JUPITER, Fla. • Lefthander Brett Cecil was the first Cardinals’ pitcher to face hitters Monday. He didn’t throw many strikes, perhaps two out of 15 or so pitches in his stint, but he became ill while he was warming up and didn’t feel any better when he started facing Yadier Molina, his first hitter.
“About halfway through warming up, I started to feel nauseous,” said Cecil. “I dry-heaved a couple of times in the bullpen, walked around a little bit and felt better. But I got up to the game mound and the first one I threw I started feeling nauseous again.