JUPITER, Fla. • A tradition many years in the making that only started a few years ago, Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright introduced himself to catcher Yadier Molina on Saturday morning before they did something they have, famously, more than a hundred times over.
"Hello," Wainwright said, extending a hand. "I'm Adam Wainwright. You new around here?"
Molina, under his mask, responded.
He asked what Wainwright likes to throw.
"I'm a power guy," the starter said, with a grin.
On the fourth day of official workouts, Wainwright threw his second side session of spring, and this time Molina caught him for the first time in 2018.