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

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