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Viva El Birdos Week in Review: 3/15/14-3/21/14

A slew of writers made their VEB debuts, a fink revealed his true name, Craig was on KMOX, the Daily Farm Reports started up, I pondered what Pete Kozma might fetch in a trade, Joe examined Allen Craig's power outage using strikezone heat maps, and more...

By Ben Humphrey Mar 22, 2014, 6:00am EDT

Fanposts of Note

dr. howl: Projecting Yadier Molina in 2014
dr. howl: Matt 'Big City' Adams in 2014
dr. howl: Projecting Wong/Ellis in 2014
stlfan: Left-Handed Relievers vs. LOOGYs and Projecting Current Cardinals Minor-Leaguers

Saturday, 3/15

I revisited Solo Home Run Percentage (Solo HR %) through the prism of 2013.

Sunday, 3/16

I wrote about young Michael Wacha experimenting with a cutter during spring training.
Joe broke down Allen Craig's 2012 to 2013 power drop by looking at strike zone heat maps.
The artist formerly know as a fink set the table for the Cards-Mets game.
I examined the effect of Sunday's MLB camp cuts on the spring-training roster matrix.

Monday, 3/17

I considered how skill, approach, mechanics, and (mis)fortune might have affected the 2013 Cardinals' splits with RISP and the bases empty.
Joe explored how small sample sizes have impacted the perception of Kolten Wong.
Lil' Scooter delivered a weekend's worth of links in her regular Hunt and Peck.
Aaron broke down the Cardinals-Red Sox matchup in the game thread.
I took a gander at the Cards' major-league camp trimming on Monday.
The Continental made his debut, giving us a terrific recap of the Cards-BoSox game.

Tuesday, 3/18

Cardinals645 provided us the first Daily Farm Report of the 2014 season, breaking down the action on the MiLB back fields in Florida.
Craig examined how the Cards hit well with two strikes a year ago.
Fourstick profiled Xavier Scruggs.
I put together a Cardinals Spring Training Opportunity Tracker post for the off day.
Social Chair Finkel launched the sign-up for VEBDAY 2014.
Craig was on KMOX to talk Cardinals baseball.

Wednesday, 3/19

Fourstick delivered the Daily Farm Report for the minor-league action on Tuesday.
RB gave us his 2014 Draft Preview the Ninth.
Joe analyzed Adam Wainwright's curveball usage in 2013.
Aaron talked Minnesota baseball with one of his friends (a diehard Twins fanatic) in the Cardinals vs. Twins game thread post.
IHeartBoog made her poetical debut, gracing us with a wonderful recap of the Twins-Cards game.
I explained why the Cardinals optioning lefty Tyler Lyons to minor-leage camp was inevitable.

Thursday, 3/20

Cardinals645 wrote up the farm activity from Wednesday, 3/19.
Craig explored how Cardinals legend Bob Gibson first excelled as a Creighton basketball player.
I pondered what el Birdos might get in a Pete Kozma trade.
Fourstick explained why it was silly to compare Prospect Oscar Taveras to Prospect Colby Rasmus.
Aaron prepared us for the Battle of Jupiter: Marlins vs. Cardinals.
Fittingly, santiagofish gave us his first post, with an extremely enjoyable recap of the Cardinals-Fish game.

Friday, 3/21

RB took a not-so-humble victory lap at his prescient spring surprise picks.
To celebrate Aledmys Diaz's MLB spring-training debut, Fourstick ranked the shortstops in the Cardinals farm system.
Lil' Scooter gave us her curated links from the week that was.
Aaron set the scene for the Diaz Day.