Manager Mike Matheny’s postgame comments didn’t help much either.
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“If you recall last time he was in the bullpen, he was pretty good”, Mozeliak said in response to questions about what he expects from Wainwright as a reliever. “When he slid into third base previous year , there was instantly, ‘OK, this is going to be a while.’ That is not the same message we’re hearing right now”.
Through a club spokeman, Molina said he wouldn’t discuss the injury Monday. He was hurt this time while tagging the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo attempting to score the tying run on a fly ball on Sunday.
The time Mozeliak referenced, of course, was Wainwright’s rookie season when he recorded saves in four postseason games during St. Louis’ run to the World Series. Even so, the ground St. Louis gains defensively with Molina in the lineup means he will play as long as he can catch.
He reminded fans that Cruz showed enough to make the postseason roster last season. “Last time we had him in the outfield, it had to be an underhand flip”, Mozeliak said.
Hamilton leads the majors with a career-best 57 steals in 65 chances and also is among the National League leaders with eight outfield assists. Jocketty said the surgery is set for Friday in Cincinnati.
Randal Grichuk returns to full action Monday, batting sixth and playing left field. It was a key play, obviously, in Sunday’s game. He is scheduled to pitch a simulated game this weekend and we will see what develops from there. “You’ve got to play like a man”.
“We are hopeful that he can return this season, but it will really just depend on how the next five to seven days go”, Mozeliak said. I’m impressed when he doesn’t back off. I thought about that when Addi when through that moment. “But I didn’t want to see him with a bat in his hand”.
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Losing two of three games against the Chicago Cubs is always going to be something of a disappointment. “I’ve known that for a couple of months”, he said before Monday’s game against the Cubs. He appeared in 136 games in 2013 season. Milwaukee hired 30-year-old David Stearns to take over as general manager. Stearns replaces Doug Melvin, a baseball lifer who announced last month that he was stepping down following a 13-year tenure.
