Is this a blip or a slip? The optimist here at the keyboard wants to think it's just a blip, and that the recent time off will help Giovanny Gallegos, heading into this series at Colorado. After all, his body of work this year has embodied the Cardinals' bullpen. But the righty's recent outings have been … unusual.
The Cards' reliever is tied with the Brewers' Josh Hader with baseball's-best 0.79 WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched). In the span of July 13 to August 24 – 16 appearances – he allowed five total hits.