The Cardinals are in an unusual situation. Obviously as fans, as Cardinals fans specifically, we haven’t experienced losing like this in some cases, hell most cases, our entire lives. Certainly mine. But they are also in an unusual situation for most baseball teams. The Cardinals this year, both in record and at the deadline and frankly in their goals for the rest of the year, resemble a rebuilding team. Most teams that look like a rebuilding team at the deadline are still rebuilding the next season.
This leads to some awkward goals. For instance, the Cardinals have a lot of internal options to take one of the three open rotation spots, if you consider Steven Matz to be a likely member at least.