Cardinals Off-Day

Cardinals Off-Day episodes:

• 05.23.2024

  86. Off Day Short - City Connects

  Ben & Ben spend this first Off Day Short kicking around the new Cardinals City Connects. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cardinalsoffday.substack.com

  
• 05.16.2024

  85. The team is bad; the vibes are worse

  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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

  
• 05.02.2024

  84. Off Day at Musial

  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...

  
• 04.25.2024

  83. The Cardinals won a series but we're not optimistic yet

  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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

  
• 04.18.2024

  82. Farewell to The White Rat

  We reminisce about the recently departed legendary Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog, then answer your questions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cardinalsoffday.substack.com

  
• 04.11.2024

  81. Small Sample Size Theater

  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. This is a public episode. If you...

  
• 04.05.2024

  80. Home Opening Off Day

  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. This is a public episode. If you would like to...

  
• 03.27.2024

  79. Cardinals Season Preview 2024

  We preview the season just ahead of Opening Day, answer your questions and hold our annual WAR Draft. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

  
• 02.14.2024

  78. Pitchers & Catchers Mailbag

  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. This is a public episode. If you would...

  
• 01.11.2024

  77. Merry ZiPSmas

  Dan Szymborski joins us to talk about his 2024 ZiPS projections for the St. Louis Cardinals. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cardinalsoffday.substack.com

  
• 11.29.2023

  76. Meet the new rotation. Same as the old one?

  John Mozeliak said he would add three starters, and now he has. So what do we think about it? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

  
• 10.04.2023

  75. The Off Season Off Day Begins

  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. This is a public episode. If you would like to...

  
• 09.25.2023

  74. Good news, it's an off day. Bad news, they will keep playing a bit longer.

  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. This is a public episode....

  
• 09.14.2023

  73. We swore we wouldn't care if Waino won 199

  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. ...

  
• 08.31.2023

  72. What Ifs and Tommy Edman

  We indulge in some What Ifs and answer listener questions about Friend of the Pod Tommy Edman. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

  
• 08.24.2023

  71. Masyn Winn has arrived

  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,...

  
• 08.13.2023

  70. The Worst Cardinals of All Time Draft

  We banter, we answer questions, and we draft the worst Cardinals of all time. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cardinalsoffday.substack.com

  
• 08.07.2023

  69. Nice Trade Deadline

  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. This is a public episode. If you would...

  
• 07.31.2023

  68. Cardinals Trade Deadline Deals

  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. This is a public episode. If you would...

  
• 07.13.2023

  Bonus: Meet Me at Musial Roundtable

  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,...

  
• 07.12.2023

  67. All Star Off Day

  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. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...

  
• 06.26.2023

  66. Wherever you go, there you are the Cardinals

  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...

  
• 06.22.2023

  65. London Calling

  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?...

  
• 06.15.2023

  64. Do we regret starting a Cardinals themed podcast?

  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. This is a public episode. If you would like to...

  
• 06.08.2023

  63. What would a Cardinal sell-off look like?

  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...

  
• 05.31.2023

  62. Double-Sized Off Day

  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...

  
• 05.11.2023

  61. The Willson Contreras Affair

  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...

  
• 05.01.2023

  60. Prospects Before and After Dark with Kyle Reis

  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...

  
• 04.20.2023

  59. What's the Motter with the Cardinals?

  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...

  
• 04.06.2023

  58. Tyler and Oli have some HR issues

  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...

  
• 03.31.2023

  57. Opening Day Mailbag

  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...

  
• 03.29.2023

  56. 2023 Cardinals Season Preview

  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...

  
• 02.24.2023

  55. The new season of our favorite TV show is back

  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...

  
• 01.20.2023

  54. We Wish You a Merry ZiPSmas

  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...

  
• 10.27.2022

  52. Waino's back; Coaches are gone

  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...

  
• 10.13.2022

  51. It's the End of the Season as We Know It (and I feel meh)

  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...

