The Willson Contreras what-if has liftoff, and good luck to the Cardinals on grounding it any time soon.
What if the Cardinals had traded for Oakland A’s turned Braves catcher Sean Murphy instead of signing free agent Willson Contreras to a five-year, $87.5-million deal the Cardinals now are suggesting they regret?
And don’t get it twisted, folks, because buyer's remorse is exactly what is suggested by the clawing back of Contreras' catching duties before the now-in-progress softening of that stance.
Whether the move is the right call, which is hard to imagine, or the wrong call, which is a lot easier to believe because of the way the Cardinals have been grasping at straws so far this season, there’s no other way to spin it.