St. Louis Cardinals

2022 - 10 - 7

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Cardinals set Wild Card Series roster vs. Phillies (MLB.com)

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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Phillies take the lead over Cardinals after clutch hit from Segura (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

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.

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Don't count out the Cardinals this postseason (The Washington Post)

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.

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3 surprises about St. Louis Cardinals Wild Card roster (FanSided)

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.

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Photos: St. Louis Cardinals open Wild Card series against the ... (STLtoday.com)

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.

Louis Cardinals play game 1 of the National League Wild Card series against the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday, Oct. The St. Louis Cardinals open Wild Card series against the Philadelphia Phillies

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The Philadelphia Phillies, led by right fielder Bryce Harper, face the St. Louis Cardinals, led by third baseman Nolan Arenado, in a MLB Wild Card game on ...

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How to Watch Philadelphia Phillies at Cardinals NLWCS Game One ... (Sports Illustrated)

The Philadelphia Phillies play their first playoff game in 11 seasons at 2:07 p.m. EDT Friday. They will take on the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in ...

Louis Cardinals](https://www.si.com/mlb/team/st-louis-cardinals), their last postseason opponent in 2011. [Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.si.com/mlb/team/philadelphia-phillies) are playing a postseason game. He nearly matched his ERA, 2.78 in 2021 and 2.82 in 2022. After scuffling for several years since 2016, the 33-year-old Colombian put together the best season of his career, pitching to a 2.93 ERA over 32 starts. 21, his ERA is 0.60 in 15.0 innings. Wheeler, meanwhile, had an even better season.

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