  
• 10.06.2022

  50. Postseason Preview

  It was an incredible, historic regular season, but now the postseason has arrived. We discuss the likely Wild Card roster, as well as starting pitcher usage - including Marmol’s comments about creative deployment of his starters. Then we breakdown the...

  
• 09.29.2022

  49. The Last Inning with Alex Crisafulli

  For our 2nd off day of the week, we are so glad to have Friend of the Pod Alex Crisafulli join us. You probably know Alex from the Chirps podcast, as well as his writing at Birds on the Black...

  
• 09.26.2022

  48. The 700 Club

  Remember when Albert Pujols hit 700 HRs? That was awesome. After gushing about Pujols, we talk how Wainwright’s dead arm might impact the postseason rotation. Then we look at the options for the postseason bench and wonder if the Cardinals...

  
• 09.19.2022

  47. The home stretch

  There’s just more than two weeks left in the regular season. Dylan Carlson and Steven Matz have returned. Tyler "O’Neill and Jordan Hicks have hit the injured list. We talk about these latest moves, then how the organization struggles to...

  
• 09.12.2022

  46. The Albert Pujols Devil Magic continues

  It is an off day today, which is the only reason we can assume that Albert Pujols will not hit another home run today. We continue to stand in awe of what The Machine is doing, and talk about how...

  
• 09.01.2022

  45. The returns of Pujols and Flaherty

  It’s been two weeks since the last Cardinals Off Day, and in that time, Albert Pujols has hit .429 / .487 / .914 and crushed 5 HRs. We talk Pujols in this episode: Both the amazing run he’s on...

  
• 08.15.2022

  44. More Questions on Flaherty, O'Neill, Burleson and beyond

  Ben Humphrey was lucky enough to be on assignment at Busch Stadium for the fantastic games against the Brewers Saturday and Sunday, so he’s calling in remotely to this episode. We dig back into another full mailbag and answer questions...

  
• 08.08.2022

  43. Post Trade Deadline Mailbag

  The Trade Deadline has come and gone and our mailbag is overflowing. For today’s Off Day Episode, we just answer your questions. We touch on everything from the minor league system to the major league outfield to what the rotation...

  
• 08.04.2022

  Special Trade Deadline Live Episode

  Our guiding principle here at Cardinals Off Day is to only drop new episodes on off days, but we made an exception for the Trade Deadline. Thanks to everyone who joined us live for this Twitter Spaces live recording. We...

  
• 08.01.2022

  42. A Juan Soto package, the Edmundo Sosa trade and what kind of pitcher the team might target

  We hope you listen to this episode early. With the Trade Deadline less than 48 hours away, this latest news and speculation could lose its timeliness in a hurry. We start by recapping the Edmundo Sosa trade and what it...

  
• 07.28.2022

  41. The latest on Juan Soto to the Cardinals

  The Trade Deadline approaches. We discuss Jeff Jones report that the Cardinals and Nationals have discussed a Juan Soto trade structured around Nolan Gorman and more, potentially with or without Patrick Corbin included. Then we look at other players who...

  
• 07.25.2022

  40. Kyle Reiss talks Cardinals Draft, Top Prospects and more

  We’d like to think we have many friends here at the Cardinals Off Day podcast, but no friend of the pod has joined us more frequently than Kyle Reiss - and we’re glad to have him back. With the 2022...

  
• 07.19.2022

  39. A conversation with John Mozeliak, the MLB draft and a 2nd half preview

  The All-Star Break is the longest off-day of the season, so we’re unleashing a super-sized episode. We begin by recapping the comments Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak made over the weekend on Blogger/Podcaster Day at the ballpark. He touched...

  
• 06.30.2022

  38. Will the Cardinals trade to fill the Flaherty and Matz hole?

  Since our last off day, Jack Flaherty has returned to the disabled list, and while Steven Matz is now making rehab starts, his return to the majors is still a ways off. So… will the Cardinals make a trade to...