Adios all my cardinals fanatic friends here..........I watched and waited for the obvious 2-3 run homer from the Reds before retiring for the night ............Going back below .500 for the season seems to be where the Cardinals will finish this year as the past seasons miscues in personnel decisions have reared their ugly head with last year's last place finish and this season is NOW trending towards a similar position.........
Time for new leadership in the FO and , sorry to say in the managers position.......I think Marmol has grown some this year in his guidance of the bullpen , but he is at the mercy of poor seasons by those who should be leading this team in performance stats.........
Arenado and Goldschmidt are at the forefront in dismal season's as far as OBP and slugging with terrible season stats as to HR's , rbi's and hitting in RISP..........just reminds me of the dismal seasons in the 90's where you knew there was no chance of extended success even if they made the playoffs...........I would rather see them struggle like this with youngsters playing than players past their prime.......
The SP's this year are an improvement over the last place team's pitchers , but still are a below average staff.....The bullpen has been a strength all season long but are now showing the signs of being overworked.....
being an ardent fan of the Cardinals since the late 1950's it really hurts to see the substandard results last year and now beginning to show the same cracks this year...........looks like another year of a below .500 record is descending upon us quickly as the remaining schedule is brutal with many games with teams with winning records...........I should once again say this is JMHO.......
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