St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras appears to have avoided a serious knee injury.
Manager Oliver Marmol said Friday that an MRI on the three-time All-Star’s right knee came back negative.
Contreras, 30, took a pitch off his shin guard during Thursday’s season-opening 10-9 loss to visiting Toronto.
Contreras was 2-for-4 and scored two runs before giving way to Andrew Knizner in the eighth inning.
Marmol said the team will do more testing on Contreras, who signed a five-year, $87.5 million contract in free agency in December.
Contreras played his first seven seasons with the Chicago Cubs and is a career .257 hitter with 117 homers and 365 RBIs in 735 games.
–Field Level Media
