St. Louis Cardinals 2025 MLB World Series Futures – MLB Lines
In 2024, the St. Louis Cardinals could not make up enough ground to make the playoffs as an aging team in transition. After going 93-69 and winning the National League Central in 2022, the St. Louis Cardinals fell to 71-91 in 2023. The Cardinals fired Mike Shildt after the 2021 season despite the fact that Shildt never had a losing record and produced three playoff campaigns in his final three seasons. Shildt’s replacement, Oliver Marmol, was the man who presided over the collapse. Marmol will be feeling serious heat in 2025, and there is no certainty that the Cardinals will pull out of their fall.
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In 2024, the St. Louis Cardinals had a record of 83-79 and was 2nd in the National League Central Division. Offensively, St. Louis ranked 22nd for runs scored, 11th for batting average, 16th for OPS, 20th for home runs, and 21st for stolen bases. Defensively, St. Louis ranked 16th for earned run average, 16th for WHIP, 11th for strikeouts, 12th for quality starts, 5th for fewest errors, and 7th for bullpen ERA.
St. Louis ranks 19th for MLB payroll.
Major moves: Declared their intention to trade Nolan Arenado.
From the earliest days of this offseason, president of baseball operations John Mozeliak has been adamant and tremendously transparent about the club’s desire to trade third baseman Nolan Arenado. With the Cardinals in something of a transitional state as a franchise, both player and team thought it best to find a new home for Arenado and clear the way for some younger players on the St. Louis roster.
However, Arenado’s contract ($74M owed over the next three seasons) and the no-trade clause within it have made it difficult for the Cardinals to find the right deal. Arenado rejected an agreed-upon deal with Houston in December, and the Astros have since pivoted with their third-base plans. With spring training approaching, the Cardinals are still seeking a landing spot for Arenado, and Mozeliak said recently that it’s a “coin flip” whether they will find a deal, even with their continued intentions.
St. Louis Cardinals Key Players
It’s not that St. Louis’ roster looks particularly poor as currently constructed. It’s that all the Cardinals talk this winter has been about subtracting rather than adding, not just in regard to Arenado but also with trade rumors involving closer Ryan Helsley and starters Sonny Gray, Erick Fedde, and Steven Matz. However, all of that talk has amounted to nothing so far, leaving St. Louis with one of the least active offseasons of any team in MLB — and a grade that reflects it.
RHP Sonny Gray is the Cardinals' number-one starter. In 2023, Gray was 8-8 with a 2.79 ERA and 1.15 WHIP. Last year, Gray was 13-9 with a 3.84 ERA and 1.09 WHIP. Gray is a 3-time All-Star.
St. Louis Cardinals Manager
Since 2022, Oliver Marmol has been the manager of the Cardinals. Hed led St. Louis to a Central Division title in 2022.
Season-by-Season Record (Since 2015)
| SEASON |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
POSTSEASON |
| 2024 |
83 |
79 |
2nd |
- |
| 2023 |
71 |
91 |
5th |
- |
| 2022 |
93 |
69 |
1st |
Lost NLWC (Phillies) 2–0 |
| 2021 |
90 |
72 |
2nd |
Lost NLWC (Dodgers) 1–0 |
| 2020 |
30 |
28 |
2nd |
Lost NLWC (Padres) 2–1 |
| 2019 |
91 |
71 |
1st |
Lost NLCS (Nationals) 4–0 |
| 2018 |
88 |
74 |
3rd |
- |
| 2017 |
83 |
79 |
3rd |
- |
| 2016 |
86 |
76 |
2nd |
- |
| 2015 |
100 |
62 |
1st |
Lost NLDS (Cubs) 3–1 |
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