Cardinals Minor Leagues

Wednesday with Walton – September 10, 2025

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...

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Wednesday with Walton – September 3, 2025

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...

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Wednesday with Walton – August 27, 2025

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...

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Wednesday with Walton – August 20, 2025

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...

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Wednesday with Walton – August 13, 2025

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...

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Wednesday with Walton – August 5, 2025

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...

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Wednesday with Walton – July 30, 2025

Wednesday with Walton – July 30, 2025

Brian and Kyle cover a lot of ground, from Tekoah Roby to the pitching pipeline to JJ Wetherholt. The promotions of Deniel Ortiz and Andrew Dutkanych and the progress of catchers Leonardo Bernal and Jimmy Crooks are discussed, as are expectations for the trade deadline.

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Wednesday with Walton – July 23, 2025

Wednesday with Walton – July 23, 2025

Brian and Kyle continue their focus on the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2025 draft. But first, they delve into the major pitching moves of the week, including McGreevy, Rajcic, Winquest and Davis. Brian offers his view of how the Cardinals’ spending was different this year...

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Wednesday with Walton – July 16, 2025

Wednesday with Walton – July 16, 2025

Brian and Kyle are joined by guest analyst Kareem Haq in an extended podcast covering all aspects of the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2025 draft. They begin with how the first round played out, before and after St. Louis’ fifth overall selection. Many of the organization’s 21...

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