Starting pitcher Jack Flaherty will have his first exhibition game appearance pushed back from Saturday to Sunday. Were super excited that hes coming back, and we understood that he had interest in pitching again, Mozeliak said. St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright, Yadier Molina make record 325th Shortstop Paul DeJong still has not played the field during spring training exhibition games. Locked On Cardinals - Daily Podcast On The St. Louis Cardinals - How He battled through a couple non-plays, had to get five outs there in the (second) with the ground ball to third and the fly ball to left, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. Wainwright agreed to a one-year, $17.5 million contract with the Cardinals on Friday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports. Adam Wainwright Shares Moment He Made Decision to Return for 2023 The 41-year-old will be coming back for one final season in St. Louis after an up-and-down 2022 campaign. The next couple of signs were much more obvious. The Cardinals were prepared to have him miss another outing had his elbow not responded as hoped to the recent rest. If this were October, general manager John Mozeliak said, Wainwright would definitely take the . For those with more of a Statcast bend, he also surrendered four balls that had exit velocities exceeding 104 mph. Wainwright did not pitch in either game in part because he had struggled with his delivery late in the season. The 41-year-old informed the organization earlier this week he plans. this year. He and I started talking about this in early September, and obviously the September didnt go as he wanted it to, but we really do feel like theres something left in that tank.. Theyre both in the discussion for bullpen spots. His fastest pitch in these two starts was 86 mph, which is 1.5 mph slower than his average fastball at the beginning of Spring Training last year. Katie Woo is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the St. Louis Cardinals. (9-6, 2.92) makes his first start after a 12-day break against the Phillies Tuesday. Subscribe with this special offer to keep reading, (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Here's a report on Wainwright's Thursday start against the Astros from The Athletic's Katie Woo: "The velocity on all five of the pitches in his mix averaged between 3-4 mph slower than their average readings in 2022. Wainwright said hes got to get his glutes firing better than theyve been recently. The next active pair behind Wainwright and Molina is the Chicago Cubs battery ofKyle HendricksandWillson Contreras, who have 105 starts together.