{"podcast":{"title":"Talking About Birds: A St. Louis Cardinals Podcast","slug":"talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast-5157904","podcast_index_feed_id":5157904,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aWv_E5BhZdJqdobnJDDxuOpYP3x6NVPtY2KrNRXrlNw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4NzU4LzE2ODA3/NDk2MzQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Nate Heininger","episode_count":231,"summary":"The only Cardinals podcast dumber than running on Yadi. A weekly podcast mostly about the St. Louis Cardinals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T18:18:54.279198+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast-5157904"},"episode":{"title":"Better Than Albert (w/ Daniel Shoptaw)","slug":"better-than-albert-w-daniel-shoptaw","published_at":"2026-06-25T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast-5157904/better-than-albert-w-daniel-shoptaw","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast-5157904","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/1f948857","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/media.transistor.fm/1f948857/73a46ed6.mp3","summary":"JJ Wetherholt is on pace for a better rookie season than Albert Pujols in 2001. He's got the best June of his career, he's 7th in fWAR among all position players, and he's a legitimate MVP candidate. C70 joins us to talk about what that means. Masyn Winn is showing signs of life, Nathan Church looks like a different hitter since coming back, Blaze Jordan has already eclipsed Gorman's season production, and the bullpen is falling apart. Plus: the Home Run Derby is changing formats again, Quinn Matthews might be close, and we close with You Income You Lose Some — guessing career earnings of Cardinals legends. Have a question or comment for the show? Text or leave us a voicemail at: (848) 48-BIRDS (848-482-4737) Talking About Birds is listener supported on Patreon. Support the show and join our private discord server at: www.patreon.com/talkingaboutbirds . Play Nate's game at: https://crossonym.com/","meta_description":"JJ Wetherholt is on pace for a better rookie season than Albert Pujols in 2001. He's got the best June of his career, he's 7th in fWAR among all position…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5402,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast-5157904/episodes/better-than-albert-w-daniel-shoptaw/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-about-birds-a-st-louis-cardinals-podcast-5157904/better-than-albert-w-daniel-shoptaw.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}