Can a new man behind the mask, Willson Contreras, change the face of Cardinals?

Best Podcast in Baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Willson Contreras, a three-time All-Star and long-time Chicago Cub, joins the Cardinals, ready, he says, the takeover for Yadier Molina at catcher and possibly hit fifth, where Albert Pujols last did. No pressure, right? How the Cardinals went from exploring trades to committing nearly $100 million to Contreras at catcher is the subject of a brand new Best Podcast in Baseball, featuring St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Frederickson and baseball writer Derrick Goold. The two discuss the ways Contreras impressed the Cardinals, the first impression he made at his press conference, and how he changes the look of the team, from behind the plate as well as at the plate. There is also a brief tangent on how pitch-framing isn't going anywhere in baseball, even with an automated strike zone. What the signing means for the Cardinals and what the Cardinals must do next is also covered. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
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0:09.0	Imagine your home totally organized with Closets by Design.
0:12.0	Call 1-800 by Design.
0:14.0	That's 1-800 by Design.
0:17.0	I'm really excited and honor to be now part of the Sandwich Cuddering organization.
0:23.6	I came here because I know that I knew the history of the team.
0:29.6	I know this is a team that's looking forward to win and the whole organization is looking
0:35.6	at one direction just to get back to the World Series.
0:40.2	I know that I came here to succeed Jariya Molina, the greatest catch of the last two decades.
0:46.8	And for me, it's an honor to be wearing this uniform and be behind the play.
1:02.1	Hello everybody and welcome to the best podcast in baseball brought to you by Closets by Design of St. Louis.
1:03.6	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gould.
1:06.0	Join this week by the man who called it, the sports columnist who was way ahead of the game, Ben
1:13.3	Fredrickson.
1:14.3	Are you going to take your victory lap here?
1:16.0	You called for Contreras.
1:17.3	You got Contreras, was Kandreras, everything you hoped and dreamed he would be.
1:22.0	No, I'm actually just trying to figure out what I'm going to have to start writing now.
1:26.0	I've just been writing.
1:27.1	I've been factoring one, go get Contreras column into every week since October, and now I'm
1:33.1	like, I was just kind of copy and pasting the same one, and now I'm going to have to come up with
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