ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals finalized their roster on Friday morning, but not before president of baseball operations John Mozeliak, manager Oliver Marmol ...
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Coming on in relief of Zack Wheeler, who pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, Alvarado gave up a pinch-hit two run-homer in the seventh inning.
He went 4-for-10 with a homer against the Phillies in that July series in St. [have a lot of value in what is essentially a coin-flip series](https://www.inquirer.com/sports/betting/mlb/phillies-cardinals-odds-prediction-mlb-wild-card-playoff-bets-20221006.html) with the St. They share a division with a Mets club that overspent and a Braves club defending its World Series title, so a number of things obviously had to go right for the Phillies to reach the postseason in 2022. In a six-week span, the Cardinals went from four games back in the National League Central on July 30 to nine games in front to cruise to the division title. Louis at the trade deadline](https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-quintana-cardinals-trade). [to the Phillies in December 2018](https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-mariners-trade-segura-crawford-20220509.html), for J.P. [released its World Series odds](https://twitter.com/fangraphs/status/1578082677739200513) (by percent chance) Thursday, and the Phillies aren’t at the bottom. BetMGM Friday morning had the Phillies listed with the longest odds to win the World Series (30/1). I think the game is going to have a little bit of a hole for a little bit with Yadi leaving and Albert, as well. At the top of the ninth inning, the Phillies were sitting with no runs and the Cardinals up by two. If the Phillies win, they’ll face the Atlanta Braves in the divisional series. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, in the first game of the National League wild-card series on Friday.
Other postseason teams have not seen baseball fates converge in their clubhouse the way the Cardinals have this season.
If it weren’t for Aaron Judge, Goldschmidt would be in the spotlight for having one of the best all-around offensive seasons in the last few years, [including the third-highest on-base-plus-slugging percentage in baseball](https://www.mlb.com/stats/). Pujols erupted in the second half, rediscovering the kind of form he hadn’t shown in half a decade, blasting his way to 700 homers and beyond as the Cardinals (93-69) cruised to a division title. Louis is in the top three in almost all of them. [Only the Dodgers have played more postseason games](https://wapo-mlb.trumedianetworks.com/baseball/teams-batting-stats?f=%7B%22bgt%22%3A%5B%22playoff%22%5D%2C%22bseasonlvl%22%3A%5B%22MLB%22%5D%2C%22bsyr%22%3A%5B%222005%22%2C%222022%22%5D%7D&pc=%7B%22bsvt%22%3A%22stats%22%2C%22btgb%22%3A%22totals%22%2C%22btc%22%3A%5B%22total%22%2C%22average%22%5D%7D&t=%7B%22customReport%22%3A%7B%22selectedReportName%22%3A%22Team%2520Record%22%2C%22selectedReportId%22%3A15%7D%2C%22orderBy%22%3A%7B%22orderCols%22%3A%22G%22%2C%22sortOrder%22%3A%22DESC%22%7D%7D) in that span than St. To say I wasn’t thinking about the touchy-feely part of this — I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t. [a tenth of a wins above replacement point](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=3b&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=22,d) behind the Padres’ Manny Machado among all third baseman. He left the team when the Since the start of the 2005 season, only two teams — the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers — have won more regular season games than the Cardinals. So that the 41-year-old ended this season with a 7.23 ERA in his last four starts is concerning, sure. Injuries have limited promising young starters to bullpen duties in recent years, but now the Cardinals enter October with a handful of flame-throwing young pitchers piled up in their bullpen. The surprising deadline deal in which St. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves have far better records.
When the St. Louis Cardinals unveiled their Wild Card roster for this weekend's games against the Philadelphia Phillies, there were some surprises.
“We feel good about the versatility of our ‘pen.” What may have doomed Stratton from being a part of the postseason bullpen is St. “We feel good about our ‘pen. Louis, Stratton had thrown in 20 games for the Cardinals, logging a 2.78 ERA/2.80 FIP/1.500 WHIP in 22.2 innings. Part of the trade deadline deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates that also brought Game 1 starter Jose Quintana to St. ST.
The St. Louis Cardinals play game 1 of the National League Wild Card series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, at Busch Stadium.
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