St. Louis Cardinals: A cardinal perspective of the 2017 postseason

The last time the St. Louis Cardinals were in the Championship Series was in 2014.

The Giants ended the World Series dreams of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2014. Who will end whose dream in 2017?

In the American League, I predict that the Cleveland Indians will host the Red Sox. In the National League, I predict that the Dodgers will host the Nationals. Neither of these contests is easy to predict as all four are strong teams.

In head-to-head contests, the Indians have taken only three wins from the Red Sox in seven contests. This will make things interesting. That said, I hope and think that the Indians are set to return to the World Series for a second year in a row.

In head-to-head contests, the Nationals and the Dodgers have each won three games in the six games that pitted them against each other. This will make the NLCS the set to watch. As excited as I am to watch the Indians (who I’m pulling for), I believe the better head-to-head is the NLCS.

This one is really hard to predict. That said, I predict it will take all of the games to decide it but I’m leaning toward the Dodgers going to the World Series. That said, let’s be honest that our St. Louis Cardinals would have been swept out of the NLCS had they made it to this point in 2017. Instead, baseball fans have the chance to watch a nose-and-nose contest of two juggernauts into the World Series.

Can you tell I’m tiring of this post and of the anticipation into the World Series? Thankfully, the playoffs finally begin on Tuesday night and are followed on Wednesday night– both games are play-in or play-out games so there is inherent excitement there.