Think back to early 2011 - Yadier Molina, catching for the Cardinals for 7 years at that point, was clearly a defensive standout...but offensively? Meh. Sure, for a catcher, there were some decent years in there (2009 being the most notable), but it certainly didn’t look like he’d be a power hitter of any real caliber. Well, fast-freaking-forward to today and tell 2011 you to shut your piehole, because Yadier Molina has 9 home runs on June 20th in the year of our lord two thousand dang eighteen. He is 23 days short of his 36th birthday, plays 385 games a year (I assume he goes home and catches a doubleheader in his backyard every night after he’s done at Busch), and is less than 7 weeks removed from Jordan Hicks exploding his delicate bits like a water balloon with a 100+ mph pitch.
Molina HRs aren’t enough, Cards lose 4-3
