Viva El Birdos
a St. Louis Cardinals community
You all have spoken and here are the results.
This time we cover a safer demographic that still isn’t necessarily safe.
A collection of Viva El Birdos's daily feature articles that also houses the free-ranging daily discussion thread.
Look it’s a bird! And another bird. Playing against each other?
It’s some more high school bats, BUT ALSO a couple high school arms.
The draft is coming up and it’s the Cardinals highest pick since JD Drew in 1998!
There are a lot of 1st round talents out of high school this year, and I couldn’t get to all of them.
Cardinals vs Cubs material a month early! Ivan Herrera and Carson Kelly + Cardinals Hitter Rankings + a June outlook and more
I don’t think this team is as bad as their record... though they have played like that bad of a team.
Huge improvements from Jordan Walker have helped the Cardinals lead all teams in OAA.
Can we rely on it to be this good for the rest of the season?
Three key developing players to the Cardinals organization’s plans
"No manager in the league brings their closer in on the road in the ninth [in a tie game]," - Oli Marmol
Not surprising they are a good team, but it is surprising how good they’ve been
On the irony of baseball’s evolving relationship with gambling and how exile, in some ways, magnified the legends of Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson.
Newly informed of advanced stats, Matt Carpenter came along and became my favorite player
9 Game Winning Streak Supplants Doom (for now)
Bring on your questions!
Two lefties and Aaron Nola... and Nola is probably the worst pitcher of the three.
Keith Law has some guess in his mock draft.
More bad news than you’d like though there are some surprises
Elite defense + good hitting + good enough pitching can be a success
Cardinals breakout reliever is building the bridge back to Helsley
Cardinals face the same exact pitchers as last series against the Pirates.
I couldn’t pick just one topic, so I chose them all.
Analyzing MLB free agent signings during this past off-season. This market is a bit inscrutable
One month into the season and there are even more questions than before
Cardinals offense continues to struggle with too many balls on the ground.
I didn’t intend to talk bad about the Reds...
going from pick 13 to pick 5 really makes a big difference.
The bullpen’s problems are entirely because of middle relief
It seems to be something about home sickness, maybe? Or maybe April stats are a mirage.
The Cardinal lefty has been impressive so far in 2025
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