ST LOUIS, MO - MAY 22: Miles Mikolas #39 of the St. Louis Cardinals of the Chicago Cubs pitches in the first inning at Busch Stadium on May 22, 2021 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Miles Mikolas hadn’t pitched since 2019 when he made his first start of the year for the St Louis Cardinals. The start alarmingly also ended in injury.
When Miles Mikolas left his first start of the 2021 season after just 4.0 innings on Saturday, St Louis Cardinals fans were right to worry.
After the team signed Mikolas to a four-year, $68M extension in the spring of 2019, they were expecting the righty to contribute much more than he has.