I think I speak for everybody when I say, I don’t get it.
What reason do the Cardinals have to pull Willson Contreras from the catcher position and use him as the full-time designated hitter? It’s nice to have his bat still in the lineup, yes. But it also means that Andrew Knizner, who has struggled at the plate, is going to be seeing some everyday action behind the plate and in the starting lineup.
John Denton said that the Cardinals want the pitchers to have somebody they’re more familiar with for a little bit. Fine. But now it’s going to cause a logjam at the designated hitter spot, and Nolan Gorman is going to lose playing time as a result of this.