I would much rather play the Cardinals. If we win we kill any sort of "fear" of playing the Cardinals for the entirety of this run with the current core. If we lose, at least it's in 1 game and not some agonizingly frustrsting 3-5 games. And then you go into the actual match ups and I think the Cubs have a better chance of winning against St Louis. Plus Matheny would find some way to [expletive] over the Cardinals. But let's just win the division so we let the other two worry about it