Buy? Sell? Both! Neither?! Forecasting the Cardinals' trade winds as deadline nears

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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With Major League Baseball's July 31 trade deadline rapidly approaching, the Cardinals are still considering what direction they'll head. The front office has wished for "tough decisions" at the deadline and "excitement," while acknowledging that the way they head may not be clear 72 hours ahead of the deadline, if at all. History suggests they'll explore the nebulous middle -- neither seller nor buyer, adding to patch holes this year and beyond without giving up too much from the future for now. The wild card this season is it's John Mozeliak's last trade deadline as president of baseball operations, and is there one last trick he'd like to pull before yielding his office and desk to Chaim Bloom?

Sports columnist Jeff Gordon joins baseball writer Derrick Goold to discuss the deadline, the All-Star Game's bananas finish, and deliver his midterm grades on every corner of the Cardinals' roster.

Did he grade on a curve? Or did he stick to the standards of past years?

In its 13th season as one of the leading podcasts covering the Cardinals and discussing baseball, the Best Podcast in Baseball is brought to listeners weekly by Closets by Design of St. Louis. BPIB is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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0:00.0	It's a brand new best podcast in baseball, and it's time to check in with Professor Jeff Gordon because he's got our midterm grades of the Cardinals.
0:08.4	They're pitching staff, their players on the field, and of course, the front office and the coaching manager in the dugouts.
0:15.7	So let's talk to Professor Gordon in his return to the best podcast in baseball.
0:23.7	Oh, and first up, trade deadline. Cue the music. Hello, everybody, and welcome to the best podcast in baseball,
0:35.8	brought to you by Closet by design of St. Louis.
0:37.6	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gould.
0:40.2	Join this week again by my colleague, columnist, instant offense, tip sheet author,
0:47.1	and every year for every professional sport here at the Post-Dpatch professor offering up his grades.
0:55.8	It's Jeff Gordon. Gordo, how are you? How are the term papers this year?
1:00.1	Well, it was, you know, a mix of good and bad, but a lot of guys made progress.
1:04.8	The expectations in general were exceeded for the team.
1:08.8	And there were some guys who faded, some difficulties with the higher paid guys.
1:15.6	And, of course, when you look at the whole organization, while this plan was probably the right
1:21.0	one to get younger, the execution and messaging created quite a business impact.
1:25.9	And we can talk about that down the road too
1:27.5	absolutely yeah let's start where so much of the conversation has been uh on social media
1:35.3	around the cardinals and you know just absolutely everywhere did you dig the end of the all-star game
1:44.2	well it was different.
1:46.0	You'd like it.
1:46.8	It'd be great if the guys would stick around who you'd want to see out there.
1:51.1	No offense to the polar bear, we want to see him out there.
1:53.4	But it'd be great if Shohei had stuck around and he'd see all the top guys.
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