Unexpected news came out of right field this morning, when Jon Heyman broke that the St. Louis Cardinals and Stephen Piscotty agreed to a contract extension. Ken Rosenthal later confirmed details of the extension.
This signing comes just one day after finalizing a new deal with St. Louis Cardinals icon Yadier Molina. Piscotty’s contract, however, is more comparable to the recent agreement with Carlos Martinez, as well as past deals with Kolten Wong and Allen Craig.
Pre-arbitration extensions are becoming more common in the MLB, and the Cardinals are arguably one of the best at locking players up.