Locked On Cardinals - Daily Podcast On The St. Louis Cardinals

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Meet The Cardinals Top Pitching Prospect Gordon Graceffo Nov 08, 2022

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The St. Louis Cardinals Top Pitching Prospect, and #3 overall, Gordon Graceffo joins the show today to talk about growing up as a New York Yankees fan.

Getting drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals

What it's like in the minor leagues

His thoughts on fellow top prospects and teammates Jordan Walker, Masyn Winn, and Moises Gomez.

What it's like facing the legendary Albert Pujols and which Thanksgiving foods are good and gross

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The 2023 Coaching Staff Is In Place, Plus Some New Names To Think About At Catcher Nov 08, 2022

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The St. Louis Cardinals have hired Cardinals Hall Of Famer Matt Holliday to be their new bench coach. They also promoted Dusty Blake to pitching coach and Turner Ward to hitting coach

Besides Willson Contreras and Sean Murphy who else might the Cardinals be interested in a catcher?

- Alejandro Kirk

- Christian Vazquez

1st baseman Paul Goldschmidt and 3rd baseman Nolan Arenado were announced as finalists for the NL MVP Award

Rookie Utility player Brendan Donovan is a finalist for the NL Rookie of the Year Award

Outfielder Alec Burleson has been named to the AAA All-Star team

Outfielder Moises Gomez was added to the 40 man roster

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Paul Goldschmidt Wins A Major Award And Expert Free Agency Predictions Nov 05, 2022

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St. Louis Cardinals First Baseman Paul Goldschmidt was named the NL Outstanding Player Of The Year at the MLB Player's Choice Awards

Jim Bowden predicts which free agents the Cardinals will have interest in and how much they'll cost

Four of the Cardinals top prospects make the Arizona Fall League All Star Game

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Miles Mikolas Was An All-Star But Can He Sustain That Level Next Year? Nov 04, 2022

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St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas had an All - Star season in 2022 after back to back years on injury plagued seasons, can he do it again in 2023?

- History of Mikolas career

- 2022 season

- Why 2023 should be similar

Fun Trade With The Brewers For Corbin Burnes

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Arenado & Donovan Win Gold, Is Juan Yepez The Future DH? Nov 03, 2022

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St. Louis Cardinals Third Baseman Nolan Arenado and rookie Utility Man Brendan Donovan were awarded Rawlings Gold Gloves in the National League

- Arenado/Donovan stats

- Why Edman/Goldschmidt lost

Is Juan Yepez the future DH for the Cardinals?

- 2022 stats

- Playoff Home Run

- Future

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Saying Goodbye To Albert Pujols Nov 02, 2022

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Albert Pujols' career has come to an end, in this episode we reminisce about how the Universal DH helped Albert return to the St. Louis Cardinals

- 1st half disappointment

- All Star Game/HR Derby

- 2nd Half MVP

A recap of his career and what the future holds

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Arenado Opts In, Trick Or Treat With The Roster Nov 01, 2022

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St. Louis Cardinals Third Baseman Nolan Arenado Opts In with the team and will continue with the final five years of his contract

Trick Or Treat?

We go through the roster and decide which players are tricks and which ones are treats based off of last year's performance and their future

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Can The Cardinals Land Shortstop Trea Turner? Oct 29, 2022

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President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak says the St. Louis Cardinals will increase their payroll, so for fun we take that extra and make improvements we think will turn them in to champions!

First signing - Shortstop Trea Turner

2nd signing - Catcher Willson Contreras

Backup plan - Mike Zunino

LHB - Daniel Vogelbach, Joey Gallo

RHB - Andrew McCutchen

Starting Pitchers to think about

Jacob deGrom, Justin Verlander, Carlos Rodon, Chris Bassitt

Shohei Ohtani

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The St. Louis Cardinals Plan To Increase Payroll But How Will They Spend It? Oct 27, 2022

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President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak says the St. Louis Cardinals will be increasing their payroll for 2023, but who should they spend the money on?

Catcher - Willson Contreras, Sean Murphy

Outfield - Joc Pederson, Brandon Nimmo, Joey Gallo, Michael Conforto

Shortstop - Carlos Correa, Trae Turner, Dansby Swanson, Xander Bogaerts

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Wainwright Is Back, Albert And Maddux Are Out Oct 27, 2022

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Hitting Coach Jeff Albert and Pitching Coach Mike Maddux will not be returning to the team

Payroll is going up and the catching position was brought up specifically as a target of the team

Adam Wainwright is returning for a 19th and final season

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