This final weekend of the 2024 season will be Fan Appreciation Weekend at Oracle Park as well as a farewell to the team as it heads towards a now-annual fall hibernation. The disappointing San Francisco Giants will host the disappointing St. Louis Cardinals for a 3-game series that the kids whose slang is a couple of years behind are calling “mid.”
Both teams came to their “disappointing” labels in similar fashions. Like the Giants, the Cardinals spent a record number on their payroll ($215 million to San Francisco’s $250 million). Like the Giants, the Cardinals tried to mix in some young players with veterans and other former prospects who’d managed to stick — and the plan getting mixed results.