Welcome to the Sonny side of the Cardinals' winter spruce-up

Best Podcast in Baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Cardinals entered the offseason with optimism they could make American League Cy Young Award runnerup Sonny Gray a compelling offer to come to St. Louis and lead, from the mound and clubhouse, a revamped rotation. In the span of 3 minutes, 9 seconds -- which you'll hear in this brand new episode of the Best Podcast in Baseball -- Gray revealed what the Cardinals saw in him and what he saw in the Cardinals that forged a three-year, $75-million guarantee that gives the veteran right-hander a chance to become the team's first $100-million free agent pitcher. KMOX/1120 AM's Kevin Wheeler pinch-hits as the host for this episode and joins St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold to discuss whether Gray is an ace, whether Gray is enough, and whether the Cardinals have earned a sunnier outlook already for 2024. Also discussed: The need for two relievers to really retool the pitching staff and the art of one-knee-down catching. It radically changed a young prospects place within the Cardinals' organization and put him on the brink of the majors. What does that mean for the defensive ability of the three catchers -- starter Willson Contreras, backup Ivan Herrera, and prospect Pedro Pages -- currently on the Cardinals' 40-man roster after Andrew Knizner was permitted to become a free agent. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
0:05.6	Update your closet, garage, office, pantry, and more.
0:09.0	Imagine your home totally organized with closets by design.
0:12.6	Call 1-800-by-design.
0:14.4	That's 1-800-by-design.
0:17.1	Bringing Lance, bringing Kyle, bringing me.
0:24.7	You want to talk about creating an edge,
0:28.8	having some intent and some fire to the guys who take the ball.
0:34.8	You're definitely doing that, and I think you guys, if you followed me at all,
0:38.7	you definitely have probably seen that, and if you haven't, then you'll see it very soon.
0:47.9	I'd welcome into the best podcast in baseball. It is brought to you by closets by design.
0:50.4	And you might be wondering why the really loud guy that you're not used to is doing
0:55.8	the introduction and welcoming you in. That's because I'm helping my good buddy, Derek Gould
1:00.2	out. I'm Kevin Wheeler from KMOX. Of course, Derek is here. But just like last week, Derek,
1:05.3	you need a little help on the voice front. And lozenges. Lord knows if anyone needs someone to help speak i'm the one with
1:14.0	the words both the i have the volume i have the volume in terms of the numbers of words and the
1:20.1	volume in terms of the audio volume as well uh thanks for the introduction i'm glad to help out
1:26.2	with as many words as I can.
1:27.7	It's good to see it, buddy. Yeah, it's good. You know, volume is kind of the theme of the off
1:32.3	season for the Cardinals. It's the word that John Mosellock used about what they wanted to
1:37.5	acquire. You know, they wanted to acquire a volume of innings. It also probably describes the
1:44.0	reaction from fans on social media.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of St. Louis Post-Dispatch and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.