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Who knows how this is gonna play out.

Uh, but it-- I think it's everything Cardinal Nation should be watching.

Uh, as this off-season has gotten underway, uh, there's a lot of things to talk about.

And, uh, the big question is, how aggressive are the Cardinals really going to be this winter? That is the big question.

I know I was really excited when he got named to the All-Star team and then to watch him go into the All-Star game and walk up and say, hi, I'm Jordan Walker and I hit dingers.

And he did.

He really showed out at the All-Star game and that was great for the Cardinal Nation.

But his 2026 season did not exactly start smoothly.

Hello, everyone.

It is the 30th of September and time for another edition of Wednesday with Walton Reese here at the Cardinal Nation and via all your favorite podcast apps.

I'm Brian Walton and this is my partner, Kyle Reese.

Kyle, welcome.

This was just our first episode, and we've covered a lot of ground.

We didn't even talk yet about the Arizona Fall League, but by the time we're together next time, games will be played.

down in the desert, so we can talk about Brandon Clark and Ty Peet, but also Sammy Hernandez, who, as I continue to crawl through the numbers, one of the things that we're running at the Cardinal Nation now is recaps of the season, a breakdown into statistics of who the leaders were, and Sammy Hernandez, you know, shows up on a lot of the hitting list, the top five across the system this year, and he's going to be down in the desert as well.

So make sure you come to Cardinal Nation, read all our content.

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And host or contributor to every single podcast in the Cardinal Nation, I think.

Viva Alberto's, Cardinals on My Time, and I'm sure I'm missing some.

Yeah, Redbird rants.

You can vote for Jordan at MLB.com. I've already put my vote in.

Get on it Cardinal Nation.

Some minor league news, uh, Brandon Clark, Tsukaero Obi, Thai Pete lead the minor leaguers who were, uh, named to the Peoria roster for the upcoming Arizona Fall League season, which will begin on October the 3rd.

Uh, other players making the trip out west, third baseman Cade Magee, who's been on fire recently, catcher Sammy Hernandez, right-handed pitcher Nate Dome, and left-handed pitcher Michael Watson, and, uh, right-hand pitcher Frank Elasall.

Yeah.

A little peek in, uh, peek into the future where we talk about your pitcher of the month for the Cardinal Nation.

You know, he was worth being listed on there, and he was listed on there because he really put it together to end the season, which is really important because there, there you have it, another lefty who throws an interesting fastball with, uh, plus potentially more changeup, and can also, uh, spin the ball a little bit w- with an interesting breaking pitch.

So I would say that, like, from that positive, that standpoint, you know, I, I love the way that the pitching has been able to backfill and the pitching has been able to produce, uh, as they've been promoted, whether aggressively or on time or otherwise.

That's, uh, Jacob Ohtoro.

And, uh, Kyle mentioned the pitcher and player of the month.

Last week we talked about, uh, the Cardinal Nation's player of the month, Rainiel Rodriguez, and you can go to the website and read the free article.

Again, he, uh, uh, had a tremendous, tremendous August.

They could get into wild card.

Cardinal Nation must be happy.

Really exciting, Bill, because the last couple of years has been not smooth sailing, to say the least.

And then we all know that the Giants have gone through a transition, too.