The route to a game at Roger Dean Stadium was a lot shorter when Miles Mikolas was a kid growing up in nearby Tequesta, Fla., but after a detour through Japan, he has found his way back to that ballpark.
As momentum starts to build for a winter that they hope will reshape their roster, the Cardinals signed Mikolas to a two-year contract Tuesday that will guarantee the righthanded starter $15.5 million. A native of the Jupiter, Fla., area who came to Cardinals spring training games as a boy, Mikolas, 29, returns to the majors for the first time since 2014 and after three resounding seasons in Japan’s top league.