This season has been a disaster for the Cardinals. There is just no other way to put it.
The team, which most projection systems expected to win in the vicinity of 87 games, sits at 44-44. That doesn’t make them the worst team in baseball, but by at least one Las Vegas oddsmaker, it does mean the Cardinals are one of the biggest underperformers.
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the NL Central... and everybody sucks. Or at least they’re all losing games at about the same rate. The Cardinals are only two games out of first here at the All-Star break, though it’s worth noting they are also only 2.