E333: The Cardinals Call Up Jimmy Crooks - What Does it Mean?

What's that, Sandy? I can hear Cardinals fans rejoicing from the rooftops.

Oh, so good.

Jimmy Crooks is on the Major League roster ahead of this critical series against the Chicago Cubs this weekend.

Nelson Velasquez is also on the Major League roster as the Cardinals have sent down Cesar Prieto.

Uh, oh my gosh, and my brain is blanking right now.

Yoel Pozo.

Uh, but the big news is Jimmy Crooks, um, and the Cardinals have confirmed they're making changes to their catching rotation.

What does that mean for the Cardinals here now? And big picture, we have thoughts on this emergency pod episode of Dealing the Cards.

Welcome in to Dealing the Cards, presented by FanDuel and 314 Sports Cards and Collectibles.

I'm Josh Jacobs, this is Sandy.

We don't have Andrew today, but...

And typically we don't do emergency pods in May, and typically we really don't do them for call-ups or roster moves, but considering this has been, like, the topic of the season, I feel like since even before the season started, of whether how the Cardinals should handle the catching situation.

And, um, also suit up.

Some-- A Barney Stinson reference right there.

If you're not on audio, Sandy looks dapper today.

Barry's got in there as well.

Sandy dressed up for the pod.

Um-

Aw, shucks, guys.

Aw, shucks.

But if you're new to the pod, uh, we're Dealing Cards.

We go live over here on our YouTube channel and on audio platforms you'll find this later.

Um, covering the St. Louis Cardinals all season long, usually two pods a week, but when something happens, we're here to react to it.

Um, we'll also have, uh, audio from Heim Bloom tomorrow, um, as he's gonna give some, a Q&A at the blogger day they do every year, which will be super fun.