Two Reasons Why I Can’t Continue At St Louis Cardinals: Just In Top Slugger And All-Star Reject Contract Offer Wants To Leave

Two Reasons Why I Can’t Continue At St Louis Cardinals: Just In Top Slugger And All-Star Reject Contract Offer Wants To Leave

What to know about the prospects Cardinals got from Diamondbacks in Lars Nootbaar trade

This week, Gabe and I talk about the Cardinals’ recent 3-7 stretch that the team has continued to endure out of the All-Star break; we also play everyone’s favorite game of “stay or go” with all of the primary names being discussed before Monday’s deadline; finally, we finish up with a destination for 1 Cardinals player and team match we’d like to see and 1 across the sport and team match.

We will visit with Jeff Jones of the Belleville News Democrat and potentially David Gasper of the Brewers’ daily podcast to talk about the deal that sent Dustin May and JoJo Romero to Milwaukee yesterday. We are also anticipating potential sit-downs with Cardinals Assistant GM Rob Cerfolio, Cardinals Broadcaster Stefan Carey, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch lead Cardinals beat writer Derrick Goold.

I apologize again for no transcript; I will get back to it next week. These last couple of weeks have been late-night, last-minute projects in order to keep up with the consistency of the show!
St. Louis Cardinals Lars Nootbaar (21) walk back to the dugout after striking out in the tenth inning as the Cubs beat the Cardinals on Thursday, July 30, 2026 at Busch Stadium.

Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch

Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar is the last player to leave the dugout after striking out in the 10th inning of a 4-2 loss to the Cubs on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at Busch Stadium.

Laurie Skrivan, Post-Dispatch