The St. Louis Cardinals continue their roller coaster season but they finally look to be settling in a lane. Unfortunately, that means fighting for .500, which honestly would be a welcomed outcome after the expectations coming into this season. There were times where they made us believe but plenty more where they reminded us about the transition period we did not want to accept.

The Cardinals no longer have to straddle the line of buyer and seller as they accomplished the bare minimum at this year’s deadline and now they have to decide how to dish out playing time to find their future building blocks. Prior to the trade deadline, the team had plenty of different moments that made fans, myself included, believe that the Devil Magic would return and they would sneak into the playoffs. Alon

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