<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-st-louis-future-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Willson Contreras comments on Cardinals future amid trade rumors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Willson-Contreras.jpg"><figcaption>Aaron Doster-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Willson Contreras comments on Cardinals future amid trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-28T08:56:05-07:00">September 28th, 8:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-28T08:56:05-07:00">September 28th, 8:56am</time><address><a href="https://pucksandpalms.com">Colby Guy</a>Colby Guy is an Associate Editor covering the NFL and College Football for ClutchPoints. He previously covered hockey for various outlets, including the Associated Press, The Hockey News and The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras had a lot on his mind when asked about the possibility of a trade after the team was eliminated from postseason contention.</p><p>The 33-year-old made it clear that he is <a href="https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/willson-contreras-on-his-future-with-the-cardinals" rel="noopener">willing to stay</a> with the young Cardinals after he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-full-time-position-change">agreed to change positions</a> to make room for young catchers Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages.</p><p>“I’d like to be a part of a young team that needs to have some kind of experience around them,” Contreras said, via Jeff Jones of Cardinals.com. “That’s what I expressed, but I understand the part of the business of the team, and we just came to an agreement there.”</p><p>Contreras has a no-trade clause on his deal, which runs until the end of the 2027 season, and has been unwilling to waive it so far, but he has softened his stance on doing so since having a meeting with incoming president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom. Still, he would rather stay in St. Louis and help guide this team back to contention before all else.</p><p>“I like challenges,” he explained. “I know that the St. Louis Cardinals have a really good track record of being a winning team. I know that right now we’re not having a really good team — or we’re not having a winning team — but I’d just like to be a part of the process.</p><p>“I understand that it might take three to five years to have a playoff team or a team that can contend to the World Series, and I said even if I don’t make it there, and you guys make it to a World Series, I feel like I can be proud of that, just because I want to help young guys to better develop and have a better idea of what baseball is besides going to analyze stats.”</p><p>Contreras hit 20 home runs and drove in 80 runs for the Cardinals in 135 games before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-st-louis-willson-contreras-il">sustaining a bicep injury</a>. He will have two more seasons remaining on the contract he signed as a free agent in 2023 heading into next season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Willson Contreras comments on Cardinals future amid trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-st-louis-willson-contreras-il');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals place Willson Contreras on IL');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Willson-Contreras-cover.jpg"></figure><h1>Cardinals place Willson Contreras on IL</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-17T09:40:42-07:00">September 17th, 9:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-17T09:40:42-07:00">September 17th, 9:40am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When it comes to St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras, his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-receives-important-injury-update">injury woes continue to worsen</a>.</p><p>On Wednesday, the Cardinals <a href="https://x.com/Cardinals/status/1968329297527181566" rel="noopener">officially announced</a> that Contreras will go on the 10-day injured list due to a right shoulder strain. As a result, his status is retroactive as of Sept. 16.</p><p>Additionally, INF José Fermín has been recalled from Triple-A Memphis. Contreras’s last appearance came on Monday against the Cincinnati Reds.</p><p>Altogether, he went two-for-three in the Cardinals’ 11-6 loss. Ultimately, the Cardinals are poised to end the season on a sour note.</p><p>Currently, they are in fourth place in the NL Central and will not make the playoffs for the first time since 2023.</p><p>Meanwhile, Contreras is batting .257 with 126 hits, 20 home runs, 80 RBIS, and 70 runs scored. However, this has been a difficult time during the remaining months of the season.</p><p>In late August, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-6-game-suspension">Contreras received a six-game suspension</a> for throwing a bat at his own coach following an argument with an umpire. Later on, that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-willson-contreras-suspension-gets-2-game-reduction">suspension was reduced to two games</a>.</p><p>In July, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/benches-clear-in-cardinals-padres-after-willson-contreras-hbp">Contreras’s temper got the best of him</a> after a pitch hit him. As a result, the Cardinals and San Diego Padres benches cleared.</p><p>This year, he had another battle with an injury. In August, Contreras sustained a contusion on his right foot.</p><h2><b>Does Wilson Contreras have a future with the Cardinals?