8. Cardinals (Falling)
Lacking Lohse and Losing: The Redbirds get some bad news when they learn that Kyle Lohse—third on the team with a .523 Support-Neutral Winning Percentage—will be out at least four weeks and perhaps until after the All-Star break due to a strained flexor tendon. It's been all downhill for both Lohse and the Cardinals since May 23, when he was hit on the elbow by a pitch while combining to shut out the Royals; since then he's pitched just two innings, and the team, which was a season-high nine games over .500 at the time, has gone 7-11 since. Don't even start with the implications for the BP Kings Scoresheet League's El Maximo Jaffe entry, which (sadly) calls Lohse their ace.
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