Wednesday With Walton and Reis of The Cardinal Nation

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with the World Series, Angels front office news, St. Louis’ hitting coach change and a new minor league coordinator. Arizona Fall League highlights include Frank Elissalt, Tekoah Roby and Tai Peete. The Cardinal Nation’s affiliate Players of the Year and Rookies of the Year are discussed and more!

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with the World Series and market implications, analytics and scouting. The team’s three Gold Glove Award “finalists” are noted. They discuss Winter Ball, with focus on Leo Bernal and Yadier Molina. AFL standouts Tekoah Roby and Tai Peete are mentioned as are The Cardinal Nation’s Starting Pitchers of the Year by affiliate.

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with the AGMs and coaches, a JJ award, Pipeline’s Top 100, the Fall Off-Season Program, two with good starts in the AFL, two with Best Stuff+ in the minors, Springfield rebranding, TCN’s Relievers of the Year and more!

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with the MLB playoffs, especially CWS, ChC and MIL, new Card Brian Curley, Quinn Mathews, arbitration eligibles (placeholders and extension candidates), AFL players Brandon Clarke and Tai Peete and more.

As they do every Wednesday, Brian and Kyle cover the news ofthe week across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with national award winners Rodriguez, Santana, Ragsdale and Jesus Baez. They discuss Bloom’s end of season presser including implications to the roster, starting lineup androtation. Competing in 2027 vs. 2028 was debated and whether the Cardinals have enough prospects.

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with a Springfield playoff recap, award winners Rodriguez, Doyle, Molina and Jesus Baez, and other awards perhaps deserving. They discuss the Memphis playoff series, future impact of the 60% increase in home runs, Bernal’s Top 100 ranking and how St. Louis might approach the off-season.

Brian and Kyle cover the week’s news across the St. LouisCardinals system, starting a Springfield playoff preview and a brief look ahead to Memphis. Players include Fajardo, Doyle, Clarke, Baez, Rodriguez, Gurevitch, Molina and Levenson. The organization’s eight players assigned to the Arizona Fall League are profiled, including Clarke, Roby, Peete, Hernandez and more.

Brian and Kyle cover the news across the St. Louis Cardinals system, starting with recaps of the Class-A seasons by Palm Beach and Peoria and their key players. Names include Henne, Dos Santos, Hernandez, Padilla, Hunter, Williamson, Worley, Crossland, Odle and many more. Other topics are August Pitcher of the Month, Hjerpe’s MLB debut, Winn’s return, Cijntje, Molina and Memphis’s chances in the playoffs.

Brian and Kyle cover the news from a busy week across the St. Louis Cardinals system. Topics include new Angels ownership, Springfield’s name change, injuries to Winn, Wetherholt and others, roster expansion with prospects, 3B future with Baez and Ortiz, an FCL all-star and TCN’s Player of the Month, Rainiel Rodriguez.

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St.Louis Cardinals system, starting with MLB injuries to Winn, Pallante and Dobbins, innings limits and the impact on Gorman and the no. 5 starter. Next is a brief AFL primer and how the labor situation may impact the international program.Injuries to Henderson and Padilla are noted as are Springfield standouts Clemente, Santana, Doyle, Baez and Rodriguez.

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St.Louis Cardinals system, starting with Joshua Baez and Kyle’s survey. Organization Player and Pitcher of the Month awards are reviewed as are new farm system rankings from BA, MLB and Fangraphs. September callups are touched upon beforethe two cover their August Cardinals Top 50 Prospect Rankings. Oh yes, and the navy caps get a callout!

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St.Louis Cardinals system, and with all the roster changes, there’s a lot of it. Pitchers discussed include Cooper Hjerpe, Mason Molina, Ixan Henderson, Tanner Franklin, Yhoiker Fajardo, Cade Crossland, Daniel Eagen and more. Hitters mentionedinclude Rainiel Rodriguez, both Baezes, Leonardo Bernal and the catching position, what to do at third base and more. They close with a possible view of the 40-man, Rule 5 and minor league rosters if there is a lockout this coming winter.

Brian and Kyle cover the news of the week across the St.Louis Cardinals system, including promotions and awards. Topics include Quinn Mathews to St. Louis and back, Tink Hence, Tanner Franklin, Tai Peete, Yordalin Peña, JesusBaez, Liam Doyle, Andrew Dutkanych and more.

In a special episode recorded just after the August 3 trade deadline, Brian and Kyle break down the deals that brought four prospects into the St. Louis Cardinals organization – outfielders Alexander Frias and Josiah Ragsdale from Milwaukee plus pitchers Daniel Eagen and Sandro Santana from Arizona – where they fit into the organization and onto our Top 50 prospect list. Kyle closes with a rant about not addressing the catching position backlog.

In the final episode prior to the August 3 trade deadline, Brian and Kyle start with the idea and timing of trading Ivan Herrera and Lars Nootbaar, bullpen turnover and potential rotation changes. They focus on hitters in the system including Jack Gurevitch, Tai Peete, Colton Ledbetter, Chase Davis, Joshua Baez and more!

Before getting into how and where they ranked the St. Louis Cardinals 2026 draft picks in the TCN Top 50, Brian and Kyle cover players in the news including Clarke, Nuñez, Sparks, Driessen, Mautz, Cijntje, Mathews, Dobbins, Hence and more.

Brian and Kyle cover players in the news of the week across the St. Louis Cardinals system including the Futures Game, Home Run Derby, All-Star Game. JJ’s contract, Pitchers/Players of the Week/Month, Gastelum’s debut,pitching injury rehabs and player transactions.

In this special double-length edition, Brian and Kyle are joinedby Kareem Haq of Cardinals Prospects and Birds on the Farm podcast. The sole subject is a very important one - how the St. Louis Cardinals fared in the 2026 MLB Draft. They begin with an overall view of the team’s strategies, player selection and financials as well as how outsiders viewed the draft. Then, every one of the 23 draft picks is discussed in detail from scouting and metrics perspectives.

Brian and Kyle open with the All-Star Game, Futures Game and the odd draft schedule this coming weekend. Players covered include Gastelum, Mautz, Rodriguez, Doyle, Hjerpe, Molina, Rincon, Nuñez and Mathews plus hitters Peña and Cho. They close with their final preview of the Cardinals 2026 draft plans.

Brian and Kyle open with hot Palm Beach hitters Brayden Smith and Ryan Weingartner. New Memphis pitcher Mason Molina is next along with speculation about other deadline deals potentially coming. Leadership changes with the Cardinals and Angels, now and perhaps ahead, are explored. They close with analysis of significant changes to player acquisition and development proposed in the CBA negotiations.