Strange Times in St. Louis, Opportunity for Ortiz & Morel, Mailbag Monday

Eno and DVR discuss the Cardinals' unusual decision to move Willson Contreras out of the catcher rotation (at least temporarily), the struggles of Jack Flaherty, a return to the big leagues for Christopher Morel and Luis Ortiz, and several mailbag questions. Rundown 1:14 Willson Conteras: Moving Off Catcher, For Now? 7:59 Failures in Logic 12:44 Jack Flaherty's Ongoing Struggles 20:31 Luis Ortiz Back in the Pirates' Rotation 23:41 Christopher Morel is Back with the Cubs 28:02 Matt Strahm to the Bullpen? 30:09 Jack Suwinski Comp? 32:46 Cody Bellinger's Rebound; Statcast Numbers 36:47 Brandon Woodruff Injury Update 40:33 Jarren Duran: Post-Hype Sleeper? 44:45 Drew Rasmussen: Model Numbers v. Ranking 48:28 Falling Behind Season IP Pace 52:25 Aaron Judge is Coming Back on Tuesday Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris Follow DVR on Twitter: @DerekVanRiper e-mail: ratesandbarrels@theathletic.com Subscribe to The Athletic at $1/month for the first year: theathletic.com/ratesandbarrels Subscribe to the Rates & Barrels YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RatesBarrels Offers from our partners... Right now, Nuts.com is offering new customers a free gift with purchase and free shipping on orders of $29 or more at Nuts.com/rates Right now, you can try LinkedIn Sales Navigator and get a sixty-day free trial at LinkedIn.com/rates23 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.