Exactly one week ago, I took a look at the Cardinals playoff odds. At the time, Fangraphs said the Redbirds had about an 80% shot at making the playoffs.
Today... less.
In the interim, the Cardinals dropped a series finale to the Atlanta Baseball Club, swept the Giants (which was good), and have now lost back-to-back games to the Brewers (which is bad). Meanwhile, the Colorado Rockies - the team the Cardinals are essentially jockeying with for the final playoff spot - have won something like 27-straight games by a margin of 831 million to one.