The last time I wrote a series preview, it appeared as if the Cardinals were not eligible for the draft lottery. Derrick Goold has since reported that they are eligible and the main reason is that when they got the #7 overall pick, that didn’t count as a lottery pick. I begin this post this way because the Cardinals lost a series to the Rays, who do have a worse record (barely) but have +33 run differential so they’re having a weird season. Also, it’s not as bad to lose anymore, even though honestly the odds of getting a top six pick are not high at all and it’s going to be very difficult to increase it to a meaningful level at this point.

Because of that, I’m still rooting for wins. There are 12 teams with a worse record than the Cardinals and one team with the same record. Eight of thos

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