2025 Player Outlook
This could be the last season that Contreras has eligibility behind the dish, as St. Louis is set on him being a full-time first baseman and designated hitter in 2025. Obviously, the biggest value for your fantasy team will be slotting him in behind the dish, because only a handful of fantasy catchers will play in 140+ games. Contreras missed a lot of time last year due to injury, but when he was out there, the numbers were great, highlighted by 15 home runs, a .468 SLG, and .206 ISO across 84 games. I’m not convinced that Contreras hits above .255 for a third-straight season, but in his age 33 season, 20+ home runs, 70+ RBI, and a .350+ OBP should be in the cards. Give him a slight bump in leagues that value OBP over AVG, and he should be anywhere from the fourth to eighth catcher off the board.
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Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored against the Dodgers on Sunday.
Conteras hit an unconscionable .139 with one home run and seven RBI in his first 18 games of the season. He’s since picked it up at the plate. Contreras’ average is now up to .250 and he’s had hits in eight of his last nine games. The 33-year-old first baseman has driven in 38 runs after a rough start to the year.
Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 and delivered a game-winning single in the 10th as the Cardinals edged the Royals 6-5 in the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader.
Willson’s 1,000th career major league game proved to be a special one, as the helped the Cards pull off a comeback against Carlos Estévez. The Cardinals scored all of their runs in the seventh, eighth and 10th innings today and won despite being outhit 12-8. Knocking in Lars Nootbaar in the 10th also gave Contreras an RBI for a four straight contest. He actually got his 500th career RBI in the Cardinals’ previous game Tuesday.
Willson Contreras is back in the Cardinals lineup for Monday’s game against the Orioles.
Contreras missed three games due to back spasms. He’s playing first base while Iván Herrera DHs today.
Cardinals’ manager Oli Marmol told reporters on Sunday that Willson Contreras (back) is feeling much improved and is expected to return to the starting lineup on Monday.
Contreras sat out his third consecutive game on Sunday due to back spasms, but it sounds like he’s finally doing much better and should be able to return to action early next week. It sounds like fantasy managers in weekly leagues shouldn’t need to have a contingency plan in place. The 33-year-old first baseman is hitting .250/.332/.397 with six long balls, 28 RBI and a pair of stolen bases through his first 49 games on the season.
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| Jun 6/12/2025163 | @Brewers | 5 |
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