Boston Red Sox ’s Garrett Cooper, left, slides safely into home plate for a run ahead of the tag by St. Louis Cardinals catcher Pedro Pages, right, in the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 19, 2024, in St. Louis. St. Louis Cardinals ’ Michael Siani, right, is tagged out by Boston Red Sox shortstop David Hamilton, left, on an attempted steal, as umpire Jeremie Rehak, center, watches during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 18, 2024, in St. Louis.
St. Louis went 71-91 last year, snapping a streak of 15 straight winning seasons. If they finish with a losing record two years in a row, it’ll be the first time they’ve done that since the strike-shortened 1994 and 1995 campaigns. You have to go all the way back to 1958 and 1959 to find the last time the Cardinals were under .500 for two consecutive non-shortened seasons.
This is the franchise that let Albert Pujols leave and kept right on contending. The team that turned an 83-win season in 2006 into a World Series title. It’s hard to write the Cardinals off, but it’s also getting harder to see a particularly bright future. The Brewers and Cubs are currently battling for the division lead. The Pirates and Reds are under .500 with St. Louis, but Pittsburgh has several years of Paul Skenes to look forward to. The same with Cincinnati and Elly De La Cruz.Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres’ 9-1 rout of Braves— and that’s right-hander Tink Hence, who is ranked 49th and currently in Double-A. Jordan Walker, Nolan Gorman and Dylan Carlson were top St. Louis prospects over the past few years.
Masyn Winn, the team’s 22-year-old infielder, has been a little better, but only the Blue Jays and White Sox have fewer runs this season than the Cardinals. And that’s after the St. Louis offense finally showed some signs of life this past week, twice scoring 10 runs and twice scoring seven.Houston dug itself quite a hole early this season, but the worst may be over. After sweeping Oakland and taking two of three from Milwaukee, the Astros have won nine of their last 11.
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