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Central Intelligence: A Look Around the Division for Week of September 1

There is less than a month left in the season and the Central champion looks pretty clear, but as we saw in 2018, strange things can happen.

St. Louis Cardinals

  • They continued their hot streak this week with a 5-3 week and are 3.5 up on the division with an 80-62 record.
  • Jack Flaherty has a 0.85 ERA in the second half. A big reason for their surge has been the starting pitching and young arms like Flaherty are certainly helping matters.
  • Rangel Ravelo, who had been in the minors for 10 years prior to this season, hit his first major league home run against the Giants on Thursday.