St. Louis Cardinals Roundtable: We got this or are we doomed?

Matt Graves

I did happen to write on more or less the same topic this morning, so I will keep my part short in sweet.

I am a firm believer in the here and now. Whether or not the Cardinals have a 1.0 or 2.0 game lead heading into the final three games, they are going to have to win games. It’s simple stoic philosophy. Worry, get upset, or master only the things that you can control.

For the Cardinals, all they need to do is win. They have proven they can beat the Cubs at their home turf, and coming home should be easier. The Cubs are depleted and discouraged. It doesn’t matter if they are indignant about last weekend or want to play spoilers, the Cardinals have to play their game.

They can’t play down to the opponent as they did in Arizona. As much as Brewers fans may disagree, the pressure is not on the Cardinals any more than it is on the Brewers. In fact, it’s more on the Brewers because not only do they need to focus on their own games, but they have to rely on other teams to beat the Cardinals.

As Emmett wrote before, every market phenomenon swings back, and it just might be time for the Brewers luck to end. That does apply with the Cubs-Cardinals series too, but again, the Cardinals are in the more advantageous spot for sure, even if the Brewers cut the lead to 1.0 game today.

Fans should not be sweating, they just need to enjoy the last weekend of baseball with the best kind of series: a Cubs series at home. The playoffs are guaranteed and eventually, the Brewers will remember they don’t have their MVP anymore.