The Bernie Show: Cards Rebuild Dispelling Payroll Myths

The payroll obsessives demanded Bill DeWitt sell the team. Six weeks into the 2026 season, Bernie Miklasz says the receipts tell a very different story. In this episode of The Bernie Show, Bernie unloads on the critics who insisted the Cardinals had to spend their way out of mediocrity, and explains why the Chaim Bloom rebuild is already exposing the flaw in that thinking. From a $20 million starting rotation outperforming last year's $47 million version, to a payroll sitting beneath 14 teams the Cardinals are currently beating in the standings, the numbers tell a story St. Louis fans need to hear.