That 2011 team on September 1st was 9 games over .500 as well, so .. yea not all stats are created the same, it was still a "good" team. This year's Cardinals team, is not good, by any stretch of the imagination - and only reason they have a higher playoff probability is the higher amount of games left and their original projections.
I, for one am glad they are out of the way for once barring a miracle... time to talk about and worry about the upstart Reds.... that is a team we should be worried most about - youth - as unpredictable as it can be - can just not know any better on how they are supposed to fade.. lol.