One Reliever Just Fell Off a Cliff, and Nobody Wants to Say It | Cards Central 365: Mondays w/ Mike

Mike Claiborne has spent 20 years telling people the season does not truly begin until one specific date on the calendar, and he just explained why it might be the most important day for the 2026 Cardinals. The numbers behind one bullpen collapse are so ugly that Joe Roderick had to read them twice on air. In this Flag Day edition of Mondays with Mike, Mike Claiborne and Joe Roderick break down the St. Louis Cardinals position by position as the team enters a make-or-break stretch in the NL Central race. They dig into Jordan Walker's breakout season, the JJ Wetherholt shortstop experiment, the Jimmy Crooks call-up and what it means for Pedro Pagés and Iván Herrera, Alec Burleson's defensive leap, and the growing hole at third base. Then the conversation turns to the question every Cardinals fan is asking: how does this team fix its pitching before the trade deadline? 🔨 Presented by Graybar https://www.graybar.com/ 🎨 Claibs is powered by Painting & Decorating Foundation https://stlouispdf.org/ 🍔 Brought to you by Mac's Downtown in Alton, IL https://macsdowntown.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices