Ku sii wad qodobkaan - Cardinals waxay sii wadeen guusha kadib markii ay ka tageen astaamaha La Russa iyo Pujols. Ciyaaryahankii hore ee Cardinals Mike Matheny wuxuu noqday macalinka cusub ee Cardinals xilli ciyaareedkii 2012 iyo wixii ka dambeeyay. Carlos Beltrán, oo ah ciyaaryahan kale oo xor ah oo saxiixay si uu u bedelo Pujols ka hor xilli ciyaareedkii 2012, wuxuu kasbaday abaalmarinta Ciyaaryahanka Toddobaadka bishii May ka dib markii uu ku dhuftay lix guri oo toddobaad gudihiis ah; wuxuu ugu dambeyntii ku dhuftay 32 xilli ciyaareedkan. Ciyaarta playoffs, Cardinals waxay ka faa'iideysteen shaqsiyadooda soo noqoshada cusub ee ka dhanka ah Washington Nationals ee NLDS: ciyaartii ugu dambeysay, Pete Kozma wuxuu kaxeeyay laba wareeg oo wareega sagaalaad ah si uu ugu guuleysto taxanaha ka dib markii uu hoos u dhacay 6-0. Si kastaba ha noqotee, ka dib markii ay kor u qaadeen 3-1 hogaanka, waxay ku dhaceen San Francisco Giants ee NLCS
Waxaad Xilli ciyaareedkii ka dib, daabacaadaha ugu sarreeya sida ESPN iyo "Baseball Prospectus" waxay sii wadeen inay ku dhajiyaan nidaamka beeraha ee Cardinals mid ka mid ah nidaamyada ugu sarreeya baseball-ka.