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Assessing Francisco Lindor’s Potential Trade Fit with the Cardinals

It’s unlikely, but let’s humor this idea anyway

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Vaccine News is Good News for Everyone (Including the Cardinals)

The Cardinals are mired in uncertainty, but good news about a vaccine could help bring needed clarity to payroll and roster decisions.

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Viva El Birdos is on FanPulse

We’re inviting members of this Cardinals-crazed community to join us in a polling project.

A trade improving the 2021 team seems unlikely

A trade improving the team would probably come with a player making actual money.

This is how it often ends

Fans want to see Wainwright and Molina make a farewell tour and retire as Cardinals. That almost never happens.

Considering Joc Pederson as a Cardinal

The Cardinals want a power bat. Pederson could fit the bill.

Scouting Ha Seong Kim

Looking into one of the more intriguing players on the market this offseason.

Free Agent Spotlight: Hae-seong Kim

One team will get him for a bargain, and that one team will not be the Cardinals

The Best of “the Rest”

The 2020 "Best of" series concludes with baserunning, the club’s best coaching performance, and my favorite stat of the season.

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A quick look at the Kolten Wong, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright(, and Nolan Arenado) free agent rumors - A Hunt and Peck

Something to percolate over.

An Update on Cardinal Trade Values

What value can the Cardinals extract on the trade market?

SB Nation Reacts: Manager Talk

Who Else Could Get the Payroll Axe?

The Cardinals probably aren’t done cutting payroll. Who else could go?

Welcome to Viva El Birdos

A handy guide to the site

The unlikely (impossible) road to JT Realmuto

What needs to happen for the Cards to sign Realmuto?

Kolten Wong wins second Gold Glove; Tyler O’Neill wins first - A Hunt and Peck

Just as we thought.

Colorizing some old St. Louis baseball photos with Photoshop neural filters

I had too much anxiety about the election this week to write anything, so I colored some pictures instead.

The Cardinals share their call-up memories - A Hunt and Peck

Here are all the videos so far!

Birdos in Brief

How much will a win cost in free agency?

Teams across baseball declined options left and right. What can that tell us about the months ahead?

Adam Wainwright has a super Halloween costume - A Hunt and Peck

such a wholesome family

Transaction Analysis 11/2: Your 2020 Offseason Cardinals Transaction Roadmap

The complicated free agency of Molina

The situation is a lot more complicated than people are willing to acknowledge.

VEB Open Thread - Monday, 11/02/20

Edman vs. Wong: A Comparison We Shouldn’t Have to Make

Edman should come close to matching Wong’s production. The Cardinals would be better with both players.

This offseason is gonna be weird - A Hunt and Peck

Already not liking this.

Which Team Component Correlates Best with Team Quality?

What’s the relationship to winning for offense, pitching, defense, and baserunning?

VEB Open Thread - Friday 10/30/20

In appreciation of Kolten Wong - A Hunt and Peck

<3 u, Kolten

Quantifying the Impact of COVID on the Cardinals

How much did COVID impact the 2020 season and how should that affect roster decisions for 2021?

Kolten Wong is gone and that sucks

This really, really sucks.

In baseball and in America, this summer was a journey from collective responsibility to abdication

Baseball reflects America. That was true this year more than ever.

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