SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When Jason Motte was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003, he envisioned a career behind the plate, not one on the mound peering in at it.
But things didn’t go as planned for the veteran Rockies reliever early in his professional career, something that has worked out perfectly fine for him.
Entering his ninth season coming out of a major-league bullpen — the second with Colorado — Motte is content with the decision the Cardinals made to switch him from catcher to pitcher when he was developing in the minors.
Not that it was really up for discussion.