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JUPITER, Fla.聽鈥� Thomas Saggese has questions for the host of the Best Podcast in Baseball.

Moments after finishing his first ever start in center field for the Cardinals, Saggese joins baseball writer Derrick Goold to talk about the transition to a new position and how much work he wants there before playing it in the regular season. But that's not all.

JUPITER, Fla. 鈥� When JJ Wetherholt got a swing off on the first pitch he saw Friday against the Mets in his at-bat against 最新杏吧原创 native Devin Williams, all the top Cardinals prospect was looking for was to try and hit a ball to left-center field.

The pitch, an 89.1 mph cutter the two-time All-Star reliever placed up in the strike zone, cut in on the barrel of Wetherholt鈥檚 bat and came off it with a 105.4 mph exit velocity. The fly ball traveled 422 feet to straightaway center field and hit high off the batter鈥檚 eye for a leadoff homer in the fourth inning of the Cardinals鈥� 14-3 Grapefruit League loss at Roger Dean Stadium.

If you have an extra $12 million, you could own former 最新杏吧原创 Cardinals great Matt Holliday's Oklahoma home.

The compound on 138 acres just outside Holliday's hometown of Stillwater, Oklahoma,聽features a professionally lit baseball field and a 7,500-square-foot living area.

JUPITER, Fla.聽鈥� With both the commissioner (of MLB) and the governor (of FLA) in attendance Friday for a visit from the New York Mets, the Cardinals showcased the power potential of their top prospect and some pitchers still getting their footing and also, well, there was that power potential from their top prospect.

JJ Wetherholt's first hit of spring training was also his first home run of spring training as he briefly put the Cardinals back in the game in the fourth inning.

JUPITER, Fla.聽鈥� Unhappy with a fastball that should have finished off the at-bat but instead veered outside and into a walk for the batter, Cardinals starter Dustin May shook his head and denied the hitter taking a base.

鈥淥ne more pitch,鈥� he said from the mound.

JUPITER, Fla. 鈥� After getting his first outfield innings as a pro and getting just one ball hit to him, Thomas Saggese is set for another start in the outfield Friday in the Cardinals鈥� spring tuneup vs. the Mets.

Saggese, who started in left field and had just one ball hit to him Thursday vs. the Astros, is starting in center field when the Cardinals face the Mets at Roger Dean Stadium.

JUPITER, Fla.聽鈥� In the third inning of the Cardinals鈥� second exhibition game and only his second Grapefruit League plate appearance this year, Victor Scott II did exactly what the situation, if not usually spring training, called for.

He dropped a sacrifice bunt, giving of his at-bat to move the runner over.

JUPITER, Fla. 鈥� As he鈥檚 gone through a throwing program the first few weeks of spring training, Ivan Herrera can feel the difference in how his right arm has responded following offseason elbow surgery.

Herrera said he has not experienced soreness in his throwing elbow as he did in years past. The pain he felt after games and in the mornings the day after is gone. He鈥檚 woken up 鈥渇eeling good.鈥�

JUPITER, Fla.聽鈥� One can forgive a recent broadcast group for suggesting the name of the Cardinals shortstop in a recent exhibition game was this:

"Tommy Saggese."

Thirty years ago, as Ozzie Smith played the final season of his Hall of Fame career, 17% of Major League baseball players were Black, according to The Associated Press.

On opening day last year, 6.2% percent of players were Black, per .

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla.聽鈥� In his first game since late August, since an arm injury sidelined him for the remainder of the regular season with Boston, right-hander Richard Fitts felt comfortable and confident enough in his arm that he decided not to look at the scoreboard for velocity.

And he maintained that goal.