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Miles Mikolas to start Opening Day, earns new contract extension
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ST. LOUIS – Miles Mikolas will take the mound for the St. Louis Cardinals on Opening Day, and he’ll draw the big assignment with a new contract.
Mikolas has agreed to a two-year, $40 million with the Cardinals. Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post Dispatch was among the first to report on the extension. The Cardinals announced the extension and Opening Day nod for Mikolas on Friday afternoon.
“We are extremely pleased to announce that Miles Mikolas will remain a Cardinal for the foreseeable future,” said Cardinals’ President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak. “Miles stands among the top pitchers in the game today, and has continued to provide a steady presence for us both in the rotation and inside the clubhouse. The team is also looking forward to Miles taking the ball for us on Opening Day next week at Busch Stadium.”
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Mikolas, who also started on Opening Day in 2019, has proven reliable over five seasons with the Cardinals. He has compiled a 41-34 record, a 3.46 ERA and 474 strikeouts since his arrival. He started 32 games last season for the third time in five years and tossed a career-high 202.1 innings.
Most recently, Mikolas joined Team USA for its latest World Baseball Classic run, tossing six innings and allowing just one run and no walks over two relief appearances. He just returned to Cardinals spring camp and his final tuneup before the season is expected Friday afternoon.
With the 34-year-old pitcher, the Cardinals get some comfort with some questions marks facing the rotation beyond 2023. Jack Flaherty and Jordan Montgomery will be pitching on contract seasons and could potentially explore free agency at the season’s end. Without an extension, that would have been the same case with Mikolas.
Steven Matz is the only other regular rotation member signed beyond this season with Adam Wainwright expected to retire at the season’s end. A Mikolas extension would give the Cardinals some depth and flexibility to promote young pitching prospects, bring in a big-name pitcher via free agency or trade, or perhaps move forward with a bit of both strategies.
During Winter Warm-Up in January, Mikolas said he was particularly intrigued by the demand of pitchers and large contracts from recent winters.
“It underscores the need for good pitching and getting it at a good price,” said Mikolas. “I asked my agent [jokingly], ‘What do I got to do to make [a big contract]?’ He’s like, ‘Well, you got to win four or five Cy Young Awards,’ and I was like, ‘Okay!’ Let’s just start with another good, healthy season.”
Mikolas, nicknamed the “Lizard King,” joined the Cardinals in 2018 out of the Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, where he spent three years to revitalize his approach from early MLB stints with the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers. His next contract extension would be his third with the Cardinals. His current four-year, $67.5 million deal expires at the end of the 2023 season.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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