Contreras, 33, entered Monday hitting .261/.345/.460 (125 OPS+) with 19 home runs and 70 runs batted in over the course of 120 games. His contributions were estimated to have been worth 2.3 Wins Above Replacement, according to the calculations hosted at Baseball Reference.

Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras threw a bat that mistakenly hit his own coach and tossed bubble gum on the field after he was ejected in St.

Wilson Contreras got ejected, made physical contact with the umpire, threw his helmet, flipped his bat at a member of cards staff (?), had to be restrained, then threw a bucket of bubblegum onto the field. Here was the pitch. pic.twitter.com/qQvw9W9ULj