</b></h2><p>This year has been a transition year for Contreras. The Cardinals moved him from catcher to first base and designated hitter.</p><p>In early August, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-rumors-3-players-refused-waive-no-trade-clause-deadline">Contreras joined pitchers Sonny Gray and Miles Mikolas</a> in no waiving their no-trade clauses in their contracts before the July 31 trade deadline.</p><p>Clearly, Contreras has intentions of staying with the Cardinal organization for the time being. He has expressed his desire to do so as part of the rebuilding process.</p><p>Though there <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/article/cardinals-willson-contreras-predicted-traded-170620303.html" rel="noopener">had been rumblings</a> of the Cardinals looking to trade him in the offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals place Willson Contreras on IL

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-receives-important-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals’ Willson Contreras receives important injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Willson-Contreras-receives-important-injury-update.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Joe Nicholson</figcaption></figure><h1>Cardinals’ Willson Contreras receives important injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-16T15:41:29-07:00">September 16th, 3:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-16T15:41:29-07:00">September 16th, 3:41pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.spiering.3" rel="facebook">Chris Spiering</a>Chris Spiering graduated from the University of San Diego with a Communication Studies Degree. He spent his final year as the Sports Editor for the USDVista newspaper. Chris manages the betting team at ClutchPoints and contributes about the NFL, MLB, and NBA, but he follows most sports, including NCAA Basketball. Chris also covers San Diego State men's basketball for East Village Times.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-rumors-brendan-donovan-prime-trade-candidate-offseason">St. Louis Cardinals</a> are finishing up another subpar season, where they have failed to live up to their expectations.</p><p>The Cardinals contain a talented roster with proven veteran hitters and pitchers; however, they cannot put any of it together to form a winning ball club. The Cardinals’ last playoff series win came in 2019 when they took down the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS, but were swept by the eventual champions, the Washington Nationals, in the NLCS.  The Cardinals continued to make the postseason up until 2023, but lost in the Wild Card round every time.</p><p>It will now be three straight campaigns without a playoff appearance for the Red Birds.</p><p>On Tuesday, the Cardinals received an update on one of their star players. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-willson-contreras-suspension-gets-2-game-reduction">Wilson Contreras</a>, who has an injury history, had an <a href="https://x.com/LWorthySports/status/1968075991009681498" rel="noopener">update on his mild bicep strain</a>.</p><p>“Word on Willson Contreras is mild biceps strain. Cardinals will use next 48 hours to evaluate (Thursday is an off day for the club). They expect to have better feel for things come Friday.”</p><p>Contreras is one of the best hitters in the game. He started the season slowly but has bounced back with a 20-homerun, 80+ RBI season. He is hitting .257 with 20 homers and exactly 80 RBIs, and has an OPS of .791. He went 2-3 yesterday with a double and an RBI, hoping to finish the season strong.</p><p>The 33-year-old first baseman and former catcher is on a big contract with the Cardinals, as he signed a 5-year deal worth $87.5 million in 2022. He has a club option in 2028 and will be an <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/18368/willson-contreras#:~:text=Willson%20Contreras%20signed%20a%205,a%20total%20salary%20of%20%2418%2C000%2C000." rel="noopener">unrestricted free agent in 2029</a>. St. Louis has time to flip the script and keep Contreras a big part of the future.</p><p>It’s unclear what direction the Cardinals will head after this season, but being a team right in the middle of the pack is not a place you want to be every year. St. Louis is currently 73-78 and will likely end the year below .500.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals’ Willson Contreras receives important injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-willson-contreras-suspension-gets-2-game-reduction');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras has suspension get 2-game reduction');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/St.-Louis-Cardinals-first-baseman-Willson-Contreras.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Curry-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras has suspension get 2-game reduction</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-05T13:26:42-07:00">September 5th, 1:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-05T13:33:22-07:00">September 5th, 1:33pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St. Louis Cardinals kick off a crucial weekend series against the San Francisco Giants on Friday. However, Oliver Marmol has to find a way to take the Giants down with Nolan Gorman at first base. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-6-game-suspension">Willson Contreras’ suspension for his reaction to being ejected</a> from a game in late August begins in the opener. However, his suspension is not as long as it used to be.