Can someone catch me up to speed on my team lately?

I apologize if this isn’t allowed or is frowned upon first and foremost.

As a child I watched ALOT of cardinals baseball with my father, when he passed Pujols was still our star player, I stopped watching as a teenager due to this.

As an adult, I find watching the cardinals brings me a lot of joy again and slowly but surely I’m starting to become a baseball fan once more. Never even been to a game but my own son is now 3 almost 4 and he’ll be ready to go to one soon so it will be a new experience for both of us.

All of this said, I know there’s a lot to baseball from good vs bad players to the issues that the team itself has. Could anyone basically give me a quick rundown and get me up to speed on the team? Just asking for some education to pass along to my son if he ever asks or wants to know. Thanks in advance to all of you!