Yadier Molina again with St. Louis Cardinals after going house for basketball title

CHICAGO — Yadier Molina rejoined the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday after touring to his native Puerto Rico for the tip of his basketball workforce’s championship run.

The 40-year-old Molina owns the Vaqueros de Bayamón, who play within the Baloncesto Superior Nationwide league. Bayamón beat San Germán 75-61 on Saturday to clinch its sixteenth BSN title.

Molina was positioned on the restricted checklist Saturday and missed the ultimate two video games of St. Louis’ weekend sweep in Arizona. The veteran catcher was within the beginning lineup for the opener of a five-game sequence on the Chicago Cubs.

“That is a enterprise journey,” Molina mentioned. “I needed to be there for the workforce and for town. … It was an excellent expertise.”

Requested how he weighed his duties with the NL Central-leading Cardinals versus his possession of Bayamón, Molina mentioned he needed to go on the journey.

“The individuals want it in Puerto Rico. Clearly, to be round there with the individuals, with the workforce, it is good for the individuals down there,” the 10-time All-Star mentioned. “So I did what I needed to.”

To make room for Molina on the roster, fellow catcher Iván Herrera was optioned to Triple-A Memphis and positioned on the Cardinals’ taxi squad.

The workforce additionally introduced that reliever Ryan Helsley had been faraway from the paternity checklist and positioned on the restricted checklist.

Molina had three hits within the Cardinals’ 5-1 victory over the Diamondbacks on Friday evening. Heading into the sequence at Wrigley Subject, he was batting .222 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 52 video games in what possible will probably be his remaining huge league season.

St. Louis supervisor Oliver Marmol mentioned Molina introduced up the journey over the last sequence of the workforce’s earlier homestand.

“It went properly,” Marmol mentioned of his talks with Molina. “He is a grown man. We had the dialog and we left the room on the identical web page so far as him going again and being within the lineup as we speak.”

Molina has spent his total profession in St. Louis, breaking into the majors in 2004 and profitable two World Collection titles with the Cardinals. He mentioned he appreciated the workforce’s understanding when it got here to the Puerto Rico journey.

“It was robust,” he mentioned. “Clearly you need to be right here with the workforce and do your job. However clearly, my enterprise facet, you bought to be there with the workforce and you bought to be there for the individuals over there, too. So I imply I am glad it was solely two days.”