Well when all was said and done, the Cardinals had the perfect falling star team to surpass in September, the NY Mets. But unfortunately another red team, the Reds, stumbled into the playoffs backward. The two teams were fairly evenly matched, but the Cardinals won the season series 7-6 vs Cincinnati. However, the Reds finished 4 games above .500 while St Louis finished 6 games under, partially thanks to a Cubs drubbing in Chicago, where the Cardinals could have been .500 but were swept under the carpet where better draft picks lie.

What went right? What went right actually didn’t really go right. Masyn Winn was the Cardinals best player, but he was an elite defense first shortstop who was actually a below average hitter in his sophomore campaign. If position players only have two dimensi

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