Nolan Arenado is surging while the St. Louis Cardinals are plummeting and the All-Star third baseman doesn't sound hopeful about a turnaround.

“I don’t know if you’d call it a stretch anymore. It’s just bad baseball,” Arenado said, via Bally Sports Midwest. “We have been playing bad baseball for awhile now. Do I think we can play better baseball with the players we have in here? Sure. But that remains to be seen.”