St. Louis Cardinals: A look ahead to close out April

If all goes as planned, the St. Louis Cardinals should take two series wins to close out April. Will May serve as a challenge or will the birds’ own miscues ground the Cardinals?

If my predictions are correct, the St. Louis Cardinals should look at picking up four wins over these next six games. This will push the Cardinals’ record on the season at 13-12. Entering May at one game over .500 is not something that I would have predicted back when the Cardinals first dropped two games to the Reds.

Several regulars on the St. Louis Cardinals need some positive series to raise their average. Players like Dexter Fowler and Aledmys Diaz look to be one step away from being “there” this season and I think these next two series should provide the final push.

All of that said, I will be overjoyed to carry a plus-.500 record into May.

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Speaking of May, the St. Louis Cardinals will open May by hosting the Brewers at Busch. If the Cardinals can muster the same magic they had in Milwaukee then this will be a great way to oepn May. And they will need it as they must face some steep competition in the early summer month.

In May, the Cardinals will face the Braves (in Atlanta), the Marlins (in Miami), host the Cubs, host the Red Sox, host the Giants, visit Chavez Ravine to face the Dodgers, face the Rockies (in Colorado), and then close the month by hosting the Dodgers at Busch. This will not be an easy month.

Of the competition, the only breathers might come early in the month. Other than that, the St. Louis Cardinals had better hope that their base running is strong and wise, their defense is solid and improved, their rotation is overpowering and consistent, and that their offense decides to come play.

While I say this with great weight, I think it will be important to get early wins in May and billowing into May with four additional wins from these next two series here in April will be paramount. Why? I predict that May will not be a month of .500-ball for the Redbirds.

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What do you think? What worries you about what remains for April? What worries you about May? If you are reading this after one or two of the series in April, how accurate were my predictions? Follow me on Twitter and let’s talk some baseball. Go Cardinals!