Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ndị Cardinals nọgidere na-emeri mgbe akara ngosi La Russa na Pujols lara. Onye bụbu onye na-akwado ndị Cardinals bụ Mike Matheny ghọrọ onye nchịkwa ọhụrụ nke ndị Cardinals maka oge 2012 na n'ihu. Carlos Beltrán, onye ọzọ nweere onwe ya bịanyere aka iji dochie Pujols tupu oge 2012, nwetara ihe nrite Player nke Izu na May mgbe ọ kụrụ ụlọ isii n'ime otu izu; o mechara kụọ 32 maka oge ahụ. Na egwuregwu playoffs, ndị Cardinals jiri onye ọhụụ ha weghachite n'aka ndị Washington Nationals na NLDS: na egwuregwu ikpeazụ, Pete Kozma gbara ọsọ abụọ na nke itoolu iji merie usoro ahụ mgbe ọ tụgharịrị 6-0. Agbanyeghị, mgbe ha nwesịrị ụzọ 3<unk>1, ha dara na San Francisco Giants na NLCS
Ọ dị mma. Mgbe oge ahụ gasịrị, akwụkwọ ndị kachasị dị ka ESPN na "Baseball Prospectus" gara n'ihu na-atụle usoro ugbo Cardinals dị ka otu n'ime usoro kachasị elu na baseball.