JUPITER, Fla. — Spring training on Wednesday didn’t extend any farther than the outfield grass on Field 1 here at the Cardinals’ complex. But there was baseball activity, of a sort.
There was rehabbing righthander Jordan Hicks playing catch with ... yes, manager Mike Shildt, who was trying to stay active before going on a long walk around the back fields. "He was good," said Hicks.
Harrison Bader was throwing. Tyler O’Neill and Kolten Wong put in a session in the weight room.
Hicks, still on the road back from Tommy John elbow surgery of last year, said he would come to the complex “as long as this is open.