JUPITER, Fla. • Adam Wainwright, Michael Wacha and Mike Leake will make their initial starts of the spring for the Cardinals in the next three days. Wainwright will pitch against the New York Mets here on Monday, Wacha will pitch against Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., on Tuesday and Leake will work against Atlanta here on Wednesday.
Carlos Martinez is close to starting. “We’ll be getting him into that mix pretty soon,” manager Mike Matheny said Sunday morning.
Catcher Yadier Molina, on the road back after two surgeries on his left thumb, will begin swinging a bat this week, Matheny said, and Molina might even get into a game to catch.