With help from coaches Jose Oquendo and Stubby Clapp, the former All-Star catcher is beginning his shift to first base with fundamentals and new gloves.

St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol talked about the preparation Willson Contreras ... the clubhouse feeds off of that.” They could do a lot worse than feeding off Contreras.

In a recent Instagram story, his older brother, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras, expressed his excitement for William's achievement. "I always knew it, and now you did it!