St. Louis Cardinals Still Longshots in World Series Odds

The Milwaukee Brewers take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Our MLB odds series has our Brewers Cardinals prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Brewers Cardinals. The St. Louis Cardinals have endured a miserable season, but it got a lot better this week. Everyone in the organization wanted to see pitcher Adam Wainwright get win No. 200, and he got…

The Seattle Mariners had no problems extending their winning streak to seven games and the MLB predictions list the visiting Mariners as the favorites once again versus the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. On the other end of the spectrum, the struggling New York Yankees can't go the rest of the season without winning, right? The Yankees turn to…

Who will the divisions, wild cards and who will emerge as the world champion in 2023? Our Locked On Podcast Network MLB experts give their takes. NEW YORK - The start of the MLB season is almost here, and it's time for division predictions, wild card teams, and though it may seem too early, playoff and World Series predictions. And just a reminder,…

PHILADLEPHIA, PA - For the first time in 11 years, the Phillies are playing postseason baseball. Here's what you need to know. 2022's new playoff layout As a result of the new collective bargaining agreement laid out at the 11th hour before the 2022 season, there are no more winner-take-all Wild Card playoff games. Instead, the playoff field has…

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 MLB regular season has concluded, and with that begins a new-look MLB postseason featuring an expanded 12-team playoff bracket. There's an extra Wild Card series in each league, and each series will be three games as opposed to the previous one-and-done format for Wild Card teams looking to advance to the NLDS. The first pitch will be thrown on…

The MLB regular season has concluded, and with that begins a new-look MLB postseason featuring an expanded 12-team playoff bracket. There's an extra Wild Card series in each league, and each series will be three games as opposed to the previous one-and-done format for Wild Card teams looking to advance to the NLDS. The first pitch will be thrown on…

The Major League Baseball playoffs begin Oct. 7 with the wild-card round. Those series are now a best-of-3 with the new playoff format, which includes the addition of one playoff spot in the form of a third Wild Card team from each league. The teams with a first round bye include division champions Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves in the…

The regular season has all but come to an end, with the MLB Playoffs set to begin this Friday as the new Wild Card round makes its inaugural debut. Four teams from each league will square off in the new round, where they will play a three-game series with the top seeds retaining home field advantage through the entirety of the series. The winners…

With the San Diego Padres already having locked up one of the three Wild Card positions in the National League, is there value in their World Series odds? After being the most active team at the MLB trade deadline and swinging for the fences, the Padres have yet to come to terms with their newfound expectations and have largely disappointed since…

The baseball playoffs are about to begin. Time to be enthralled! Time to be entertained! Time to be... asking some reasonable questions. Yep, there are bound to be some fans -- especially those who don't live and die with their team every day -- who have some questions about certain aspects of the postseason and might be afraid to ask their friends…

In a 6 to 2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers, the 2022 Cardinals have won the National League Central Division. St. Louis entered yesterday's contest in Milwaukee with a 6.5-game lead on the Brewers, 7 wins up, and a magic number of 3. It does take some kind of magic to make 1 (Cardinals) win+ 1 (Brewers) loss = 3. But, hey, I don't do the math.…

The St. Louis Cardinals will finish their series with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the two National League teams face off at Chavez Ravine. It's time for Dodger baseball and to look at our MLB odds series and make a Cardinals-Dodgers prediction and pick. The Dodgers defeated the Cardinals 6-2 last night in front of a packed house at Chavez Ravine.…

Good news for baseball fans: More teams are in the MLB playoffs now. This year because of a new MLB playoff format, 12 teams from each league have a shot to make it to the World Series, including six from each league - the three division winners, plus three Wild Card teams. During recent years, 10 teams had a shot, five from each league. In…

The St. Louis Cardinals are going to the playoffs. Well, their odds are 99.9 percent entering Wednesday as their lead in the National League Central sits at 8.5 games, so it's all but a sure thing with 13 games left in the regular season. But what are the Cardinals' chances of winning the World Series? According to FanGraphs, those odds are 3.3…

The St. Louis Cardinals are 87-61 with a seven game lead in their division. The Cardinals turned it on in the second half of the season and now they could open the door for their division rival to get into the postseason. The San Diego Padres are three games ahead of the Brewers in the Wild Card race and if St. Louis rolls in this series with San…

WagerTalk MLB analyst Brian Ochsner offers his analysis of Tuesday's San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals clash at Petco Park. The Cardinals have won all three of their games against the Padres so far this season. The San Diego Padres host the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night in the first of a three game series. The Redbirds took three of five…

We made it, everyone: the 2021 MLB Playoffs are finally here. Everywhere you look, there are great storylines waiting to unfold, and when it comes to predicting a World Series champion, the field feels as open as ever. But that doesn't mean we're not going to make some rock-solid predictions anyway. With the Wild Card Games starting on Tuesday…

Two of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball are scheduled to go head-to-head Wednesday night, with a spot in the National League Division Series on the line. Adam Wainwright will head to the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium to face Max Scherzer and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Wild Card Game. The longtime aces were two…

There hasn't been a better team in baseball than the St. Louis Cardinals over the past month. The red birds went on a 17-game winning streak to propel themselves into the National League wild card game. St. Louis will face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who won 106 games this season, in the wild card game and the Cardinals aren't getting much of a shot…

The MLB postseason field is officially set after a chaotic final weekend of regular season games. After expanding the playoffs to 16 teams in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, normalcy has returned with the 10-team field in 2021. This year's postseason has all the ingredients for an instant classic. Four of the most notable organizations in…

If you would have told me on Aug. 10 that the St. Louis Cardinals, then 8.5 games out of the second National League wild card spot, would be in position to make the postseason, I would have laughed and told you there was little chance. How could I not? The Cardinals were scuffling offensively. The pitching staff was once again without Jack Flaherty…