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The first month of the MLB season featured dominant bullpens and the death of the late-inning comeback. Hitters have warmed up and caught up to the pitching from the shortened spring. The ball has started to fly more in warmer temperatures, and the league has seen an increase in bullpen meltdowns and late rallies. There are few more frustrating…

While St. Louis's offense has struggled on the road this year, the Red Sox thrive in the confines of Fenway Park. We're taking Boston to win on Friday night and improve to five games over.500 - read more in our Cardinals vs. Red Sox betting picks. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox will open a rare interleague series at Fenway Park on…

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their weekend rivalry series at Busch Stadium on Sunday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Cubs-Cardinals prediction and pick, laid out below. Chicago has fallen from the heights of their 2016 World Series championship, and the fanbase…

The Phillies pulled off a remarkable, ninth-inning comeback in Friday afternoon's Game 1, putting them one win away from the NLDS and a meeting with the Atlanta Braves. The Cardinals are reeling and facing a stern test on Saturday night in the form of Philadelphia ace Aaron Nola. They'll send Miles Mikolas to the mound in hopes of extending their…

Embrace the chaos of the 2022 MLB postseason. Enjoy the upsets, the unlikely heroes, and seeing 100-win teams going down in a October inferno. Your attitude on this topic probably depends on your personal rooting interests. So I wouldn't expect much cherish-the-postseason sentiment from fans of the Dodgers, Braves, Mets and Cardinals. Their teams…

The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies meet in Game 2 of the best-of-three Wild Card Series on Saturday. In Game 1, the Cardinals held a 2-0 lead late but then collapsed in the ninth inning, and the Phillies claimed a 6-3 win. That means the Phillies are one win from advancing to the NLDS, and the Cardinals face an elimination game in…

After winning last night's game in dramatic fashion, St. Louis has its eyes set on a sweep of this mini two-game series. Which flock of birds will prevail in Game 2? Find out in our MLB betting picks and predictions for Blue Jays vs. Cardinals. The Toronto Blue Jays and the St. Louis Cardinals will wrap up their abbreviated two-game series at Busch…

St. Louis and Pittsburgh lock up for Game 1 of a Tuesday double header, with both sides looking for momentum heading into tonight's game. Who will gain it? Find out in our MLB betting picks and predictions for Pirates vs. Cardinals. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals will lock horns in a Tuesday twin-bill at Busch Stadium. It will…

The bats of NL MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt, Tommy Edman, and Brendan Donovan make the Cardinals' offense a deadly one, and one that should do the heavy lifting in sending this game Over the 9.5-run total. The battle for first in the NL Central rages on this Thursday afternoon at American Family Field as the St. Louis Cardinals take on the…

A new day brings new opportunities on the MLB card, as a bunch of new series get underway on Friday. We've got a few big numbers out there, but most of the card has competitively-lined games, which were few and far between over the last few days. Hopefully that means it will be the start of a nice stretch in the article. With a lot to get to, let's…

This is a blog series I put together on the 8 MLB Wild Card playoff teams. You can click these links for the other previews already published: Hopefully it helps improve your MLB playoff experience whether you're a diehard like me or just getting into the season and don't know where to start. And of course - follow Starting 9 for world class MLB…

Following an entertaining Wild Card round that featured three "upsets" (Philadelphia Phillies over St. Louis Cardinals; Seattle Mariners over Toronto Blue Jays; San Diego Padres over New York Mets), the MLB playoffs continue this week in what should be an action-packed Division Series. As in seasons pasts, the Division Series remains a best-of-five…

The Toronto Blue Jays played 18 innings of playoff baseball, and won the middle 15 of them by a score of 8-6. The start and the end of their postseason? Not so great. But such is the nature of Major League Baseball in the expanded-playoffs era. A team that is built to win over the slog of 162 regular-season games, and which does a fine job of that…

What a day yesterday was. We swept, capped off by some unbelievable finishes. We took the Guardians, and shocker, they came back down 1-0 with a Jose Ramirez home run. We took the over in Phillies vs Cardinals, and I was spazzing in excitement once that hit. It was a complete miracle, but that's post-season baseball for you. Anything can happen. I…

On Saturday evening, the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals will battle under the lights at Busch Stadium in Game 2 of their National League Wild Card series. The Phillies were held off of the scoreboard through eight innings In Game 1, but scored six runs in the 9th inning to take a 1-0 series lead. Hoping to advance to the next…

Just one season ago, the Atlanta Braves proved how important a team's bullpen can be in today's MLB during their World Series run. Postseason games can be won or lost by arms coming out of the back-end of the'pen and this year 11 of the 12 teams playing for the title finished the regular season with the top-14 bullpens by ERA. While some starters…

The Philadelphia Phillies will again be in St. Louis Saturday night for Game 2 of the NL Wild Card against the St. Louis Cardinals. Philadelphia comes into game two up one game following the win on Friday. Zack Wheeler got the start for Philadelphia giving up no runs on two hits across 6.1 innings of work leading to a no decision. Offensively…

The Philadelphia Phillies visit the St. Louis Cardinals for Game 2 of the NL Wild Card Series on Saturday 8:37 PM ET at Busch Stadium. The Phillies have a 1-0 series lead. The Phillies are favored (-117) in an expected evenly matched game against the Cardinals (-102). The Phillies will give the ball to Aaron Nola (11-13) against the Cardinals and…

The second game of today's Wild Card MLB Playoffs slate pits the Philadelphia Phillies against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Phillies snuck into the playoffs with the last wild card spot while the Cardinals used a red hot second half surge to win the NL Central convincingly. This MLB betting preview for the NL Wild Card MLB Playoffs Phillies vs…

ST. LOUIS -- The last time the Cardinals and Phillies faced off in the playoffs, the year was 2011. As it turns out, it was the last time for a couple of significant occurrences among the participants for the next decade. Upset by the Cardinals in a five-game NL Division Series, including a 1-0 classic in the finale, the Phillies would not see the…

With the MLB playoffs set to begin Friday, we've decided to skip past all the hoopla and the drama of the best-of-three wild-card series. The wild-card games are a blast - and we have all the series prices and odds - but only one team gets to hoist the World Series trophy. To make betting on World Series odds worth it, a club needs two important…

The Philadelphia Phillies are in the playoffs for the first time in a decade as they head to the midwest to face off with the St. Cardinals at Busch Stadium. It is a best-of-3 series, and time to continue our MLB odds series with a Phillies-Cardinals prediction and pick. The Phillies finished 87-75 while going 40-41 on the road. It is their first…

The best month of the sports calendar is October, and a big reason why starts Friday with the newly-minted best-of-three Wild Card Series for the MLB playoffs. We've gone from a one-game, winner-take-all format to a short series hosted by the higher-seeded team. MLB (not surprisingly) made a pretty big faux pas with its new postseason format.…

Well, we believe in exit velocity, bat flips, launch angles, stealing home, the hanging curveball, Big League Chew, sausage races, and that unwritten rules of any kind are self-indulgent, overrated crap. We believe Greg Maddux was an actual wizard. We believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment protecting minor league baseball and that…