This began as a conversation beside a running bus — one ready, like us, for a quick getaway from whatever the Mets call the ballpark in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Outside the Cardinals clubhouse, a few days before baseball came to a screeching halt as the first wave of reaction to the coronavirus threat, Alex Reyes talked about the team subtly moving him to a relievers schedule and whether that gave him an on-ramp to the big-league pitching staff. He mentioned that with so many starters and relief options, the Cardinals’ camp roster could fill two pitching staffs.