St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras has gotten off to a solid start this year, hitting .280 with six homers and 12 RBI. The 31-year-old is in his second season with the Cards after his seven-year stint with the Chicago Cubs.
Willson Contreras suffered some awful luck on Tuesday night. The Cardinals catcher was hit around his lower left wrist by J.D. Martinez’s bat on a swing during the top of the second inning of St. Louis’ game against the Mets at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
He suffered the injury in Tuesday night’s game against the Mets. He took a direct hit on a J.D. Martinez swing.
Former World Series champion William Contreras is proving to be a strong, durable leader for the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Contreras, 26, continues to live up to his reputation as one of the premier catchers in Major League Baseball.
Catchers William and Willson Contreras are adding a spirited sibling rivalry to the Milwaukee Brewers-St. Louis Cardinals series. William and the Brewers got the upper hand in winning the first two games of this three-game series in St.
The St. Louis Cardinals (9-11), led by Willson Contreras on a 12-game hitting streak, will meet the Milwaukee Brewers (12-6) Saturday at Busch Stadium.
William Contreras drove in both runs for the visiting Brewers on Friday night as Milwaukee edged the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 in 10 innings. Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta held the Cardinals to four hits and two walks in six scoreless innings.
The St. Louis Cardinals (9-10), led by Willson Contreras on an 11-game hitting streak, will meet the Milwaukee Brewers (11-6) Friday at Busch Stadium. The Brewers are -122 favorites for the matchup, which starts at 8:15 PM ET on BSMW.
The St. Louis Cardinals (9-9), led by Willson Contreras on a 10-game hitting streak, will meet the Oakland Athletics (7-11) Wednesday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Boom x2! Yordan Alvarez went yard not once, but twice to cash one of our home run bets for the second straight day. It'll be hard to follow that, but we'll do our best with three more home run props for Thursday's MLB slate.
Willson Contreras kept his approach simple in the sixth inning of Tuesday night's game when Yu Darvish fed him a split-finger fastball. "I was shooting for something middle-up," Contreras said.
Willson Contreras leads the St. Louis Cardinals (3-3) into Wednesday’s matchup with the San Diego Padres (3-5) on a two-game homer streak. His Cardinals are underdogs for the contest, however, with sportsbooks naming the Padres as -151 moneyline favorites.
Willson Contreras belted a two-run homer to put the visiting St. Louis Cardinals ahead for good and Miles Mikolas tossed six solid innings in a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.
Something fun for your Wednesday I am trying to figure out how to write this opening paragraph for this idea I had for this post, but I feel like the title sort of lays it out pretty clearly, huh?
This is the second part of my first Spring Training notebook of the year. Part one covered the pitchers and I talked about a number of potential changes being made to pitch shapes and velocities.
He left Wednesday's game with discomfort in that wrist and didn’t play in Thursday's contest.
Earlier this year St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras was temporarily relieved of his catching duties. It was a brief stint, but the overall perceived message around the league was that their big free agent signing was playing a big role in why the pitching staff was struggling.
Did the St. Louis Cardinals briefly remove Willson Contreras from behind the plate because he was calling pitches that were not even thrown by a given pitcher?
Willson Contreras grew into a Chicago Cubs legend as part of the 2016 team that won the franchise's first World Series since 1908. But times change, and now Contreras is the catcher for the rival St.
All-Star brothers Willson and William Contreras achieved a unique MLB feat together, despite playing more than 200 miles apart.
The St. Louis Cardinals have already reversed course on their decision to move big free-agent acquisition Willson Contreras away from the catcher's mitt.
The St. Louis Cardinals wasted little time finding a replacement for franchise icon Yadier Molina following his retirement, inking longtime division rival Willson Contreras to a five-year contract in free agency. But who will be Contreras' backup?
Veteran catcher Willson Contreras signed a five-year, $87.5 million contract with the St. Louis Cardinals earlier this week. It was a deal he began dreaming of long before it was even a realistic possibility.
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