After sorting through and writing about the Fangraphs prospect update in recent weeks, I got to wondering about some players who weren't on this list of prospects and who might find themselves on it after the next update. Who in the system is not on a prospect list NOW but could well be by this [...]

The MLB Winter Meetings this week seemed to be eerily quiet for the St. Louis Cardinals. New reports seem to indicate that there was a lot of activity happening behind the scenes as there's new interest in both Willson Contreras and Lars Nootbaar and questions answered about what would it be like if Nolan Arenado [...]

Once a potentially impactful draft that nobody paid attention to, the Rule 5 draft is now an inconsequential draft that most diehard baseball fans pay too much attention to. Present company included. I kid, sort of. But it was once a draft that gave the Pittsburgh Pirates Roberto Clemente, the Chicago Cubs Hack Wilson,...

Patience is a virtue or so I'm told. All I can say is that it better be as many of the St. Louis Cardinal faithful have watched the MLB Winter Meetings come and go with barely a whisper of anything meaningful getting done. Instead of fast-tracking deals, it appears that new President of Baseball Operations [...]

With the unfortunate news of the Cardinals pretty much getting a worst case scenario lottery draw in the draft at 13th overall pick, I will sidestep that news for now and let someone else handle that topic. My take is that you never know, just reminds me of how Pujols was picked in the 13th [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals had a slim chance of landing the number one slot in the MLB Draft Lottery. That didn't happen as President of Baseball Operations Chaim Bloom and his team will be making a selection much later than they would have preferred. The Chicago White Sox will pick 1st followed by the Tampa [...]

Today at 4:30 PM ET, MLB will unveil the results of the Amateur Draft Lottery. The Cardinals currently have the 8th best odds of landing the number 1 overall pick at 2.35%. The Chicago White Sox (27.73%), Minnesota Twins (22.18%), and Pittsburgh Pirates (16.81%) round out the top 3. The Orioles, A's, Braves, and Rays [...

I don't necessarily intend to write about players I don't think the Cardinals will ever get. It feels like a waste of time. But well, I don't know who I could write about if I focused on players I thought the Cardinals might get. It's a short list and most of the list aren't very [...]

No second baseman hit more home runs than Jeff Kent and he'll now take his place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame according to the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. The National Baseball Hall of Fame has shared the news tonight that Jeff Kent will be enshrined as part of the class of 2026. He [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals are officially committing to the rebuild after teasing with the transition idea at this time last year. With Sonny Gray gone, the Cardinals need to go fully into this new direction and truly look to take advantage of their trade pieces. By now, you know to me that means dealing Nolan [...]

Hello Viva El Birdos! I am excited to break down some Cardinals hitters today, but I wanted to briefly introduce myself. I have been reading VEB for well over a decade at this point and credit this site's writers and commenters with much of my education in baseball analytics. I appreciate the quality that this [...]

As I write this, we are only a few days away from the beginning of the MLB Winter Meetings. There seems to be a consensus that the St. Louis Cardinals will be active, but what will President of Operations Chaim Bloom and his team accomplish over the next week? Let's make some somewhat educated guesses. [...]