Adam Wainwright Reportedly Will Return to Cardinals for 2023 MLB Season

One of the greatest pitchers in St. Louis Cardinals franchise history is reportedly not ready to call it a career.

Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wainwright will return to St. Louis next season.

Before the 2022 season started, the 41-year-old signed a one-year deal to remain with St. Louis. He addressed the possibility of retirement and left the door open on returning for another year.

"I would be willing to tell you that I think it’s probably my last year, but I’m not going on record to say it is my last year,” he said in March. “I just don’t want to put [retirement] out there until I know, and I don’t know that. ... But I’m still having a really, really good time…