The Cardinals' acquisition this week of pitcher Erick Fedde and outfielder Tommy Pham has been widely praised in St. Louis as the team tries to boost its postseason hopes.
But the folks who set the prices DraftKings, the only one of the three area legal walk-in sportsbooks in the area that has posted Cardinals playoff odds throughout this trade-deadline week, aren't in that camp — in fact, far from that. Heading into their game Friday in Chicago, the shop had the odds of the Redbirds reaching the playoffs longer that they were before the deal was made Monday.