For the third consecutive year, Major League Baseball will not return to St. Louis in 2018. Despite an excellent second half backed by a historic month, an end-of-season collapse cost the Cardinals a wild card spot.
There have already been articles written on the subject, and there will be many, many more. We have a long offseason ahead to talk about what went wrong, what went right, missed opportunities, what moves might lie ahead, and all the other speculative stuff we readers of baseball content know and love.
For now, let’s talk about the baseball being played by the final eight teams still vying for the Commissioner’s Trophy.