Jake and Heather catch up with creator of thecardinalnation.com Brian Walton. We talk about the Cardinals recent post deadline stretch and all that's come with that as well as players to keep an eye on at each level of the minor league system and some potential Arizona Fall League names and minor league players the Cardinals acquired at this years trade deadline. We wrap with some of the more interesting names from the Cardinals draft class that took place this past July and some of Brian's thoughts on those players.

Jake, Heather, and Scott catch up with Jeff Jones, Cardinals beat reporter for the Belleville News Democrat, and discuss a wide range of topics such as the Cardinals sluggish start out of the break, why Arenado continues to bat 5th, the Erick Fedde trade, who else could be traded at the deadline, and more!

We're doing a midseason check in with 1120 KMOX sports personality Kevin Wheeler. We talk about the draft as a whole, Bob Nightengale's Cardinals snippets in his Sunday column, how soon could we see JJ Wetherholt, and more!

Jake is joined by Prospect guru Kareem Haq and Director of Pro Scouting for Prospects Live Rhys B. White as they provide their insights in how the draft could unfold picks 1-4 leading up to the Cardinals pick number 5, the potential names available at 5, names to know at picks 55, 72, and 89, as well as a sleeper name to watch later in the draft!

Jake, Heather, and Gabe talk about the Cardinals going 4-5 on their recent road trip. The group also digest some snippets of Katie Woo's recent article where herself and other assembled media got a mini state of the union on where the Cardinals are at 4 weeks from the trade deadline. Please consider subscribing if you don't already. It helps drive listenership to our site!

Its a full cast! Jake, Adam, Gabe, Scott, and Heather all answer your questions! Matthew Liberatore workload concerns, Oli Marmol future as manager, trade and offseason talk. That and much more on this episode of the Viva El Birdos podcast!

This week Jake and Adam are re-joined by Mike Jones, and newest writer for the site Scott Plaza to talk with guest Rob Cerfolio. Rob is an Assistant General Manager and head of player development and performance for the St. Louis Cardinals. We cover a wide range of topics with Rob in just a 30 minute span! This is one you're not going to want to miss as a Cardinals fan! Please leave a rate and review it helps us grow our show!

Happy Fathers day to all the dad's who shared memories with their fathers or share baseball as a passion with their children! Today's episode has a slightly different feel than our typical episode. Father-Son duo Andy Carroll and his son Noah join Jake to talk to Double A Manager for the Springfield Cardinals Patrick Anderson! We talk with PA about a variety of different topics in relation to the dynamics of todays relationship between parent and child in sports and of course we couldn't let him get away without asking some of the real hard hitting questions you die hard's wanted to know as well! Thanks for listening and we'll talk to you again next week!