MLB: Top Five Players to Make or Break Postseason

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#5 Adam Wainwright

Adam Wainwright has long been the St. Louis Cardinals ace. He is the pitcher that they wanted on the mound in big games and going into postseason. That has not been the case this season.

Wainwright has struggled to be anything like the ace he has been in seasons past. He has shown flashes of his old self only to have an outing that destroys whatever confidence he had built. Wainwright may not be the ace he once was, but if the Cardinals want a chance in postseason he is going to have to find just a little bit extra down the stretch. If he can pitch like he has in seasons past the Cardinals chances to go far in postseason will improve greatly. If he cannot, come postseason time the Cardinals may very well be watching from home.

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