MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[Kid]

I'm sure the Cardinals smell blood.

 

They've got a funny way of showing it.  After the Cardinals left Chicago, the Cubs went on their worst road trip of the season at 4-7.  The Cardinals only went 5-5.  They only gained a game and a half.  They had a legitimate opportunity to pick up 4 or 5 games.

 

To put it another way, over this 4-7 road trip, the Cardinals barely maintained the pace they would need to catch the Cubs by the end of the season.  They needed to do better than that because there shouldn't be many 4-7 stretches.