the season nearly over, Ben & Ben answer listener questions about offseason plans and a new Golden Age of Italian jobbers.

The Cardinals have one player going to the midsummer classic, but we talk about it anyway and wonder what the roster might look like with several players returning from injury.

Didn’t we just do one of these? After the Cardinals posted an 11-6 win on Opening Day, we talk about bullpen usage and the “closer,” misconceptions about Edmundo Sosa and how to stream games this season. We also answer a listener question.

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Ben & Ben talk about what they learned during Spring Training, then draft position players by expected WAR and starting pitchers by likely starts. They touch on the small surprises in the 26-man roster, and end with what they’re looking for on Opening Day.

Ben and Ben dig through the mailbag and answer questions about Cardinals new and old as the All Star Break approaches.

Ben and Ben record late to share their reactions to the Rickwood Field Game.

The Cardinals have been winning games and series the past several weeks. Are they back to what we thought they might be? Or is this just another mirage like last season's May rebound.

Ben & Ben spend this first Off Day Short kicking around the new Cardinals City Connects.

The seven-game losing streak came to an end, but how close did it push the St. Louis Cardinals to making meaningful changes? We discuss that and answer your questions.

With your hosts unable to record together this week, we're bringing you a recent episode of Meet Me at Musial where Ben Godar dropped in as a guest. You can subscribe to Meet Me at Musial wherever you get your podcasts.

We begin the show in a good mood after the series win, but things take a downward turn as we discuss the recent roster moves and answer your questions.

We reminisce about the recently departed legendary Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog, then answer your questions.

With the team's Playoff Odds slipping below 1%, Ben and Ben name their annual Jobbers of the Year. They also chat about the departure of Gary LaRocque and other late-season news.

It's only April 10, so while it's too early to buy into early trends - both good and bad - we speculate which might be here to stay. Then we answer your questions.

On the day after the Home Opener, we talk about the tradition of Opening Day in St. Louis, answer mailbag questions and even reveal some of our Immaculate Grid secrets.

We preview the season just ahead of Opening Day, answer your questions and hold our annual WAR Draft.

With pitchers and catchers reporting today and the ceremonial start of spring training, we open up the mailbag to answer questions about the St. Louis Cardinals offseason moves and the coming season.

Dan Szymborski joins us to talk about his 2024 ZiPS projections for the St. Louis Cardinals.

John Mozeliak said he would add three starters, and now he has. So what do we think about it?

The long, dark Off Day is upon us. We talk about Waino's farewell and injury revelation, why DeWittball broke and how they still might turn it around next year.

It's nearly the end of the season, but we pause for one last in-season off day to answer your questions about this lost season, possible off-season moves, hypotheticals from the 2011 World Series and more.

We had given up on Adam Wainwright and promised ourselves it didn’t mean anything to us if he reached 200 wins or not. And now that he’s reached 199 on his 57th try, we can’t help ourselves… we care.

We also answer your questions.

We indulge in some What Ifs and answer listener questions about Friend of the Pod Tommy Edman.

Playoff chances are nearly zero, but the team plays on. We talk about what choices they should make over the next month as well as what might happen in the years to come.

We talk about the arrival of the top Cardinals prospect bringing a ray of sunshine as the Cardinals play out the string. We also remember the two Cardinals who entered the team Hall of Fame, Jose Oquendo and Max Lanier, as well as David Freese, who was voted in but chose not to be inducted.

We banter, we answer questions, and we draft the worst Cardinals of all time.

We recap the Cardinals Trade Deadline moves and consider what they will need to continue to do in the offseason in order to fix the broken rotation. Plus, we answer your questions.

The Cardinals Trade Rumors have turned into Cardinals Trade Deadline Deals. We talk about the Jordan Hicks and Jordan Montgomery Trades as well as what's to come, plus answer your questions.

Bonus Episode: Our own Ben Humphrey joined a group of Cardinals podcasters for a roundtable discussion on the Meet Me at Musial podcast.

Daniel (C70 At The Bat, @C70) hosted the conversation. Ben was joined by Nate (Talking About Birds, @TalkAboutBirds), and David (Gateway to Baseball Heaven, @iPopEditor).

We use the All Star break to look back at the first half, look ahead to the second half, preview the coming trade season and answer your questions.

St. Louis split its two-game series with the Cubs in London, and while the setting was novel the product on the field and the results were not. We talk briefly about those games, then dive into mailbag questions about the team’s problems, trade prospects, young players and more.

The Cardinals and the Cubs are set to renew the greatest rivalry in the National League across the pond, so we thought we’d take this time to do a deep dive look at both franchises. Are the Cardinals going down? Are the Cubs coming up? And what about the billionaire owners of each franchise?

Then we wrap things up with an off-day recommendation if you happen to be spending the off day in London.

