Kammala wannan jumla: 'Yan Cardinals sun ci gaba da cin nasara bayan ficewar gumakan La Russa da Pujols. Tsohon dan wasan Cardinals Mike Matheny ya zama sabon manajan Cardinals na kakar 2012 da kuma gaba. Carlos Beltrán, wani dan wasa mai 'yanci wanda ya sanya hannu don maye gurbin Pujols kafin kakar 2012, ya sami kyautar dan wasan mako a watan Mayu bayan ya buga gidaje shida a cikin mako guda; daga karshe ya buga 32 a kakar wasa. A cikin wasan kwaikwayo, 'yan Cardinals sun yi amfani da sabon dawowar da suka samu a kan Washington Nationals a cikin NLDS: a wasan karshe, Pete Kozma ya kori gudu biyu a cikin na tara don lashe jerin bayan da aka rasa 6-0. Duk da haka, bayan da aka yi amfani da 3 zuwa 1, sun fadi ga San Francisco Giants a cikin
NLCS. Bayan kakar wasa, manyan wallafe-wallafe kamar ESPN da "Baseball Prospectus" sun ci gaba da yin amfani da tsarin gonar Cardinals a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan tsarin wasan baseball.