JUPITER, Fla. -- On an early morning stroll through the backfields at the Cardinals' Spring Training complex, Jordan Schafer, glove in hand, glanced at the row of pitching mounds and shook his head.
"Not today," he said, before jogging toward a distant outfield.
Maybe tomorrow. Likely tomorrow.
For the second straight spring, Schafer expects his role to change daily. Some days, the non-roster invitee will hop on one of those mounds and throw, the fastball launched from his repaired left arm clocking in near 92 mph. Other days, he'll work out with the outfielders.