St.Louis at Toronto, September 13-15

Friday, September 13 2024 @ 04:23 PM EDT

Contributed by: Magpie

The night was clear
And the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down


The other guys are playing out the string, too. They may not have admitted it yet.

Technically, the Cardinals are still in it, being 6 games behind the Mets in the tussle for the NL's final post-season berth. It's not impossible, but they would have to overtake the Cubs and the Braves as well, which seems extremely unlikely.

It's been something of a bounce back year nonetheless - they lost 91 games in 2023 - and that's happened despite disappointing seasons from their two best players, Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt. Not to mention Jordan Walker, the hot prospect we've been hearing about for the last couple of years, failing to take the league by storm. The perennially punchless Marlins are the only NL team that has scored fewer runs. But the Cards have received solid work from their elderly starting rotation, and they've caught a few breaks (27-18 in the one-run games), and so have won more games than they've lost despite being outscored by 60 runs. Believing they had a chance to get into the post-season, they traded for Erick Fedde at the deadline - Fedde had somehow gone 7-4, 3.11 in 21 starts for the White Sox, a feat which generations yet unborn will marvel at. Alas, since arriving in Missouri, Fedde seems to have brought the Spirit of Chicago with him - he's lost five of his seven starts as a Cardinal, although (to be fair) he hasn't been all that bad.

Matchups

Fri 13 Sep - Fedde (8-9, 3.39) vs Gausman (12-11, 4.09)
Sat 14 Feb - Gibson (8-6, 4.20) vs Berrios (15-9, 3.52)
Sun 15 Feb - Mikolas (8-11, 5.55) vs Rodriguez (1-6, 4.42)

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