Brenden Schaeffer describes the Cardinals' 4-3 loss to the Giants from Monday at Busch Stadium as the team keeps losing in very similar ways day after day in this putrid stretch. But should criticisms of this team and their play in 2023 extend beyond the low-hanging fruit of raging about Oli Marmol's bullpen management? What if I told you these issues are more a product of another factor that to a large extent should have been foreseeable in the off-season?

We get into all of that on the show and hear from Cardinals' reliever Chris Stratton following a tough night for the St. Louis bullpen.