Pete Hansen miffs Arkansas with new gyro slider, helps Springfield staff close dominant July
The dog days of August arrived with mild weather forecast, and after a scorching July for lefty Pete Hansen and Springfield’s pitching staff, cooler temperatures are the best hope Texas League opponents have for some relief. Hansen went 3-0 and struck out 29 batters...
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.
Blow It Up, Tear It Down, Start All Over Again – From the Many Laptops of Will Saulsbery
They’ve broken me, my Cardinals. This team seems so distant, non-understandable, endlessly frustrating and filled with unmet potential. I wrote multiple times about how good this team could be. Multiple former and future All-Stars, former top 5 Cy Young finishers, MVP...
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...
“We’re not making a mockery of the game”: Banana Ball in St. Louis convinces a skeptic
Wearing a red superhero cape, Savannah Bananas’ right fielder Reese Alexiades turned a routine fly-ball into an acrobatic flip-catch on the first pitch of Banana Ball in St. Louis on Friday night, and with that, two hours of frantic baseball and sensory overload was...
A tribute to the Cardinals Gameday Scorecard as Steve Zesch Retires from Cardinals Publications
Steve Zesch retired from Cardinals Publications this week after 29 years of creating and preserving St. Louis Cardinals history in the form of calendars, magazines, and scorecards sold at Busch Stadium. Nearly 200 of those scorecards are tucked in binders in my home...
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...
Refined changeup key for Hancel Rincon’s hot start with Double-A Springfield
Hancel Rincon spent the winter months tinkering with his changeup. Signed by the Cardinals as a teenager from the Dominican Republic in 2019, Rincon, 23, led all qualified Minor League pitchers with a 0.97 WHIP in 2023 and went 9-7 with a 3.80 ERA and 105 strikeouts...
Wednesday with Walton – July 9, 2025
Brian and Kyle discuss JJ Wetherholt’s promotion to Memphis, then recap the Cardinals organization’s June Player and Pitcher of the Month, Deniel Ortiz and Hancel Rincon, as well as other candidates. They close with a view of how the first five selections in the 2025...
Wednesday with Walton – July 2, 2025
Kyle is back as he and Brian discuss St. Louis’ Tuesday roster moves with a focus on Ralston, Showalter and Burns. JJ Wetherholt is going to the Futures Game, but several other good candidates were bypassed. The Florida State League Player of the Week (Deniel Ortiz)...