The switch to first base in 2025 for Willson Contreras should lead to the best at-bat opportunity of his career. Injuries ...

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.

Cancel anytime. St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol talked about the preparation Willson Contreras is doing in order to play at first base. Video by Allie Schallert, aschallert@post-dispatch ...

In hopes of keeping its most consistent hitter in the lineup day in and day out, the St. Louis Cardinals made the bold decision to move catcher Willson Contreras 90 feet up the line to first base ...

Even though he was the starting catcher for the National League All-Stars in Los Angeles last year, Willson Contreras is no longer likely to plug the enormous hole left by the retirement of Yadier ...

They signed Willson Contreras for $87.5 million to be the new catcher. It was pretty drastic action to go from "he's the new catcher" to "he is not a catcher" in less than two months of baseball.

All in all, Willson Contreras has not had the smoothest ride in his tenure with the St. Louis Cardinals. His first season saw him chucked under the bus by disgruntled (and soon to depart ...

Willson Contreras ranks sixth on MLB Network's Top 10 First Basemen Right Now list after hitting .262 with 15 home runs in 2024 ...

After researching the first five catchers ranked by NFBC ADP, Contreras is the clear drop off in playing time, based on his previous years. He has never had more than 475 at-bats in his nine ...