25-21, 2nd in NL Central

St. Louis Cardinals Power Rankings - 2012

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Power Ranking
WEEKRECORDRANKCOMMENT
Week 8 22-19 6 The Cardinals' defense and health have begun to fail them, as they committed 10 errors in a seven-game span and lost Jon Jay, Allen Craig, Kyle McClellan and Lance Berkman to the DL. -- Matt Philip: Fungoes
Week 7 20-14 5 Carlos Beltran leads the National League with 13 home runs and is tied for the league lead with 32 RBIs. -- ESPN.com
Week 6 17-11 5 The Cardinals lost two of three in Houston, but remain in first place thanks in part to Lance Lynn, who ranks sixth in the National League in "expected fielding independent pitching" (xFIP). -- Matt Philip: Fungoes
Week 5 14-8 2 The Cardinals' bullpen let a couple of games slip away in Chicago, but the pitching staff overall continues to stymie the opposition with a 3.19 fielding-independent pitching (third-best in the National League) and the lowest walk rate in baseball (1.97 BB/9). -- Matt Philip: Fungoes
Week 4 11-5 4 The Cardinals' starting rotation averaged 3.14 fielding independent pitching last week, paced by Kyle Lohse's 1.59 in two starts, to help the club to two more series wins. -- Matt Philip: Fungoes
Week 3 7-3 3 Matt Carpenter has filled in for an ailing Lance Berkman and has 18 total bases in 20 plate appearances to help the Cardinals to a National League-best 5.7 runs/game and the NL Central lead. -- Matt Philip: Fungoes
Week 2 3-1 6 Tops in the National League last year in OBP, the Cardinals lead the league in runs scored on the strength of a .384 OBP, to say nothing of their league-best 2.91 xFIP. -- Matt Philip: Fungoes
Week 1 0-0 9 Despite Chris Carpenter being out indefinitely, the Cardinals break camp confident, mostly healthy and more aggressive on the bases. -- Matt Philip: Fungoes

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