I haven’t really ‘followed’ a team since the Brooklyn Dodgers BUT interest did spark up with the birth of the Nationals.
So was pleasantly surprised at the 2 young pitchers the Cards threw at the Nationals last week....
Really impressive, then I find they are not even in the ‘mix’ as the Cards rotation was being set up....
The one kid (Wacha) threw a ‘no/one’ (questionable hit by Zim in 9th), can imagine if it were one of the ‘premier’ hurlers it very well may have been scored an error??? And Miller with 15 Wins - both held down a ‘hot’ Nationals team who though eliminated were trying to ‘beat’ St Louis because of last years come from behind by the Cards...
Of course that is speculation
All the teams that are currently playing are damn good; I could really see any of them winning the whole thing.
RE: Cardinals. STL seems to have pretty much the best player development system in MLB; they seem to pull players out of thin air and win.