Why Sunday Night Baseball’s Pitchers Are the Untold Heroes You Can’t Afford to Ignore

The Cardinals are not quite out of the postseason race, but their chances look bleaker and bleaker by the day. They essentially threw in the towel when they traded away their closer, but the team is still playing .500 baseball. The problem is that an average performance and season won’t get you to the postseason, even with three Wild Card spots. They are 4.5 games back of the Mets at the moment, but a win here and a Brewers win would position themselves even better at getting into the postseason. I can’t imagine the Mets, Padres, and Cubs all make it to the playoffs. Someone will eventually slip up and open the door for the Reds, Giants, or Cardinals. Tonight, they get their staff Ace, Sonny Gray on the mound. I watched Gray’s last start against the Dodgers and he was phenomenal. He allowed just one solo homer to Freddie Freeman, and one walk over seven innings while striking out eight hitters. He has pitched better at home than he has on the road, but almost two full runs. The bad news is that while he hasn’t faced Chicago this year, the Cubs are hitting almost .300 against him over 100 at-bats. 

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