We dip heavily into the mailbag for this episode, answering questions about underperforming players, rebuilding, prospects and whether or not we regret starting this podcast in the first place.

The Cardinals sport a +1 run differential, and yet still sit at the bottom of the National League in wins. We breakdown the players who have over and underperformed their projections, talk about the change in their run prevention model that could be the biggest cause of their woes, then consider it could look like if the Cardinals do in fact sell at the trade deadline. Finally, we answer your questions.

Ben & Ben keep digging through the mailbag to answer your questions as the Cardinals playoff hopes dim.

Perhaps to help us all recover from the series finales of Succession and Barry, the league scheduled a very rare double midweek off day for the Cardinals. Coming as it does after a 19-day stretch of games, we’ve got plenty to talk about.

We talk about the elevation of Matthew Liberatore and the relegation of Steven Matz. Then we talk about the improved results over this 19-game stretch and what - if anything - was different on the field. Finally, we dig through a full mailbag and answer your questions.

Every now and then, Ben and I feel like not enough has happened between off days to really be worth talking about. Since the lat time we joined you, however, the Cardinals have announced the free agent catcher they signed for $85 million to replace franchise icon Yadier Molina was no longer going to be a catcher, became the laughing stock of baseball, and almost immediately began to walk that whole plan back.

We dissect the whole Willson Contreras Affair, including the underlying refusal to pay for strikeout pitchers that is again at the core of the problem. Then we remember Mike Shannon with the help of listeners.

It was a rough first month at the major league level, so what better time to shift our focus to the minor leagues? We’re joined by our good friend, the great Kyle Reis of Prospects After Dark, Birds on the Black, and your favorite provider of minor league GIFs.

We talk Cardinals pitching development, the Jordan Walker development, what Kyle would do if he were GM and more.

We all know it’s early, but three weeks into the season, the Cardinals still sit near the bottom of the division. Is this team something worse than what we thought they were?

We also talk about Jordan Hicks and how the kind of underlying skills measured by Baseball Savant forecast the moves the Cardinals will make in the rotation and outfield. Plus, we answer listener questions about Jordan Walker’s development, favorite obscure Cardinals players and more.

On this week’s episode, we talk about the uncomfortable feud between Oliver Marmot and Tyler O’Neill and how it fits into a pattern of behavior from the Cardinals Manager. We also talk about the very bad starting rotation and why this could be just a blip or something much worse. Finally, we open the mailbag for questions about trading outfielders, our favorite Cardinals books and more.

Opening Day has come and gone with all its pageantry and a less than stellar result. But rather than dissect the game with Football Brain, we open up the mailbag to answer your questions about what it would take to trade for Ohtani, the organizations the Cardinals should emulate, the Best Ozzie Smith play of all-time, and more.

Here we are: The last off day before the 2023 season begins.

We talk about what we’ve learned and what we’re looking for, and in both cases, it has a lot to do with Jordan Walker.

Then we preview the position players with our 3rd annual WAR Draft. We look at the starting pitching options by considering some over/unders, before bantering briefly about the bullpen.

And as always we leave you with some off-day recommendations, including a playlist with a full hour of Here Comes the King.

The trucks have left St. Louis, pitchers and catchers have been reported, and full team workouts have begun. But for me, Cardinals baseball is really my favorite daily TV show. The new season begins on Saturday with the first broadcast from Spring Training.

We banter a bit about the state of the TV Show itself, including the drama surrounding the likely Sinclair/Diamond Sports/Bally bankruptcy, as well as the Chip Caray hiring. Then we answer a big stack of listener questions about the WBC, rule changes, the coming season and beyond.

Don’t forget to check out the new album from de Vant at Apple Music, Spotify or wherever you get your music.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year - when Dan Szymborski releases his ZiPS projections. And this season is all the more wonderful when those projections suggest the Cardinals will be a 90+ win juggernaut.

We talk through the projections at each projection and use that as an excuse to catch up on the offseason chatter.

In the offseason, we record a new episode when significant news breaks, and that was certainly the case yesterday. Adam Wainwright will return for a final season. Mike Maddux and Jeff Albert both will not return. We also decipher some of the smaller tidbits on John Mozeliak’s lengthy press conference.

Ben and Ben dig through the mailbag to talk platoon hitting woes, the future of the rotation, and answer the question 'is it over?'

The Cardinals postseason was much shorter than any of us hoped, but after a few sobering days, we’re back for one last podcast for the 2022 season.

We talk about the short series and whether there was anything to glean from the results, then we direct the recent Adam Wainwright tweets about his injury and speculate about what the Cardinals may do during the offseason.

Thanks to all of you who listened this season, sent in questions and interacted with us on Twitter. A huge Thank You to Dan for so much great social media content through the season. And Thank You to De Vant for the theme music.

We’ll be back for periodic episodes during the off-season, then we’ll be back to our regular off day schedule for the 2023 season.