The Cardinals Sell at the Deadline: May, JoJo & Nootbaar Traded | Talking About Birds 232

The Cardinals sold at the deadline — Dustin May and JoJo Romero are Brewers, Lars Nootbaar is a Diamondback, and the returns are genuinely exciting. Nate and Ben break down the four prospects coming back, why the Dustin May signing worked out about as well as it possibly could have, and the catching logjam Bloom still didn't clear. Plus: Quinn Mathews makes his MLB debut, Tink Hence gets a surprising DFA, previews of the Rockies and Phillies, the Harrison Bader drunk-scooter saga, and much more! ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Opening bit: the Harrison Bader suspension 02:04 Harrison Bader's drunken scooter crash 03:27 He hit the most visible object on earth 04:03 The Giants try to void his contract 07:00 Is it even a DUI on a scooter? 07:52 Just call a helicopter, my dude 10:30 Everyone needs "a guy" 11:34 Have a gun guy for hire 12:24 Nate's guacamole scooter disaster 14:43 The Cardinals were deadline sellers 15:15 Saying goodbye to Lars Nootbaar 17:36 The catching logjam Bloom didn't clear 18:47 Nootbaar's surprising 10 WAR as a Cardinal 20:56 Should Bernal be up over Pages right now? 22:00 Why keep Pedro Pages and Ryan Stanek? 24:20 Catcher-maxing with César Prieto 25:00 The Dustin May trade: what a success 26:18 Meet Alexander Frias, 18 and mashing 28:13 Meet Josiah Ragsdale, the other piece 30:50 A 117-mph ball at 18 years old 31:44 Ragsdale's numbers at every level 36:17 Finally, some bats to dream on 38:06 The Nootbaar deal: Eagan and Santana 40:36 Sandro Santana strikes out everybody 41:45 He's the exact size of a podcast host 43:47 Daniel Eagan's weird over-the-top slot 45:29 What Diamondbacks fans think of the deal 47:29 The Brewers' rejected Skubal offer 49:34 The mystery Caleb Ferguson trade 52:13 Keeping Herrera and Burleson 54:12 Quinn Mathews makes his MLB debut 57:06 Dobbins takes Dustin May's rotation spot 59:06 César Prieto and his elusive first hit 1:02:27 Tink Hence gets surprisingly DFA'd 1:05:38 Patreon / Bird Scored / socials 1:07:51 Series preview: the Rockies come to town 1:08:53 The Rockies are actually kind of fun now 1:09:59 Rockies pitching matchups 1:11:32 Series preview: the Phillies 1:14:13 The Phillies' baffling Arraez alignment 1:16:36 League news: Adley Rutschman is a Red Sox 1:19:00 The Red Sox are dumping pitching depth 1:21:23 Padres grab Casey Mize and Robbie Ray 1:22:38 The Cubs add Gausman and Holmes 1:24:46 Surprising sells: Luis García and Liam Hicks 1:26:48 Game: Who Is This Guy? 1:36:11 Outro 🔗 Links Patreon & Birdscord: Patreon: talkingaboutbirds Website & merch: https://talkingaboutbirds.com Crossonym: https://crossonym.com Voicemail / text: (848) 48-BIRDS — (848) 482-4737 Email: [email protected] Bluesky / Instagram / TikTok: @talkingaboutbirds Have a question or comment for the show? Text or leave us a voicemail at: (848) 48-BIRDS (848-482-4737) Talking About Birds is listener supported on Patreon. Support the show and join our private discord server at: www.patreon.com/talkingaboutbirds #stlcards #cardinals #mlb #stlcardinals #cardinalsnation #baseball #tradedeadline #dustinmay #harrisonbader #baseballpodcast