</p><p>Conteras blew up at an umpire who threw him out of a game. The Cardinals slugger threw equipment onto the field, earning him a suspension from Major League Baseball. While the incident happened on August 27, he and the team appealed the suspension to the league. After a week spent analyzing the situation, the suspension shrank from six games to only four.</p><p>Regardless of how long he is out, Marmol has his work cut out for him. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-oli-marmol-doesnt-give-two-ss-about-hot-seat-rumors">Cardinals manager is dealing with rumors about his job security</a> as his squad fights for a playoff spot in the National League. Playing without arguably his best offensive player puts him at a big disadvantage. According to The Athletic’s Katie Woo, Contreras’ absence is <a href="https://x.com/katiejwoo/status/1964050047131074822" rel="noopener">shorter than it originally was</a>.</p><p>“Willson Contreras has had his six-game suspension reduced to four,” Woo said. “He will begin serving that suspension today. Other transactions: Yohel Pozo (concussion) reinstated from IL. César Prieto was optioned to Memphis.”</p><p>St. Louis is not out of playoff contention yet, but it does not look good. Despite upsetting other general managers by winning earlier this season, the Cardinals’ postseason hopes hang by a thread. Winning a series against the Giants would help, but doing so without Contreras in the lineup is a tough task.</p><p>Contreras could return early next week as St. Louis’ regular season winds down. If Marmol and his team can survive without him for the time being, he could come back and be a spark that the Cardinals need.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras has suspension get 2-game reduction

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-6-game-suspension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cardinals’ Willson Contreras receives 6-game suspension');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Willson-Contreras-arguing-with-ump.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Curry-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cardinals’ Willson Contreras receives 6-game suspension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-26T15:48:41-07:00">August 26th, 3:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-26T16:15:51-07:00">August 26th, 4:15pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy is a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints, with expertise in MLB, NHL and golf. Chris graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The St Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 on an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-alec-burleson-gets-real-first-walk-off-hr">Alex Burelson walk-off homer on Monday night</a>. They are likely out of the National League Wild Card race, but a hot September could lead to a magical fall in St Louis. That became less likely on Tuesday, when one of their top hitters was suspended. Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras was given a six-game <a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1960471666007662781" rel="noopener">suspension for his outburst</a> on Monday night.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">MLB announced that Willson Contreras has received a six-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his actions during last night's game. Contreras has elected to appeal the suspension. <a href="https://t.co/v6m5bJhwL8">pic.twitter.com/v6m5bJhwL8</a></p><p>— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1960471666007662781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“MLB announced that Willson Contreras has received a six-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his actions during last night’s game. Contreras has elected to appeal the suspension,” Fox Sports: MLB reported on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Contreras disagreed with a strike call that ended his seventh-inning at-bat and said something to the umpire. Whatever that was got him ejected, which set the designated hitter off on a tirade. Multiple coaches and players were trying to hold him back. It ended with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/st-louis-cardinals/cardinals-news-willson-contreras-apologizes-hitting-coach-bat">Cardinals coach getting a bat thrown at him.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Willson Contreras was so mad at this umpire that he threw a bat that hit his own coach and then launched a bunch of Hi-Chew onto the field <a href="https://t.co/fslJY71FS6">pic.twitter.com/fslJY71FS6</a></p><p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1960163713337504012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Cardinals are 5.5 games out of the final National League Wild Card spot, currently occupied by the New York Mets. If Contreras does serve a six-game suspension, their playoff chances will plummet. Despite coming into the season without any expectations, this would be a tough way to see the final flame die out.</p><p>Contreras had a poor start to the season, but has put together great offensive numbers in his first season as a full-time first baseman. He has an .802 OPS and 72 RBI on the campaign, leading the Cardinals in both categories. The 33-year-old is under contract for at least two more seasons, so production into his mid-30s is key.</p><p>The Cardinals continue their series with the Pirates on Tuesday night, and Willson Contreras is in the lineup. While he is appealing the suspension, he is eligible to play.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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