Yadier Molina #4 and starter Adam Wainwright #50 of the St. Louis Cardinals talk in between pitches against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning at Busch Stadium on April 4, 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
Adam Wainwright is no longer certain to return to the St. Louis Cardinals. If he does leave, how could the team look to replace him?
While the St. Louis Cardinals re-signing free-agent catcher Yadier Molina feels like an “inevitability,” the same cannot be said for pitcher Adam Wainwright. The franchise’s chances of retaining the long-time pitcher are “less clear,” according to Derrick Goold of the St.