Over their last 55 games, the St. Louis Cardinals have scored the fewest runs in Major League Baseball (210). YEs, even fewer than the San Francisco Giants (254 – 15th). It’s a catastrophic outcome that’s taken them from a 47-39 on June 30th (3rd in the NL Central and 44.7% playoff odds) to 4th in their division at 70-71 and with a 0.7% chance to make the postseason.

They are having a version of the Giants’ season, to be clear. The Giants went many months being unable to hit, too. They play in a tougher division, though, because you’d think the Cardinals would be even worse off with their worse-than-the-Giants pitching. Since July 1st, they have a team ERA of 4.74. Paired with a putrid lineup, this should be one of the worst teams in the sport… only, the Giants have won just two series in

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