ST. LOUIS (AP) —rdinals.The Cardinals agreed to a one-year deal with the veteran right-hander Thursday http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-curtis-granderson-jersey , bringing Wainwright back to the only major league team he’s pitched for. The 37-year-old Wainwright has been with St. Louis since making his big league debut in 2005.“Adam represents everything we think of when asked to describe a winning player, and a winning teammate,” Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said in a statement. “His value to our team stretches far beyond the box score, and he showed by season’s end that he is still ready and able to compete.”Wainwright made just eight starts this season because of hamstring and elbow problems, going 2-4 with a 4.46 ERA, but he pitched four times in September as the Cardinals made an unsuccessful bid for a postseason spot. After his final start Sept. 28, he sounded like someone who wanted to try to keep pitching.“If you had asked me that question about two months ago, I would have already checked out on you,” Wainwright said at the time. “But the way I’m feeling right now, if that is my last start, it would be kind of hard to walk away knowing the way I’m feeling right now.”A three-time All-Star Roberto Osuna Jersey , Wainwright is fifth on the Cardinals’ career list with 148 wins and second with 1,623 strikeouts. He was a closer for the Cardinals when they won the World Series in 2006. St. Louis also won a title in 2011, but Wainwright did not pitch that year.Wainwright went 20-9 with a 2.38 ERA in 2014, but he’s posted a 4.54 ERA over the four seasons since.“Adam has proven, when healthy, that he still has the ability and the drive to contribute at the highest level,” said John Mozeliak, the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations. “We saw it in spring training, and again late in the season, that once he had overcome his ailments, he was prepared to give us a winning effort every time he took the mound. There is risk http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-curtis-granderson-jersey , but it is shared, and this deal gives us added depth as we look to 2019.” TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Adam Ottavino has a bagel on his back, supplanting Derek Jeter in one small area of New York Yankees history.The newly signed relief pitcher was playing catch at Steinbrenner Field during Thursday’s opening workout of spring training, a white No. 0 on his dark blue practice jersey with the interlocking “NY” on the front. When he gets into a game, he will become the first player in the team’s history to wear the number.Jeter was thought to be the last player with a single-digit uniform on the Yankees, and his No. 2 was retired in 2017.A Brooklyn native, Ottavino is wearing the number he used at Berkeley Carroll High School and for the past six seasons with the Colorado Rockies.“I don’t want to do anything to upset people, but I had to be myself and didn’t know what the organization would think,” Ottavino said. “So I said the ball is in your court. For me it’s just a number. Something I’m comfortable with.”New York has retired Nos. 1 (Billy Martin), 3 (Babe Ruth) Paul Molitor Jersey , 4 (Lou Gehrig), 5 (Joe DiMaggio), 6 (Joe Torre), 7 (Mickey Mantle), 8 (Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey) and 9 (Roger Maris).Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner gave his approval for the number when Ottavino agreed to a $27 million, three-year contract.Marlins vice president of communications and broadcasting Jason Latimer said Jeter declined comment.New York also is not using the No. 13 worn by Alex Rodriguez and the No. 21 used by Paul O’Neill. New Hall of Famer Mike Mussina’s No. 35 was issued to outfielder Billy Burns.“It’s just cool,” Ottavino said. “It’s a thrill. It’s a team I grew up watching and rooting for. It’s just a great opportunity for me.”Ottavino struck out a career-high 112 and walked 36 in 77 2/3 innings last year. The right-hander went 6-4 with a 2.43 ERA in 75 relief appearances. 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