Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright has more than one reason to celebrate this week.
Not only will Wainwright, 40, start in the National League wild-card game on Wednesday, but he and St. Louis have reportedly agreed to a deal for his return in 2022, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick S. Goold. It's expected to be finalized and announced in a press conference Friday afternoon.
"He gets better as the game goes, he goes deep in games, he's a big-game pitcher," manager Mike Shildt said before the Cardinals' game on Thursday, per ESPN.