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Spooky: The 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Autopsy
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Oct 1, 20261:18:14
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The season's over, so Nate and Ben grab the scalpel and perform the 2026 autopsy. They walk the final rankings — a middle-of-the-pack offense, a rotation that punched above its weight, a bullpen that gave it all back, and a top-ten defense that held the whole thing together — and ask why a team that won fewer games than last year somehow feels like a success.
Plus the 2027 holes and a Jazz Chisholm pitch, favorite moments from Josh Baez's debut to Jordan Walker's Home Run Derby, playoff picks, and the season finale of Draft Day: Heroes & Hatchlings.
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"Spooky: The 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Autopsy" is an episode of Talking About Birds: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast. Runtime 1 hr 18 min. Published October 1, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.
