By Katie Woo, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney The basic assumption is that the Cardinals are going to be good. Sharma: Those who heard Contreras talk about how he envisioned being with St. Louis as early as late last season, or that he prefers the way the Cardinals do things, probably won’t be raucously cheering him on Monday night. But …
CHICAGO — The optics surrounding the Cardinals’ abrupt decision to temporarily snatch away Willson Contreras’ full-time catching duties are far from great. On Monday, Adam Wainwright and Jack Flaherty — the two longest-tenured members of the Cardinals rotation — took it upon themselves to speak up for Contreras and acknowledge the rotation’s shortcomings. Really, this first month was a perfect …
Cal Conley of the Atlanta Braves thought he had just won the game with a two-out, full-count, bases-loaded walk-off walk on Saturday. It was a far more dramatic moment than when San Diego Padres slugger Manny Machado on Friday became the first player to draw a pitch clock violation when he was called for an automatic strike in the bottom …
