The St. Louis Cardinals let the rest of the league know at the trade deadline that they are confident in the current team and believe it can compete.
Unfortunately, things have not been entirely smooth for the club since John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations, made bold moves just before the deadline.
With the National League wild card race so tight and chaotic, St. Louis faces a tough road ahead if it wants to make the playoffs, but some say the Cardinals should look ahead to next season.
Jon Heyman of the New York Post recently predicted in a Bleacher Reports Walk-Off interview that the Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves and New York Mets are the four teams that will secure an NL Wild Card spot at the end of the season. The Cardinals were not included in Heyman’s prediction as he believes the team still has a lot of work to do.
.@JonHeyman predicts the NL Wild Card 👀 pic.twitter.com/JPRm4pw0YR
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) 7 August 2024
St. Louis has a 5-4 record since the July 30 trade deadline and is six games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central and two games back in the NL Wild Card race.
Currently, nine teams are just six games away from an NL wild-card spot, and the Cardinals are right in the middle of the pack, with the Diamondbacks, Padres and Braves leading the race.
The race for the NL Wild Card is likely heading into the home stretch and the Cardinals need to get going soon or they may miss the playoffs for the second year in a row.
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