upcoming 4 game series w/ small bears

[12xu]

Should be an interesting series in St. Louis. The cubs have just lost 2 of 3 at home vs Seattle, and they gave up 30 runs in those 3 games. This month, the cubs have only won 2 series, taking 2 of 3 at Washington, and winning 3 of 4 with the Pirates.
All the pitching matchups with the Cardinals are still not announced, but it seems that Ben Brown will oppose Liberatore tomorrow. Jameson Taillon is on schedule to start Tuesday's game, while the Cardinals have not yet announced their starter for that contest, but it will most likely be Fedde.
The cubs are expecting Imanaga to start either Wednesday or Thursday. He has been on the IL since early May. Matthew Boyd will likely start the other one, so the Cards will probably face two lefty starters in a row. Pallante and Gray could be the Cardinal starters for those two games.

[ICCFIM2]

Should be an interesting series in St. Louis. The cubs have just lost 2 of 3 at home vs Seattle, and they gave up 30 runs in those 3 games. This month, the cubs have only won 2 series, taking 2 of 3 at Washington, and winning 3 of 4 with the Pirates.
All the pitching matchups with the Cardinals are still not announced, but it seems that Ben Brown will oppose Liberatore tomorrow. Jameson Taillon is on schedule to start Tuesday's game, while the Cardinals have not yet announced their starter for that contest, but it will most likely be Fedde.
The cubs are expecting Imanaga to start either Wednesday or Thursday. He has been on the IL since early May. Matthew Boyd will likely start the other one, so the Cards will probably face two lefty starters in a row. Pallante and Gray could be the Cardinal starters for those two games.

Winning 3 of 4 would be great, but a split is also OK.

The Cardinals have a fairly easy schedule in July. 3 against Cubs and 4 against the Padres. But also 2 against Pittsburgh 3 if we count June 30, 3 against Nationals 3 against the Marlins and 3 against the Rockies. Also 3 against Atlanta and 3 against AZ. Those 12 games against the bottom feeders are going to really go a long way to determine where the Cards are. If they can take 9 or 10 of 12 and play 500 against the rest and get to 12 or 13 over 500, they are in decent shape.

With as bad as Colorado, Florida, Pittsburgh and Washington are this year, it probably takes 92-93 wins to get a wild card spot this year, which is 22-24 games over 500. Probably need to be at least 12 over at July 31 to not be sellers. We will see. This team is resiliant.

[11WSChamps]

Need at least a split to keep the ball rolling.

Wierd schedule we haven't seen them yet.

[MIDMOBIRDTWO]

Learned over the years to hate the cubs. Sweep please.