Cardinals manager Mike Matheny set aside Sunday to be an off game for catcher Yadier Molina — his first true start off of the month — but he described how it’s not the calendar or Molina’s rising innings total that directed the decision.
Often, it’s the eye test.
“We don’t line it up way ahead of time,” Matheny said. “We just kind of watch, how is he going? How’s his body looking? How’s he moving? How’s the swing coming along, too, because that’s part of the equation? All of that put together and he’s looked good. He’s got a lot of life to him.