Wednesday with Walton – September 10, 2025
Brian and Kyle begin with Liam Doyle’s professional debut with Palm Beach and Tanner Franklin’s first start with Peoria. More late-season promotions announced on Tuesday were discussed, including Doyle to Springfield and Rainiel Rodriguez to Peoria. Also covered were...
Wednesday with Walton – September 3, 2025
This week, Brian and Kyle start with minor league playoff status, then major league news, including September 1 roster expansion and Jordan Walker. Other topics include a change at minor league hitting coordinator, another draftee activated, a league Player of the...
Cade Winquest gets a grip on slider to take firm hold with Springfield
A sharp fastball and 12-6 curveball that he’s commanded since he was 12 years old helped Cade Winquest pile up strikeouts at University of Texas-Arlington and persuaded the Cardinals to draft the righthander in the 8th round of the 2022 MLB Draft. But Winquest knew he...
Wednesday with Walton – August 27, 2025
Brian and Kyle start with recent promotions, including Tanner Franklin and Chen-Wei Lin. They share their fondness for the prior September 1 roster expansion rules and expect this year’s additions will not be what fans want. They close with a discussion of Cardinals...
The Greatest Cardinals Lineup I’ve Ever Seen – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
As the air turns to Autumn my mind turns to nostalgia. The teams of years gone by. The players, the fans in the stands, the sound of the roar from Clark echoing through the canyons of downtown. There were times of joy, despair, jubilation, and confetti below...
Wednesday with Walton – August 20, 2025
This week, Brian and Kyle are joined by guest Kareem Haq. The three started with recent promotion, injury and award news across the system. Most of this extended session was spent discussing Cardinals draft picks from rounds 8-20 this year. Not surprisingly, some...
Hope, Stress, Joy, and a St. Louis Cardinals Playoff Run? – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
Let’s do this. I’m in. I love October, I love it more with local baseball on the telly. Can our Birds do it? Why the heck not? As you read this the St.Louis Cardinals are 61-61 having played 122 of their scheduled 162 games. 40 contests left. 40 opportunities to...
Wednesday with Walton – August 13, 2025
This week, Brian and Kyle start with recent award winners Quinn Mathews, Brycen Mautz, JJ Wetherholt and Braden Davis. Their primary focus is adjusting their respective Top 50 prospect lists for August. Key changes include performance-related jumps (and slides) as...
Wednesday with Walton – August 5, 2025
It is another busy week as Brian and Kyle start with the six minor leaguers the St. Louis Cardinals acquired via trade at the deadline. They discuss a pair of interesting waiver wire moves as well as the implications of another starting pitcher injury at the upper...
Sonny Gray: An Ace in the Way it Matters Most – From the many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
His numbers are good, not great. The respect from fans and media can be best described as “tepid.” But, I argue he has been what he was signed to be, an Ace. Now that I’ve lost 73% of readers who will now leave scathing comments after reading a sentence, how about us...