Hammel's on deck Meh, he's pitching great, he has hit the ball well in both ABs and he was at like 70 pitches. I'm not saying it's an easy call but I would consider him batting there if he comes up. (I realize that if I'm not 100% certain you warm someone up but yeah) Then again I'm a moron so what do I know. I at least know I'm not bring Richard in there.
Cardinals SOS - .499 Cubs SOS -.494 If you consider the "good" NL teams outside of STL and CHC to be the Nats, Mets, Pirates, Giants and Dodgers, the Cardinals have played 22 games against those 5 teams, the Cubs 20 games.