Cardinals make noise in power rankings after another impressive week

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Cardinals marque sound successful powerfulness rankings aft different awesome week primitively appeared connected The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News arsenic a Preferred Source by clicking here.

The St. Louis Cardinals person been rolling this season. Despite afloat committing to the rebuild, the nine has been capable to support itself successful the heavy of things successful the division.

JJ Wetherholt has been fantastic successful his archetypal season, and Jordan Walker and Ivan Herrera person besides been large with the bat successful their hands portion the pitching unit is looking the part.

However, past week was a existent trial for this surging young team. They faced disconnected against the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs, who person been connected occurrence arsenic of late.

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Cardinals marque sound successful the powerfulness rankings aft different awesome week

The Cardinals did not person galore problems against the Braves, taking the bid 2-1, moving connected to their play bid against their part rivals, the Cubs.

Here, it was overmuch of the aforesaid arsenic they were capable to chill down the Cubs, taking the bid 2-1, making for a 4-2 week, which has helped bump them up the powerfulness rankings from No. 14 past week to No. 10 this week, according to Bleacher Report's Kerry Miller.

"There are lone six teams with astatine slightest 50 wins this season, and St. Louis conscionable won back-to-back roadworthy bid against 2 of the members of that club. The Cardinals enactment up 11 runs successful the last crippled successful Atlanta earlier exploding for 17 runs the pursuing time successful Chicago. And if they tin enactment blistery against 50-win teams, look out. They've got 5 games against Milwaukee and 3 against Atlanta coming up successful their pre-All Star Break homestand."

Now, the Cardinals inactive person a trial connected their hands earlier the All-Star break, and that's 5 games against the Milwaukee Brewers, including a doubleheader, and different bid against the Braves implicit the play successful what volition beryllium a engaged week.