If the St. Louis Cardinals haven’t learned already, holding Major League Baseball’s best record isn’t easy. For some fans, having seven players on the disabled list is worse than only holding a 3.5 game division lead over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Currently without the experience of three former All-Stars and three World Series champions, St. Louis has lost four of their last seven games, also dropping six August contest to subpar .500 record teams. Injuries become inevitable throughout the course of a 162-game season, but recent setbacks have often challenged the Cardinals to organize their best 25-man roster creatively.