Springfield Cardinals

It's gonna happen.

Wouldn't the Cardinals love to be in this situation the Phillies are in?

[laughs]

With their pitchers and their hitters? Sure they would.

So it, it sure doesn't feel like we're very far away.

Um, you know, in the grand scheme of things, like yes, like there's still plenty of young guys that need to come up from the minor leagues.

Um, you know, listening to podcasts about, um, like what was happening in double-A this year, I mean, speak Amarillo, the Springfield Cardinals unfortunately lost to these guys, uh, in the double-A championship this year.

But just saw we got the player to be named later in the Nootbaar trade, so listened to something on him, and just all the good guys that we have coming through the system.

The Cardinals have a young roster, I get it, but third base remains one of the more obvious areas where an outside addition could make sense.

Now, I mentioned yesterday that the, uh, Springfield Cardinals have a shortstop that is built like a ...

He's actually built like a linebacker, but he'd make a great third baseman, because w- I think we're pretty solid at shortstop.

The guy is great defensively, and he's swinging the lumber.

I realized now since the reshuffling of minor league baseball after the 2020 season that the team is unaffiliated, so that's less of or not an issue at all.

But I'm curious, if you look at minor league baseball now, we just saw the Springfield Cardinals at the time of this recording this week announced that they're rebranding next year.

The Syracuse Mets, not that far from you all, they're going to be rebranding in 2028.

By my count, in 2028, there will be seven teams still named for their parent clubs out of the 120 in affiliated minor league baseball teams.

I'm sorry.

And I don't want them to rename the Springfield Cardinals to the Springfield Route 66s.

Yeah, I've heard rumors that it's going to be another bird name, and I feel like they'll still stay red and try to do everything they can to be as close to the Cardinals without being the Cardinals.

What are they going to call them, the Springfield Turkey

He had a massive home run.

It was electric.

The Springfield Cardinals were in the lead at that point, but then they lost.

And then besides that, with the Fantasy Baseball Finals, and by the end of the podcast, Dane will probably have to send me $25.

I watched that game as well.

And that, of course, is the last game in Springfield Cardinals history.

as they will be rebranding next month.

Totally new identity.

So the Springfield Cardinals era ended with them losing a winner-take-all game in the Texas League Championship Series, and also yesterday the Rocket City Trash Pandas won it all.

And, yeah, we got two winner-take-all games in AAA tonight, which by the time people listen to this podcast tomorrow will be decided.

And...

Springfield took Game 1, 7-2.

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Oh, Springfield Cardinals.

You had it, man.

You had it.

But all he's done is hit the snot out of the baseball at every single level he goes to.

And he's helped lead the Springfield team to the Texas League Finals again.

Now, there's no rush to bring Rodriguez up.

And if there's a work stoppage, he's not on the 40-man, so there's no danger of him not being able to play.

Coming up next, we're going to do some news and notes from around the league.

We'll talk about the playoff pictures.

We're also going to talk about the minor leagues, including losses for Springfield and Memphis.

0-3 for the organization on Tuesday.