JUPITER, Fla. • In 2013-14, Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright won a total of 39 games. In two of the three seasons since then — he missed most of 2015 with an Achilles’ tear — the veteran won 13 and then 12. Now he is hearing the “m” word, and it is bothering him.
“At no point in time five years ago would anybody have even mentioned ‘mediocre’ to me,” Wainwright said during an impromptu press conference he called before he threw his first bullpen session of the spring here Thursday.
“The fact that has become an issue is a real problem for me.