Cardinals Hitting Their Stride, Will Chaim Still Look to Sell?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Cardinals' recent performance, pitching challenges, and potential trade decisions as the deadline approaches.

Jim Hayes, Kyle Gibson, and Lance Lynn are BACK with another edition of Cardinal Territory! The Cardinals are coming off of sweeping the Pirates and taking 2 of 3 from the mighty Dodgers. Are the Red Birds hitting their stride (00:33)? (14:46)Kyle Leahy has struggled in the starting rotation, telling Jim he's having a hard time finding his putaway pitches vs hitters. How can he get back on track? Lance and Kyle share their pitching insight. (23:02) And the guys get into a disagreement over whether the Cards and Chaim Bloom should still look to sell at the trade deadline IF they're still in the playoff hunt by then. If you like your money, Mint Mobile is for you. Plans start at $15/month at MintMobile.com/Territory Cardinal Territory is the official St. Louis Cardinals podcast of the Foul Territory Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Hayes, Kyle Gibson, Lance Lynn

Topics covered

• Cardinals performance
• pitching struggles
• trade deadline
• playoff hunt
• team dynamics

Keywords

• Cardinals
• Kyle Leahy
• trade deadline
• pitching
• sweep
• Dodgers
• playoff hunt

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foul Territory Network

Places: St. Louis, Pirates, Dodgers

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