St. Louis Cardinals fans melting down after team smacked by Milwaukee Brewers: "Our expectations of you were low buy holy s**t" "Enjoying last place?"

St. Louis Cardinals fans are losing their minds after the team lost two of their three games against the host Milwaukee Brewers this weekend. After being thumped 6-1 against one of their main National League Central rivals on Sunday, the Cardinals have sunk to the bottom of the division standings.

Milwaukee sits all alone in first place in the NL Central, four games ahead of St. Louis, as the Cardinals languish with a 3-6 record. The team was expected by many to claim the division title this season, and possibly make a postseason push. Those expectations feel far off after St. Louis' first nine games.

St. Louis is traditionally one of the more successful teams in the MLB. The team had a .521 winning percentage in 142 seasons entering Sunday's game.

The Cardinals made 32 playoff appearances in that time, winning 23 National League pennants and 11 World Series titles.

Sitting at 3-6, even early on in the 2023 season, is unfamiliar territory for the Cardinals Nation. The followers of the team are not handling it well.

Not even Saturday's 6-0 shutout victory over the Brewers could salve the burning angst of St. Louis Cardinals fans. After rallying to win their opening series of the season, two games to one, over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Cardinals were swept home by the Atlanta Braves.

The Braves sweep began St. Louis' downward turn, but losing a pair in their first division rivalry series of the season has hurt even more.

It's been a season-opening gauntlet for the St. Louis Cardinals, with each of their three opponents holding strong postseason aspirations. The team will get a break of sorts, as it will travel to the last place team in the National League West — the Colorado Rockies — before returning home to play the Pittsburgh Pirates.

While the Pirates were basically an afterthought in the preseason predictions, Pittsburgh began the season at 6-3 and sits just one game behind the division-leading Brewers in the NL Central race as the weekend comes to a close.

St. Louis Cardinals way off expected pace in 2023

Manager Oliver Marmol #37 of the St. Louis Cardinals has words with home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman

There's plenty of time for the Cardinals to right the ship, and St. Louis is not the only playoff-predicted team getting off to a slow start this season. Fans of the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies are in similar straits.