Don’t stop, Cardinals.
President of baseball operations John Mozeliak and his team of decision-makers checked their biggest box here at Winter Meetings.
The catcher, not a catcher, is on his way to St. Louis.
Keep going.
Willson Contreras is a successful physical away from the official announcement of his five-year, $87.5 million deal with the Cardinals. Mozeliak doesn’t talk publicly until the deals are all the way done. He didn’t need to say anything Wednesday as he headed for the airport, wheeling his bag through the Hyatt’s lobby. The message had been delivered.
Oakland’s waiting game with a potential Sean Murphy trade was not something the Cardinals needed to keep playing.