Monday night’s game followed a similar script for the St. Louis Cardinals, who have been perhaps the most disappointing team in all of baseball this season.
They got a solid pitching performance from starter Matthew Liberatore, but the bullpen squandered a late lead and the offense came up short in key spots.
St. Louis is now 27-40 on the season.
And so, with their latest loss, they have officially hit a new low.
It took St. Louis 67 games this year to reach 40 losses.
That is the shortest amount of time it has taken for the Cardinals to reach the 40-loss mark since the turn of the century.
On Twitter, Cardinals analyst Brandon Kiley made a list of how many games it has taken the team to lose 40 games since the 2000 season.
How many games did it take for the #STLCards to get to 40 losses:
'00 – 94
'01 – 80
'02 – 91
'03 – 83
'04 – 115
'05 – 108
'06 – 92
'07 – 73
'08 – 90
'09 – 86
'10 – 85
'11 – 85
'12 – 84
'13 – 102
'14 – 84
'15 – 111
'16 – 83
'17 – 73
'18 – 82
'19 – 80
'21 – 76
'22 – 84
'23 – 67— Brandon Kiley (@BKSportsTalk) June 13, 2023
This is a historic new low for the Cardinals.
The last time they finished under the .500 mark was in 2007.
That year, it took them just 73 games to hit 40 losses and they ultimately finished 78-84, falling short of the postseason.
16 years later, the team is following a similar, yet slightly worse pattern.
They own the worst record in the National League and fans are growing restless as the days go by.
Much of the blame is being directed towards the front office for their lack of offseason activity.
But their star catcher Willson Contreras has seen his average dip to .201 on the year.
St. Louis is dealing with a whole host of problems, which may ultimately result in them being sellers at the deadline for the first time since 2018.
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